How to Read and Why by Harold Bloom Reading List (Part 2)

Discover Harold Bloom's essential reading list in 'How to Read and Why (Part 2)'—explore timeless books and masterpieces curated by the legendary critic to deepen your literary journey.

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Moby-Dick

by Herman Melville

Herman Melville’s masterpiece of obsession and the untamed sea, one of the greatest works of imagination in literary history—featuring an introduction by Andrew Delbanco and …
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As I Lay Dying

by William Faulkner

A true 20th-century classic from the Nobel Prize-winning author of The Sound and the Fury: the famed harrowing account of the Bundren family’s odyssey across …
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Miss Lonelyhearts & The Day of the Locust

by Nathanael West

Two classic short stories, one about a male reporter who writes an advice column, and the other, about people who have migrated to California in …
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The Crying of Lot 49

by Thomas Pynchon

The highly original satire about Oedipa Maas, a woman who finds herself enmeshed in a worldwide conspiracy, meets some extremely interesting characters, and attains a …
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Blood Meridian

by Cormac McCarthy

25th ANNIVERSARY EDITION • From the bestselling author of The Passenger and the Pulitzer Prize–winning novel The Road: an epic novel of the violence and …
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Invisible Man

by Ralph Ellison

NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER • NATIONAL BESTSELLER • In this deeply compelling novel and epic milestone of American literature, a nameless narrator tells his story …
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