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Harold Bloom's Reading List From "How to Read and Why"

The novels and plays Harold Bloom recommends in his book "How to Read and Why." Bloom explains why these books are so great in his great book.
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Don Quixote (Miguel De Cervantes)
Don Quixote
1
Miguel De Cervantes
The Charterhouse of Parma (Stendhal)
The Charterhouse of Parma
2
Stendhal
Emma (Jane Austen)
Emma
3
Jane Austen
Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
Great Expectations
4
Charles Dickens
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment
5
Fyodor Dostoevsky
The Portrait of a Lady (Henry James)
The Portrait of a Lady
6
Henry James
In Search of Lost Time (Marcel Proust)
In Search of Lost Time
7
Marcel Proust
The Magic Mountain (Thomas Mann)
The Magic Mountain
8
Thomas Mann
Hamlet (Shakespeare)
Hamlet
9
Shakespeare
Hedda Gabler (Norway)
Hedda Gabler (Norway)
10
The Importance of Being Earnest (Oscar Wilde)
The Importance of Being Earnest
11
Oscar Wilde
Moby Dick (Herman Melville)
Moby Dick
12
Herman Melville
As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner)
As I Lay Dying
13
William Faulkner
Miss Lonelyhearts (Nathanael West)
Miss Lonelyhearts
14
Nathanael West
The Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon
The Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon
15
Blood Meridian (Cormac McCarthy)
Blood Meridian
16
Cormac McCarthy
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man
17
Ralph Ellison
Song of Solomon (Toni Morrison)
Song of Solomon
18
Toni Morrison
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