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Best Literature According to an English Teacher

Favorites of a high school English teacher. Not necessarily for teaching. Novels, short story collections, poetry and plays.
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The Sound and the Fury (William Faulkner)
The Sound and the Fury
1
William Faulkner
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
2
Leo Tolstoy
Cane (Jean Toomer)
Cane
3
Jean Toomer
The Metamorphosis (Franz Kafka)
The Metamorphosis
4
Franz Kafka
Snow (Orhan Pamuk)
Snow
5
Orhan Pamuk
Blood Meridian (Cormac McCarthy)
Blood Meridian
6
Cormac McCarthy
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
Jane Eyre
7
Charlotte Bronte
Naked Lunch (William S. Burroughs)
Naked Lunch
8
William S. Burroughs
Angels in America (Tony Kushner)
Angels in America
9
Tony Kushner
A Streetcar Named Desire (Tennessee Williams)
A Streetcar Named Desire
10
Tennessee Williams
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
11
Vladimir Nabokov
Never Let Me Go (Kazuo Ishiguro)
Never Let Me Go
12
Kazuo Ishiguro
Ceremony (Leslie Marmon Silko)
Ceremony
13
Leslie Marmon Silko
Kindred (Octavia Butler)
Kindred
14
Octavia Butler
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
15
Mary Shelley
A Single Man (Christopher Isherwood)
A Single Man
16
Christopher Isherwood
Civilwarland in Bad Decline
Civilwarland in Bad Decline
17
Waiting for the Barbarians (J.M. Coetzee)
Waiting for the Barbarians
18
J.M. Coetzee
White Teeth (Zadie Smith)
White Teeth
19
Zadie Smith
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (Carson McCullers)
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
20
Carson McCullers
Cloudsplitter
Cloudsplitter
21
Antigone (Sophocles)
Antigone
22
Sophocles
Mao II (Don Delillo)
Mao II
23
Don Delillo
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale
24
Margaret Atwood
Nightwood (Djuna Barnes)
Nightwood
25
Djuna Barnes
The Trial (Franz Kafka)
The Trial
26
Franz Kafka
Grendel
Grendel
27
The Violent Bear It Away (Flannery O'Connor)
The Violent Bear It Away
28
Flannery O'Connor
Asphodel
Asphodel
29
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude
30
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment
31
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five
32
Kurt Vonnegut
Romeo and Juliet (William Shakespeare)
Romeo and Juliet
33
William Shakespeare
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
34
J.D. Salinger
Geek Love (Katherine Dunn)
Geek Love
35
Katherine Dunn
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple
36
Alice Walker
The Sorrows of Young Werther (Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe)
The Sorrows of Young Werther
37
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
In the Heart of the Country
In the Heart of the Country
38
Play It as It Lays (Joan Didion)
Play It as It Lays
39
Joan Didion
Willful Creatures
Willful Creatures
40
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