[justshutupandtakeit]

There is a little irony far you. Not only did he write a couple but they are still widely read and still highly enjoyable.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

The irony goes deeper. Any list that includes Ulysses near the top but nothing from S. L. Clemens is just intellectual posturing. As Clemens himself said, "I like a thin book because it will steady a table, a leather volume because it will strop a razor, and a heavy book because it can be thrown at a cat."