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An English Teacher's Essential Literature - Page 3

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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A Confederacy of Dunces (John Kennedy Toole)
A Confederacy of Dunces
81
John Kennedy Toole
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
Jane Eyre
82
Charlotte Bronte
Go Tell It on the Mountain (James Baldwin)
Go Tell It on the Mountain
83
James Baldwin
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
84
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Where the Red Fern Grows (Wilson Rawls)
Where the Red Fern Grows
85
Wilson Rawls
Old Yeller (Fred Gipson)
Old Yeller
86
Fred Gipson
Inherit the Wind (Jerome Lawrence & Robert E. Lee)
Inherit the Wind
87
Jerome Lawrence & Robert E. Lee
A Little Princess (Frances Hodgson Burnett)
A Little Princess
88
Frances Hodgson Burnett
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (C.S. Lewis)
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
89
C.S. Lewis
Moby Dick (Herman Melville)
Moby Dick
90
Herman Melville
The Kite Runner (Khalid Hosseini)
The Kite Runner
91
Khalid Hosseini
A Thousand Splendid Suns (Khaled Hosseini)
A Thousand Splendid Suns
92
Khaled Hosseini
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath
93
John Steinbeck
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
94
George Orwell
The Joy Luck Club (Amy Tan)
The Joy Luck Club
95
Amy Tan
Things Fall Apart (Chinua Achebe)
Things Fall Apart
96
Chinua Achebe
Persepolis (Marjane Satrapi)
Persepolis
97
Marjane Satrapi
Metamorphosis (Franz Kafka)
Metamorphosis
98
Franz Kafka
The Souls of Black Folk (W.E.B. Du Bois)
The Souls of Black Folk
99
W.E.B. Du Bois
The Mis-Education of the Negro by Carter G. Woodson
The Mis-Education of the Negro by Carter G. Woodson
100
The White Boy Shuffle
The White Boy Shuffle
101
The Women of Brewster Place (Gloria Naylor)
The Women of Brewster Place
102
Gloria Naylor
The Weary Blues
The Weary Blues
103
Women, Race & Class (Angela Davis)
Women, Race & Class
104
Angela Davis
Les Mis (Victor Hugo)
Les Mis
105
Victor Hugo
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
106
George Orwell
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
107
J.D. Salinger
A Tale of Two Cities (Charles Dickens)
A Tale of Two Cities
108
Charles Dickens
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
109
Leo Tolstoy
The Odyssey (Homer)
The Odyssey
110
Homer
The Hobbit (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Hobbit
111
J.R.R. Tolkien
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five
112
Kurt Vonnegut
Wuthering Heights (Emily Brontë)
Wuthering Heights
113
Emily Brontë
The Gift of the Magi and Other Short Stories (O. Henry)
The Gift of the Magi and Other Short Stories
114
O. Henry
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
115
Vladimir Nabokov
Madame Bovary (Gustave Flaubert)
Madame Bovary
116
Gustave Flaubert
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Ken Kesey)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
117
Ken Kesey
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (Tom Stoppard)
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
118
Tom Stoppard
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar
119
Sylvia Plath
A Streetcar Named Desire (Tennessee Williams)
A Streetcar Named Desire
120
Tennessee Williams
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