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Essential Books for Reading (By Author)

The greatest fiction and non-fiction books of the classic and modern classic variety that K has read.
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Things Fall Apart (Chinua Achebe)
Things Fall Apart
1
Chinua Achebe
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
2
Douglas Adams
Americanah (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
Americanah
3
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Agamemnon
Agamemnon
4
Prometheus Bound (Aeschylus)
Prometheus Bound
5
Aeschylus
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf (Edward Albee)
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf
6
Edward Albee
The Zoo Story (Edward Albee)
The Zoo Story
7
Edward Albee
Little Women (Louisa May Alcott,)
Little Women
8
Louisa May Alcott,
The Divine Comedy (Dante Alighieri)
The Divine Comedy
9
Dante Alighieri
Lucky Jim (Kinglsey Amis)
Lucky Jim
10
Kinglsey Amis
Money (Martin Amis)
Money
11
Martin Amis
Winesburg, Ohio (Anderson, Sherwood)
Winesburg, Ohio
12
Anderson, Sherwood
The Poem of the Cid (Anonymous)
The Poem of the Cid
13
Anonymous
Antigone (Jean Anouilh)
Antigone
14
Jean Anouilh
Selected Writings of Guillaume Apollinaire (Guillaume Apollinaire)
Selected Writings of Guillaume Apollinaire
15
Guillaume Apollinaire
On Violence (Hannah Arendt)
On Violence
16
Hannah Arendt
Lysistrata (Aristophanes)
Lysistrata
17
Aristophanes
Nicomachean Ethics (Aristotle)
Nicomachean Ethics
18
Aristotle
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale
19
Margaret Atwood
Selected Poems Auden (W H Auden)
Selected Poems Auden
20
W H Auden
Emma (Jane Austen)
Emma
21
Jane Austen
Northanger Abbey (Jane Austen)
Northanger Abbey
22
Jane Austen
Persuasion (Jane Austen)
Persuasion
23
Jane Austen
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
24
Jane Austen
Sense and Sensibility (Jane Austen)
Sense and Sensibility
25
Jane Austen
The New York Trilogy (Paul Auster)
The New York Trilogy
26
Paul Auster
Language, Truth & Logic (Alfred Jules Ayer)
Language, Truth & Logic
27
Alfred Jules Ayer
Go Tell It on the Mountain (James Baldwin)
Go Tell It on the Mountain
28
James Baldwin
Eugenie Grandet (Honoré De Balzac)
Eugenie Grandet
29
Honoré De Balzac
Pere Goriot (Honore De Balzac)
Pere Goriot
30
Honore De Balzac
Flaubert's Parrot (Julian Barnes)
Flaubert's Parrot
31
Julian Barnes
The Sense of an Ending (Barnes, Julian)
The Sense of an Ending
32
Barnes, Julian
Floating Opera (John Barth)
Floating Opera
33
John Barth
The Flowers of Evil (Charles Baudelaire)
The Flowers of Evil
34
Charles Baudelaire
Endgame (Samuel Beckett)
Endgame
35
Samuel Beckett
Krapp's Last Tape (Samuel Beckett)
Krapp's Last Tape
36
Samuel Beckett
Not I (Samuel Beckett)
Not I
37
Samuel Beckett
Waiting for Godot (Samuel Beckett)
Waiting for Godot
38
Samuel Beckett
Henderson the Rain King (Saul Bellow)
Henderson the Rain King
39
Saul Bellow
Herzog (Saul Bellow)
Herzog
40
Saul Bellow
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