Benjamin Laird
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clam :
No shade but authors like Toni Morrison and James Baldwin exist
2026-07-07 19:04:13
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Michelle4260 :
I would add Faulkner, Steinback, Hardy
2026-08-02 02:51:59
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jilllessa :
The only one I haven’t read is the first one Gabrielle Garcia Marquez, but I really skew to Europeans, but in addition to reading the other four, I have also read Homer, Chaucer, Beowulf, The Brontë sisters, Mark Twain, Tolkien, Dostoyevsky, Moliere, and many more
2026-08-04 05:04:09
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Raul A. Pinto :
I'd add Fedor Dostoyevsky or Tolstoi. Russian literature is essential. You gave a good list though, and they actually may help to divert to other authors after reading those
2026-07-09 18:59:06
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Dianne Vita :
I’m 5 for 5. I read Garcia Marquez in Spanish. I read Tale of Two Cities by Dickens, I’ve read the big three Austen books - Emma, Sense & Sensibility & Pride & Prejudice. I’ve read 3 Hemingway - Sun Also Rises (my favorite last line in a book), For Whom the Bells Toll & Farewell to Arms. I’ve read many of Shakespeare’s pieces: Romeo & Juliet, Macbeth, Taming of the Shrew, Midsommer’s Night Dream & Hamlet of course.
2026-08-04 19:10:02
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Poulomi Sanyal Author🇨🇦 :
lol, read them all. 100 years if Solitude was very disturbing.
2026-08-02 03:01:08
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Vieja Blanca :
This feels like a very yt list.
2026-07-31 02:53:33
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Zoe 🇵🇸 :
5 out of 5, more than one work per mentioned writer, but I’m just old. I had more time to read.
2026-07-07 23:24:28
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ikaye41 :
I’ve read the complete works of William Shakespeare, I’ve read the complete works of Charles Dickens and I’ve read the complete works of John Steinbeck, which is not on your list. There’s more but I don’t feel like going on.
2026-07-16 21:10:16
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LateBloomMama|Feminist Mkting :
4 of 5, but also more authors and universal literature
2026-07-07 17:54:04
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kschoepp :
What happens if you have read at least 2 books by each of these authors…
2026-07-07 18:59:07
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CanadianGenXGirl99 🇨🇦 :
I read all of those authors in English Lit in highschool
2026-07-08 04:11:26
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🇨🇦🇵🇹NancyDrew75🇵🇹🇨🇦 :
All but the first author we had to read in high school.
2026-07-08 07:17:29
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user3556983256477 :
Love in the time of Cholera was my prefered Marques. Just personal preference. I’d add Barbara Kingsolver to this list.
2026-07-08 08:30:48
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ekriemghq10🇿🇦 :
4/5 for me
2026-07-07 19:25:13
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Crann :
Marquez (The Autumn of the Patriarch); Dickens (A Tale of Two Cities); Austen (several, but Pride and Prejudice is my favourite); Hemingway (The Old Man and the Sea); The Bard (complete works). This is a good foundation. For a broader scope, I'd add Toni Morrison, Michael Ondaatje, Chinua Achebe and Kazuo Ishiguro.
2026-07-08 16:49:59
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GJ🇨🇦 :
read most of Shakespeare, all of Austen, most of Dickens, some of Hemingway, 100 years of solitude, read it in Spanish... not to mention Tolstoy, Joyce, Woolf, etc
2026-07-08 02:15:07
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🇨🇷 Karysoul :
🙌 I have🫶 but then again I’m getting my Master’s degree in Eng. Lit 😁
2026-07-07 19:24:44
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V-Ceramics :
I have read all of them and more
2026-07-08 12:18:47
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Zzanduurr2006 :
What about Victor Hugo?
2026-07-08 18:07:01
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Edgar Allen’s Raven :
I have read 5/5! I love Ernest Hemingway.
2026-07-07 19:04:46
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M_Dissolvo :
I’m exceptionally well read without having to read any of those.
2026-07-13 15:26:22
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Masha :
Yes, would not recommend.
2026-07-09 03:24:11
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Skylorb5 :
Bleak House is my all time favorite book. 💕
2026-07-09 17:01:31
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ginnyfinbow🇨🇦 :
my reading list when I was in High school in the 90s. Love Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice
2026-07-07 22:33:46
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