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Slightly Pretentious

This is a list of books I found slightly pretentious (or in the case of James Joyce, very pretentious) This doesn't necessarily mean I didn't enjoy the book - some of these are my all time favorites (Ágota Kristof, Donna Tartt, Édouard Louis, Karen Joy Fowler, Nathan Englander)
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Asymmetry (Lisa Halliday)
Asymmetry
1
Lisa Halliday
Bluets (Maggie Nelson)
Bluets
2
Maggie Nelson
Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage (Haruki Murakami)
Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage
3
Haruki Murakami
Dubliners (James Joyce)
Dubliners
4
James Joyce
Hippie (Paulo Coelho)
Hippie
5
Paulo Coelho
Intimations (Zadie Smith)
Intimations
6
Zadie Smith
Little Jewel (Patrick Modiano)
Little Jewel
7
Patrick Modiano
The Love Affairs of Nathaniel P. (Adelle Waldman)
The Love Affairs of Nathaniel P.
8
Adelle Waldman
Memories of the Future (Siri Hustvedt)
Memories of the Future
9
Siri Hustvedt
The Notebook, the Proof, the Third Lie: Three Novels (Ágota Kristóf)
The Notebook, the Proof, the Third Lie: Three Novels
10
Ágota Kristóf
NW (Zadie Smith)
NW
11
Zadie Smith
The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake (Aimee Bender)
The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake
12
Aimee Bender
The Road (Cormac McCarthy)
The Road
13
Cormac McCarthy
The Secret History (Donna Tartt)
The Secret History
14
Donna Tartt
The Silence (Don Delillo)
The Silence
15
Don Delillo
This Is All (Aidan Chambers)
This Is All
16
Aidan Chambers
We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves (Karen Joy Fowler)
We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves
17
Karen Joy Fowler
What I Loved (Siri Hustvedt)
What I Loved
18
Siri Hustvedt
What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank (Nathan Englander)
What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank
19
Nathan Englander
Who Killed My Father (Édouard Louis)
Who Killed My Father
20
Édouard Louis
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