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An English Teacher's Bookshelves Part 2 - Penguin Classics and Others

Ever wonder what the Lit. Teacher reads at home? Looking around my home library, I was struck by how eclectic and non-canonical my book collection was. While classics and curriculum standards are certainly present, the number of popular, genre, and academically frowned upon works that I have read and kept fascinates me. Therefore, I have started in one corner and begun to list what I have. Since I tend to organize my library by category and / or authors, I am trying to keep the lists manageable in length and somewhat unified in content. Finally, because I know some people will wonder, there is nothing on this list that I do not actually possess; most are physical books, while a very few are ebooks.
This installment features the Shelves that remind me what I do for a living.
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The Iliad (Penguin Classics)
The Iliad
1
Penguin Classics
The Odyssey (Homer)
The Odyssey
2
Homer
The Histories (Herodotus)
The Histories
3
Herodotus
Thucydides -- The History of the Peloponnesian War
Thucydides -- The History of the Peloponnesian War
4
The Persian Expedition (Xenophon)
The Persian Expedition
5
Xenophon
The Rope (Plautus)
The Rope
6
Plautus
The Pot of Gold (Plautus)
The Pot of Gold
7
Plautus
The Ecclesiastical History of the English People (Bede)
The Ecclesiastical History of the English People
8
Bede
Sagas of Warrior Poets (Penguin Classics)
Sagas of Warrior Poets
9
Penguin Classics
The Elder Edda: A Book of Viking Lore (Andy Orchard (Translator))
The Elder Edda: A Book of Viking Lore
10
Andy Orchard (Translator)
The Prose Edda (Sturlulson)
The Prose Edda
11
Sturlulson
The Saga of the Volsung (Anonymous)
The Saga of the Volsung
12
Anonymous
Orkneyinga Saga (Anonymous)
Orkneyinga Saga
13
Anonymous
Laxdæla Saga (Anonymous)
Laxdæla Saga
14
Anonymous
Njal's Saga
Njal's Saga
15
Eyrbyggja Saga (Anonymous)
Eyrbyggja Saga
16
Anonymous
Egil's Saga (Anonymous)
Egil's Saga
17
Anonymous
King Harald's Saga (Sturlulson)
King Harald's Saga
18
Sturlulson
The Vinland Sagas (Unknown)
The Vinland Sagas
19
Unknown
The Vinland Sagas (Penguin Classics)
The Vinland Sagas
20
Penguin Classics
Beowulf (Michael Alexander (Translator))
Beowulf
21
Michael Alexander (Translator)
Beowulf (Wright)
Beowulf
22
Wright
The Earliest English Poems (Various)
The Earliest English Poems
23
Various
The History of the Kings of Britain (Penguin Classics)
The History of the Kings of Britain
24
Penguin Classics
Arthurian Romances (Chrétien De Troyes)
Arthurian Romances
25
Chrétien De Troyes
The Romance of Tristan(W/The Tale of Tristan's Madness) (Beroul)
The Romance of Tristan(W/The Tale of Tristan's Madness)
26
Beroul
Parzival (Wolfram Von Eschenbach)
Parzival
27
Wolfram Von Eschenbach
The Lais of Marie De France (Marie De France)
The Lais of Marie De France
28
Marie De France
Niebelungenlied (Penguin Classics)
Niebelungenlied
29
Penguin Classics
Tristan With the 'Tristran' of Thomas (Gottfried Von Straßburg)
Tristan With the 'Tristran' of Thomas
30
Gottfried Von Straßburg
The Quest of the Holy Grail
The Quest of the Holy Grail
31
The Death of King Arthur (Penguin Classics)
The Death of King Arthur
32
Penguin Classics
The Death of King Arthur (Anonymous)
The Death of King Arthur
33
Anonymous
The Portable Dante (Dante)
The Portable Dante
34
Dante
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (Penguin Classics)
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
35
Penguin Classics
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (Anonymous)
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
36
Anonymous
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (Stone)
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
37
Stone
The Gawain Poet (Penguin Classics)
The Gawain Poet
38
Penguin Classics
The Canterbury Tales (Geoffrey Chaucer)
The Canterbury Tales
39
Geoffrey Chaucer
The Canterbury Tales (Geoffrey Chaucer)
The Canterbury Tales
40
Geoffrey Chaucer
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