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Samuel R. Delany's Literature Pillars - Page 2

"If one tried to construct the Temple of Literature from only the[fifty] "pillars" below, it would collapse spectacularly. Nevertheless, here is a contingent group of titles that, to paraphrase Christopher Higgs, if I hadn't read and reread over the years, I wouldn't be myself. How much that is worth, I'm not sure."
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Miss Lonelyhearts (Nathanael West)
Miss Lonelyhearts
41
Nathanael West
A Cool Million
A Cool Million
42
The Day of the Locust (Nathanael West)
The Day of the Locust
43
Nathanael West
Call It Sleep (Henry Roth)
Call It Sleep
44
Henry Roth
Flush: A Biography
Flush: A Biography
45
To the Lighthouse (Virginia Woolf)
To the Lighthouse
46
Virginia Woolf
The Waves (Virginia Woolf)
The Waves
47
Virginia Woolf
The Years
The Years
48
A Room of One's Own (Virginia Woolf)
A Room of One's Own
49
Virginia Woolf
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
50
Vladimir Nabokov
Pnin (Vladimir Nabokov)
Pnin
51
Vladimir Nabokov
Pale Fire (Vladimir Nabokov)
Pale Fire
52
Vladimir Nabokov
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
53
Mark Twain
Eve's Diary (Mark Twain)
Eve's Diary
54
Mark Twain
The Man Who Loved Children (Christina Stead)
The Man Who Loved Children
55
Christina Stead
Tractatus Theologico-Politicus (Baruch Spinoza)
Tractatus Theologico-Politicus
56
Baruch Spinoza
Ethics
Ethics
57
Collected Poems of W.H. Auden (W.H. Auden)
Collected Poems of W.H. Auden
58
W.H. Auden
The Sound and the Fury (William Faulkner)
The Sound and the Fury
59
William Faulkner
Absalom, Absalom! (William Faulkner)
Absalom, Absalom!
60
William Faulkner
As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner)
As I Lay Dying
61
William Faulkner
Light in August (William Faulkner)
Light in August
62
William Faulkner
Sanctuary (William Faulkner)
Sanctuary
63
William Faulkner
From Hell (Alan Moore)
From Hell
64
Alan Moore
The Alphabet (Ron Silliman)
The Alphabet
65
Ron Silliman
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (Alan Moore)
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
66
Alan Moore
Selected Poems (Marilyn Hacker)
Selected Poems
67
Marilyn Hacker
Drown, Junot Diaz
Drown, Junot Diaz
68
The Brief Wonderous Life of Oscar Wao (Junot Diaz)
The Brief Wonderous Life of Oscar Wao
69
Junot Diaz
This Is How You Lose Her (Junot Díaz)
This Is How You Lose Her
70
Junot Díaz
My Ántonia
My Ántonia
71
The Song of the Lark
The Song of the Lark
72
A Lost Lady
A Lost Lady
73
My Mortal Enemy (Willa Cather)
My Mortal Enemy
74
Willa Cather
Miracle of the Rose by Jean Genet
Miracle of the Rose by Jean Genet
75
Our Lady of the Flowers
Our Lady of the Flowers
76
Funeral Rites (Jean Genet)
Funeral Rites
77
Jean Genet
The Thief's Journal
The Thief's Journal
78
Querelle of Brest
Querelle of Brest
79
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (James Joyce)
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
80
James Joyce
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