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An English Teacher's Essential Literature - Page 2

A complete list of the books I believe are essential to one's understanding of literature. These works, which have all helped to shape American culture in some way, are referenced and read often, and all have stood the test of time.
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Emma (Jane Austen)
Emma
41
Jane Austen
The Underground Railroad (Colson Whitehead)
The Underground Railroad
42
Colson Whitehead
The Alchemist (Paulo Coelho)
The Alchemist
43
Paulo Coelho
Paradise Lost (John Milton)
Paradise Lost
44
John Milton
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
45
Joseph Heller
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude
46
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
47
William Golding
A Monster Calls (Patrick Ness & Siobhan Dowd)
A Monster Calls
48
Patrick Ness & Siobhan Dowd
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave (Frederick Douglass)
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave
49
Frederick Douglass
Paradise Regained
Paradise Regained
50
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange
51
Anthony Burgess
Ethan Frome (Edith Wharton)
Ethan Frome
52
Edith Wharton
Edgar Allan Poe Complete Tales & Poems (Edgar Allan Poe)
Edgar Allan Poe Complete Tales & Poems
53
Edgar Allan Poe
A Small Place (Antigua and Barbuda)
A Small Place (Antigua and Barbuda)
54
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (James Joyce)
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
55
James Joyce
Tom Sawyer (Mark Twain)
Tom Sawyer
56
Mark Twain
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland/Through the Looking Glass (Lewis Carroll)
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland/Through the Looking Glass
57
Lewis Carroll
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (Alvin Schwartz)
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
58
Alvin Schwartz
The Picture of Dorian Grey (Oscar Wilde)
The Picture of Dorian Grey
59
Oscar Wilde
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Robert Louis Stevenson)
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
60
Robert Louis Stevenson
Fantastic Mr. Fox (Roald Dahl)
Fantastic Mr. Fox
61
Roald Dahl
Dutchman (Leroi Jones)
Dutchman
62
Leroi Jones
The Street
The Street
63
Home to Harlem
Home to Harlem
64
Passing (Nella Larsen)
Passing
65
Nella Larsen
The Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold
The Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold
66
The Jungle (Upton Sinclair)
The Jungle
67
Upton Sinclair
Night (Elie Wiesel)
Night
68
Elie Wiesel
Vanity Fair (William Makepeace Thackeray)
Vanity Fair
69
William Makepeace Thackeray
The Canterbury Tales (Geoffrey Chaucer)
The Canterbury Tales
70
Geoffrey Chaucer
The Diary of a Young Girl (Anne Frank)
The Diary of a Young Girl
71
Anne Frank
A Christmas Carol (Charles Dickens)
A Christmas Carol
72
Charles Dickens
The Scarlet Letter (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
The Scarlet Letter
73
Nathaniel Hawthorne
The Crucible (Arthur Miller)
The Crucible
74
Arthur Miller
Doctor Faustus (Thomas Mann)
Doctor Faustus
75
Thomas Mann
Uncle Tom's Cabin (Harriet Beecher Stowe)
Uncle Tom's Cabin
76
Harriet Beecher Stowe
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
77
Harper Lee
Roots Alex Haley
Roots Alex Haley
78
The Autobiography of Malcolm X (Malcolm X)
The Autobiography of Malcolm X
79
Malcolm X
Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
Fahrenheit 451
80
Ray Bradbury
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