Harold Bloom's 278 Books You Should Have Read By Now

101.
Sphere: The Form of a Motion
Sphere: The Form of a Motion 4.10 avg rating — 134 ratings
101.
A Flag for Sunrise
A Flag for Sunrise 3.87 avg rating — 1,120 ratings
103.
Death in the Woods and Other Stories
Death in the Woods and Other Stories 3.84 avg rating — 584 ratings
103.
Dog Soldiers
Dog Soldiers 3.70 avg rating — 7,339 ratings
105.
River Writing: An Eno Journal (Princeton Series of Contemporary Poets)
River Writing: An Eno Journal (Princeton Series of Contemporary Poets) 3.73 avg rating — 15 ratings
105.
Dark Harbor
Dark Harbor 4.19 avg rating — 241 ratings
107.
And the Stars Were Shining
And the Stars Were Shining 3.88 avg rating — 137 ratings
107.
Selected Poems of Mark Strand
Selected Poems of Mark Strand 4.18 avg rating — 1,035 ratings
109.
Flow Chart
Flow Chart 4.24 avg rating — 265 ratings
109.
The Continuous Life
The Continuous Life 4.04 avg rating — 251 ratings
111.
Hotel Lautréamont
Hotel Lautréamont 4.06 avg rating — 201 ratings
111.
The Long March
The Long March 3.67 avg rating — 647 ratings
113.
Houseboat Days
Houseboat Days 4.21 avg rating — 452 ratings
113.
The Women of Brewster Place
The Women of Brewster Place 4.20 avg rating — 21,533 ratings
113.
In Other Words
In Other Words 4.10 avg rating — 30 ratings
116.
New & Selected Things Taking Place
New & Selected Things Taking Place 4.22 avg rating — 32 ratings
117.
The Double Dream of Spring
The Double Dream of Spring 4.25 avg rating — 265 ratings
117.
Collected Poems, 1919-1976
Collected Poems, 1919-1976 3.76 avg rating — 66 ratings
119.
The Price of the Ticket: Collected Nonfiction, 1948-1985
The Price of the Ticket: Collected Nonfiction, 1948-1985 4.68 avg rating — 676 ratings
119.
The Moviegoer
The Moviegoer 3.64 avg rating — 30,278 ratings
119.
Wise Blood
Wise Blood 3.82 avg rating — 36,562 ratings
119.
The Mosquito Coast
The Mosquito Coast 3.81 avg rating — 13,612 ratings
123.
The End of the Road
The End of the Road 3.83 avg rating — 2,152 ratings
123.
Harlem Gallery and Other Poems of Melvin B.Tolson by M.B. Tolson (1999-08-31)
Harlem Gallery and Other Poems of Melvin B.Tolson by M.B. Tolson (1999-08-31) 4.22 avg rating — 54 ratings
125.
Personae
Personae 3.61 avg rating — 76 ratings
125.
Cane
Cane 3.82 avg rating — 11,324 ratings
127.
The Sot-Weed Factor
The Sot-Weed Factor 4.12 avg rating — 7,626 ratings
127.
The Witches of Eastwick
The Witches of Eastwick 3.22 avg rating — 18,132 ratings
129.
Forty Stories
Forty Stories 4.18 avg rating — 3,508 ratings
129.
Lincoln
Lincoln 4.25 avg rating — 9,731 ratings
131.
The Dead Father
The Dead Father 3.76 avg rating — 2,331 ratings
131.
Them (Wonderland Quartet, #3)
Them (Wonderland Quartet, #3) 3.71 avg rating — 3,660 ratings
131.
Joe Turner's Come and Gone
Joe Turner's Come and Gone 3.96 avg rating — 3,395 ratings
131.
Selected Poems of Robert Penn Warren
Selected Poems of Robert Penn Warren 4.33 avg rating — 36 ratings
135.
World Enough and Time
World Enough and Time 3.75 avg rating — 220 ratings
136.
The Collected Stories
The Collected Stories 4.20 avg rating — 8,257 ratings
137.
The Adventures of Augie March
The Adventures of Augie March 3.84 avg rating — 18,692 ratings
137.
Collected Poems: 1939-62 v. 2
Collected Poems: 1939-62 v. 2 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings
137.
Delta Wedding
Delta Wedding 3.61 avg rating — 3,773 ratings
140.
Collected Poems, 1937-1971
Collected Poems, 1937-1971 4.29 avg rating — 408 ratings
140.
Envy; or Yiddish in America
Envy; or Yiddish in America 4.11 avg rating — 9 ratings
140.
The Ponder Heart
The Ponder Heart 3.63 avg rating — 2,227 ratings
143.
Selected Poems
Selected Poems 3.73 avg rating — 45 ratings
143.
The Robber Bridegroom
The Robber Bridegroom 3.50 avg rating — 1,603 ratings
145.
The Blue Estuaries
The Blue Estuaries 3.95 avg rating — 306 ratings
145.
The Messiah of Stockholm
The Messiah of Stockholm 3.53 avg rating — 733 ratings
145.
A Cool Million
A Cool Million 3.65 avg rating — 894 ratings
148.
Living together: New and selected poems
Living together: New and selected poems 3.75 avg rating — 8 ratings
148.
Miss Lonelyhearts
Miss Lonelyhearts 3.57 avg rating — 6,855 ratings
150.
The Sheltering Sky
The Sheltering Sky 3.89 avg rating — 30,063 ratings
150.
The Little Disturbances of Man
The Little Disturbances of Man 3.95 avg rating — 2,120 ratings
150.
