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100 Books Every Literature Major Should Have Read

Every lit major's essential book list. Go through the list and find out how many books you've already read and how many books you need to add to your to-read list.
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1984 (George Orwell)
1984
1
George Orwell
The Age of Innocence (Edith Wharton)
The Age of Innocence
2
Edith Wharton
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Lewis Carroll)
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
3
Lewis Carroll
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
4
George Orwell
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
5
Leo Tolstoy
Antigone (Sophocles)
Antigone
6
Sophocles
Arms and the Man (George Bernard Shaw)
Arms and the Man
7
George Bernard Shaw
Atonement (Ian McEwan)
Atonement
8
Ian McEwan
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar
9
Sylvia Plath
The Birthday Party (Harold Pinter)
The Birthday Party
10
Harold Pinter
The Book Thief (Markus Zusak)
The Book Thief
11
Markus Zusak
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
12
Aldous Huxley
Canterbury Tales (Geoffrey Chaucer)
Canterbury Tales
13
Geoffrey Chaucer
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
14
Joseph Heller
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
15
J.D. Salinger
Caucasian Chalk Circle by Bertolt Brecht
Caucasian Chalk Circle by Bertolt Brecht
16
A Christmas Carol (Charles Dickens)
A Christmas Carol
17
Charles Dickens
Cold Comfort Farm (Stella Gibbons)
Cold Comfort Farm
18
Stella Gibbons
The Count of Monte Cristo (Alexandre Dumas)
The Count of Monte Cristo
19
Alexandre Dumas
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment
20
Fyodor Dostoevsky
The Crucible (Arthur Miller)
The Crucible
21
Arthur Miller
Death of a Salesman (Arthur Miller)
Death of a Salesman
22
Arthur Miller
Diary of a Nobody (George and Weedon Grossmith)
Diary of a Nobody
23
George and Weedon Grossmith
The Diary of a Young Girl (Anne Frank)
The Diary of a Young Girl
24
Anne Frank
Doctor Faustus (Thomas Mann)
Doctor Faustus
25
Thomas Mann
A Doll's House (Henrik Ibsen)
A Doll's House
26
Henrik Ibsen
Don Quixote (Miguel De Cervantes)
Don Quixote
27
Miguel De Cervantes
Dracula (Bram Stoker)
Dracula
28
Bram Stoker
Emma (Jane Austen)
Emma
29
Jane Austen
Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
Fahrenheit 451
30
Ray Bradbury
Far From the Madding Crowd (Thomas Hardy)
Far From the Madding Crowd
31
Thomas Hardy
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
32
Mary Shelley
The French Lieutenant's Woman (John Fowles)
The French Lieutenant's Woman
33
John Fowles
The God of Small Things (Arundhati Roy)
The God of Small Things
34
Arundhati Roy
Gone With the Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
Gone With the Wind
35
Margaret Mitchell
Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
Great Expectations
36
Charles Dickens
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
37
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Hamlet (William Shakespeare)
Hamlet
38
William Shakespeare
Hard Times (Charles Dickens)
Hard Times
39
Charles Dickens
Harry Potter (J. K. Rowling)
Harry Potter
40
J. K. Rowling
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