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Harold Bloom's "How to Read and Why"

A small tribute to Harold Bloom, who died on October 14, 2019 at the age of 89. These are novels and plays highlighted in his book "How to Read and Why" (2000).
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As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner)
As I Lay Dying
1
William Faulkner
Blood Meridian (Cormac McCarthy)
Blood Meridian
2
Cormac McCarthy
The Charterhouse of Parma (Stendhal)
The Charterhouse of Parma
3
Stendhal
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment
4
Fyodor Dostoevsky
The Crying of Lot 49 (Thomas Pynchon)
The Crying of Lot 49
5
Thomas Pynchon
Don Quixote (Miguel De Cervantes Saavedra)
Don Quixote
6
Miguel De Cervantes Saavedra
Emma (Jane Austen)
Emma
7
Jane Austen
Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
Great Expectations
8
Charles Dickens
Hamlet (William Shakespeare)
Hamlet
9
William Shakespeare
Hedda Gabler (Henrik Ibsen)
Hedda Gabler
10
Henrik Ibsen
The Importance of Being Earnest (Oscar Wilde)
The Importance of Being Earnest
11
Oscar Wilde
In Search of Lost Time (Marcel Proust)
In Search of Lost Time
12
Marcel Proust
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man
13
Ralph Ellison
The Magic Mountain (Thomas Mann)
The Magic Mountain
14
Thomas Mann
Miss Lonelyhearts (Nathanael West)
Miss Lonelyhearts
15
Nathanael West
Moby-Dick (Herman Melville)
Moby-Dick
16
Herman Melville
The Portrait of a Lady (Henry James)
The Portrait of a Lady
17
Henry James
Song of Solomon (Toni Morrison)
Song of Solomon
18
Toni Morrison
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