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The Schlocko Redemption

I'm not sure why "redemption" is the opposite of "humiliation," but it's the latest trend here on ListChallenges so I'll hop right on. Here is a list of the books that boost my scores, plus some postmodern tomes that allow me to feel like an intellectual snob, not to mention a handful of prizewinners that I've read before everyone else. And there's Nelson Algren, because you should read Nelson Algren.
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Chicago: City on the Make (Nelson Algren)
Chicago: City on the Make
1
Nelson Algren
The Man With the Golden Arm (Nelson Algren)
The Man With the Golden Arm
2
Nelson Algren
The Neon Wilderness (Nelson Algren)
The Neon Wilderness
3
Nelson Algren
A Walk on the Wild Side (Nelson Algren)
A Walk on the Wild Side
4
Nelson Algren
The House of the Spirits (Isabel Allende)
The House of the Spirits
5
Isabel Allende
A Long Petal of the Sea (Isabel Allende)
A Long Petal of the Sea
6
Isabel Allende
Violeta (Isabel Allende)
Violeta
7
Isabel Allende
The Blind Assassin (Margaret Atwood)
The Blind Assassin
8
Margaret Atwood
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale
9
Margaret Atwood
The Testaments (Margaret Atwood)
The Testaments
10
Margaret Atwood
Another Country (James Baldwin)
Another Country
11
James Baldwin
Giovanni's Room (James Baldwin)
Giovanni's Room
12
James Baldwin
Go Tell It on the Mountain (James Baldwin)
Go Tell It on the Mountain
13
James Baldwin
If Beale Street Could Talk (James Baldwin)
If Beale Street Could Talk
14
James Baldwin
The Mothers (Brit Bennett)
The Mothers
15
Brit Bennett
The Vanishing Half (Brit Bennett)
The Vanishing Half
16
Brit Bennett
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Brontë)
Jane Eyre
17
Charlotte Brontë
Wuthering Heights (Emily Brontë)
Wuthering Heights
18
Emily Brontë
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay (Michael Chabon)
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
19
Michael Chabon
The Yiddish Policemen's Union (Michael Chabon)
The Yiddish Policemen's Union
20
Michael Chabon
Moving Kings (Joshua Cohen)
Moving Kings
21
Joshua Cohen
The Netanyahus (Joshua Cohen)
The Netanyahus
22
Joshua Cohen
All the Light We Cannot See (Anthony Doerr)
All the Light We Cannot See
23
Anthony Doerr
Cloud Cuckoo Land (Anthony Doerr)
Cloud Cuckoo Land
24
Anthony Doerr
A Visit From the Goon Squad (Jennifer Egan)
A Visit From the Goon Squad
25
Jennifer Egan
Manhattan Beach (Jennifer Egan)
Manhattan Beach
26
Jennifer Egan
Larose (Louise Erdrich)
Larose
27
Louise Erdrich
The Night Watchman (Louise Erdrich)
The Night Watchman
28
Louise Erdrich
The Round House (Louise Erdrich)
The Round House
29
Louise Erdrich
The Sentence (Louise Erdrich)
The Sentence
30
Louise Erdrich
Chronicle of a Death Foretold (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
Chronicle of a Death Foretold
31
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude
32
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Love in the Time of Cholera (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
Love in the Time of Cholera
33
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (James Joyce)
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
34
James Joyce
A Farewell to Arms (Ernest Hemingway)
A Farewell to Arms
35
Ernest Hemingway
For Whom the Bell Tolls (Ernest Hemingway)
For Whom the Bell Tolls
36
Ernest Hemingway
The Old Man and the Sea (Ernest Hemingway)
The Old Man and the Sea
37
Ernest Hemingway
The Sun Also Rises (Ernest Hemingway)
The Sun Also Rises
38
Ernest Hemingway
Ulysses (James Joyce)
Ulysses
39
James Joyce
Conditional Citizens (Laila Lalami)
Conditional Citizens
40
Laila Lalami
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