How many have you read? Like all lists of this kind, it's plenty arbitrary and subjective.
I must confess that I thought Joyce's Ulysses was a bloated behemoth and a hot mess that isn't worth your time. I can be an insufferable masochist, and even I could not force myself to get past the first half of this miserable monstrosity. If you want Joyce, do yourself a favor and read A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man.
Wuthering Heights is a bit of Gothic nonsense with two of the worst characters I've met in literature. Heathcliff and Catherine are both terrible people, and they pretty much deserve each other. There, I said it. If you must read a Bronte, read Jane Eyre.
Read more Jane Austen, please.
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It's not about liking something but about understanding the history of the craft ;-)
Also, my nerdery ends when boredom begins. It takes a special person to go down the rabbit hole. Not to say that I'm not compelled to go down the occasional rabbit hole...
- Wodun
"my nerdery ends when boredom begins." Perfect articulation of what I was trying to get at! Yes, we can all intellectually understand the significance of Joyce's Ulysses project in cultural/literary history, but after about page 500 I don't care anymore, haha!
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