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The New "How to Read Literature Like a Professor" List - Page 3

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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MacBeth (William Shakespeare)
MacBeth
81
William Shakespeare
The Magus (John Fowles)
The Magus
82
John Fowles
The Maltese Falcon (Dashiell Hammett)
The Maltese Falcon
83
Dashiell Hammett
The Man of Adamant (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
The Man of Adamant
84
Nathaniel Hawthorne
The Master of Ballantrae (Robert Louis Stevenson)
The Master of Ballantrae
85
Robert Louis Stevenson
The Mayor of Casterbridge (Thomas Hardy)
The Mayor of Casterbridge
86
Thomas Hardy
Metamorphosis (Franz Kafka)
Metamorphosis
87
Franz Kafka
A Midsummer Night's Dream (William Shakespeare)
A Midsummer Night's Dream
88
William Shakespeare
Mrs. Dalloway (Virginia Woolf)
Mrs. Dalloway
89
Virginia Woolf
Much Ado About Nothing (William Shakespeare)
Much Ado About Nothing
90
William Shakespeare
The Murders in the Rue Morgue (Edgar Allan Poe)
The Murders in the Rue Morgue
91
Edgar Allan Poe
Musée Des Beaux Arts (W.H. Auden)
Musée Des Beaux Arts
92
W.H. Auden
Nights at the Circus (Angela Carter)
Nights at the Circus
93
Angela Carter
North (Seamus Heaney)
North
94
Seamus Heaney
The Odyssey (Homer)
The Odyssey
95
Homer
Oedipus at Colonus (Sophocles)
Oedipus at Colonus
96
Sophocles
Oedipus Rex (Sophocles)
Oedipus Rex
97
Sophocles
The Old Curiosity Shop (Charles Dickens)
The Old Curiosity Shop
98
Charles Dickens
The Old Man and the Sea (Ernest Hemingway)
The Old Man and the Sea
99
Ernest Hemingway
Omeros (Derek Walcott)
Omeros
100
Derek Walcott
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude
101
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Party Going (Henry Green)
Party Going
102
Henry Green
A Passage to India (E.M. Forster)
A Passage to India
103
E.M. Forster
Pigs in Heaven (Barbara Kingsolver)
Pigs in Heaven
104
Barbara Kingsolver
The Pit and the Pendulum (Edgar Allan Poe)
The Pit and the Pendulum
105
Edgar Allan Poe
The Poisonwood Bible (Barbara Kingsolver)
The Poisonwood Bible
106
Barbara Kingsolver
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (James Joyce)
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
107
James Joyce
Ragtime (E.L. Doctorow)
Ragtime
108
E.L. Doctorow
The Raven (Edgar Allan Poe)
The Raven
109
Edgar Allan Poe
Reading Like a Writer (Francine Prose)
Reading Like a Writer
110
Francine Prose
The Remorseful Day (Colin Dexter)
The Remorseful Day
111
Colin Dexter
Robert Frost Poems
Robert Frost Poems
112
The Rocking-Horse Winner (D.H. Lawrence)
The Rocking-Horse Winner
113
D.H. Lawrence
Romeo and Juliet (William Shakespeare)
Romeo and Juliet
114
William Shakespeare
A Room With a View (E.M. Forster)
A Room With a View
115
E.M. Forster
The Scarlet Letter (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
The Scarlet Letter
116
Nathaniel Hawthorne
The Sea, the Sea (Iris Murdoch)
The Sea, the Sea
117
Iris Murdoch
A Severed Head (Iris Murdoch)
A Severed Head
118
Iris Murdoch
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (Anonymous)
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
119
Anonymous
The Snows of Kilimanjaro (Ernest Hemingway)
The Snows of Kilimanjaro
120
Ernest Hemingway
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