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A 22Yr Old Lit Grad's Guide to Classic Literature

here's a list of classics that i, a fresh lit uni grad, remember reading! these are classics i've read as well as ones i have started reading recently! (this list includes modern classics)
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Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
1
Mark Twain
The Age of Innocence (Edith Wharton)
The Age of Innocence
2
Edith Wharton
The Alchemist (Ben Jonson)
The Alchemist
3
Ben Jonson
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
4
George Orwell
Anthem (Ayn Rand)
Anthem
5
Ayn Rand
As You Like It (William Shakespeare)
As You Like It
6
William Shakespeare
The Ballad of the Sad Cafe and Other Stories (Carson McCullers)
The Ballad of the Sad Cafe and Other Stories
7
Carson McCullers
Bartleby, the Scrivener (Herman Melville)
Bartleby, the Scrivener
8
Herman Melville
If Beale Street Could Talk (James Baldwin)
If Beale Street Could Talk
9
James Baldwin
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar
10
Sylvia Plath
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
11
Toni Morrison
Benito Cereno (Herman Melville)
Benito Cereno
12
Herman Melville
Beowulf (Anonymous)
Beowulf
13
Anonymous
The Bird's Nest (Shirley Jackson)
The Bird's Nest
14
Shirley Jackson
The Black Cat (Edgar Allan Poe)
The Black Cat
15
Edgar Allan Poe
The Blithedale Romance (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
The Blithedale Romance
16
Nathaniel Hawthorne
The Bluest Eye (Toni Morrison)
The Bluest Eye
17
Toni Morrison
Caleb Williams (William Godwin)
Caleb Williams
18
William Godwin
The Call of the Wild (Jack London)
The Call of the Wild
19
Jack London
Canterbury Tales (Geoffrey Chaucer)
Canterbury Tales
20
Geoffrey Chaucer
Carmilla (J. Sheridan Le Fanu)
Carmilla
21
J. Sheridan Le Fanu
Castle Rackrent (Maria Edgeworth)
Castle Rackrent
22
Maria Edgeworth
Ceremony (Leslie Marmon Silko)
Ceremony
23
Leslie Marmon Silko
Christmas Carol (Charles Dickens)
Christmas Carol
24
Charles Dickens
The Chrysalids (John Wyndham)
The Chrysalids
25
John Wyndham
Cloud Atlas (David Mitchell)
Cloud Atlas
26
David Mitchell
The Complete Collected Poems of Maya Angelou (Maya Angelou)
The Complete Collected Poems of Maya Angelou
27
Maya Angelou
Confessions of an English Opium-Eater (Thomas De Quincey)
Confessions of an English Opium-Eater
28
Thomas De Quincey
The Crucible (Arthur Miller)
The Crucible
29
Arthur Miller
The Count of Monte Cristo (Alexandre Dumas)
The Count of Monte Cristo
30
Alexandre Dumas
Cranford (Elizabeth Gaskell)
Cranford
31
Elizabeth Gaskell
De Profundis (Oscar Wilde)
De Profundis
32
Oscar Wilde
Diary of a Nobody (George and Weedon Grossmith)
Diary of a Nobody
33
George and Weedon Grossmith
Diary of a Young Girl (Anne Frank)
Diary of a Young Girl
34
Anne Frank
Dracula (Bram Stoker)
Dracula
35
Bram Stoker
East Lynne (Ellen Wood)
East Lynne
36
Ellen Wood
Electra (Sophocles)
Electra
37
Sophocles
Emma (Jane Austen)
Emma
38
Jane Austen
Englishmen for My Money (William Haughton)
Englishmen for My Money
39
William Haughton
The Epic of Gilgamesh (Anonymous)
The Epic of Gilgamesh
40
Anonymous
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