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Books You Would Have Already Read If You Weren't Such a Disappointing Failure

Whether because they're established classics, volumes that have been collecting dust on my shelves for years, or books I'm sure I'd love if I simply got around to reading them... these are the most prominent skeletons (or spines, at least) in my literary closet.
Nothing like a good ol' public shaming to get you to finally put down that paranormal romance and pick up Infinite Jest.
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Little Women (Louisa May Alcott)
Little Women
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Louisa May Alcott
The New Jim Crow (Alexander)
The New Jim Crow
2
Alexander
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian (Sherman Alexie)
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
3
Sherman Alexie
The Divine Comedy (Dante Alighieri)
The Divine Comedy
4
Dante Alighieri
The House of the Spirits (Isabel Allende)
The House of the Spirits
5
Isabel Allende
The New York Trilogy (Paul Auster)
The New York Trilogy
6
Paul Auster
Our Band Could Be Your Life
Our Band Could Be Your Life
7
The Fire Next Time (James Baldwin)
The Fire Next Time
8
James Baldwin
Nightwood (Djuna Barnes)
Nightwood
9
Djuna Barnes
Camera Lucida
Camera Lucida
10
The Last Unicorn (Peter S. Beagle)
The Last Unicorn
11
Peter S. Beagle
The Second Sex (Simone De Beauvoir)
The Second Sex
12
Simone De Beauvoir
Waiting for Godot (Samuel Beckett)
Waiting for Godot
13
Samuel Beckett
The Adventures of Augie March (Saul Bellow)
The Adventures of Augie March
14
Saul Bellow
Noughts and Crosses (Malorie Blackman)
Noughts and Crosses
15
Malorie Blackman
Ficciones (Jorge Luis Borges)
Ficciones
16
Jorge Luis Borges
Labyrinths (Jorge Luis Borges)
Labyrinths
17
Jorge Luis Borges
The Martian Chronicles (Ray Bradbury)
The Martian Chronicles
18
Ray Bradbury
The Mists of Avalon (Marion Zimmer Bradley)
The Mists of Avalon
19
Marion Zimmer Bradley
Wuthering Heights (Emily Brontë)
Wuthering Heights
20
Emily Brontë
Grow Up (Ben Brooks)
Grow Up
21
Ben Brooks
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (Dee Brown)
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
22
Dee Brown
A Short History of Nearly Everything (Bill Bryson)
A Short History of Nearly Everything
23
Bill Bryson
The Master and Margarita (Mikhail Bulgakov)
The Master and Margarita
24
Mikhail Bulgakov
Kindred (Octavia Butler)
Kindred
25
Octavia Butler
Possession (A.S. Byatt)
Possession
26
A.S. Byatt
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking (Susan Cain)
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking
27
Susan Cain
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler (Italo Calvino)
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler
28
Italo Calvino
Italian Folktales
Italian Folktales
29
The Power of Myth
The Power of Myth
30
The China Study (Thomas Campbell)
The China Study
31
Thomas Campbell
In Cold Blood (Truman Capote)
In Cold Blood
32
Truman Capote
Nights at the Circus (Angela Carter)
Nights at the Circus
33
Angela Carter
The Big Sleep (Raymond Chandler)
The Big Sleep
34
Raymond Chandler
The Stories of John Cheever
The Stories of John Cheever
35
The Alchemist (Paulo Coelho)
The Alchemist
36
Paulo Coelho
Hopscotch (Julio Cortázar)
Hopscotch
37
Julio Cortázar
House of Leaves (Mark Z. Danielewski)
House of Leaves
38
Mark Z. Danielewski
Wolf in White Van (John Darnielle)
Wolf in White Van
39
John Darnielle
White Noise (Don Delillo)
White Noise
40
Don Delillo
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