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Twitterature: The World's Greatest Books Retold Through Twitter

For the hipster reader: famous books are summarised as a series of tweets in "Twitterature" by Alexander Aciman & Emmett Rensin (see Slot 1).
For older readers: to achieve maximum enjoyment reading "Twitterature" it is advisable to have read/listened to the remaining works on this list (Slots 2-84) as a preparatory exercise.
Seriously though, the list is an excellent set of texts that are savagely parodied in the main "Twitterature" book.
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Twitterature (Alexander Aciman & Emmett Rensin)
Twitterature
1
Alexander Aciman & Emmett Rensin
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
2
J.D. Salinger
The Da Vinci Code (Dan Brown)
The Da Vinci Code
3
Dan Brown
Paradise Lost (John Milton)
Paradise Lost
4
John Milton
Metamorphosis (Franz Kafka)
Metamorphosis
5
Franz Kafka
The Stranger (Albert Camus)
The Stranger
6
Albert Camus
Oedipus the King (Sophocles)
Oedipus the King
7
Sophocles
Childe Harold's Pilgrimage
Childe Harold's Pilgrimage
8
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five
9
Kurt Vonnegut
Harry Potter Series (J.K. Rowling)
Harry Potter Series
10
J.K. Rowling
The Red and the Black (Stendhal)
The Red and the Black
11
Stendhal
MacBeth (William Shakespeare)
MacBeth
12
William Shakespeare
The Hobbit (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Hobbit
13
J.R.R. Tolkien
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (James Joyce)
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
14
James Joyce
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
15
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Iliad (Homer)
Iliad
16
Homer
Hamlet (William Shakespeare)
Hamlet
17
William Shakespeare
The Overcoat (Gogol)
The Overcoat
18
Gogol
The Old Man and the Sea (Ernest Hemingway)
The Old Man and the Sea
19
Ernest Hemingway
Inferno (Dante)
Inferno
20
Dante
A Hero of Our Time (Mikhail Lermontov)
A Hero of Our Time
21
Mikhail Lermontov
Beowulf (Anonymous)
Beowulf
22
Anonymous
Candide (Voltaire)
Candide
23
Voltaire
Doctor Faustus (Christopher Marlowe)
Doctor Faustus
24
Christopher Marlowe
Emma (Jane Austen)
Emma
25
Jane Austen
Ender's Game (Orson Scott Card)
Ender's Game
26
Orson Scott Card
Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
Great Expectations
27
Charles Dickens
Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad)
Heart of Darkness
28
Joseph Conrad
King Lear (William Shakespeare)
King Lear
29
William Shakespeare
Lysistrata (Aristophanes)
Lysistrata
30
Aristophanes
In Cold Blood (Truman Capote)
In Cold Blood
31
Truman Capote
Medea (Euripides)
Medea
32
Euripides
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
33
George Orwell
On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
On the Road
34
Jack Kerouac
Notes From Underground (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
Notes From Underground
35
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Of Mice and Men (John Steinbeck)
Of Mice and Men
36
John Steinbeck
Robinson Crusoe (Daniel Defoe)
Robinson Crusoe
37
Daniel Defoe
Romeo and Juliet (William Shakespeare)
Romeo and Juliet
38
William Shakespeare
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
39
Leo Tolstoy
Sherlock Holmes (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Sherlock Holmes
40
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
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