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Books an English Major (Should Have) Read

Books I was assigned in the course of getting my English degree. I read most of these, but sometimes life happened and I didn't get to all of them. Congrats grads!
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Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
Jane Eyre
1
Charlotte Bronte
North and South (Elizabeth Gaskell)
North and South
2
Elizabeth Gaskell
The Lifted Veil (George Eliot)
The Lifted Veil
3
George Eliot
Tess of the D'urbervilles (Thomas Hardy)
Tess of the D'urbervilles
4
Thomas Hardy
The Time Machine (H.G. Wells)
The Time Machine
5
H.G. Wells
Never Let Me Go (Kazuo Ishiguro)
Never Let Me Go
6
Kazuo Ishiguro
The Canterbury Tales (Geoffrey Chaucer)
The Canterbury Tales
7
Geoffrey Chaucer
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (Simon Armitage (Translator))
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
8
Simon Armitage (Translator)
Beowulf (Anonymous)
Beowulf
9
Anonymous
Othello (William Shakespeare)
Othello
10
William Shakespeare
Samson Agonistes (John Milton)
Samson Agonistes
11
John Milton
A Journal of the Plague Year (Daniel Defoe)
A Journal of the Plague Year
12
Daniel Defoe
The Complete Stories of Flannery O'Connor (Flannery O'Connor)
The Complete Stories of Flannery O'Connor
13
Flannery O'Connor
Wise Blood (Flannery O'Connor)
Wise Blood
14
Flannery O'Connor
The Violent Bear It Away (Flannery O'Connor)
The Violent Bear It Away
15
Flannery O'Connor
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
16
Mary Shelley
Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad)
Heart of Darkness
17
Joseph Conrad
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave (Frederick Douglass)
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave
18
Frederick Douglass
Mrs Dalloway (Virginia Woolf)
Mrs Dalloway
19
Virginia Woolf
The Yellow Wallpaper (Charlotte Perkins Gilman)
The Yellow Wallpaper
20
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Citizen (Claudia Rankine)
Citizen
21
Claudia Rankine
Salvage the Bones (Jesmyn Ward)
Salvage the Bones
22
Jesmyn Ward
Breach (Nicole Cooley)
Breach
23
Nicole Cooley
AD: New Orleans After the Deluge (Josh Neufeld)
AD: New Orleans After the Deluge
24
Josh Neufeld
This Side of Paradise (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
This Side of Paradise
25
F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Short Stories of F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Short Stories of F. Scott Fitzgerald
26
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
27
F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Great Gatsby: The Graphic Novel (Fred Fordham)
The Great Gatsby: The Graphic Novel
28
Fred Fordham
Kindred (Octavia E. Butler)
Kindred
29
Octavia E. Butler
The Ministry for the Future (Kim Stanley Robinson)
The Ministry for the Future
30
Kim Stanley Robinson
Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World (Haruki Murakami)
Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
31
Haruki Murakami
The Hobbit (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Hobbit
32
J.R.R. Tolkien
Dubliners (James Joyce)
Dubliners
33
James Joyce
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (James Joyce)
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
34
James Joyce
Ulysses (James Joyce)
Ulysses
35
James Joyce
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