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An English Teacher's Essential Literature - Page 7

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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The Blind Assassin (Margaret Atwood)
The Blind Assassin
241
Margaret Atwood
A Wrinkle in Time Series
A Wrinkle in Time Series
242
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (John Berendt)
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
243
John Berendt
Bad Feminist (Roxane Gay)
Bad Feminist
244
Roxane Gay
Mama Day (Gloria Naylor)
Mama Day
245
Gloria Naylor
Speak (Laurie Halse Anderson)
Speak
246
Laurie Halse Anderson
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Café (Fannie Flagg)
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Café
247
Fannie Flagg
Philadelphia Fire (John Edgar Wideman)
Philadelphia Fire
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John Edgar Wideman
A Good Man Is Hard to Find (Flannery O'Connor)
A Good Man Is Hard to Find
249
Flannery O'Connor
Mrs. Dalloway (Virginia Woolf)
Mrs. Dalloway
250
Virginia Woolf
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