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Books I haven't read, but probably should have

  1. U.S.A. by  (Library of America -- 85)

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  2. An American tragedy, [by] Theodore Dreiser by 

    4 stars

    The classic depiction of the harsh realities of American life, the dark side of the American Dream, and one man's …

  3. Advise and consent. by 

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    Allen Drury’s Advise and Consent is one of the high points of 20th Century literature, a seminal work of political …

  4. Justine by 

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    Justine, published in 1957, is the first volume in Lawrence Durrell's literary tetralogy, The Alexandria Quartet. The tetralogy consists of …

  5. Ralph Ellison's Invisible man by 

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    Invisible Man is the story of a young black man from the South who does not fully understand racism in …

  6. Le Quatuor de Los Angeles, tome 3 : L.A. Confidential by 

    4 stars

    L.A. Confidential (1990) is a neo-noir novel by James Ellroy and the third of his L.A. Quartet series. It is …

  7. Euclid's Elements by 

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    The Elements (Ancient Greek: Στοιχεῖα Stoikheîa) is a mathematical treatise consisting of 13 books attributed to the ancient Greek mathematician …

  8. Studs Lonigan by 

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    William V. Lipton from Ann Arbor, MI says: "This is both a coming-of-age novel and a social history. Set during …

  9. As I lay dying by  (William Faulkner manuscripts ;)

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    Written in stream-of-consciousness style with multiple narrators, the story follows a journey wherein the family of a dead woman try …

  10. Sound & Fury V5 by 

    5 stars

    In many ways this was an experimental novel, using several differing narrative styles. Divided into four parts, the author relates …

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