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Books Every English Major Reads in College

Something that you'd find in every introductory course at bachelor's level - and usually wouldn't pursue in your own.
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The Odyssey (Homer)
The Odyssey
1
Homer
The Republic (Plato)
The Republic (Plato)
2
Poetics (Aristotle)
Poetics
3
Aristotle
Beowulf (Anonymous)
Beowulf
4
Anonymous
Canterbury Tales (Geoffrey Chaucer)
Canterbury Tales
5
Geoffrey Chaucer
Decameron (Giovanni Boccaccio)
Decameron
6
Giovanni Boccaccio
Utopia (Thomas More)
Utopia
7
Thomas More
The New Atlantis (Francis Bacon)
The New Atlantis
8
Francis Bacon
Paradise Lost (John Milton)
Paradise Lost
9
John Milton
Shakespeare's Sonnets (William Shakespeare)
Shakespeare's Sonnets
10
William Shakespeare
Romeo and Juliet (William Shakespeare)
Romeo and Juliet
11
William Shakespeare
Othello (William Shakespeare)
Othello
12
William Shakespeare
Hamlet (William Shakespeare)
Hamlet
13
William Shakespeare
As You Like It (William Shakespeare)
As You Like It
14
William Shakespeare
Much Ado About Nothing (William Shakespeare)
Much Ado About Nothing
15
William Shakespeare
Twelfth Night (William Shakespeare)
Twelfth Night
16
William Shakespeare
Gullivers Travels (Jonathan Swift)
Gullivers Travels
17
Jonathan Swift
A Modest Proposal (Jonathan Swift)
A Modest Proposal
18
Jonathan Swift
Robinson Crusoe (Daniel Defoe)
Robinson Crusoe
19
Daniel Defoe
Oroonoko (Aphra Behn)
Oroonoko
20
Aphra Behn
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner (Samuel Taylor Coleridge)
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
21
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Castle of Otranto (Walpole)
Castle of Otranto
22
Walpole
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
23
Mary Shelley
Wuthering Heights (Emily Bronte)
Wuthering Heights
24
Emily Bronte
Edgar Allan Poe Complete Tales & Poems (Edgar Allan Poe)
Edgar Allan Poe Complete Tales & Poems
25
Edgar Allan Poe
Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad)
Heart of Darkness
26
Joseph Conrad
Bartleby, the Scrivener (Herman Melville)
Bartleby, the Scrivener
27
Herman Melville
The Importance of Being Earnest (Oscar Wilde)
The Importance of Being Earnest
28
Oscar Wilde
Daisy Miller (Henry James)
Daisy Miller
29
Henry James
Waiting for Godot (Samuel Beckett)
Waiting for Godot
30
Samuel Beckett
Endgame (Samuel Beckett)
Endgame
31
Samuel Beckett
The Yellow Wallpaper (Charlotte Perkins Gilman)
The Yellow Wallpaper
32
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
The Dead (James Joyce)
The Dead
33
James Joyce
Ulysses (James Joyce)
Ulysses
34
James Joyce
The Metamorphosis (Franz Kafka)
The Metamorphosis
35
Franz Kafka
A Doll's House (Henrik Ibsen)
A Doll's House
36
Henrik Ibsen
A Room of One's Own (Virginia Woolf)
A Room of One's Own
37
Virginia Woolf
The Communist Manifesto (Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels)
The Communist Manifesto
38
Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels
The Wasteland (T.S. Eliot)
The Wasteland
39
T.S. Eliot
Giovanni's Room (James Baldwin)
Giovanni's Room
40
James Baldwin
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