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Classics, Perhaps? - 2021 Update - Page 9

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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Howl and Other Poems (Allen Ginsberg)
Howl and Other Poems
321
Allen Ginsberg
Miserable Miracle (Henri Michaux)
Miserable Miracle
322
Henri Michaux
The Lonely Londoners (Sam Selvon)
The Lonely Londoners
323
Sam Selvon
The Towers of Trebizond (Rose Macauley)
The Towers of Trebizond
324
Rose Macauley
Train to Pakistan (Khushwant Singh)
Train to Pakistan
325
Khushwant Singh
No-No Boy (John Okada)
No-No Boy
326
John Okada
The Fall (Albert Camus)
The Fall
327
Albert Camus
Long Day's Journey Into Night (Eugene O'Neill)
Long Day's Journey Into Night
328
Eugene O'Neill
The Poetics of Space (Gaston Bachelard)
The Poetics of Space
329
Gaston Bachelard
Autobiography of a Geisha (Sayo Masuda)
Autobiography of a Geisha
330
Sayo Masuda
Justine (Lawrence Durrell)
Justine
331
Lawrence Durrell
The Fish Can Sing (Halldór Laxness)
The Fish Can Sing
332
Halldór Laxness
Voltaire in Love (Nancy Mitford)
Voltaire in Love
333
Nancy Mitford
The Agony and the Ecstasy (Irving Stone)
The Agony and the Ecstasy
334
Irving Stone
Three Novels: Molloy, Malone Dies, the Unnameable (Samuel Beckett)
Three Novels: Molloy, Malone Dies, the Unnameable
335
Samuel Beckett
Warlock (Oakley Hall)
Warlock
336
Oakley Hall
Balthazar (Lawrence Durrell)
Balthazar
337
Lawrence Durrell
Mountolive (Lawrence Durrell)
Mountolive
338
Lawrence Durrell
Deep Rivers (Jose Maria Arguedas)
Deep Rivers
339
Jose Maria Arguedas
Babette's Feast and Other Anecdotes of Destiny (Isak Dinesen)
Babette's Feast and Other Anecdotes of Destiny
340
Isak Dinesen
Breakfast at Tiffany's (Truman Capote)
Breakfast at Tiffany's
341
Truman Capote
The Tin Drum (Günter Grass)
The Tin Drum
342
Günter Grass
The Last of the Just (Andre Schwarz-Bart)
The Last of the Just
343
Andre Schwarz-Bart
Victorine (Maude Hutchins)
Victorine
344
Maude Hutchins
Two Novels by Robbe-Grillet (Alain Robbe-Grillet)
Two Novels by Robbe-Grillet
345
Alain Robbe-Grillet
Titus Alone (Mervyn Peake)
Titus Alone
346
Mervyn Peake
Rhinoceros (Eugene Ionesco)
Rhinoceros
347
Eugene Ionesco
Mao Tse-Tung & I Were Beggars (Siao-Yu)
Mao Tse-Tung & I Were Beggars
348
Siao-Yu
Rogue Moon (Algis Budrys)
Rogue Moon
349
Algis Budrys
The Sot-Weed Factor (John Barth)
The Sot-Weed Factor
350
John Barth
Life and Fate (Vasily Grossman, Trans. Robert Chandler)
Life and Fate
351
Vasily Grossman, Trans. Robert Chandler
Clea (Lawrence Durrell)
Clea
352
Lawrence Durrell
Selected Poems (E.E. Cummings)
Selected Poems
353
E.E. Cummings
Palace of the Peacock (Wilson Harris)
Palace of the Peacock
354
Wilson Harris
Hons and Rebels (Jessica Mitford)
Hons and Rebels
355
Jessica Mitford
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich (William Shirer)
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich
356
William Shirer
Mother Night (Kurt Vonnegut)
Mother Night
357
Kurt Vonnegut
The Thirtieth Year: Stories by Ingeborg Bachmann (Ingeborg Bachmann)
The Thirtieth Year: Stories by Ingeborg Bachmann
358
Ingeborg Bachmann
No Signposts in the Sea (Vita Sackville-West)
No Signposts in the Sea
359
Vita Sackville-West
The Destruction of the European Jews (Raul Hilberg)
The Destruction of the European Jews
360
Raul Hilberg
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