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100 Essential Books You Should Have Read in College - Page 2

For many, college is a place to explore great literature and some of the most important writing that has shaped the way society thinks and functions. Of course, many students simply don’t have time to read all the great things they’d like to or should, especially while working or trying to take all of their required courses. Whether you’re in college now and are looking for some quality reading material or have already graduated and want to keep learning, these books offer a chance to be entertained, educated and emerge a much more well-read individual.
1-7 ::::::::::::::: Ancient texts
8 - 26 ::::::::::: Classics
27 - 34 ::::::::: Historical Fiction
35 - 45 ::::::::: Contemporary
46 - 53 ::::::::: Non-Western, Minority, and Female Authors
54 - 60 ::::::::: Biography, History, and Social Theory
61 - 72 ::::::::: Philosophy and Religion
73 - 82 ::::::::: Drama and Poetry
83 - 90 ::::::::: Science and Mathematics
91 - 95 ::::::::: Art
96 - 100 ::::::: Miscellaneous
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The Road (Cormac McCarthy)
The Road
41
Cormac McCarthy
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle (Haruki Murakami)
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
42
Haruki Murakami
On Beauty (Zadie Smith)
On Beauty
43
Zadie Smith
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange
44
Anthony Burgess
The Master and Margarita (Mikhail Bulgakov)
The Master and Margarita
45
Mikhail Bulgakov
Things Fall Apart (Chinua Achebe)
Things Fall Apart
46
Chinua Achebe
Beloved, by Toni Morrison
Beloved, by Toni Morrison
47
Invisible Man
Invisible Man
48
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple
49
Alice Walker
Native Son (Richard Wright)
Native Son
50
Richard Wright
My Antonia (Willa Cather)
My Antonia
51
Willa Cather
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
Jane Eyre
52
Charlotte Bronte
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Uncle Tom's Cabin
53
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave (Frederick Douglass)
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave
54
Frederick Douglass
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
55
The Communist Manifesto (Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels)
The Communist Manifesto
56
Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels
The Prince (Niccolò Machiavelli)
The Prince
57
Niccolò Machiavelli
Rights of Man - Thomas Paine
Rights of Man - Thomas Paine
58
Rousseau the Social Contract
Rousseau the Social Contract
59
Up From Slavery (Booker T. Washington)
Up From Slavery
60
Booker T. Washington
The Stranger (Albert Camus)
The Stranger
61
Albert Camus
The Bible (Anonymous)
The Bible
62
Anonymous
Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes
Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes
63
Confessions (Saint Augustine)
Confessions
64
Saint Augustine
Siddhartha (Hermann Hesse)
Siddhartha
65
Hermann Hesse
Critique of Pure Reason (Immanuel Kant)
Critique of Pure Reason
66
Immanuel Kant
Thus Spoke Zarathustra (Friedrich Nietzsche)
Thus Spoke Zarathustra
67
Friedrich Nietzsche
Being and Nothingness (Jean-Paul Sartre)
Being and Nothingness
68
Jean-Paul Sartre
Atlas Shrugged (Ayn Rand)
Atlas Shrugged
69
Ayn Rand
The Art of Happiness (14th Dalai Lama & Howard C. Cutler)
The Art of Happiness
70
14th Dalai Lama & Howard C. Cutler
The Varieties of Religious Experience
The Varieties of Religious Experience
71
THE GOLDEN BOUGH by James George Frazer
THE GOLDEN BOUGH by James George Frazer
72
Waiting for Godot (Samuel Beckett)
Waiting for Godot
73
Samuel Beckett
The Cherry Orchard (Anton Chekhov)
The Cherry Orchard
74
Anton Chekhov
The Divine Comedy (Dante Alighieri)
The Divine Comedy
75
Dante Alighieri
The Glass Menagerie (Tennessee Williams)
The Glass Menagerie
76
Tennessee Williams
Hamlet (William Shakespeare)
Hamlet
77
William Shakespeare
Paradise Lost (John Milton)
Paradise Lost
78
John Milton
The Misanthrope (Molière)
The Misanthrope
79
Molière
Faust (Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe)
Faust
80
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
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