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Pompous Books to Read in Public - Page 3

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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Six Walks in the Fictional Woods (Umberto Eco)
Six Walks in the Fictional Woods
81
Umberto Eco
Kant and the Platypus (Eco)
Kant and the Platypus
82
Eco
The God Delusion (Richard Dawkins)
The God Delusion
83
Richard Dawkins
The Art of War (Sun Tzu)
The Art of War
84
Sun Tzu
Journey to the End of the Night (Louis-Ferdinand Céline)
Journey to the End of the Night
85
Louis-Ferdinand Céline
Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid by Douglas R. Hofstadter
Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid by Douglas R. Hofstadter
86
Phenomenology of Spirit (Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel)
Phenomenology of Spirit
87
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
The Philosophy of History (Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel)
The Philosophy of History
88
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
Elements of the Philosophy of Right (George Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel)
Elements of the Philosophy of Right
89
George Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
Le Morte D'Arthur: King Arthur and the Legends of the Round Table (Thomas Malory)
Le Morte D'Arthur: King Arthur and the Legends of the Round Table
90
Thomas Malory
The Decline of the West (Oswald Spengler)
The Decline of the West
91
Oswald Spengler
The Plague (Albert Camus)
The Plague
92
Albert Camus
The Stranger (Albert Camus)
The Stranger
93
Albert Camus
The Glass Bead Game (Hermann Hesse)
The Glass Bead Game
94
Hermann Hesse
The Canterbury Tales (Geoffrey Chaucer)
The Canterbury Tales
95
Geoffrey Chaucer
Walden; Or, Life in the Woods (Henry David Thoreau)
Walden; Or, Life in the Woods
96
Henry David Thoreau
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume I (Edward Gibbon)
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume I
97
Edward Gibbon
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume II (Edward Gibbon)
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume II
98
Edward Gibbon
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume III (Edward Gibbon)
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume III
99
Edward Gibbon
A Confederacy of Dunces (John Kennedy Toole)
A Confederacy of Dunces
100
John Kennedy Toole
Existentialism Is a Humanism (Jean-Paul Sartre)
Existentialism Is a Humanism
101
Jean-Paul Sartre
Nausea (Jean-Paul Sartre)
Nausea
102
Jean-Paul Sartre
Being and Nothingness (Jean-Paul Sartre)
Being and Nothingness
103
Jean-Paul Sartre
No Exit (Jean-Paul Sartre)
No Exit
104
Jean-Paul Sartre
The Words: The Autobiography of Jean-Paul Sartre (Jean-Paul Sartre)
The Words: The Autobiography of Jean-Paul Sartre
105
Jean-Paul Sartre
The Age of Reason (Jean-Paul Sartre)
The Age of Reason
106
Jean-Paul Sartre
2001: A Space Odyssey (Arthur C. Clarke)
2001: A Space Odyssey
107
Arthur C. Clarke
The Sheltering Sky (Paul Bowles)
The Sheltering Sky
108
Paul Bowles
House of Leaves (Mark Z. Danielewski)
House of Leaves
109
Mark Z. Danielewski
The Road (Cormac McCarthy)
The Road
110
Cormac McCarthy
Ethics (Spinoza)
Ethics
111
Spinoza
God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything (Christopher Hitchens)
God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything
112
Christopher Hitchens
History of the Peloponnesian War (Thucydides)
History of the Peloponnesian War
113
Thucydides
Of Grammatology (Jacques Derrida)
Of Grammatology
114
Jacques Derrida
Writing and Difference (Jacques Derrida)
Writing and Difference
115
Jacques Derrida
Specters of Marx (Jacques Derrida)
Specters of Marx
116
Jacques Derrida
The Post Card: From Socrates to Freud and Beyond (Jacques Derrida)
The Post Card: From Socrates to Freud and Beyond
117
Jacques Derrida
Paradise Lost (John Milton)
Paradise Lost
118
John Milton
Henderson the Rain King (Saul Bellow)
Henderson the Rain King
119
Saul Bellow
What Is Philosophy? (Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari)
What Is Philosophy?
120
Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari
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