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The Critics Recommend Them but How Many People Actually Read Them?

These are books that I have not yet read that also appear frequently on my previously published list challenges. They typically occur dozens of times over different lists.
The challenges I used were those that had a list of recommendations made by an author or a professional book critic. Popularity lists such a those on Goodreads were NOT used.
I think this list makes a decent literary TBR; important omissions most likely result from me having read the book!
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2001: A Space Odyssey (Arthur C. Clarke)
2001: A Space Odyssey
1
Arthur C. Clarke
Absalom, Absalom! (William Faulkner)
Absalom, Absalom!
2
William Faulkner
The Accidental Tourist (Anne Tyler)
The Accidental Tourist
3
Anne Tyler
The Adventures of Augie March (Saul Bellow)
The Adventures of Augie March
4
Saul Bellow
All the King's Men (Robert Penn Warren)
All the King's Men
5
Robert Penn Warren
All the Pretty Horses (Cormac McCarthy)
All the Pretty Horses
6
Cormac McCarthy
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay (Michael Chabon)
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
7
Michael Chabon
The Ambassadors (Henry James)
The Ambassadors
8
Henry James
An American Tragedy (Theodore Dreiser)
An American Tragedy
9
Theodore Dreiser
An Imaginary Life (David Malouf)
An Imaginary Life
10
David Malouf
Antony and Cleopatra (William Shakespeare)
Antony and Cleopatra
11
William Shakespeare
Appointment in Samarra (John O'Hara)
Appointment in Samarra
12
John O'Hara
Arrow of God (Chinua Achebe)
Arrow of God
13
Chinua Achebe
The Assistant (Bernard Malamud)
The Assistant
14
Bernard Malamud
At Swim-Two-Birds (Flann O'Brien)
At Swim-Two-Birds
15
Flann O'Brien
Atlas Shrugged (Ayn Rand)
Atlas Shrugged
16
Ayn Rand
Austerlitz (W.G. Sebald)
Austerlitz
17
W.G. Sebald
Barchester Towers (Anthony Trollope)
Barchester Towers
18
Anthony Trollope
The Bean Trees (Barbara Kingsolver)
The Bean Trees
19
Barbara Kingsolver
The Beautiful and Damned (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Beautiful and Damned
20
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Bel Canto (Ann Pratchett)
Bel Canto
21
Ann Pratchett
The Betrothed (Alessandro Manzoni)
The Betrothed
22
Alessandro Manzoni
The Big Sleep (Raymond Chandler)
The Big Sleep
23
Raymond Chandler
Birdsong (Sebastian Faulks)
Birdsong
24
Sebastian Faulks
Black Boy (Richard Wright)
Black Boy
25
Richard Wright
Bleak House (Charles Dickens)
Bleak House
26
Charles Dickens
The Blind Assassin (Margaret Atwood)
The Blind Assassin
27
Margaret Atwood
Blood Meridian (Cormac McCarthy)
Blood Meridian
28
Cormac McCarthy
The Bluest Eye (Toni Morrison)
The Bluest Eye
29
Toni Morrison
The Book Thief (Markus Zusak)
The Book Thief
30
Markus Zusak
Breathing Lessons (Anne Tyler)
Breathing Lessons
31
Anne Tyler
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (Junot Díaz)
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
32
Junot Díaz
Call It Sleep (Henry Roth)
Call It Sleep
33
Henry Roth
The Canterbury Tales (Geoffrey Chaucer)
The Canterbury Tales
34
Geoffrey Chaucer
A Canticle for Leibowitz (Walter M. Miller, Jr.)
A Canticle for Leibowitz
35
Walter M. Miller, Jr.
The Castle (Franz Kafka)
The Castle
36
Franz Kafka
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Tennesee Williams)
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
37
Tennesee Williams
The Charterhouse of Parma (Stendhal)
The Charterhouse of Parma
38
Stendhal
The Chronicles of Narnia: Full Series (C.S. Lewis)
The Chronicles of Narnia: Full Series
39
C.S. Lewis
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange
40
Anthony Burgess
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