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Pompous Books to Read in Public - Page 5

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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A Dance to the Music of Time : Winter (Anthony Powell)
A Dance to the Music of Time : Winter
161
Anthony Powell
A Dance to the Music of Time : Autumn (Anthony Powell)
A Dance to the Music of Time : Autumn
162
Anthony Powell
A Dance to the Music of Time : Summer (Anthony Powell)
A Dance to the Music of Time : Summer
163
Anthony Powell
A Dance to the Music of Time: Spring (Anthony Powell)
A Dance to the Music of Time: Spring
164
Anthony Powell
Beowulf (Anonymous)
Beowulf
165
Anonymous
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale
166
Margaret Atwood
Textermination (Christine Brooke-Rose)
Textermination
167
Christine Brooke-Rose
Xorandor (Christine Brooke-Rose)
Xorandor
168
Christine Brooke-Rose
Subscript (Christine Brooke-Rose)
Subscript
169
Christine Brooke-Rose
Amalgamemnon (Christine Brooke-Rose)
Amalgamemnon
170
Christine Brooke-Rose
On the Nature of Things (Lucretius)
On the Nature of Things
171
Lucretius
The Dharma Bums (Jack Kerouac)
The Dharma Bums
172
Jack Kerouac
The Aeneid (Virgil)
The Aeneid
173
Virgil
The Eclogues (Virgil)
The Eclogues
174
Virgil
Georgics (Virgil)
Georgics
175
Virgil
Black Reconstruction in America 1860-1880 (W.E.B. Du Bois)
Black Reconstruction in America 1860-1880
176
W.E.B. Du Bois
The Second Sex (Simone De Beauvoir)
The Second Sex
177
Simone De Beauvoir
The Later Roman Empire (Ammianus Marcellinus)
The Later Roman Empire
178
Ammianus Marcellinus
By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept (Elizabeth Smart)
By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept
179
Elizabeth Smart
The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson (Emily Dickinson)
The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson
180
Emily Dickinson
Naked Lunch (William S. Burroughs)
Naked Lunch
181
William S. Burroughs
Relativity: The Special and the General Theory (Albert Einstein)
Relativity: The Special and the General Theory
182
Albert Einstein
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler (Italo Calvino)
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler
183
Italo Calvino
Sexual Personae (Camille Paglia)
Sexual Personae
184
Camille Paglia
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
185
Vladimir Nabokov
Europe Central (William T. Vollmann)
Europe Central
186
William T. Vollmann
Rising Up and Rising Down (William T. Vollmann)
Rising Up and Rising Down
187
William T. Vollmann
Spilled Milk (Ives Phillips)
Spilled Milk
188
Ives Phillips
The White Album (Joan Didion)
The White Album
189
Joan Didion
The Year of Magical Thinking (Joan Didion)
The Year of Magical Thinking
190
Joan Didion
Play It as It Lays (Joan Didion)
Play It as It Lays
191
Joan Didion
Slouching Towards Bethlehem (Joan Didion)
Slouching Towards Bethlehem
192
Joan Didion
Blue Nights (Joan Didion)
Blue Nights
193
Joan Didion
Let Me Tell You What I Mean (Joan Didion)
Let Me Tell You What I Mean
194
Joan Didion
Salvador (Joan Didion)
Salvador
195
Joan Didion
Democracy (Joan Didion)
Democracy
196
Joan Didion
Run River (Joan Didion)
Run River
197
Joan Didion
A Book of Common Prayer (Joan Didion)
A Book of Common Prayer
198
Joan Didion
Where I Was From (Joan Didion)
Where I Was From
199
Joan Didion
South and West: From a Notebook (Joan Didion)
South and West: From a Notebook
200
Joan Didion
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