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Five Essential Books From Essential Authors

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Five Essential Books from Essential Authors.
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Hamlet (William Shakespeare)
Hamlet
1
William Shakespeare
Othello (William Shakespeare)
Othello
2
William Shakespeare
MacBeth (William Shakespeare)
MacBeth
3
William Shakespeare
King Lear (William Shakespeare)
King Lear
4
William Shakespeare
Romeo and Juliet (William Shakespeare)
Romeo and Juliet
5
William Shakespeare
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
6
Jane Austen
Sense and Sensibility (Jane Austen)
Sense and Sensibility
7
Jane Austen
Emma (Jane Austen)
Emma
8
Jane Austen
Persuasion (Jane Austen)
Persuasion
9
Jane Austen
Mansfield Park (Jane Austen)
Mansfield Park
10
Jane Austen
The Sound and the Fury (William Faulkner)
The Sound and the Fury
11
William Faulkner
Absalom, Absalom! (William Faulkner)
Absalom, Absalom!
12
William Faulkner
As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner)
As I Lay Dying
13
William Faulkner
Light in August (William Faulkner)
Light in August
14
William Faulkner
Sanctuary (William Faulkner)
Sanctuary
15
William Faulkner
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
16
Vladimir Nabokov
Pale Fire (Vladimir Nabokov)
Pale Fire
17
Vladimir Nabokov
Pnin (Vladimir Nabokov)
Pnin
18
Vladimir Nabokov
Ada or Ardor (Vladimir Nabokov)
Ada or Ardor
19
Vladimir Nabokov
Speak, Memory (Vladimir Nabokov)
Speak, Memory
20
Vladimir Nabokov
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude
21
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Love in the Time of Cholera (Gabriel García Márquez)
Love in the Time of Cholera
22
Gabriel García Márquez
Chronicle of a Death Foretold (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
Chronicle of a Death Foretold
23
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Of Love and Other Demons (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
Of Love and Other Demons
24
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Autumn of the Patriarch
Autumn of the Patriarch
25
Portnoy's Complaint (Philip Roth)
Portnoy's Complaint
26
Philip Roth
American Pastoral (Philip Roth)
American Pastoral
27
Philip Roth
The Human Stain (Philip Roth)
The Human Stain
28
Philip Roth
The Plot Against America (Philip Roth)
The Plot Against America
29
Philip Roth
Nemesis
Nemesis
30
The Road (Cormac McCarthy)
The Road
31
Cormac McCarthy
Blood Meridian (Cormac McCarthy)
Blood Meridian
32
Cormac McCarthy
All the Pretty Horses (Cormac McCarthy)
All the Pretty Horses
33
Cormac McCarthy
No Country for Old Men (Cormac McCarthy)
No Country for Old Men
34
Cormac McCarthy
Suttree
Suttree
35
Disgrace (J. M. Coetzee)
Disgrace
36
J. M. Coetzee
Life and Times of Michael K (J.M. Coetzee)
Life and Times of Michael K
37
J.M. Coetzee
Foe
Foe
38
Waiting for the Barbarians (J.M. Coetzee)
Waiting for the Barbarians
39
J.M. Coetzee
The Master of Petersburg
The Master of Petersburg
40
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