[Hootowl]

I’m always leery of someone else’s opinion of what is “essential” to read. Of this list, several were (to me) virtually unreadable. I’ll like what I’ll like and that’s all what I’ll like.

[driftless2]

"I’m always leery of someone else’s opinion of what is “essential” to read."

Ditto. I've been reading "must read/watch/listen to" lists for half a century. Sometimes they put good stuff on their lists, but many times it's just a collection of works the list preparer likes. It reflects their very unwarranted large ego. (It sounds like many of the books on that list are positively missable.