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50 Books That You Just Read the Cliffnotes Version for Instead

Thanks for checking out my Lists on List Challenges in 2022; it seems like this will be my last entry for the year, well I guess we'll see about that!!! Here are 50 books that perhaps you should just cliffnote instead, especially if you have like a terminal disease or something (my thoughts go out to those of you who do!). As always, enjoy...!!!! (The image is of King Lear)!!!!
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King Lear (William Shakespeare)
King Lear
1
William Shakespeare
Holy Bible (King James Version)
Holy Bible (King James Version)
2
Infinite Jest (David Foster Wallace)
Infinite Jest
3
David Foster Wallace
War and Peace (Leo Tolstoy)
War and Peace
4
Leo Tolstoy
Moby Dick (Herman Melville)
Moby Dick
5
Herman Melville
The Red Badge of Courage (Stephen Crane)
The Red Badge of Courage
6
Stephen Crane
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Ken Kesey)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
7
Ken Kesey
The Brothers Karamazov (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
The Brothers Karamazov
8
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
The Corrections (Jonathan Franzen)
The Corrections
9
Jonathan Franzen
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
10
J.D. Salinger
The Iliad (Homer)
The Iliad
11
Homer
Atlas Shrugged (Ayn Rand)
Atlas Shrugged
12
Ayn Rand
On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
On the Road
13
Jack Kerouac
A Confederacy of Dunces (John Kennedy Toole)
A Confederacy of Dunces
14
John Kennedy Toole
Life of Pi (Yann Martel)
Life of Pi
15
Yann Martel
Death in Venice (Thomas Mann)
Death in Venice
16
Thomas Mann
Gone With the Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
Gone With the Wind
17
Margaret Mitchell
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
18
George Orwell
The Stand (Stephen King)
The Stand
19
Stephen King
Bleak House (Charles Dickens)
Bleak House
20
Charles Dickens
The Odyssey (Homer)
The Odyssey
21
Homer
Dune (Frank Herbert)
Dune
22
Frank Herbert
The Name of the Rose (Umberto Eco)
The Name of the Rose
23
Umberto Eco
Doctor Zhivago (Boris Pasternak)
Doctor Zhivago
24
Boris Pasternak
Gulliver's Travels (Jonathan Swift)
Gulliver's Travels
25
Jonathan Swift
The Sun Also Rises (Ernest Hemingway)
The Sun Also Rises
26
Ernest Hemingway
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
27
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Inferno (Dante)
Inferno
28
Dante
Paradise Lost (John Milton)
Paradise Lost
29
John Milton
The Hunchback of Notre-Dame (Victor Hugo)
The Hunchback of Notre-Dame
30
Victor Hugo
The Satanic Verses (Salman Rushdie)
The Satanic Verses
31
Salman Rushdie
The Communist Manifesto (Karl Marx)
The Communist Manifesto
32
Karl Marx
Cloud Atlas (David Mitchell)
Cloud Atlas
33
David Mitchell
On the Beach (Nevil Shute)
On the Beach
34
Nevil Shute
Hamlet (William Shakespeare)
Hamlet
35
William Shakespeare
Finnegans Wake (James Joyce)
Finnegans Wake
36
James Joyce
Wuthering Heights (Emily Brontë)
Wuthering Heights
37
Emily Brontë
Robinson Crusoe (Daniel Defoe)
Robinson Crusoe
38
Daniel Defoe
Tom Sawyer (Mark Twain)
Tom Sawyer
39
Mark Twain
Underworld (Don Delillo)
Underworld
40
Don Delillo
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