The Day of the Locust
The Day of the Locust 3.70 avg rating — 23,730 ratings
153.
The Collected Short Stories of Edith Wharton
The Collected Short Stories of Edith Wharton 3.83 avg rating — 29 ratings
154.
Stories in an Almost Classical Mode
Stories in an Almost Classical Mode 3.91 avg rating — 521 ratings
154.
The Custom of the Country
The Custom of the Country 4.06 avg rating — 15,423 ratings
156.
A Rhetoric of Motives
A Rhetoric of Motives 4.04 avg rating — 338 ratings
156.
The Collected Poems
The Collected Poems 4.14 avg rating — 5,069 ratings
156.
Collected Poems of John Wheelwright
Collected Poems of John Wheelwright 4.48 avg rating — 23 ratings
159.
The Cantos
The Cantos 3.92 avg rating — 5,373 ratings
159.
Forgetting Elena
Forgetting Elena 3.39 avg rating — 409 ratings
161.
The Rise of David Levinsky
The Rise of David Levinsky 3.71 avg rating — 690 ratings
161.
Nocturnes for the King of Naples
Nocturnes for the King of Naples 3.75 avg rating — 546 ratings
163.
I Wonder as I Wander: An Autobiographical Journey
I Wonder as I Wander: An Autobiographical Journey 4.34 avg rating — 976 ratings
163.
The Complete Poems
The Complete Poems 4.22 avg rating — 230 ratings
163.
New And Collected Poems: A Pulitzer Prize Winner (Harvest Book)
New And Collected Poems: A Pulitzer Prize Winner (Harvest Book) 4.23 avg rating — 271 ratings
166.
Modern Baptists
Modern Baptists 3.58 avg rating — 606 ratings
167.
Angels
Angels 3.98 avg rating — 5,629 ratings
167.
Three Plays: Our Town, The Skin of Our Teeth, and The Matchmaker
Three Plays: Our Town, The Skin of Our Teeth, and The Matchmaker 4.03 avg rating — 2,377 ratings
169.
The Professor's House
The Professor's House 3.77 avg rating — 9,902 ratings
169.
Fiskadoro
Fiskadoro 3.54 avg rating — 1,987 ratings
169.
Summer and Smoke
Summer and Smoke 3.99 avg rating — 3,260 ratings
172.
Bullet Park
Bullet Park 3.75 avg rating — 3,049 ratings
172.
Paterson
Paterson 4.13 avg rating — 3,201 ratings
174.
The Stories of John Cheever
The Stories of John Cheever 4.26 avg rating — 15,587 ratings
174.
Spring and All
Spring and All 4.12 avg rating — 2,299 ratings
176.
Patriotic Gore: Studies in the Literature of the American Civil War
Patriotic Gore: Studies in the Literature of the American Civil War 4.09 avg rating — 282 ratings
177.
Ironweed
Ironweed 3.87 avg rating — 17,431 ratings
177.
The Shores of Light: A Literary Chronicle of the Twenties and Thirties
The Shores of Light: A Literary Chronicle of the Twenties and Thirties 4.11 avg rating — 65 ratings
179.
Mao II
Mao II 3.69 avg rating — 12,829 ratings
179.
Albany Cycle Book 2: Quinn's Book; The Flaming Corsage; Legs
Albany Cycle Book 2: Quinn's Book; The Flaming Corsage; Legs 4.20 avg rating — 5 ratings
179.
Portnoy’s Complaint
Portnoy’s Complaint 3.71 avg rating — 72,169 ratings
179.
The World of the Ten Thousand Things: Poems 1980-1990
The World of the Ten Thousand Things: Poems 1980-1990 4.27 avg rating — 221 ratings
183.
Selected Poems
Selected Poems 4.20 avg rating — 443 ratings
183.
The Making of Americans
The Making of Americans 3.55 avg rating — 583 ratings
183.
Above the River: The Complete Poems
Above the River: The Complete Poems 4.34 avg rating — 1,833 ratings
186.
Seasons on Earth
Seasons on Earth 4.14 avg rating — 7 ratings
186.
Boleros
Boleros 4.38 avg rating — 21 ratings
188.
World's Fair
World's Fair 3.85 avg rating — 4,864 ratings
188.
Selected Poems
Selected Poems 4.11 avg rating — 46 ratings
188.
Dimensions of History
Dimensions of History 4.29 avg rating — 7 ratings
191.
Elaine's Book (Callaloo Poetry Series)
Elaine's Book (Callaloo Poetry Series) 4.19 avg rating — 16 ratings
192.
Bending the Bow: Poetry
Bending the Bow: Poetry 4.36 avg rating — 192 ratings
192.
Collected Poems by Vachel Lindsay
Collected Poems by Vachel Lindsay 3.89 avg rating — 38 ratings
192.
Selected Poems
Selected Poems 4.36 avg rating — 25 ratings
195.
Collected Poems 1930-1986
Collected Poems 1930-1986 4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings
195.
Advertisements for Myself
Advertisements for Myself 3.56 avg rating — 623 ratings
195.
The Double Invention of Komo
The Double Invention of Komo 3.83 avg rating — 6 ratings
198.
Ancient Evenings
Ancient Evenings 3.45 avg rating — 2,005 ratings
198.
Last Poems of Elinor Wylie
Last Poems of Elinor Wylie 3.95 avg rating — 20 ratings
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Selected Essays: 1917-1932
Selected Essays: 1917-1932 4.12 avg rating — 453 ratings
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