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Pompous Books to Read in Public

Want to increase your literary hipster cred at the local coffeehouse?
Here is a list to get you started.
Conversely, do you suspect a close friend is an insufferable book snob?
Catch them reading the following in public and your suspicions are confirmed!
If you've read most of the books on this list, you may be a book snob... but don't panic! Wear the title with pride, you deserve it.
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Ulysses (James Joyce)
Ulysses
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James Joyce
Finnegans Wake (James Joyce)
Finnegans Wake
2
James Joyce
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (James Joyce)
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
3
James Joyce
Infinite Jest (David Foster Wallace)
Infinite Jest
4
David Foster Wallace
War and Peace (Leo Tolstoy)
War and Peace
5
Leo Tolstoy
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
6
Leo Tolstoy
Swann's Way (Marcel Proust)
Swann's Way
7
Marcel Proust
Within a Budding Grove (Marcel Proust)
Within a Budding Grove
8
Marcel Proust
The Guermantes Way (Marcel Proust)
The Guermantes Way
9
Marcel Proust
Sodom and Gomorrah (Marcel Proust)
Sodom and Gomorrah
10
Marcel Proust
The Captive & the Fugitive (Marcel Proust)
The Captive & the Fugitive
11
Marcel Proust
Time Regained (Marcel Proust)
Time Regained
12
Marcel Proust
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment
13
Fyodor Dostoevsky
The Brothers Karamazov (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
The Brothers Karamazov
14
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Notes From Underground (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Notes From Underground
15
Fyodor Dostoevsky
White Nights (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
White Nights
16
Fyodor Dostoevsky
The Dream of a Ridiculous Man (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
The Dream of a Ridiculous Man
17
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
The Idiot (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
The Idiot
18
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Demons (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
Demons
19
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Being and Time (Martin Heidegger)
Being and Time
20
Martin Heidegger
Poetry, Language, Thought (Martin Heidegger)
Poetry, Language, Thought
21
Martin Heidegger
Introduction to Metaphysics (Martin Heidegger)
Introduction to Metaphysics
22
Martin Heidegger
Basic Writings (Martin Heidegger)
Basic Writings
23
Martin Heidegger
Gravity's Rainbow (Thomas Pynchon)
Gravity's Rainbow
24
Thomas Pynchon
The Crying of Lot 49 (Thomas Pynchon)
The Crying of Lot 49
25
Thomas Pynchon
The Man Without Qualities (Robert Musil)
The Man Without Qualities
26
Robert Musil
The Divine Comedy (Dante Alighieri)
The Divine Comedy
27
Dante Alighieri
Critique of Pure Reason (Immanuel Kant)
Critique of Pure Reason
28
Immanuel Kant
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
29
J.D. Salinger
The Republic (Plato)
The Republic
30
Plato
The Trial and Death of Socrates (Plato)
The Trial and Death of Socrates
31
Plato
The Symposium (Plato)
The Symposium
32
Plato
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
33
Jane Austen
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
Jane Eyre
34
Charlotte Bronte
Don Quixote (Miguel De Cervantes)
Don Quixote
35
Miguel De Cervantes
Waiting for Godot (Samuel Beckett)
Waiting for Godot
36
Samuel Beckett
Thus Spoke Zarathustra (Friedrich Nietzsche)
Thus Spoke Zarathustra
37
Friedrich Nietzsche
Beyond Good & Evil (Friedrich Nietzsche)
Beyond Good & Evil
38
Friedrich Nietzsche
The Will to Power (Friedrich Nietzsche)
The Will to Power
39
Friedrich Nietzsche
Twilight of the Idols and the Anti-Christ (Friedrich Nietzsche)
Twilight of the Idols and the Anti-Christ
40
Friedrich Nietzsche
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