Ten novels and the feelings they evoked, by Gary

1. A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole – amusement, pathos, impatience, empathy, uneasiness
2. A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess – excitement, disgust, indignation, horror, fear
3. Augustus Carp Esq by Henry Bashforth – amusement, contempt, exhilaration, surprise
4. Enemies by Isaac Bashevis Singer – sadness, longing, delight, suspenseful apprehension
5. Sabbath’s Theater by Philip Roth – amusement, grief, admiration, suspense
6. The Pork Butcher by David Hughes – sadness, longing, fascination, yearning for the past, compassion
7. Slaughterhouse 5 by Kurt Vonnegut – amazement, wonder, amusement, hilarity, horror
8. Crash by JG Ballard – disgust, uneasiness, wonder, amazement, fascination
9. A Passage to India by EM Forster – sense of immersion, suspense, curiosity, anger, awe, relief
10. Dead Souls by Nikolai Gogol – excitement, depression, admiration, elation