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Pompous Books to Read in Public - Page 2

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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Human, All Too Human (Friedrich Nietzsche)
Human, All Too Human
41
Friedrich Nietzsche
On the Advantage and Disadvantage of History for Life (Friedrich Nietzsche)
On the Advantage and Disadvantage of History for Life
42
Friedrich Nietzsche
Ecce Homo (Friedrich Nietzsche)
Ecce Homo
43
Friedrich Nietzsche
On the Genealogy of Morals (Friedrich Nietzsche)
On the Genealogy of Morals
44
Friedrich Nietzsche
The Untimely Meditations (Friedrich Nietzsche)
The Untimely Meditations
45
Friedrich Nietzsche
Twilight of the Idols (Friedrich Nietzsche)
Twilight of the Idols
46
Friedrich Nietzsche
The Birth of Tragedy (Friedrich Nietzsche)
The Birth of Tragedy
47
Friedrich Nietzsche
The Gay Science (Friedrich Nietzsche)
The Gay Science
48
Friedrich Nietzsche
The Trial (Franz Kafka)
The Trial
49
Franz Kafka
Les Misérables (Victor Hugo)
Les Misérables
50
Victor Hugo
Moby Dick (Herman Melville)
Moby Dick
51
Herman Melville
Madame Bovary (Gustave Flaubert)
Madame Bovary
52
Gustave Flaubert
Bleak House (Charles Dickens)
Bleak House
53
Charles Dickens
Our Mutual Friend (Charles Dickens)
Our Mutual Friend
54
Charles Dickens
Little Dorrit (Charles Dickens)
Little Dorrit
55
Charles Dickens
Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
Great Expectations
56
Charles Dickens
Atlas Shrugged (Ayn Rand)
Atlas Shrugged
57
Ayn Rand
The Fountainhead (Ayn Rand)
The Fountainhead
58
Ayn Rand
The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge (Rainer Maria Rilke)
The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge
59
Rainer Maria Rilke
The Selected Poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke (Rainer Maria Rilke)
The Selected Poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke
60
Rainer Maria Rilke
The Sound and the Fury (William Faulkner)
The Sound and the Fury
61
William Faulkner
The Odyssey (Homer)
The Odyssey
62
Homer
The Iliad (Homer)
The Iliad
63
Homer
Goethe's Faust Parts 1 and 2 and the Urfaust
Goethe's Faust Parts 1 and 2 and the Urfaust
64
The Sorrows of Young Werther (Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe)
The Sorrows of Young Werther
65
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange
66
Anthony Burgess
Mrs Dalloway (Virginia Woolf)
Mrs Dalloway
67
Virginia Woolf
To the Lighthouse (Virginia Woolf)
To the Lighthouse
68
Virginia Woolf
The Waves (Virginia Woolf)
The Waves
69
Virginia Woolf
Middlemarch (George Eliot)
Middlemarch
70
George Eliot
Das Kapital (Karl Marx)
Das Kapital
71
Karl Marx
The Communist Manifesto (Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels)
The Communist Manifesto
72
Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels
Foucault's Pendulum (Umberto Eco)
Foucault's Pendulum
73
Umberto Eco
The Prague Cemetery (Umberto Eco)
The Prague Cemetery
74
Umberto Eco
The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana (Umberto Eco)
The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana
75
Umberto Eco
History of Beauty (Umberto Eco)
History of Beauty
76
Umberto Eco
Misreadings (Umberto Eco)
Misreadings
77
Umberto Eco
Baudolino (Umberto Eco)
Baudolino
78
Umberto Eco
The Island of the Day Before (Umberto Eco)
The Island of the Day Before
79
Umberto Eco
Travels in Hyperreality (Umberto Eco)
Travels in Hyperreality
80
Umberto Eco
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