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Mandatory Novels Every Bookworm/English Major Should Read

This list includes fiction (of varying genres), poetry, and children's/young adult novels (plus one non-fiction). These picks are based on the popularity of the books in question, their historical/cultural significance, and their literary value.
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The Epic of Gilgamesh (Anonymous)
The Epic of Gilgamesh
1
Anonymous
The Illiad (Homer)
The Illiad
2
Homer
The Odyssey (Homer)
The Odyssey
3
Homer
Beowulf (Anonymous)
Beowulf
4
Anonymous
The Canterbury Tales (Geoffrey Chaucer)
The Canterbury Tales
5
Geoffrey Chaucer
The Divine Comedy (Dante Alighieri)
The Divine Comedy
6
Dante Alighieri
Journey to the West (Wu Cheng'en)
Journey to the West
7
Wu Cheng'en
Romeo and Juliet (William Shakespeare)
Romeo and Juliet
8
William Shakespeare
Julius Caesar (William Shakespeare)
Julius Caesar
9
William Shakespeare
Hamlet (William Shakespeare)
Hamlet
10
William Shakespeare
MacBeth (William Shakespeare)
MacBeth
11
William Shakespeare
Don Quixote (Miguel De Cervantes)
Don Quixote
12
Miguel De Cervantes
Paradise Lost (John Milton)
Paradise Lost
13
John Milton
The Pilgrim's Progress (John Bunyan)
The Pilgrim's Progress
14
John Bunyan
Robinson Crusoe (Daniel Defoe)
Robinson Crusoe
15
Daniel Defoe
Gulliver's Travels (Jonathan Swift)
Gulliver's Travels
16
Jonathan Swift
Candide (Voltaire)
Candide
17
Voltaire
Sense and Sensibility (Jane Austen)
Sense and Sensibility
18
Jane Austen
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
19
Jane Austen
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
20
Mary Shelley
Ivanhoe (Sir Walter Scott)
Ivanhoe
21
Sir Walter Scott
Don Juan (Lord Byron)
Don Juan
22
Lord Byron
The Last of the Mohicans (James Fenimore Cooper)
The Last of the Mohicans
23
James Fenimore Cooper
The Hunchback of Notre-Dame (Victor Hugo)
The Hunchback of Notre-Dame
24
Victor Hugo
Faust (Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe)
Faust
25
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
Oliver Twist (Charles Dickens)
Oliver Twist
26
Charles Dickens
The Deerslayer (James Fenimore Cooper)
The Deerslayer
27
James Fenimore Cooper
A Christmas Carol (Charles Dickens)
A Christmas Carol
28
Charles Dickens
The Three Musketeers (Alexandre Dumas)
The Three Musketeers
29
Alexandre Dumas
The Count of Monte Cristo (Alexandre Dumas)
The Count of Monte Cristo
30
Alexandre Dumas
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Brontë)
Jane Eyre
31
Charlotte Brontë
Wuthering Heights (Emily Brontë)
Wuthering Heights
32
Emily Brontë
Vanity Fair (William Makepeace Thackeray)
Vanity Fair
33
William Makepeace Thackeray
The Complete Tales and Poems of Edgar Allen Poe (Edgar Allen Poe)
The Complete Tales and Poems of Edgar Allen Poe
34
Edgar Allen Poe
The Scarlet Letter (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
The Scarlet Letter
35
Nathaniel Hawthorne
David Copperfield (Charles Dickens)
David Copperfield
36
Charles Dickens
Moby Dick (Herman Melville)
Moby Dick
37
Herman Melville
Uncle Tom's Cabin (Harriet Beecher Stowe)
Uncle Tom's Cabin
38
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Madame Bovary (Gustave Flaubert)
Madame Bovary
39
Gustave Flaubert
Grimms's Fairy Tales (Brothers Grimm)
Grimms's Fairy Tales
40
Brothers Grimm
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