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Books Mentioned in "An Unnecessary Woman"

Here are all the books mentioned in Rabih Alameddine's "An Unnecessary Woman". The list includes all the books mentioned by name only and therefore not the books from which character names or quotes are from, nor the countless other literary references throughout the novel.
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Austerlitz (W.G. Sebald)
Austerlitz
1
W.G. Sebald
2666 (Roberto Bolaño)
2666
2
Roberto Bolaño
The Savage Detectives (Roberto Bolaño)
The Savage Detectives
3
Roberto Bolaño
The Science of Right (Immanuel Kant)
The Science of Right
4
Immanuel Kant
A Heart So White (Javier Marias)
A Heart So White
5
Javier Marias
Tomorrow in the Battle Think on Me (Javier Marias)
Tomorrow in the Battle Think on Me
6
Javier Marias
Your Face Tomorrow, #1-3 (Javier Marías)
Your Face Tomorrow, #1-3
7
Javier Marías
A Tale of Two Cities (Charles Dickens)
A Tale of Two Cities
8
Charles Dickens
Invisible Cities (Italo Calvino)
Invisible Cities
9
Italo Calvino
The Cinnamon Shop (Bruno Schulz)
The Cinnamon Shop
10
Bruno Schulz
The Conformist (Alberto Moravia)
The Conformist
11
Alberto Moravia
As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner)
As I Lay Dying
12
William Faulkner
Goodbye Columbus
Goodbye Columbus
13
A Moveable Feast (Ernest Hemingway)
A Moveable Feast
14
Ernest Hemingway
Fear of Flying (Erica Jong)
Fear of Flying
15
Erica Jong
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Edward Albee)
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
16
Edward Albee
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
17
Vladimir Nabokov
The Shipping News (E.Annie Proulx)
The Shipping News
18
E.Annie Proulx
The Ashley Book of Knots (Clifford W. Ashley)
The Ashley Book of Knots
19
Clifford W. Ashley
The Magic Mountain (Thomas Mann)
The Magic Mountain
20
Thomas Mann
The Emigrants (W.G. Sebald)
The Emigrants
21
W.G. Sebald
The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis
The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis
22
Murphy (Beckett)
Murphy
23
Beckett
Waiting for Godot (Samuel Beckett)
Waiting for Godot
24
Samuel Beckett
Giovanni's Room (James Baldwin)
Giovanni's Room
25
James Baldwin
Corydon
Corydon
26
Sepharad (Antonio Munoz Molina)
Sepharad
27
Antonio Munoz Molina
Sophie's Choice (William Styron)
Sophie's Choice
28
William Styron
Old Masters (Thomas Bernhard)
Old Masters
29
Thomas Bernhard
The Waste Land (T.S. Eliot)
The Waste Land
30
T.S. Eliot
Nightwood (Djuna Barnes)
Nightwood
31
Djuna Barnes
The Leopard (Giuseppe Tomasi Di Lampedusa)
The Leopard
32
Giuseppe Tomasi Di Lampedusa
Kaddish for an Unborn Child (Imre Kertesz)
Kaddish for an Unborn Child
33
Imre Kertesz
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment
34
Fyodor Dostoevsky
The Kingdom of God Is Within You (Leo Tolstoy)
The Kingdom of God Is Within You
35
Leo Tolstoy
The Brothers Karamazov (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
The Brothers Karamazov
36
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
The Waves (Virginia Woolf)
The Waves
37
Virginia Woolf
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
38
Leo Tolstoy
The Book of Disquiet (Fernando Pessoa)
The Book of Disquiet
39
Fernando Pessoa
The Fall (Albert Camus)
The Fall
40
Albert Camus
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