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What to read after Go by John Clellon Holmes: 24 titles sharing themes of Literary Criticism and Literary, chosen for mood and literary overlap.

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Valperga, Or, The Life and Adventures of Castruccio, Prince of Lucca — Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

Valperga, Or, The Life and Adventures of Castruccio, Prince of Lucca

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

Themes: Literary Criticism • Literary

Les Miserables — Victor Hugo

Themes: Literary Criticism • Literary

The Book of Daniel — E. L. Doctorow

The Book of Daniel — E. L. Doctorow

Themes: Literary Criticism • Literary

Trying to Save Piggy Sneed — John Irving

Trying to Save Piggy Sneed

Themes: Literary Criticism • Literary

Sentimental Education — Gustave Flaubert

Sentimental Education

Gustave Flaubert

Themes: Literary Criticism • Literary

Hard Times — Charles Dickens

Charles Dickens

Themes: Literary Criticism • Literary

Tess of the D’Urbervilles — Thomas Hardy

Tess of the D’Urbervilles

Themes: Literary Criticism • Literary

That Distant Land The Collected Stories — Wendell Berry

That Distant Land The Collected Stories

Themes: Literary Criticism • Literary

Notes from Underground — Fyodor Dostoevsky

Notes from Underground

Fyodor Dostoevsky

Themes: Literary Criticism • Literary

Cousin Bette — Honoré de Balzac

Honoré de Balzac

Themes: Literary Criticism • Literary

Heart of Darkness — Joseph Conrad

Heart of Darkness

Themes: Literary Criticism • Literary

Eulogy for the Living Taking Flight — Christa Wolf

Eulogy for the Living Taking Flight

Themes: Literary Criticism • Literary

Journey from St. Petersburg to Moscow — Alexander Radishchev

Journey from St. Petersburg to Moscow

Alexander Radishchev

Themes: Literary Criticism • Literary

Possessed of a Past A John Banville Reader — John Banville

Possessed of a Past A John Banville Reader

Themes: Literary Criticism • Literary

The Place of Dead Roads — William S. Burroughs

The Place of Dead Roads

William S. Burroughs

Themes: Literary Criticism • Literary

The Man who Watched the Trains Go by — Georges Simenon

The Man who Watched the Trains Go by

Georges Simenon

Themes: Literary Criticism • Literary

The Book of Intimate Grammar A Novel — David Grossman

The Book of Intimate Grammar A Novel

Themes: Literary Criticism • Literary

Preface to the Past — James Branch Cabell

Preface to the Past

James Branch Cabell

Themes: Literary Criticism • Literary

Three Novels of Old New York — Edith Wharton

Three Novels of Old New York

Themes: Literary Criticism • Literary

Hour of the Star — Clarice Lispector

Hour of the Star

Clarice Lispector

Themes: Literary Criticism • Literary

Eugene Onegin A Novel in Verse — Alexander Pushkin

Eugene Onegin A Novel in Verse

Alexander Pushkin

Themes: Literary Criticism • Literary

Dinosaurs A Novel — Lydia Millet

Dinosaurs A Novel

Themes: Literary Criticism • Literary

Dante: De Vulgari Eloquentia — Dante Alighieri

Dante: De Vulgari Eloquentia

Dante Alighieri

Themes: Literary Criticism • Literary

King Nyx A Novel — Kirsten Bakis

King Nyx A Novel

Themes: Literary Criticism • Literary

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