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If Korrick Had to Assign Their Year-Before-College Self 100 Books - Page 2

The same old standardized testing reading worksheets get recycled year in and year out, but what do we all really think about what would have done our young selves some good way back in the day? Here is my personal stab at it, featuring my own alma mater as the list image for those who require some academic credibility (although how much of that can you really expect from some rando on the internet?).
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The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (Carson McCullers)
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
41
Carson McCullers
Hons and Rebels (Jessica Mitford)
Hons and Rebels
42
Jessica Mitford
Howards End (E.M. Forster)
Howards End
43
E.M. Forster
Howl and Other Poems (Allen Ginsberg)
Howl and Other Poems
44
Allen Ginsberg
Ice (Anna Kavan)
Ice
45
Anna Kavan
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler (Italo Calvino)
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler
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Italo Calvino
If This Is a Man / the Truce (Primo Levi)
If This Is a Man / the Truce
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Primo Levi
Illness as Metaphor and AIDS and Its Metaphors (Susan Sontag)
Illness as Metaphor and AIDS and Its Metaphors
48
Susan Sontag
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
Jane Eyre
49
Charlotte Bronte
Kafka on the Shore (Haruki Murakami)
Kafka on the Shore
50
Haruki Murakami
King Lear (William Shakespeare)
King Lear
51
William Shakespeare
The Left Hand of Darkness (Ursula K. Le Guin)
The Left Hand of Darkness
52
Ursula K. Le Guin
Letters to a Young Poet (Rainer Maria Rilke)
Letters to a Young Poet
53
Rainer Maria Rilke
The Lord of the Rings (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Lord of the Rings
54
J.R.R. Tolkien
The Lottery and Other Stories (Shirley Jackson)
The Lottery and Other Stories
55
Shirley Jackson
Love and Longing in Bombay (Vikram Chandra)
Love and Longing in Bombay
56
Vikram Chandra
The Lowland (Jhumpa Lahiri)
The Lowland
57
Jhumpa Lahiri
Mean Spirit (Linda Hogan)
Mean Spirit
58
Linda Hogan
The Mixquiahuala Letters (Ana Castillo)
The Mixquiahuala Letters
59
Ana Castillo
The Motorcycle Diaries (Che Guevara)
The Motorcycle Diaries
60
Che Guevara
My Brilliant Friend (Elena Ferrante)
My Brilliant Friend
61
Elena Ferrante
Nada (Carmen Laforet)
Nada
62
Carmen Laforet
Native Son (Richard Wright)
Native Son
63
Richard Wright
Nectar in a Sieve (Kamala Markandaya)
Nectar in a Sieve
64
Kamala Markandaya
North and South (Elizabeth Gaskell)
North and South
65
Elizabeth Gaskell
Obasan (Joy Kogawa)
Obasan
66
Joy Kogawa
On Beauty (Zadie Smith)
On Beauty
67
Zadie Smith
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Ken Kesey)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
68
Ken Kesey
The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas (Ursula K Le Guin)
The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas
69
Ursula K Le Guin
Orlando (Virginia Woolf)
Orlando
70
Virginia Woolf
Persuasion (Jane Austen)
Persuasion
71
Jane Austen
Possession (A.S. Byatt)
Possession
72
A.S. Byatt
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
73
Jane Austen
The Rape of Nanking (Iris Chang)
The Rape of Nanking
74
Iris Chang
Regeneration (Pat Barker)
Regeneration
75
Pat Barker
The Remains of the Day (Kazuo Ishiguro)
The Remains of the Day
76
Kazuo Ishiguro
The Sailor Who Fell From Grace With the Sea (Yukio Mishima)
The Sailor Who Fell From Grace With the Sea
77
Yukio Mishima
The Second Sex (Simone De Beauvoir)
The Second Sex
78
Simone De Beauvoir
Six Records of a Floating Life (Shen Fu)
Six Records of a Floating Life
79
Shen Fu
The Souls of Black Folk (W. E. B. Du Bois)
The Souls of Black Folk
80
W. E. B. Du Bois
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