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Pompous Books to Read in Public - Page 7

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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The House of Intellect (Jacques Barzun)
The House of Intellect
241
Jacques Barzun
The Doors of Perception & Heaven and Hell (Aldous Huxley)
The Doors of Perception & Heaven and Hell
242
Aldous Huxley
Dhalgren (Samuel R Delany)
Dhalgren
243
Samuel R Delany
The Plum in the Golden Vase Or, Chin P'ing Mei: Vol. One: The Gathering (Lanling Xiaoxiao Sheng)
The Plum in the Golden Vase Or, Chin P'ing Mei: Vol. One: The Gathering
244
Lanling Xiaoxiao Sheng
The Tale of Genji (Murasaki Shikibu)
The Tale of Genji
245
Murasaki Shikibu
Black Lamb and Grey Falcon: A Journey Through Yugoslavia (Rebecca West)
Black Lamb and Grey Falcon: A Journey Through Yugoslavia
246
Rebecca West
Divine Days (Leon Forrest)
Divine Days
247
Leon Forrest
Emerson: The Mind on Fire (Robert Richardson)
Emerson: The Mind on Fire
248
Robert Richardson
Kristin Lavransdatter (Sigrid Undset)
Kristin Lavransdatter
249
Sigrid Undset
Labyrinths of Reason: Paradox, Puzzles, and the Frailty of Knowledge (William Poundstone)
Labyrinths of Reason: Paradox, Puzzles, and the Frailty of Knowledge
250
William Poundstone
2666 (Roberto Bolaño)
2666
251
Roberto Bolaño
Existentialism From Dostoevsky to Sartre (Walter Kaufmann)
Existentialism From Dostoevsky to Sartre
252
Walter Kaufmann
The Scarlet Letter (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
The Scarlet Letter
253
Nathaniel Hawthorne
The Sublime Object of Ideology (Slavoj Žižek)
The Sublime Object of Ideology
254
Slavoj Žižek
First as Tragedy, Then as Farce (Slavoj Zizek)
First as Tragedy, Then as Farce
255
Slavoj Zizek
Violence (Slavoj Žižek)
Violence
256
Slavoj Žižek
No Longer Human (Osamu Dazai)
No Longer Human
257
Osamu Dazai
Poems and Ballads (Algernon Charles Swinburne)
Poems and Ballads
258
Algernon Charles Swinburne
Philosophical Dictionary (Voltaire)
Philosophical Dictionary
259
Voltaire
Darwin, Marx, Wagner: Critique of Heritage (Jacques Barzun)
Darwin, Marx, Wagner: Critique of Heritage
260
Jacques Barzun
Meditations (Marcus Aurelius)
Meditations
261
Marcus Aurelius
Two New Sciences (Galileo Galilei)
Two New Sciences
262
Galileo Galilei
Hunger (Knut Hamsun)
Hunger
263
Knut Hamsun
Primitive Mythology (The Masks of God #1) (Joseph Campbell)
Primitive Mythology (The Masks of God #1)
264
Joseph Campbell
Oriental Mythology: The Masks of God (The Masks of God #2) (Joseph Campbell)
Oriental Mythology: The Masks of God (The Masks of God #2)
265
Joseph Campbell
Occidental Mythology (The Masks of God #3) (Joseph Campbell)
Occidental Mythology (The Masks of God #3)
266
Joseph Campbell
Creative Mythology (Joseph Campbell)
Creative Mythology
267
Joseph Campbell
4 3 2 1 (Paul Auster)
4 3 2 1
268
Paul Auster
The Physicist and the Philosopher (Jimena Canales)
The Physicist and the Philosopher
269
Jimena Canales
The Illuminatus! Trilogy (Robert Shea & Robert Anton Wilson)
The Illuminatus! Trilogy
270
Robert Shea & Robert Anton Wilson
Nights at the Circus (Angela Carter)
Nights at the Circus
271
Angela Carter
The Third Policeman (Flann O'Brian)
The Third Policeman
272
Flann O'Brian
Realm of the Dead (Uchida Hyakken)
Realm of the Dead
273
Uchida Hyakken
Tennyson: Poems (Alfred Lord Tennyson)
Tennyson: Poems
274
Alfred Lord Tennyson
History of the Wars (Procopius)
History of the Wars
275
Procopius
A History of My Times (Xenophon)
A History of My Times
276
Xenophon
A Universal History of Iniquity (Jorge Luis Borges)
A Universal History of Iniquity
277
Jorge Luis Borges
A New System of Chemical Philosophy (John Dalton)
A New System of Chemical Philosophy
278
John Dalton
The Principia: Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy (Isaac Newton)
The Principia: Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy
279
Isaac Newton
The Elementary Particles (Michel Houellebecq)
The Elementary Particles
280
Michel Houellebecq
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