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Real English Major Books

These are all the books I was assigned throughout my undergrad! Most English Major lists I've seen are just the same handful of classics, but Literature degrees can include so much more!
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Free Within Ourselves: The Development of African American Children's Literature (Rudine Sims Bishop)
Free Within Ourselves: The Development of African American Children's Literature
1
Rudine Sims Bishop
Popo and Fifina (Langston Hughes & Arna Bontemps)
Popo and Fifina
2
Langston Hughes & Arna Bontemps
The Marvellers (Dhonielle Clayton)
The Marvellers
3
Dhonielle Clayton
Critical Race Theory (Delgado & Stefancic)
Critical Race Theory
4
Delgado & Stefancic
The Dream Keeper and Other Poems (Langston Hughes)
The Dream Keeper and Other Poems
5
Langston Hughes
The People Could Fly (Virginia Hamilton)
The People Could Fly
6
Virginia Hamilton
Monster (Walter Dean Myers)
Monster
7
Walter Dean Myers
Stevie (John Steptoe)
Stevie
8
John Steptoe
Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry
Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry
9
One Crazy Summer
One Crazy Summer
10
Brown Girl Dreaming (Jacqueline Woodson)
Brown Girl Dreaming
11
Jacqueline Woodson
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
Jane Eyre
12
Charlotte Bronte
Wide Sargasso Sea (Jean Rhys)
Wide Sargasso Sea
13
Jean Rhys
Wuthering Heights (Emily Bronte)
Wuthering Heights
14
Emily Bronte
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (Anne Brontë)
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
15
Anne Brontë
Villette (Charlotte Brontë)
Villette
16
Charlotte Brontë
Romeo and Juliet (William Shakespeare)
Romeo and Juliet
17
William Shakespeare
The Canterbury Tales (Geoffrey Chaucer)
The Canterbury Tales
18
Geoffrey Chaucer
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (Simon Armitage (Translator))
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
19
Simon Armitage (Translator)
The Man Who Would Be King (Rudyard Kipling)
The Man Who Would Be King
20
Rudyard Kipling
The Importance of Being Earnest (Oscar Wilde)
The Importance of Being Earnest
21
Oscar Wilde
Passing (Nella Larsen)
Passing
22
Nella Larsen
A Christmas Carol (Charles Dickens)
A Christmas Carol
23
Charles Dickens
Oroonoko (Aphra Behn)
Oroonoko
24
Aphra Behn
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
25
Mark Twain
The Life and Adventures of Joaquín Murieta (John Rollin Ridge)
The Life and Adventures of Joaquín Murieta
26
John Rollin Ridge
The Curse of Caste, or the Slave Bride (Julia C. Collins)
The Curse of Caste, or the Slave Bride
27
Julia C. Collins
Hobomok (Lydia Maria Child)
Hobomok
28
Lydia Maria Child
City of Stairs (Robert Jackson Bennett)
City of Stairs
29
Robert Jackson Bennett
Akata Warrior (Nnedi Okorafor)
Akata Warrior
30
Nnedi Okorafor
Lud-In-The-Mist (Hope Mirrlees)
Lud-In-The-Mist
31
Hope Mirrlees
Farmer Giles of Ham (J.R.R. Tolkien)
Farmer Giles of Ham
32
J.R.R. Tolkien
The Odyssey (Homer)
The Odyssey
33
Homer
Purgatorio (Dante)
Purgatorio
34
Dante
The Epic of Gilgamesh (Anonymous)
The Epic of Gilgamesh
35
Anonymous
Beowulf (Anonymous)
Beowulf
36
Anonymous
Othello (William Shakespeare)
Othello
37
William Shakespeare
Little Women (Louisa May Alcott)
Little Women
38
Louisa May Alcott
Double Indemnity (James M. Cain)
Double Indemnity
39
James M. Cain
Bleeding Kansas: Contested Liberty in the Civil War Era (Nicole Etcheson)
Bleeding Kansas: Contested Liberty in the Civil War Era
40
Nicole Etcheson
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