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Books Mentioned in Michael Dirda's Bound to Please (2005)

The below are books culled from Michael Dirda's Bound to Please (2005), a collection of book reviews/essays.
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Vermeer: A View of Delft (Anthony Bailey)
Vermeer: A View of Delft
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Anthony Bailey
Boswell's Presumptuous Task: The Making of the Life of Dr. Johnson (Adam Sisman)
Boswell's Presumptuous Task: The Making of the Life of Dr. Johnson
2
Adam Sisman
The Flowers of Evil (Charles Baudelaire)
The Flowers of Evil
3
Charles Baudelaire
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment
4
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Emerson: The Mind on Fire (Robert Richardson)
Emerson: The Mind on Fire
5
Robert Richardson
Oscar Wilde (Richard Ellmann)
Oscar Wilde
6
Richard Ellmann
Madame Blavatsky's Baboon: A History of the Mystics, Mediums, and Misfits (Peter Washington)
Madame Blavatsky's Baboon: A History of the Mystics, Mediums, and Misfits
7
Peter Washington
Nightwood (Djuna Barnes)
Nightwood
8
Djuna Barnes
Chester Himes: A Life (James Sallis)
Chester Himes: A Life
9
James Sallis
Lectures on Literature (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lectures on Literature
10
Vladimir Nabokov
The Western Canon: The Books and School of the Ages (Harold Bloom)
The Western Canon: The Books and School of the Ages
11
Harold Bloom
Possession (A.S. Byatt)
Possession
12
A.S. Byatt
Georges Perec: A Life in Words (David Bellos)
Georges Perec: A Life in Words
13
David Bellos
The Histories (Herodotus)
The Histories
14
Herodotus
Holy Bible King James Version
Holy Bible King James Version
15
Tales From Ovid (Ted Hughes)
Tales From Ovid
16
Ted Hughes
The Rise of Western Christendom: Triumph & Diversity 200–1000 (Peter R.L. Brown)
The Rise of Western Christendom: Triumph & Diversity 200–1000
17
Peter R.L. Brown
The Arabian Nights: One Thousand and One Nights (Anonymous)
The Arabian Nights: One Thousand and One Nights
18
Anonymous
The Name of the Rose (Umberto Eco)
The Name of the Rose
19
Umberto Eco
The Civilization of Europe in the Renaissance (John Hale)
The Civilization of Europe in the Renaissance
20
John Hale
William Tyndale: A Biography (David Daniell)
William Tyndale: A Biography
21
David Daniell
A Dead Man in Deptford (Anthony Burgess)
A Dead Man in Deptford
22
Anthony Burgess
The Works of Rabelais (Rabelais)
The Works of Rabelais
23
Rabelais
Samuel Pepys: The Unequalled Self (Claire Tomalin)
Samuel Pepys: The Unequalled Self
24
Claire Tomalin
Mason & Dixon (Thomas Pynchon)
Mason & Dixon
25
Thomas Pynchon
Blake (Peter Ackroyd)
Blake
26
Peter Ackroyd
The Lunar Men (Jenny Uglow)
The Lunar Men
27
Jenny Uglow
Pushkin: A Biography
Pushkin: A Biography
28
The Manuscript Found in Saragossa (Jan Potocki)
The Manuscript Found in Saragossa
29
Jan Potocki
Victor Hugo: A Biography (Graham Robb)
Victor Hugo: A Biography
30
Graham Robb
The Letters of Gustave Flaubert 1830-1857 (Gustave Flaubert)
The Letters of Gustave Flaubert 1830-1857
31
Gustave Flaubert
The Posthumous Memoirs of Bras Cubas (Machado De Assis)
The Posthumous Memoirs of Bras Cubas
32
Machado De Assis
Dom Casmurro (Machado De Assis)
Dom Casmurro
33
Machado De Assis
Lewis Carroll: A Biography (Morton N. Cohen)
Lewis Carroll: A Biography
34
Morton N. Cohen
John Ruskin: The Early Years (Tim Hilton)
John Ruskin: The Early Years
35
Tim Hilton
John Ruskin: The Later Years (Tim Hilton)
John Ruskin: The Later Years
36
Tim Hilton
Autobiography of Anthony Trollope
Autobiography of Anthony Trollope
37
William Morris - A Life for Our Time (Fiona MacCarthy)
William Morris - A Life for Our Time
38
Fiona MacCarthy
A.E. Houseman: A Critical Biography (Norman Page)
A.E. Houseman: A Critical Biography
39
Norman Page
Bernard Shaw, Michael Holroyd
Bernard Shaw, Michael Holroyd
40
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