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The New "How to Read Literature Like a Professor" List - Page 2

The Reading List Appendix of the Revised Edition of "How to Read Literature Like a Professor" by Thomas C. Foster.
According to Foster: "All I would claim for these works is that if you read them, you will become more learned."
My list omits a few reference books and individual poems mentioned in the original list.
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Fiction and the Figures of Life (William Gass)
Fiction and the Figures of Life
41
William Gass
The Fox
The Fox
42
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
43
Mary Shelley
The French Lieutenant's Woman (John Fowles)
The French Lieutenant's Woman
44
John Fowles
The Gingerbread House (Robert Coover)
The Gingerbread House
45
Robert Coover
Going After Cacciato (Tim O'Brien)
Going After Cacciato
46
Tim O'Brien
The Good Soldier (Ford Madox Ford)
The Good Soldier
47
Ford Madox Ford
Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
Great Expectations
48
Charles Dickens
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
49
F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Green Knight
The Green Knight
50
Hamlet (William Shakespeare)
Hamlet
51
William Shakespeare
Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad)
Heart of Darkness
52
Joseph Conrad
The Hearts and Lives of Men (Fay Weldon)
The Hearts and Lives of Men
53
Fay Weldon
Henry V (William Shakespeare)
Henry V
54
William Shakespeare
Hills Like White Elephants (Ernest Hemingway)
Hills Like White Elephants (Ernest Hemingway)
55
The Horse Dealer's Daughter (D.H. Lawrence)
The Horse Dealer's Daughter
56
D.H. Lawrence
Hotel Du Lac (Anita Brookner)
Hotel Du Lac
57
Anita Brookner
The House of Seven Gables (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
The House of Seven Gables
58
Nathaniel Hawthorne
How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accent (Julia Alvarez)
How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accent
59
Julia Alvarez
How to Read a Poem: And Fall in Love With Poetry (Edward Hirsch)
How to Read a Poem: And Fall in Love With Poetry
60
Edward Hirsch
Howard's End (E.M. Forster)
Howard's End
61
E.M. Forster
A Hunger Artist (Franz Kafka)
A Hunger Artist
62
Franz Kafka
The Iliad (Homer)
The Iliad
63
Homer
In the Heart of the Heart of the Country (William H. Gass)
In the Heart of the Heart of the Country
64
William H. Gass
In Our Time (Ernest Hemingway)
In Our Time
65
Ernest Hemingway
In Praise of Limestone (W.H. Auden)
In Praise of Limestone
66
W.H. Auden
In the Time of the Butterflies (Julia Alvarez)
In the Time of the Butterflies
67
Julia Alvarez
Julius Caesar (William Shakespeare)
Julius Caesar
68
William Shakespeare
King Lear (William Shakespeare)
King Lear
69
William Shakespeare
Lady Chatterley's Lover (D. H. Lawrence)
Lady Chatterley's Lover
70
D. H. Lawrence
The Lake Isle of Innisfree (W.B. Yeats)
The Lake Isle of Innisfree
71
W.B. Yeats
Le Morte D'Arthur (Sir Thomas Malory)
Le Morte D'Arthur
72
Sir Thomas Malory
Let the Great World Spin (Colum McCann)
Let the Great World Spin
73
Colum McCann
Life of Pi (Yann Martel)
Life of Pi
74
Yann Martel
Living (Henry Green)
Living
75
Henry Green
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
76
Vladimir Nabokov
Lord Jim (Joseph Conrad)
Lord Jim
77
Joseph Conrad
Love Medicine (Louise Erdrich)
Love Medicine
78
Louise Erdrich
Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock (T. S. Eliot)
Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock
79
T. S. Eliot
Loving (Henry Green)
Loving
80
Henry Green
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