Laurel Fan's "Famous books that nobody reads"

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These books are such a part of our cultural context (kafka-esque, orwellian, quixotic..) that everyone seems to know what they’re about without having read them. Or at least can quote a few lines ("out, dammed spot").

  1. 1.
    War and Peace
    by Leo Tolstoy

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  2. 2.
    The Complete Stories
    by Franz Kafka

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  3. 3.
    Macbeth (Folger Shakespeare Library)
    by William Shakespeare

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  4. 4.
    In Search of Lost Time: Proust 6-pack (Proust Complete)
    by Marcel Proust

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  5. 5.
    The Anarchist Cookbook
    by William Powell

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  6. 6.
    Don Quixote (Penguin Classics)
    by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

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  7. 7.
    Animal Farm
    by George Orwell

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  8. 8.
    The Prince
    by Niccolo Machiavelli

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  9. 9.
    The Holy Bible
    by Various Authors

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Created by Laurel Fan on Mar 19, 2007.
 

Comments

sipes23
Crystal Lake

Cool list — 12 weeks ago

So I’m stealing it and then adding to it. Awesome idea.

Dec 22, 04:44PM | 0 comments | Reply to this

Kat
Gold Coast

Lol! — 2 years ago

Personally, I do not know one person that has read War and Peace. And personally, I don’t think anyone really has. :)

Apr 21, 02:56AM | 1 comment | Reply to this