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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
Tracy K. Smith
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Cosmicomics
Cosmicomics
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Bluets (Maggie Nelson)
Bluets
Maggie Nelson
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The Agony and the Ecstasy (Irving Stone)
The Agony and the Ecstasy
Irving Stone
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Building Stories
Building Stories
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The Last Samurai
The Last Samurai
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JR
JR
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The Wallcreeper (Nell Zink)
The Wallcreeper
Nell Zink
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The Drowned World (J.G. Ballard)
The Drowned World
J.G. Ballard
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Station Eleven (Emily St John Mandel)
Station Eleven
Emily St John Mandel
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Jazz (Toni Morrison)
Jazz
Toni Morrison
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American Gods (Neil Gaiman)
American Gods
Neil Gaiman
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Persepolis (Marjane Satrapi)
Persepolis
Marjane Satrapi
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Elect Mr. Robinson for a Better World
Elect Mr. Robinson for a Better World
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To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee
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Infinite Jest (David Foster Wallace)
Infinite Jest
David Foster Wallace
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To the Lighthouse (Virginia Woolf)
To the Lighthouse
Virginia Woolf
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White Is for Witching (Helen Oyeyemi)
White Is for Witching
Helen Oyeyemi
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The Last Illusion
The Last Illusion
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Sappho: A New Translation (Sappho)
Sappho: A New Translation
Sappho
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Memoirs of Hadrian (Marguerite Yourcenar)
Memoirs of Hadrian
Marguerite Yourcenar
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The Secret History (Donna Tartt)
The Secret History
Donna Tartt
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The Left Hand of Darkness (Ursula K. Le Guin)
The Left Hand of Darkness
Ursula K. Le Guin
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Citizen (Claudia Rankine)
Citizen
Claudia Rankine
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The Lovely Bones (Alice Sebold)
The Lovely Bones
Alice Sebold
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Important Artifacts and Personal Property From the Collection of Lenor
Important Artifacts and Personal Property From the Collection of Lenor
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Americanah (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
Americanah
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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The Trial (Franz Kafka)
The Trial
Franz Kafka
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A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange
Anthony Burgess
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Interpreter of Maladies (Jhumpa Lahiri)
Interpreter of Maladies
Jhumpa Lahiri
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What the Living Do (Marie Howe)
What the Living Do
Marie Howe
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Sherlock Holmes (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Sherlock Holmes
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
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Speedboat
Speedboat
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Never Let Me Go (Kazuo Ishiguro)
Never Let Me Go
Kazuo Ishiguro
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A Guide to Being Born
A Guide to Being Born
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A Sport and a Pastime
A Sport and a Pastime
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The Woman in the Dunes Kobo Abe
The Woman in the Dunes Kobo Abe
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Remainder (Tom McCarthy)
Remainder
Tom McCarthy
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The Book of Numbers (Joshua Cohen)
The Book of Numbers
Joshua Cohen
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