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Shooting off the Canon - Page 2

It seems that everyone has a "top" list of books. Here's mine, quirky, incomplete, and very much open for discussion. Nevertheless, I think it's a great core for a classical liberal arts education in literature.
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Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad)
Heart of Darkness
41
Joseph Conrad
Henry IV, Part I (William Shakespeare)
Henry IV, Part I
42
William Shakespeare
House Made of Dawn (N. Scott Momaday)
House Made of Dawn
43
N. Scott Momaday
The House of the Seven Gables (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
The House of the Seven Gables
44
Nathaniel Hawthorne
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
45
Mark Twain
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou)
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
46
Maya Angelou
Iliad (Homer)
Iliad
47
Homer
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man
48
Ralph Ellison
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
Jane Eyre
49
Charlotte Bronte
The Joy Luck Club (Amy Tan)
The Joy Luck Club
50
Amy Tan
Julius Caesar (William Shakespeare)
Julius Caesar
51
William Shakespeare
The Jungle (Upton Sinclair)
The Jungle
52
Upton Sinclair
King Lear (William Shakespeare)
King Lear
53
William Shakespeare
Light in August (William Faulkner)
Light in August
54
William Faulkner
Lord Jim (Joseph Conrad)
Lord Jim
55
Joseph Conrad
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
56
William Golding
The Lord of the Rings (J.R.R.Tolkien)
The Lord of the Rings
57
J.R.R.Tolkien
MacBeth (William Shakespeare)
MacBeth
58
William Shakespeare
Madame Bovary (Gustave Flaubert)
Madame Bovary
59
Gustave Flaubert
The Mayor of Casterbridge (Thomas Hardy)
The Mayor of Casterbridge
60
Thomas Hardy
The Merchant of Venice (William Shakespeare)
The Merchant of Venice
61
William Shakespeare
A Midsummer Night's Dream (William Shakespeare)
A Midsummer Night's Dream
62
William Shakespeare
Moby-Dick (Herman Melville)
Moby-Dick
63
Herman Melville
Native Son (Richard Wright)
Native Son
64
Richard Wright
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
65
George Orwell
Odyssey (Homer)
Odyssey
66
Homer
The Oedipus Trilogy
The Oedipus Trilogy
67
Of Mice and Men (John Steinbeck)
Of Mice and Men
68
John Steinbeck
The Old Man and the Sea (Ernest Hemingway)
The Old Man and the Sea
69
Ernest Hemingway
Oliver Twist (Charles Dickens)
Oliver Twist
70
Charles Dickens
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Ken Kesey)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
71
Ken Kesey
Othello (William Shakespeare)
Othello
72
William Shakespeare
Paradise Lost (John Milton)
Paradise Lost
73
John Milton
The Pearl (John Steinbeck)
The Pearl
74
John Steinbeck
The Plague (Albert Camus)
The Plague
75
Albert Camus
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (James Joyce)
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
76
James Joyce
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
77
Jane Austen
The Prince (Niccolò Machiavelli)
The Prince
78
Niccolò Machiavelli
The Red Badge of Courage (Stephen Crane)
The Red Badge of Courage
79
Stephen Crane
The Republic (Plato)
The Republic
80
Plato
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