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Classics, Perhaps? - 2021 Update - Page 5

A year or so ago, I made up a list of all the works on my TBR that could potentially qualify as classics (aka, they were works I had not read that were at least 50 years old). Here's an update on the current situation, minus the ones I've gotten through (to greater or lesser success), plus the ones I've taken an interest in since then. Which ones will prove to be vital to humanity, and which ones could afford to die a quiet death? We'll just have to see.
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Night and Day (Virginia Woolf)
Night and Day
161
Virginia Woolf
Storm of Steel (Ernst Jünger and Michael Hofmann)
Storm of Steel
162
Ernst Jünger and Michael Hofmann
The Metal of the Dead (Concha Espina)
The Metal of the Dead
163
Concha Espina
Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus (Ludwig Wittgenstein)
Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus
164
Ludwig Wittgenstein
Torn Lace and Other Stories (Emilia Pardo Bazán)
Torn Lace and Other Stories
165
Emilia Pardo Bazán
Poem of the Deep Song (Federico García Lorca)
Poem of the Deep Song
166
Federico García Lorca
Confessions of Zeno (Italo Svevo)
Confessions of Zeno
167
Italo Svevo
Harmonium (Wallace Stevens)
Harmonium
168
Wallace Stevens
The Spider's Web (Joseph Roth)
The Spider's Web
169
Joseph Roth
Cane (Jean Toomer)
Cane
170
Jean Toomer
On Elegance While Sleeping (Emilio Lascano Tegui)
On Elegance While Sleeping
171
Emilio Lascano Tegui
The Common Reader (Virginia Woolf)
The Common Reader
172
Virginia Woolf
The Making of Americans (Gertrude Stein)
The Making of Americans
173
Gertrude Stein
The Autobiography of Mother Jones (Mary Harris Jones)
The Autobiography of Mother Jones
174
Mary Harris Jones
Reminiscences of a Student's Life (Jane Ellen Harrison)
Reminiscences of a Student's Life
175
Jane Ellen Harrison
The Painted Veil (W. Somerset Maugham)
The Painted Veil
176
W. Somerset Maugham
Strange Tale of Panorama Island (Edogawa Ranpo)
Strange Tale of Panorama Island
177
Edogawa Ranpo
The House Without Windows (Barbara Newhall Follett)
The House Without Windows
178
Barbara Newhall Follett
Wayfarers (Knut Hamsun)
Wayfarers
179
Knut Hamsun
Confusion (Stefan Zweig)
Confusion
180
Stefan Zweig
A Handbook on Hanging (Charles Duff)
A Handbook on Hanging
181
Charles Duff
Elmer Gantry (Sinclair Lewis)
Elmer Gantry
182
Sinclair Lewis
Parade's End (Ford Madox Ford)
Parade's End
183
Ford Madox Ford
Armed With Madness (Mary Butts)
Armed With Madness
184
Mary Butts
Point Counter Point (Aldous Huxley)
Point Counter Point
185
Aldous Huxley
The Twelve Chairs (Ilya Ilf)
The Twelve Chairs
186
Ilya Ilf
Story of the Eye (Georges Bataille)
Story of the Eye
187
Georges Bataille
The Cardboard House (Martín Adán)
The Cardboard House
188
Martín Adán
And Quiet Flows the Don (Mikhail Sholokhov)
And Quiet Flows the Don
189
Mikhail Sholokhov
Good-Bye to All That (Robert Graves)
Good-Bye to All That
190
Robert Graves
A High Wind in Jamaica (Richard Hughes)
A High Wind in Jamaica
191
Richard Hughes
Clash (Ellen Wilkinson)
Clash
192
Ellen Wilkinson
Insatiability (Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz)
Insatiability
193
Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz
Cakes and Ale (W. Somerset Maugham)
Cakes and Ale
194
W. Somerset Maugham
Spleen (Olive Moore)
Spleen
195
Olive Moore
The Complete Works of Saki (Saki)
The Complete Works of Saki
196
Saki
... Not So Quiet (Helen Zenna Smith)
... Not So Quiet
197
Helen Zenna Smith
The Man Without Qualities (Robert Musil)
The Man Without Qualities
198
Robert Musil
Altazor, Or, a Voyage in a Parachute: Poem in VII Cantos (Vicente Huidobro)
Altazor, Or, a Voyage in a Parachute: Poem in VII Cantos
199
Vicente Huidobro
Gilgi (Irmgard Keun)
Gilgi
200
Irmgard Keun
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