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I'll Be Surprised If You've Read Half of These

A list of some books. If you've read half of these, I'll be very surprised man. If you've read more than half, I mean, you don't get a prize or anything but still I'm impressed.
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The Epic of Gilgamesh (Anonymous)
The Epic of Gilgamesh
1
Anonymous
The Sympathizer (Viet Thanh Nguyen)
The Sympathizer
2
Viet Thanh Nguyen
Nightwood (Djuna Barnes)
Nightwood
3
Djuna Barnes
Black Boy (Richard Wright)
Black Boy
4
Richard Wright
Dhalgren (Samuel R. Delany)
Dhalgren
5
Samuel R. Delany
The Sparrow (Mary Doria Russell)
The Sparrow
6
Mary Doria Russell
The Pillow Book (Sei Shonagon)
The Pillow Book
7
Sei Shonagon
Memoirs of a Dutiful Daughter (Simone De Beauvoir)
Memoirs of a Dutiful Daughter
8
Simone De Beauvoir
The Piano Teacher (Elfriede Jelinek)
The Piano Teacher
9
Elfriede Jelinek
Dom Casmurro (Machado De Assis)
Dom Casmurro
10
Machado De Assis
The Age of Reason (Jean-Paul Sartre)
The Age of Reason
11
Jean-Paul Sartre
What I Loved (Siri Hustvedt)
What I Loved
12
Siri Hustvedt
Morvern Callar
Morvern Callar
13
Season of Migration to the North (Tayeb Salih)
Season of Migration to the North
14
Tayeb Salih
The Narrow Road to the Deep North
The Narrow Road to the Deep North
15
Two Serious Ladies
Two Serious Ladies
16
Notes of a Crocodile (Qiu Miaojin)
Notes of a Crocodile
17
Qiu Miaojin
Equus (Peter Shaffer)
Equus
18
Peter Shaffer
King, Queen, Knave (Vladimir Nabokov)
King, Queen, Knave
19
Vladimir Nabokov
Summer (Edith Wharton)
Summer
20
Edith Wharton
Beyond Good and Evil (Nietzsche)
Beyond Good and Evil
21
Nietzsche
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment
22
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Pale Horse, Pale Rider (Katherine Anne Porter)
Pale Horse, Pale Rider
23
Katherine Anne Porter
The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge (Rainer Maria Rilke, Trans. Michel Hulse)
The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge
24
Rainer Maria Rilke, Trans. Michel Hulse
Let Us Now Praise Famous Men (James Agee)
Let Us Now Praise Famous Men
25
James Agee
Pitch Dark (Renata Adler)
Pitch Dark
26
Renata Adler
The Sluts (Dennis Cooper)
The Sluts
27
Dennis Cooper
The Last Lover (Can Xue)
The Last Lover
28
Can Xue
Taipei
Taipei
29
Eustace and Hilda (L.P. Hartley)
Eustace and Hilda
30
L.P. Hartley
The Obscene Madame D (Hilda Hilst)
The Obscene Madame D
31
Hilda Hilst
My Mortal Enemy (Willa Cather)
My Mortal Enemy
32
Willa Cather
Patience and Sarah (Isabel Miller)
Patience and Sarah
33
Isabel Miller
Enigma Variations (Andre Aciman)
Enigma Variations
34
Andre Aciman
Essays in Idleness & Hojoki (Kenko & Chomei)
Essays in Idleness & Hojoki
35
Kenko & Chomei
In Certain Circles (Elizabeth Harrower)
In Certain Circles
36
Elizabeth Harrower
The Peregrine (J.A. Baker)
The Peregrine
37
J.A. Baker
Geek Love (Katherine Dunn)
Geek Love
38
Katherine Dunn
Lost in the Funhouse
Lost in the Funhouse
39
Malina (Ingeborg Bachmann)
Malina
40
Ingeborg Bachmann
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