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The Anti-Romance Book List

A 50-Book Anti-Romance List for everyone that's a bit sick of romance! (Note: some books on this list are worse than others)
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The Alchemist (Ben Jonson)
The Alchemist
1
Ben Jonson
Among Flowers: A Walk in the Himalya (Jamaica Kincaid)
Among Flowers: A Walk in the Himalya
2
Jamaica Kincaid
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
3
George Orwell
As Long as Grass Grows: The Indigenous Fight for Environmental Justice (Dina Gilio-Whitaker)
As Long as Grass Grows: The Indigenous Fight for Environmental Justice
4
Dina Gilio-Whitaker
Bartleby the Scrivener (Herman Melville)
Bartleby the Scrivener
5
Herman Melville
Benito Cereno (Herman Melville)
Benito Cereno
6
Herman Melville
Beowulf (Anonymous)
Beowulf
7
Anonymous
The Bird's Nest (Shirley Jackson)
The Bird's Nest
8
Shirley Jackson
The Black Cat (Edgar Allan Poe)
The Black Cat
9
Edgar Allan Poe
Black Indians (William Loren Katz)
Black Indians
10
William Loren Katz
The Body Snatcher (Robert Louis Stevenson)
The Body Snatcher
11
Robert Louis Stevenson
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (John Boyne)
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
12
John Boyne
Butter (Anne Panning)
Butter
13
Anne Panning
Electra (Sophocles)
Electra
14
Sophocles
Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
Fahrenheit 451
15
Ray Bradbury
The Fall (Albert Camus)
The Fall
16
Albert Camus
The Fall of the House of Usher (Edgar Allan Poe)
The Fall of the House of Usher
17
Edgar Allan Poe
The Fire Next Time (James Baldwin)
The Fire Next Time
18
James Baldwin
From the War on Poverty to the War on Crime (Elizabeth Hinton)
From the War on Poverty to the War on Crime
19
Elizabeth Hinton
The House on Mango Street (Sandra Cisneros)
The House on Mango Street
20
Sandra Cisneros
Inferno (Dante)
Inferno
21
Dante
The Interesting Narrative
The Interesting Narrative
22
In the Heart of the Sea (Nathaniel Philbrick)
In the Heart of the Sea
23
Nathaniel Philbrick
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man
24
Ralph Ellison
The Invisible Man (H.G. Wells)
The Invisible Man
25
H.G. Wells
The Island of Dr. Moreau (H.G. Wells)
The Island of Dr. Moreau
26
H.G. Wells
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
27
Harper Lee
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
28
William Golding
The Metamorphosis (Franz Kafka)
The Metamorphosis
29
Franz Kafka
No Exit (Jean-Paul Sartre)
No Exit
30
Jean-Paul Sartre
Old Yeller (Fred Gipson)
Old Yeller
31
Fred Gipson
Poetry for Cats: The Definitive Anthology of Distinguished Feline Verse (Henry N. Beard)
Poetry for Cats: The Definitive Anthology of Distinguished Feline Verse
32
Henry N. Beard
The Prelude (William Wordsworth)
The Prelude
33
William Wordsworth
The Prince and the Pauper (Mark Twain)
The Prince and the Pauper
34
Mark Twain
The Raven (Edgar Allan Poe)
The Raven
35
Edgar Allan Poe
Recitatif (Toni Morrison)
Recitatif
36
Toni Morrison
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner (Samuel Taylor Coleridge)
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
37
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Skeleton Man (Joseph Bruchac)
Skeleton Man
38
Joseph Bruchac
The Souls of Black Folk (W. E. B. Du Bois)
The Souls of Black Folk
39
W. E. B. Du Bois
Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and Other Tales (Robert Louis Stevenson)
Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and Other Tales
40
Robert Louis Stevenson
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