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The 150 Most-Taught Books

There are lots of arguments about what "The Canon" is, and what it should be. Here are the 150 most frequently taught works. How many have you read?
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1984 (George Orwell)
1984
1
George Orwell
The Aeneid (Virgil)
The Aeneid
2
Virgil
Agamemnon (Aeschylus)
Agamemnon
3
Aeschylus
Alice in Wonderland (Lewis Carroll)
Alice in Wonderland
4
Lewis Carroll
All Quiet on the Western Front (Erich Maria Remarque)
All Quiet on the Western Front
5
Erich Maria Remarque
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
6
George Orwell
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
7
Leo Tolstoy
As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner)
As I Lay Dying
8
William Faulkner
The Awakening (Kate Chopin)
The Awakening
9
Kate Chopin
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar
10
Sylvia Plath
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
11
Toni Morrison
Beowulf (Anonymous)
Beowulf
12
Anonymous
Billy Budd, Sailor (Herman Melville)
Billy Budd, Sailor
13
Herman Melville
BLACK BOY by Richard Wright
BLACK BOY by Richard Wright
14
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
15
Aldous Huxley
The Brothers Karamazov (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
The Brothers Karamazov
16
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
The Call of the Wild (Jack London)
The Call of the Wild
17
Jack London
Candide (Voltaire)
Candide
18
Voltaire
The Canterbury Tales (Geoffrey Chaucer)
The Canterbury Tales
19
Geoffrey Chaucer
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
20
Joseph Heller
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
21
J.D. Salinger
The Chosen (Chaim Potok)
The Chosen
22
Chaim Potok
A Christmas Carol (Charles Dickens)
A Christmas Carol
23
Charles Dickens
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange
24
Anthony Burgess
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple
25
Alice Walker
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment
26
Fyodor Dostoevsky
The Crucible (Arthur Miller)
The Crucible
27
Arthur Miller
Cry, the Beloved Country (Alan Paton)
Cry, the Beloved Country
28
Alan Paton
The Count of Monte Cristo (Alexandre Dumas)
The Count of Monte Cristo
29
Alexandre Dumas
Cyrano De Bergerac (Edmond Rostand)
Cyrano De Bergerac
30
Edmond Rostand
Death of a Salesman (Arthur Miller)
Death of a Salesman
31
Arthur Miller
David Copperfield (Charles Dickens)
David Copperfield
32
Charles Dickens
The Diary of a Young Girl (Anne Frank)
The Diary of a Young Girl
33
Anne Frank
Doctor Faustus (Thomas Mann)
Doctor Faustus
34
Thomas Mann
A Doll's House (Henrik Ibsen)
A Doll's House
35
Henrik Ibsen
Don Quixote (Miguel De Cervantes)
Don Quixote
36
Miguel De Cervantes
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Robert Louis Stevenson)
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
37
Robert Louis Stevenson
Dracula (Bram Stoker)
Dracula
38
Bram Stoker
Dubliners (James Joyce)
Dubliners
39
James Joyce
Emma (Jane Austen)
Emma
40
Jane Austen
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