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Francine Prose's Books to Be Read Immediately

This list is from Francine Prose's book : Reading Like a Writer (2006) all of the works here are referenced throughout her book.
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Rashomon and Other Stories (Ryūnosuke Akutagawa)
Rashomon and Other Stories
1
Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
Little Women (Louisa May Alcott)
Little Women
2
Louisa May Alcott
The Song of Roland (Anonymous)
The Song of Roland
3
Anonymous
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
4
Jane Austen
Sense and Sensibility (Jane Austen)
Sense and Sensibility
5
Jane Austen
The Collected Stories of Isaac Babel (Isaac Babel)
The Collected Stories of Isaac Babel
6
Isaac Babel
Vintage Baldwin (James Baldwin)
Vintage Baldwin
7
James Baldwin
Cousin Bette (Honoré De Balzac)
Cousin Bette
8
Honoré De Balzac
Sixty Stories
Sixty Stories
9
Stories in an Almost Classical Mode
Stories in an Almost Classical Mode
10
Believers: A Novella and Stories (Charles Baxter)
Believers: A Novella and Stories
11
Charles Baxter
The Complete Short Prose, 1929-1989 (Samuel Beckett)
The Complete Short Prose, 1929-1989
12
Samuel Beckett
The House in Paris (Elizabeth Bowen)
The House in Paris
13
Elizabeth Bowen
Two Serious Ladies
Two Serious Ladies
14
Paul Bowles: Collected Stories and Later Writings (Paul Bowles)
Paul Bowles: Collected Stories and Later Writings
15
Paul Bowles
Wuthering Heights (Emily Bronte)
Wuthering Heights
16
Emily Bronte
Cosmicomics (Calvino)
Cosmicomics
17
Calvino
Where I'm Calling From
Where I'm Calling From
18
Cathedral (Raymond Carver)
Cathedral
19
Raymond Carver
Don Quixote (Miguel De Cervantes)
Don Quixote
20
Miguel De Cervantes
The Big Sleep (Raymond Chandler)
The Big Sleep
21
Raymond Chandler
The Stories of John Cheever
The Stories of John Cheever
22
A Life in Letters (Anton Chekhov)
A Life in Letters
23
Anton Chekhov
Tales of Anton Chekhov: Volumes 1-13 (Anton Chekhov)
Tales of Anton Chekhov: Volumes 1-13
24
Anton Chekhov
Drown, Junot Diaz
Drown, Junot Diaz
25
Bleak House (Charles Dickens)
Bleak House
26
Charles Dickens
Dombey and Son (Charles Dickens)
Dombey and Son
27
Charles Dickens
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment
28
Fyodor Dostoevsky
I Sailed With Magellan (Stuart Dybek)
I Sailed With Magellan
29
Stuart Dybek
The Stories (So Far) of Deborah Eisenberg (Deborah Eisenberg)
The Stories (So Far) of Deborah Eisenberg
30
Deborah Eisenberg
Middlemarch (George Eliot)
Middlemarch
31
George Eliot
Searches and Seizures (Stanley Elkin)
Searches and Seizures
32
Stanley Elkin
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
33
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Tender Is the Night (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
Tender Is the Night
34
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Madame Bovary (Gustave Flaubert)
Madame Bovary
35
Gustave Flaubert
A Sentimental Education (Gustave Flaubert)
A Sentimental Education
36
Gustave Flaubert
Desperate Characters
Desperate Characters
37
The Corrections (Jonathan Franzen)
The Corrections
38
Jonathan Franzen
Paris Stories (Mavis Gallant)
Paris Stories
39
Mavis Gallant
The Recognitions (William Gaddis)
The Recognitions
40
William Gaddis
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