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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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made by Robert Sheard
avg. score: 47 of 150 (31%)
required scores: 1, 24, 36, 49, 67   
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1984 (George Orwell)
1984 (George Orwell)
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The Aeneid (Virgil)
The Aeneid (Virgil)
3
Agamemnon (Aeschylus)
Agamemnon (Aeschylus)
4
Alice in Wonderland (Lewis Carroll)
Alice in Wonderland (Lewis Carroll)
5
All Quiet on the Western Front
All Quiet on the Western Front
6
Animal Farm
Animal Farm
7
Anna Karenina
Anna Karenina
8
As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner)
As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner)
9
The Awakening
The Awakening
10
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
11
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
12
Beowulf
Beowulf
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13
Billy Budd, Sailor (Herman Melville)
Billy Budd, Sailor (Herman Melville)
14
BLACK BOY by Richard Wright
BLACK BOY by Richard Wright
15
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
16
The Brothers Karamazov
The Brothers Karamazov
17
The Call of the Wild (Jack London)
The Call of the Wild (Jack London)
18
Candide
Candide
19
The Canterbury Tales (Geoffrey Chaucer)
The Canterbury Tales (Geoffrey Chaucer)
20
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
21
The Catcher in the Rye
The Catcher in the Rye
22
The Chosen (Chaim Potok)
The Chosen (Chaim Potok)
23
A Christmas Carol
A Christmas Carol
24
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
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25
The Color Purple
The Color Purple
26
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
27
The Crucible
The Crucible
28
Cry, the Beloved Country
Cry, the Beloved Country
29
The Count of Monte Cristo (Alexandre Dumas)
The Count of Monte Cristo (Alexandre Dumas)
30
Cyrano De Bergerac
Cyrano De Bergerac
31
Death of a Salesman
Death of a Salesman
32
David Copperfield
David Copperfield
33
The Diary of a Young Girl
The Diary of a Young Girl
34
Doctor Faustus
Doctor Faustus
35
A Doll's House
A Doll's House
36
Don Quixote
Don Quixote
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37
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Robert Louis Stevenson)
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Robert Louis Stevenson)
38
Dracula
Dracula
39
Dubliners
Dubliners
40
Emma
Emma
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