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English Major Required Reading

A somewhat incomplete list of all the required reading I've been assigned in my first three years as an English major, excluding the dozens of Norton Anthologies I've been forced to buy.
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The Known World (Edward P. Jones)
The Known World
1
Edward P. Jones
Gulliver's Travels (Jonathan Swift)
Gulliver's Travels
2
Jonathan Swift
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
Jane Eyre
3
Charlotte Bronte
Luna (Julie Anne Peters)
Luna
4
Julie Anne Peters
I Am My Own Wife (2004) (Doug Wright)
I Am My Own Wife (2004)
5
Doug Wright
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit (Jeanette Winterson)
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
6
Jeanette Winterson
Giovanni's Room (James Baldwin)
Giovanni's Room
7
James Baldwin
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Oscar Wilde)
The Picture of Dorian Gray
8
Oscar Wilde
Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde (Moises Kaufman)
Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde
9
Moises Kaufman
The Normal Heart (Larry Kramer)
The Normal Heart
10
Larry Kramer
The Destiny of Me (Larry Kramer)
The Destiny of Me
11
Larry Kramer
Are You My Mother? by Alison Bechdel
Are You My Mother? by Alison Bechdel
12
A Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs Mary Rowlandson
A Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs Mary Rowlandson
13
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave (Frederick Douglass)
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave
14
Frederick Douglass
The London Merchant (George Lillo)
The London Merchant
15
George Lillo
The Italian (Ann Radcliffe)
The Italian
16
Ann Radcliffe
Mary/The Wrongs of Woman (Mary Wollstonecraft)
Mary/The Wrongs of Woman
17
Mary Wollstonecraft
Lady Audley's Secret (Mary Elisabeth Braddon)
Lady Audley's Secret
18
Mary Elisabeth Braddon
The Penguin Book of Victorian Women in Crime (Michael Sims)
The Penguin Book of Victorian Women in Crime
19
Michael Sims
Murder on the Orient Express (Agatha Christie)
Murder on the Orient Express
20
Agatha Christie
Dubliners (James Joyce)
Dubliners
21
James Joyce
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man
22
Ralph Ellison
The Crying of Lot 49 (Thomas Pynchon)
The Crying of Lot 49
23
Thomas Pynchon
The House on Mango Street (Sandra Cisneros)
The House on Mango Street
24
Sandra Cisneros
The Parable of the Sower (Butler)
The Parable of the Sower
25
Butler
March (Geraldine Brooks)
March
26
Geraldine Brooks
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (Junot Díaz)
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
27
Junot Díaz
Olive Kitteridge (Elizabeth Strout)
Olive Kitteridge
28
Elizabeth Strout
A Visit From the Goon Squad (Jennifer Egan)
A Visit From the Goon Squad
29
Jennifer Egan
All the Light We Cannot See (Anthony Doerr)
All the Light We Cannot See
30
Anthony Doerr
The Sympathizer (Viet Thanh Nguyen)
The Sympathizer
31
Viet Thanh Nguyen
Uncle Tom's Cabin (Harriet Beecher Stowe)
Uncle Tom's Cabin
32
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (Harriet Jacobs)
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
33
Harriet Jacobs
Ruth Hall (Fanny Fern)
Ruth Hall
34
Fanny Fern
The Hidden Hand (E.D.E.N. Southworth)
The Hidden Hand
35
E.D.E.N. Southworth
Little Women (Louisa May Alcott)
Little Women
36
Louisa May Alcott
Behind a Mask (Louisa May Alcott)
Behind a Mask
37
Louisa May Alcott
The Amber Gods and Other Stories (Harriet Prescott Spofford)
The Amber Gods and Other Stories
38
Harriet Prescott Spofford
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