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A College Curriculum on Your Bookshelf: 50 Books for 50 Classes — Flavorwire

It's officially back-to-school time, and we all know what that means: sitting in class, writing papers, getting sweet knowledge delivery before running off to the latest kegger. But what about a more practical method of study? Yes, in this case I am using the word "practical" to describe reading literature. What follows is a list of college courses (plucked or adapted from the course catalogs of actual institutions of higher learning) and works of literature that you might read to replicate the experience of taking them. Whether or not you're headed back to school in the next few weeks, get your learning on with this curated curriculum of literature. [Disclaimer: not actually a substitute for a college education. But you knew that.]
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Equilateral
Equilateral
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Life on Mars (Tracy K. Smith)
Life on Mars
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Tracy K. Smith
Cosmicomics
Cosmicomics
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Bluets (Maggie Nelson)
Bluets
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Maggie Nelson
The Agony and the Ecstasy (Irving Stone)
The Agony and the Ecstasy
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Irving Stone
Building Stories
Building Stories
6
The Last Samurai
The Last Samurai
7
JR
JR
8
The Wallcreeper (Nell Zink)
The Wallcreeper
9
Nell Zink
The Drowned World (J.G. Ballard)
The Drowned World
10
J.G. Ballard
Station Eleven (Emily St John Mandel)
Station Eleven
11
Emily St John Mandel
Jazz (Toni Morrison)
Jazz
12
Toni Morrison
American Gods (Neil Gaiman)
American Gods
13
Neil Gaiman
Persepolis (Marjane Satrapi)
Persepolis
14
Marjane Satrapi
Elect Mr. Robinson for a Better World
Elect Mr. Robinson for a Better World
15
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
16
Harper Lee
Infinite Jest (David Foster Wallace)
Infinite Jest
17
David Foster Wallace
To the Lighthouse (Virginia Woolf)
To the Lighthouse
18
Virginia Woolf
White Is for Witching (Helen Oyeyemi)
White Is for Witching
19
Helen Oyeyemi
The Last Illusion
The Last Illusion
20
Sappho: A New Translation (Sappho)
Sappho: A New Translation
21
Sappho
Memoirs of Hadrian (Marguerite Yourcenar)
Memoirs of Hadrian
22
Marguerite Yourcenar
The Secret History (Donna Tartt)
The Secret History
23
Donna Tartt
The Left Hand of Darkness (Ursula K. Le Guin)
The Left Hand of Darkness
24
Ursula K. Le Guin
Citizen (Claudia Rankine)
Citizen
25
Claudia Rankine
The Lovely Bones (Alice Sebold)
The Lovely Bones
26
Alice Sebold
Important Artifacts and Personal Property From the Collection of Lenor
Important Artifacts and Personal Property From the Collection of Lenor
27
Americanah (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
Americanah
28
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
The Trial (Franz Kafka)
The Trial
29
Franz Kafka
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange
30
Anthony Burgess
Interpreter of Maladies (Jhumpa Lahiri)
Interpreter of Maladies
31
Jhumpa Lahiri
What the Living Do (Marie Howe)
What the Living Do
32
Marie Howe
Sherlock Holmes (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Sherlock Holmes
33
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Speedboat
Speedboat
34
Never Let Me Go (Kazuo Ishiguro)
Never Let Me Go
35
Kazuo Ishiguro
A Guide to Being Born
A Guide to Being Born
36
A Sport and a Pastime
A Sport and a Pastime
37
The Woman in the Dunes Kobo Abe
The Woman in the Dunes Kobo Abe
38
Remainder (Tom McCarthy)
Remainder
39
Tom McCarthy
The Book of Numbers (Joshua Cohen)
The Book of Numbers
40
Joshua Cohen
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