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Classics, Perhaps? - 2021 Update - Page 7

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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Whose Names Are Unknown (Sanora Babb)
Whose Names Are Unknown
241
Sanora Babb
The Roman Revolution (Ronald Syme)
The Roman Revolution
242
Ronald Syme
Marginalia on Casanova (Miklós Szentkuthy)
Marginalia on Casanova
243
Miklós Szentkuthy
The Book of the Dead (Shinobu Orikuchi)
The Book of the Dead
244
Shinobu Orikuchi
Finnegans Wake (James Joyce)
Finnegans Wake
245
James Joyce
The Crazy Hunter (Kay Boyle)
The Crazy Hunter
246
Kay Boyle
Darkness at Noon (Arthur Koestler)
Darkness at Noon
247
Arthur Koestler
The Waste Land and Other Poems (T. S. Eliot)
The Waste Land and Other Poems
248
T. S. Eliot
Roger Fry: A Biography (Virginia Woolf)
Roger Fry: A Biography
249
Virginia Woolf
A Mathematician's Apology (G H Hardy)
A Mathematician's Apology
250
G H Hardy
Thomas the Obscure (Maurice Blanchot)
Thomas the Obscure
251
Maurice Blanchot
The Poor Mouth (Flann O'Brien)
The Poor Mouth
252
Flann O'Brien
Can These Bones Live (Edward Dahlberg)
Can These Bones Live
253
Edward Dahlberg
Islandia (Austin Tappan Wright)
Islandia
254
Austin Tappan Wright
The Robber Bridegroom (Eudora Welty)
The Robber Bridegroom
255
Eudora Welty
Magister Ludi (Hermann Hesse)
Magister Ludi
256
Hermann Hesse
A Well Full of Leaves (Elizabeth Myers)
A Well Full of Leaves
257
Elizabeth Myers
The Dwarf (Par Lagerkvist)
The Dwarf
258
Par Lagerkvist
They Were Sisters (Dorothy Whipple)
They Were Sisters
259
Dorothy Whipple
The Leaning Tower and Other Stories (Katherine Anne Porter)
The Leaning Tower and Other Stories
260
Katherine Anne Porter
A Bell for Adano (John Hersey)
A Bell for Adano
261
John Hersey
The Berlin Stories (Christopher Isherwood)
The Berlin Stories
262
Christopher Isherwood
In Youth Is Pleasure (Denton Welch)
In Youth Is Pleasure
263
Denton Welch
The Egyptian (Mika Waltari)
The Egyptian
264
Mika Waltari
The Blood of Others (Simone De Beauvoir)
The Blood of Others
265
Simone De Beauvoir
Miss Ranskill Comes Home (Barbara Euphan Todd)
Miss Ranskill Comes Home
266
Barbara Euphan Todd
Leningrad Diary (Vera Inber)
Leningrad Diary
267
Vera Inber
Titus Groan (Mervyn Peake)
Titus Groan
268
Mervyn Peake
The Pianist: The Extraordinary Story of One Man's Survival in Warsaw, 1939–45 (Władysław Szpilman)
The Pianist: The Extraordinary Story of One Man's Survival in Warsaw, 1939–45
269
Władysław Szpilman
German Autumn (Stig Dagerman)
German Autumn
270
Stig Dagerman
The Snake Pit (Mary Jane Ward)
The Snake Pit
271
Mary Jane Ward
Comedy in a Minor Key (Hans Keilson)
Comedy in a Minor Key
272
Hans Keilson
Diary of a Man in Despair (Friedrich Reck)
Diary of a Man in Despair
273
Friedrich Reck
The Ethics of Ambiguity (Simone De Beauvoir)
The Ethics of Ambiguity
274
Simone De Beauvoir
The Spectre of Alexander Wolf (Gaito Gazdanov)
The Spectre of Alexander Wolf
275
Gaito Gazdanov
Doctor Faustus (Thomas Mann)
Doctor Faustus
276
Thomas Mann
The Man Outside (Wolfgang Borchert)
The Man Outside
277
Wolfgang Borchert
The Setting Sun (Osamu Dazai)
The Setting Sun
278
Osamu Dazai
The World and Africa: Inquiry Into the Part Which Africa Has Played in World History (W.E.B. Du Bois)
The World and Africa: Inquiry Into the Part Which Africa Has Played in World History
279
W.E.B. Du Bois
The Locusts Have No King (Dawn Powell)
The Locusts Have No King
280
Dawn Powell
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