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(Mostly) Unassigned Books That Probably Turned Us Into English Literature Majors in College - Page 3

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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Mists of Avalon (Marion Zimmer Bradley)
Mists of Avalon
81
Marion Zimmer Bradley
The Forest House (Marion Zimmer Bradley)
The Forest House
82
Marion Zimmer Bradley
Dragon Prince
Dragon Prince
83
Skybowl (Melanie Rawn)
Skybowl
84
Melanie Rawn
Dragon Token (Melanie Rawn)
Dragon Token
85
Melanie Rawn
The Star Scroll (Melanie Rawn)
The Star Scroll
86
Melanie Rawn
Merchant of Venice
Merchant of Venice
87
Antigone (Jean Anouilh)
Antigone
88
Jean Anouilh
Rebecca (Daphne Du Maurier)
Rebecca
89
Daphne Du Maurier
The Oracle Glass (Judith Merkle Riley)
The Oracle Glass
90
Judith Merkle Riley
MacBeth (William Shakespeare)
MacBeth
91
William Shakespeare
The Age of Innocence (Edith Wharton)
The Age of Innocence
92
Edith Wharton
Ethan Frome (Edith Wharton)
Ethan Frome
93
Edith Wharton
Little Women (Louisa May Alcott)
Little Women
94
Louisa May Alcott
Dealing With Dragons (Patricia C. Wrede)
Dealing With Dragons
95
Patricia C. Wrede
Mariel of Redwall (Brian Jacques)
Mariel of Redwall
96
Brian Jacques
The Aeneid (Virgil)
The Aeneid
97
Virgil
Antigone (Sophocles)
Antigone
98
Sophocles
Silas Marner (George Eliot)
Silas Marner
99
George Eliot
The Stories of Eva Luna (Isabel Allende)
The Stories of Eva Luna
100
Isabel Allende
Eva Luna (Isabel Allende)
Eva Luna
101
Isabel Allende
The House of the Spirits (Isabel Allende)
The House of the Spirits
102
Isabel Allende
Juniper (Monica Furlong)
Juniper
103
Monica Furlong
Wise Child (Monica Furlong)
Wise Child
104
Monica Furlong
Paradise Lost (John Milton)
Paradise Lost
105
John Milton
Comus (John Milton)
Comus
106
John Milton
Areopagitica
Areopagitica
107
The History of the Kings of Britain (Penguin Classics)
The History of the Kings of Britain
108
Penguin Classics
Arthurian Romances (Chretien De Troyes)
Arthurian Romances
109
Chretien De Troyes
Le Mort D'Arthur - Thomas Malory
Le Mort D'Arthur - Thomas Malory
110
Kingdom of Summer (Gillian Bradshaw)
Kingdom of Summer
111
Gillian Bradshaw
Serpent Garden (Judith Merkle Riley)
Serpent Garden
112
Judith Merkle Riley
A Vision of Light (Judith Merkle Riley)
A Vision of Light
113
Judith Merkle Riley
In Pursuit of the Green Lion (Judith Merkle Riley)
In Pursuit of the Green Lion
114
Judith Merkle Riley
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Pearl and Sir Orfeo (J.R.R. Tolkien)
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Pearl and Sir Orfeo
115
J.R.R. Tolkien
Beowulf (Anonymous)
Beowulf
116
Anonymous
John Donne Selected Poems (John Donne)
John Donne Selected Poems
117
John Donne
Julius Caesar (William Shakespeare)
Julius Caesar
118
William Shakespeare
The Comedy of Errors (William Shakespeare)
The Comedy of Errors
119
William Shakespeare
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath
120
John Steinbeck
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