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(Mostly) Unassigned Books That Probably Turned Us Into English Literature Majors in College - Page 2

Let's get off the required reading lists from school. Sure there's an overlap--but what were the important books for you, as opposed to those assigned? Here, childhood through 39 years of confirmed reading addiction, books that got a gen x kid through the wastelands of suburbia, middle school and religious high school, books that got me into College, books that made me an English major, books that have kept me going...the kind of books one returns to again and again.
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Julie of the Wolves (Jean Craighead George)
Julie of the Wolves
41
Jean Craighead George
Annie John (Jamaica Kincaid)
Annie John
42
Jamaica Kincaid
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple
43
Alice Walker
Everyday Use (Alice Walker)
Everyday Use
44
Alice Walker
A Christmas Carol (Charles Dickens)
A Christmas Carol
45
Charles Dickens
Night (Elie Wiesel)
Night
46
Elie Wiesel
The Good Master (Kate Seredy)
The Good Master
47
Kate Seredy
The Singing Tree (Kate Seredy)
The Singing Tree
48
Kate Seredy
Henry V (William Shakespeare)
Henry V
49
William Shakespeare
Emily of New Moon (L.M. Montgomery)
Emily of New Moon
50
L.M. Montgomery
Emily Climbs (L.M. Montgomery)
Emily Climbs
51
L.M. Montgomery
Emily's Quest (L.M. Montgomery)
Emily's Quest
52
L.M. Montgomery
Scary Stories Treasury
Scary Stories Treasury
53
My Family and Other Animals (Gerald Durrell)
My Family and Other Animals
54
Gerald Durrell
A Zoo in My Luggage
A Zoo in My Luggage
55
The Whispering Land
The Whispering Land
56
All Creatures Great and Small (James Herriot)
All Creatures Great and Small
57
James Herriot
All Things Wise and Wonderful (James Herriot)
All Things Wise and Wonderful
58
James Herriot
The Lord God Made Them All (James Herriot)
The Lord God Made Them All
59
James Herriot
Boy (Roald Dahl)
Boy
60
Roald Dahl
Matilda (Roald Dahl)
Matilda
61
Roald Dahl
The BFG (Roald Dahl)
The BFG
62
Roald Dahl
The Witches (Roald Dahl)
The Witches
63
Roald Dahl
I Claudius (Graves)
I Claudius
64
Graves
Claudius the God (Robert Graves)
Claudius the God
65
Robert Graves
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Brontë)
Jane Eyre
66
Charlotte Brontë
The Reckoning (Sharon Penman)
The Reckoning
67
Sharon Penman
Here Be Dragons (Sharon Kay Penman)
Here Be Dragons
68
Sharon Kay Penman
Falls the Shadow (Sharon Kay Penman)
Falls the Shadow
69
Sharon Kay Penman
Collected Poems of T.S. Eliot (T.S. Eliot)
Collected Poems of T.S. Eliot
70
T.S. Eliot
Collected Poems by Robert Frost
Collected Poems by Robert Frost
71
He, She, and It (Marge Piercy)
He, She, and It
72
Marge Piercy
Dragonflight (Anne McCaffrey)
Dragonflight
73
Anne McCaffrey
Dragonquest (McCaffrey, Anne)
Dragonquest
74
McCaffrey, Anne
The White Dragon (Anne McCaffrey)
The White Dragon
75
Anne McCaffrey
The Chronicles of Pern: First Fall
The Chronicles of Pern: First Fall
76
All the Weyrs of Pern
All the Weyrs of Pern
77
Bard (Morgan Llywelyn)
Bard
78
Morgan Llywelyn
I Elizabeth (Rosalind Miles)
I Elizabeth
79
Rosalind Miles
The Ivy Crown (Mary M. Luke)
The Ivy Crown
80
Mary M. Luke
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