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David Foster Wallace- "Overlooked Books" Choices

5 overlooked books chosen by David Foster Wallace. #1-5 are overlooked. Details available in link. He wrote this article for Salon.
https://www.salon.com/1999/04/12/wallace
I have also included 10 of his favorite books since the list will not allow me to do only 5.
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https://www.openculture.com/2014/02/david-foster-wallaces-surprising-list-of-his-10-favorite-books.html
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Omensetter's Luck (William H. Gass)
Omensetter's Luck
1
William H. Gass
Steps (Jerzy Kosinski)
Steps
2
Jerzy Kosinski
Angels (Denis Johnson)
Angels
3
Denis Johnson
Blood Meridian (Cormac McCarthy)
Blood Meridian
4
Cormac McCarthy
Wittgenstein's Mistress (David Markson)
Wittgenstein's Mistress
5
David Markson
The Screwtape Letters (C.S. Lewis)
The Screwtape Letters
6
C.S. Lewis
The Stand (Stephen King)
The Stand
7
Stephen King
Red Dragon (Thomas Harris)
Red Dragon
8
Thomas Harris
The Thin Red Line
The Thin Red Line
9
Fear of Flying (Erica Jong)
Fear of Flying
10
Erica Jong
The Silence of the Lambs (Thomas Harris)
The Silence of the Lambs
11
Thomas Harris
Stranger in a Strange Land (Robert A. Heinlein)
Stranger in a Strange Land
12
Robert A. Heinlein
Fuzz (Ed McBain)
Fuzz
13
Ed McBain
Alligator (Shelley Katz)
Alligator
14
Shelley Katz
The Sum of All Fears (Tom Clancy)
The Sum of All Fears
15
Tom Clancy
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