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Mal's Literary Picks

100 of my favorite books and plays (and also A Tale of Two Cities, because although I hated every minute I spent reading that book, the last page was simply the most phenomenal fucking thing I've ever read in the English language. So it gets an honorary mention)
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Hamlet (William Shakespeare)
Hamlet
1
William Shakespeare
Coriolanus (William Shakespeare)
Coriolanus
2
William Shakespeare
Titus Andronicus (William Shakespeare)
Titus Andronicus
3
William Shakespeare
Romeo and Juliet (William Shakespeare)
Romeo and Juliet
4
William Shakespeare
MacBeth (William Shakespeare)
MacBeth
5
William Shakespeare
A Midsummer Night's Dream (William Shakespeare)
A Midsummer Night's Dream
6
William Shakespeare
Much Ado About Nothing (William Shakespeare)
Much Ado About Nothing
7
William Shakespeare
Measure for Measure (William Shakespeare)
Measure for Measure
8
William Shakespeare
As You Like It (William Shakespeare)
As You Like It
9
William Shakespeare
Richard II (William Shakespeare)
Richard II
10
William Shakespeare
Richard III (William Shakespeare)
Richard III
11
William Shakespeare
Henry VIII (William Shakespeare)
Henry VIII
12
William Shakespeare
Sonnets (William Shakespeare)
Sonnets
13
William Shakespeare
The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus
The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus
14
'Tis Pity She's a Whore (John Ford)
'Tis Pity She's a Whore
15
John Ford
The Holy Sonnets (John Donne)
The Holy Sonnets
16
John Donne
Lysistrata (Aristophanes)
Lysistrata
17
Aristophanes
The Bacchae (Euripides)
The Bacchae
18
Euripides
Medea (Euripides)
Medea
19
Euripides
Medea (Seneca)
Medea
20
Seneca
Oedipus (Seneca)
Oedipus
21
Seneca
Phaedra (Seneca)
Phaedra
22
Seneca
Switch: The Complete Catullus (Isobel Williams and Gaius Valerius Catullus)
Switch: The Complete Catullus
23
Isobel Williams and Gaius Valerius Catullus
Amores (Ovid)
Amores
24
Ovid
Heroides (Ovid)
Heroides
25
Ovid
Metamorphoses (Ovid)
Metamorphoses
26
Ovid
Aeneid (Virgil)
Aeneid
27
Virgil
Pharsalia, or Civil War (Lucan)
Pharsalia, or Civil War
28
Lucan
Welcome to Thebes (Moira Buffini)
Welcome to Thebes
29
Moira Buffini
Nightwood (Djuna Barnes)
Nightwood
30
Djuna Barnes
The Antiphon (Djuna Barnes)
The Antiphon
31
Djuna Barnes
The Lydia Steptoe Stories (Djuna Barnes)
The Lydia Steptoe Stories
32
Djuna Barnes
Our Lady of the Flowers (Jean Genet)
Our Lady of the Flowers
33
Jean Genet
Flunker (Dennis Cooper)
Flunker
34
Dennis Cooper
The Employees (Olga Ravn)
The Employees
35
Olga Ravn
Sense and Sensibility (Jane Austen)
Sense and Sensibility
36
Jane Austen
The Last Days of Judas Iscariot (Stephen Adly Guirgis)
The Last Days of Judas Iscariot
37
Stephen Adly Guirgis
Venus in Fur (David Ives)
Venus in Fur
38
David Ives
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
39
William Golding
Tunnel in the Sky (Robert A. Heinlein)
Tunnel in the Sky
40
Robert A. Heinlein
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