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The New "How to Read Literature Like a Professor" List - Page 4

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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Song of Solomon (Toni Morrison)
Song of Solomon
121
Toni Morrison
Sonny's Blues (James Baldwin)
Sonny's Blues
122
James Baldwin
Sons and Lovers (D.H. Lawrence)
Sons and Lovers
123
D.H. Lawrence
The Sound and the Fury (William Faulkner)
The Sound and the Fury
124
William Faulkner
Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (Robert Louis Stevenson)
Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
125
Robert Louis Stevenson
The Sun Also Rises (Ernest Hemingway)
The Sun Also Rises
126
Ernest Hemingway
The Tell-Tale Heart (Edgar Allan Poe)
The Tell-Tale Heart
127
Edgar Allan Poe
The Tempest (William Shakespeare)
The Tempest
128
William Shakespeare
Tess of the D'urbervilles (Thomas Hardy)
Tess of the D'urbervilles
129
Thomas Hardy
The Things They Carried (Tim O'Brien)
The Things They Carried
130
Tim O'Brien
This Side of Brightness (Colum McCann)
This Side of Brightness
131
Colum McCann
Through the Looking Glass (Lewis Carroll)
Through the Looking Glass
132
Lewis Carroll
To the Lighthouse (Virginia Woolf)
To the Lighthouse
133
Virginia Woolf
Tom Jones (Henry Fielding)
Tom Jones
134
Henry Fielding
Treasure Island (Robert Louis Stevenson)
Treasure Island
135
Robert Louis Stevenson
The Trial (Franz Kafka)
The Trial
136
Franz Kafka
The Turn of the Screw (Henry James)
The Turn of the Screw
137
Henry James
Twelfth Night (William Shakespeare)
Twelfth Night
138
William Shakespeare
Ulysses (James Joyce)
Ulysses
139
James Joyce
The Unicorn (Iris Murdoch)
The Unicorn
140
Iris Murdoch
The Virgin and the Gypsy (D.H Lawrence)
The Virgin and the Gypsy
141
D.H Lawrence
Waiting for Godot (Samuel Beckett)
Waiting for Godot
142
Samuel Beckett
The Waste Land (T.S. Eliot)
The Waste Land
143
T.S. Eliot
Water Music (T.C. Boyle)
Water Music
144
T.C. Boyle
The Wild Swans at Coole (W. B. Yeats)
The Wild Swans at Coole
145
W. B. Yeats
The Winter's Tale (Shakespeare)
The Winter's Tale
146
Shakespeare
Wise Children (Angela Carter)
Wise Children
147
Angela Carter
Women in Love (D. H. Lawrence)
Women in Love
148
D. H. Lawrence
World's End (T.C. Boyle)
World's End
149
T.C. Boyle
Yo! (Julia Alvarez)
Yo!
150
Julia Alvarez
Young Goodman Brown (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
Young Goodman Brown
151
Nathaniel Hawthorne
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