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The Alternative 278 Books You Should Have Read by Now - Page 3

This is what Everything2's web contributor "18thCandidate" posted in response to Harold Bloom's list of 278 potentially canonical works of 20th century American literature (click on the link below to challenge yourself with Bloom's list).
"The list by Harold Bloom ... is perhaps the most pretentious and self-absorbed list of its kind that I've ever seen. While most of the books in it are good, to call it a list of books you should have read by now and include six titles by John Ashbery smacks of a world of self-absorbed cultural irrelevance. These aren't 278 books you should have read by now, these are 278 books that a pretentious literary twat should have read by now."
Do you prefer 18thCandidate's alternative version of "278 Books You Should Have Read By Now"? The source article, with justifications, is available at "https://everything2.com/title/278+Books+You+Should+Have+Read+By+Now".
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The Essential Ellison: A 35-Year Retrospective (Harlan Ellison)
The Essential Ellison: A 35-Year Retrospective (Harlan Ellison)
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Euclid's Elements
Euclid's Elements
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The Executioner's Song (Norman Mailer)
The Executioner's Song (Norman Mailer)
84
Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
85
A Farewell to Arms (Ernest Hemingway)
A Farewell to Arms (Ernest Hemingway)
86
Fast Food Nation (Eric Schlosser)
Fast Food Nation (Eric Schlosser)
87
Faust (Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe)
Faust (Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe)
88
Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72 (Hunter S. Thompson)
Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72 (Hunter S. Thompson)
89
Ficciones (Jorge Luis Borges)
Ficciones (Jorge Luis Borges)
90
Fight Club (Chuck Palahniuk)
Fight Club (Chuck Palahniuk)
91
Flatland (Edwin A. Abbott)
Flatland (Edwin A. Abbott)
92
Flowers for Algernon (Daniel Keyes)
Flowers for Algernon (Daniel Keyes)
93
Foucault's Pendulum (Umberto Eco)
Foucault's Pendulum (Umberto Eco)
94
The Fountainhead (Ayn Rand)
The Fountainhead (Ayn Rand)
95
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
96
Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream
Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream
97
From Here to Eternity (James Jones)
From Here to Eternity (James Jones)
98
A Game of Thrones (George R.R. Martin)
A Game of Thrones (George R.R. Martin)
99
Giovanni's Room (James Baldwin)
Giovanni's Room (James Baldwin)
100
The Giver (Lois Lowry)
The Giver (Lois Lowry)
101
Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid (Douglas Hofstadter)
Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid (Douglas Hofstadter)
102
Gold (Isaac Asimov)
Gold (Isaac Asimov)
103
The Good Earth (Pearl S. Buck)
The Good Earth (Pearl S. Buck)
104
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
105
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
106
Gulliver's Travels (Jonathan Swift)
Gulliver's Travels (Jonathan Swift)
107
Hackers (Steven Levy)
Hackers (Steven Levy)
108
Hamlet (William Shakespeare)
Hamlet (William Shakespeare)
109
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
110
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (J. K. Rowling)
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (J. K. Rowling)
111
Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad)
Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad)
112
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius (Dave Eggers)
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius (Dave Eggers)
113
Herzog (Saul Bellow)
Herzog (Saul Bellow)
114
High Fidelity (Nick Hornby)
High Fidelity (Nick Hornby)
115
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams)
116
Holes (Louis Sachar)
Holes (Louis Sachar)
117
The Hours (Michael Cunningham)
The Hours (Michael Cunningham)
118
House of Leaves (Mark Danielewski)
House of Leaves (Mark Danielewski)
119
Housekeeping (Marilynne Robinson)
Housekeeping (Marilynne Robinson)
120
Howl (Allen Ginsberg)
Howl (Allen Ginsberg)
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