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The BBC Backs Dr Marks: If You've Read 5+ of These Books You're a Bookwormy Brainiac - Page 3

Books 1-80 comprise a reading list prepared by philosophy academic Dr Gregory Marks ('dr. greg is historicising' on Twitter). The following explains why reading 5 of these books qualifies you as a bookwormy brainiac*.
Dr Marks chose his 80 books because each book:
1- Communicates theory through fictive devices -- not philosophical fiction, but fictive philosophy.
2- Practices theory outside the confines of the "high" academic style.
3- Occupies the growing intersection between reality, fiction, theory, and fantasy.
AND
4- [He wants] to read it.
The remaining books are works suggested by other Twitter users, as also being fine examples of 'Theory- Fiction'. You'll likely score better with this lot.
Books 1-80 are in chronological order, from 55BC to 2018 and most are from the 1950s onwards (Minima Moralia was published in 1951).
* In practice, 5 was determined to be the barrier score because that's what Markd5928 got on his first attempt. Good on him.
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Thus Spoke Zarathustra (Friedrich Nietzsche)
Thus Spoke Zarathustra
81
Friedrich Nietzsche
Gravity's Rainbow (Thomas Pynchon)
Gravity's Rainbow
82
Thomas Pynchon
Happenthing in Travel on (Carole Spearin McCauley)
Happenthing in Travel On
83
Carole Spearin McCauley
At Swim-Two-Birds (Flann O'Brien)
At Swim-Two-Birds
84
Flann O'Brien
A Separate Reality
A Separate Reality
85
The Divine Comedy (Dante Alighieri)
The Divine Comedy
86
Dante Alighieri
The Narrow Road to the Deep North (Matsuo Bashō)
The Narrow Road to the Deep North
87
Matsuo Bashō
Not Blessed (Harold Abramowitz)
Not Blessed
88
Harold Abramowitz
Pataphysical Essays (René Daumal)
Pataphysical Essays
89
René Daumal
Dies: A Sentence (Dies: A Sentence)
Dies: A Sentence
90
Dies: A Sentence
Akira (Katsuhiro Otomo)
Akira
91
Katsuhiro Otomo
The Tibetan Book of the Dead (Anonymous)
The Tibetan Book of the Dead
92
Anonymous
Dreams, Illusion and Other Realities (Wendy Doniger)
Dreams, Illusion and Other Realities
93
Wendy Doniger
Zohar: The Book of Splendor: Basic Readings From the Kabbalah (Moses De León)
Zohar: The Book of Splendor: Basic Readings From the Kabbalah
94
Moses De León
Rabbi Nachman's Stories (Nachman of Breslov)
Rabbi Nachman's Stories
95
Nachman of Breslov
The Life and Opinions of the Tomcat Murr (E.T.A. Hoffmann)
The Life and Opinions of the Tomcat Murr
96
E.T.A. Hoffmann
Jacques the Fatalist (Denis Diderot)
Jacques the Fatalist
97
Denis Diderot
Art Class and Cleavage (Ben Watson)
Art Class and Cleavage
98
Ben Watson
Les Guérillères (Monique Wittig)
Les Guérillères
99
Monique Wittig
Discourse Networks, 1800-1900 (Friedrich Kittler)
Discourse Networks, 1800-1900
100
Friedrich Kittler
Gramophone, Film, Typewriter (Friedrich Kittler)
Gramophone, Film, Typewriter
101
Friedrich Kittler
The Museum of Eterna's Novel (Macedonio Fernández)
The Museum of Eterna's Novel
102
Macedonio Fernández
Farabeuf or the Chronicle of an Instant (Salvador Elizondo)
Farabeuf or the Chronicle of an Instant
103
Salvador Elizondo
Larva: Midsummer Night's Babel (Julián Ríos)
Larva: Midsummer Night's Babel
104
Julián Ríos
Bartleby and Co. (Enrique Vila-Matas)
Bartleby and Co.
105
Enrique Vila-Matas
Danube: A Sentimental Journey From the Source to the Black Sea (Claudio Magris)
Danube: A Sentimental Journey From the Source to the Black Sea
106
Claudio Magris
The Anatomy of Melancholy (Robert Burton)
The Anatomy of Melancholy
107
Robert Burton
The Writing of the Disaster (Maurice Blanchot)
The Writing of the Disaster
108
Maurice Blanchot
Inner Experience (Georges Bataille)
Inner Experience
109
Georges Bataille
On Nietzsche (Georges Bataille)
On Nietzsche
110
Georges Bataille
Guilty (Georges Bataille)
Guilty
111
Georges Bataille
An Ideal for Living (Eugene Thacker)
An Ideal for Living
112
Eugene Thacker
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