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Essential Books for Reading (Revised)

The greatest fiction and non-fiction books, poetry and plays of the classic and modern classic variety that K has read.
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1984 (George Orwell)
1984
1
George Orwell
77 Dream Songs (John Berryman)
77 Dream Songs
2
John Berryman
Absalom, Absalom! (William Faulkner)
Absalom, Absalom!
3
William Faulkner
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
4
Mark Twain
Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Mark Twain)
Adventures of Tom Sawyer
5
Mark Twain
The Aeneid (Virgil)
The Aeneid
6
Virgil
The Affluent Society (John Kenneth Galbraith)
The Affluent Society
7
John Kenneth Galbraith
Against Interpretation (Susan Sontag)
Against Interpretation
8
Susan Sontag
Agamemnon
Agamemnon
9
The Age of Innocence (Edith Wharton)
The Age of Innocence
10
Edith Wharton
The Age of Reform (Richard Hofstadter)
The Age of Reform
11
Richard Hofstadter
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Lewis Carroll)
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
12
Lewis Carroll
All the President's Men (Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward)
All the President's Men
13
Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward
All the Pretty Horses (Cormac McCarthy)
All the Pretty Horses
14
Cormac McCarthy
All Quiet on the Western Front (Erich Maria Remarque)
All Quiet on the Western Front
15
Erich Maria Remarque
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay (Michael Chabon)
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
16
Michael Chabon
American Pastoral (Philip Roth)
American Pastoral
17
Philip Roth
American Psycho (Bret Easton Ellis)
American Psycho
18
Bret Easton Ellis
Americanah (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
Americanah
19
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
An Artist of the Floating World (Kazuo Ishiguro)
An Artist of the Floating World
20
Kazuo Ishiguro
An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding (David Hume)
An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding
21
David Hume
An Essay Concerning Human Understanding (John Locke)
An Essay Concerning Human Understanding
22
John Locke
Androcles and the Lion (George Bernard Shaw)
Androcles and the Lion
23
George Bernard Shaw
Angela's Ashes (Frank McCourt)
Angela's Ashes
24
Frank McCourt
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
25
George Orwell
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
26
Leo Tolstoy
Antigone (Jean Anouilh)
Antigone
27
Jean Anouilh
Antigone (Sophocles)
Antigone
28
Sophocles
Antony and Cleopatra (William Shakespeare)
Antony and Cleopatra
29
William Shakespeare
Armies of the Night (Norman Mailer)
Armies of the Night
30
Norman Mailer
Around the World in Eighty Days (Jules Verne)
Around the World in Eighty Days
31
Jules Verne
The Art of Loving (Erich Fromm)
The Art of Loving
32
Erich Fromm
As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner)
As I Lay Dying
33
William Faulkner
As You Like It (William Shakespeare)
As You Like It
34
William Shakespeare
Atonement (Ian McEwan)
Atonement
35
Ian McEwan
Austerlitz (W.G. Sebald)
Austerlitz
36
W.G. Sebald
Axel's Castle (Edmund Wilson)
Axel's Castle
37
Edmund Wilson
Babbitt by Sinclair Lewis
Babbitt by Sinclair Lewis
38
The Balcony (Jean Genet)
The Balcony
39
Jean Genet
The Bald Soprano (Eugène Ionesco)
The Bald Soprano
40
Eugène Ionesco
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