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The English Literary Canon

most of the books included in the English Literary Canon; might've missed some important works, but these are all pretty important
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Beowulf (Anonymous)
Beowulf
1
Anonymous
The Canterbury Tales (Geoffrey Chaucer)
The Canterbury Tales
2
Geoffrey Chaucer
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (Simon Armitage (Translator))
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
3
Simon Armitage (Translator)
Doctor Faustus (Thomas Mann)
Doctor Faustus
4
Thomas Mann
The Temple (George Herbert)
The Temple
5
George Herbert
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (William Shakespeare)
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare
6
William Shakespeare
The Fairie Queen (Edmund Spenser)
The Fairie Queen
7
Edmund Spenser
John Donne (John Donne)
John Donne
8
John Donne
Utopia (Thomas More)
Utopia
9
Thomas More
Euphues: The Anatomy of Wit
Euphues: The Anatomy of Wit
10
Paradise Lost (John Milton)
Paradise Lost
11
John Milton
The Pilgrim's Progress (John Bunyan)
The Pilgrim's Progress
12
John Bunyan
The Poetry of John Dryden
The Poetry of John Dryden
13
Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard (Thomas Gray)
Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard
14
Thomas Gray
The Compleat Angler (Izaak Walton)
The Compleat Angler
15
Izaak Walton
The Beggar's Opera (John Gay)
The Beggar's Opera
16
John Gay
William Blake: Selected Poems (William Blake)
William Blake: Selected Poems
17
William Blake
Lyric Poetry of Lord Byron (George Gordon, Lord Byron))
Lyric Poetry of Lord Byron
18
George Gordon, Lord Byron)
The Complete Poems of Samuel Taylor Coleridge (Samuel Taylor Coleridge)
The Complete Poems of Samuel Taylor Coleridge
19
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Percy Bysshe Shelley: Selected Poems (Percy Bysshe Shelley)
Percy Bysshe Shelley: Selected Poems
20
Percy Bysshe Shelley
The Collected Poems of William Wordsworth (William Wordsworth)
The Collected Poems of William Wordsworth
21
William Wordsworth
Keats - The Complete Poems (Poetry)
Keats - The Complete Poems
22
Poetry
Edgar Allan Poe Complete Tales & Poems (Edgar Allan Poe)
Edgar Allan Poe Complete Tales & Poems
23
Edgar Allan Poe
Tom Jones (Henry Fielding)
Tom Jones
24
Henry Fielding
Joseph Andrews (Henry Fielding)
Joseph Andrews
25
Henry Fielding
The Female Quixote (Charlotte Lennox)
The Female Quixote
26
Charlotte Lennox
The Monk (Matthew Lewis)
The Monk
27
Matthew Lewis
Evelina
Evelina
28
Northanger Abbey (Jane Austen)
Northanger Abbey
29
Jane Austen
Persuasion (Jane Austen)
Persuasion
30
Jane Austen
Mansfield Park (Jane Austen)
Mansfield Park
31
Jane Austen
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
32
Jane Austen
Sense and Sensibility (Jane Austen)
Sense and Sensibility
33
Jane Austen
Clarissa (Samuel Richardson)
Clarissa
34
Samuel Richardson
Robinson Crusoe (Daniel Defoe)
Robinson Crusoe
35
Daniel Defoe
Moll Flanders (Daniel Defoe)
Moll Flanders
36
Daniel Defoe
Pamela (Samuel Richardson)
Pamela
37
Samuel Richardson
The Man of Feeling
The Man of Feeling
38
Belinda (Maria Edgeworth)
Belinda
39
Maria Edgeworth
Confessions of an English Opium Eater (Thomas De Quincey)
Confessions of an English Opium Eater
40
Thomas De Quincey
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