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The BBC Agrees: If You've Read 6 or More of These Books You're a Genius

Or you can transform yourself into a genius by having read 6 of these books by the end of 2022. Any faster may be harmful to your eyesight & mental health. Seriously though, works in the range 46-75 are probably the most approachable, & include sci-fi.
You don't need to read the following description before you start.
These are books that are representative of so-called "Theory-Fiction", of which the source web page says "In this hybrid style, theory is torn down from its pedestal, the real power of fiction is affirmed, and both are released from the high forms of the academy". Ehhhh?!?
The subsets are:
1-15: Poetic Theory (Theory which foregrounds its artifice)
16-28: Narrative Theory (Theory told through narrative form)
29-45: Cybernetic Theory-Fiction (Theory-fiction as cultural hype)
46-62: Sci-Phi (Low fiction, high theory)
63-82: Theoretical Fiction 1 (ThF1) (Fiction as theory)
83-97: ThF2 (Self-writing as theory)
98:101: ThF3 (Poetry & plays as theory)
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Fear and Trembling (Sǿren Kierkegaard)
Fear and Trembling
1
Sǿren Kierkegaard
Visions of Excess (Georges Bataille)
Visions of Excess
2
Georges Bataille
Minima Moralia (Theodor W. Adorno)
Minima Moralia
3
Theodor W. Adorno
Speed and Politics (Paul Virilio)
Speed and Politics
4
Paul Virilio
The Writing of the Disaster (Maurice Blanchot)
The Writing of the Disaster
5
Maurice Blanchot
Thousand Plateaus: Capitalism and Schizophrenia (Gilles Deleuze, Félix Guattari)
Thousand Plateaus: Capitalism and Schizophrenia
6
Gilles Deleuze, Félix Guattari
The Post Card: From Socrates to Freud and Beyond (Jacques Derrida)
The Post Card: From Socrates to Freud and Beyond
7
Jacques Derrida
An Anthology (Simone Weil)
An Anthology
8
Simone Weil
The Ecstasy of Communication (Jean Baudrillard)
The Ecstasy of Communication
9
Jean Baudrillard
Futurism: An Anthology (Lawrence Rainey)
Futurism: An Anthology
10
Lawrence Rainey
The Conspiracy Against the Human Race (Thomas Ligotti)
The Conspiracy Against the Human Race
11
Thomas Ligotti
Vampyroteuthis Infernalis (Vilém Flusser & Louis Bec)
Vampyroteuthis Infernalis
12
Vilém Flusser & Louis Bec
Citizen: An American Lyric (Claudia Rankine)
Citizen: An American Lyric
13
Claudia Rankine
The Surrealism Reader (Dawn Ades)
The Surrealism Reader
14
Dawn Ades
Manifestly Haraway (Donna Haraway)
Manifestly Haraway
15
Donna Haraway
On the Nature of the Universe (Lucretius)
On the Nature of the Universe
16
Lucretius
An Account of My Hut (Kamo No Chomei)
An Account of My Hut
17
Kamo No Chomei
Zohar: The Book of Splendor: Basic Readings From the Kabbalah (Moses De León)
Zohar: The Book of Splendor: Basic Readings From the Kabbalah
18
Moses De León
Thus Spoke Zarathustra (Friedrich Nietzsche)
Thus Spoke Zarathustra
19
Friedrich Nietzsche
Nietzsche and the Vicious Circle (Pierre Klossowski)
Nietzsche and the Vicious Circle
20
Pierre Klossowski
One-Way Street and Other Writings (Walter Benjamin)
One-Way Street and Other Writings
21
Walter Benjamin
The Third Body (Hélène Cixous)
The Third Body
22
Hélène Cixous
Male Fantasies (Klaus Theweleit)
Male Fantasies
23
Klaus Theweleit
Marine Lover of Friedrich Nietzsche (Luce Irigaray)
Marine Lover of Friedrich Nietzsche
24
Luce Irigaray
A Thousand Years of Nonlinear History (Manuel De Landa)
A Thousand Years of Nonlinear History
25
Manuel De Landa
Face of the Deep: A Theology of Becoming (Catherine Keller)
Face of the Deep: A Theology of Becoming
26
Catherine Keller
Biogea (Michel Serres)
Biogea
27
Michel Serres
The Mushroom at the End of the World (Anna Tsing)
The Mushroom at the End of the World
28
Anna Tsing
The World, the Flesh and the Devil (J.D. Bernal)
The World, the Flesh and the Devil
29
J.D. Bernal
Summa Technologiae (Stanisław Lem)
Summa Technologiae
30
Stanisław Lem
Fanged Noumena (Nick Land)
Fanged Noumena
31
Nick Land
Spasm: Virtual Reality, Android Music and Electric Flesh (Arthur Kroker)
Spasm: Virtual Reality, Android Music and Electric Flesh
32
Arthur Kroker
Cyberpositive (0(Rphan)D(Rift>))
Cyberpositive
33
0(Rphan)D(Rift>)
Writings 1997-2003 (Ccru)
Writings 1997-2003
34
Ccru
More Brilliant Than the Sun (Kodwo Eshun)
More Brilliant Than the Sun
35
Kodwo Eshun
Zeros + Ones (Sadie Plant)
Zeros + Ones
36
Sadie Plant
Flatline Constructs: Gothic Materialism and Cybernetic Theory-Fiction (Mark Fisher)
Flatline Constructs: Gothic Materialism and Cybernetic Theory-Fiction
37
Mark Fisher
Cyclonopedia: Complicity With Anonymous Materials (Reza Negarestani)
Cyclonopedia: Complicity With Anonymous Materials
38
Reza Negarestani
Leper Creativity: Cyclonopedia Symposium (Reza Negarestani, Eugene Thacker, Ed Keller)
Leper Creativity: Cyclonopedia Symposium
39
Reza Negarestani, Eugene Thacker, Ed Keller
#ACCELERATE: The Accelerationist Reader (Robin MacKay & Armen Avanessian)
#ACCELERATE: The Accelerationist Reader
40
Robin MacKay & Armen Avanessian
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