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English Major Required Reading

A somewhat incomplete list of all the required reading I've been assigned in my first three years as an English major, excluding the dozens of Norton Anthologies I've been forced to buy.
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The Known World (Edward P. Jones)
The Known World
Edward P. Jones
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Gulliver's Travels (Jonathan Swift)
Gulliver's Travels
Jonathan Swift
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Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
Jane Eyre
Charlotte Bronte
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Luna (Julie Anne Peters)
Luna
Julie Anne Peters
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I Am My Own Wife (2004) (Doug Wright)
I Am My Own Wife (2004)
Doug Wright
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Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit (Jeanette Winterson)
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
Jeanette Winterson
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Giovanni's Room (James Baldwin)
Giovanni's Room
James Baldwin
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The Picture of Dorian Gray (Oscar Wilde)
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Oscar Wilde
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Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde (Moises Kaufman)
Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde
Moises Kaufman
10
The Normal Heart (Larry Kramer)
The Normal Heart
Larry Kramer
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The Destiny of Me (Larry Kramer)
The Destiny of Me
Larry Kramer
12
Are You My Mother? by Alison Bechdel
Are You My Mother? by Alison Bechdel
13
A Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs Mary Rowlandson
A Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs Mary Rowlandson
14
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave (Frederick Douglass)
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave
Frederick Douglass
15
The London Merchant (George Lillo)
The London Merchant
George Lillo
16
The Italian (Ann Radcliffe)
The Italian
Ann Radcliffe
17
Mary/The Wrongs of Woman (Mary Wollstonecraft)
Mary/The Wrongs of Woman
Mary Wollstonecraft
18
Lady Audley's Secret (Mary Elisabeth Braddon)
Lady Audley's Secret
Mary Elisabeth Braddon
19
The Penguin Book of Victorian Women in Crime (Michael Sims)
The Penguin Book of Victorian Women in Crime
Michael Sims
20
Murder on the Orient Express (Agatha Christie)
Murder on the Orient Express
Agatha Christie
21
Dubliners (James Joyce)
Dubliners
James Joyce
22
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man
Ralph Ellison
23
The Crying of Lot 49 (Thomas Pynchon)
The Crying of Lot 49
Thomas Pynchon
24
The House on Mango Street (Sandra Cisneros)
The House on Mango Street
Sandra Cisneros
25
The Parable of the Sower (Butler)
The Parable of the Sower
Butler
26
March (Geraldine Brooks)
March
Geraldine Brooks
27
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (Junot Díaz)
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
Junot Díaz
28
Olive Kitteridge (Elizabeth Strout)
Olive Kitteridge
Elizabeth Strout
29
A Visit From the Goon Squad (Jennifer Egan)
A Visit From the Goon Squad
Jennifer Egan
30
All the Light We Cannot See (Anthony Doerr)
All the Light We Cannot See
Anthony Doerr
31
The Sympathizer (Viet Thanh Nguyen)
The Sympathizer
Viet Thanh Nguyen
32
Uncle Tom's Cabin (Harriet Beecher Stowe)
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Harriet Beecher Stowe
33
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (Harriet Jacobs)
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
Harriet Jacobs
34
Ruth Hall (Fanny Fern)
Ruth Hall
Fanny Fern
35
The Hidden Hand (E.D.E.N. Southworth)
The Hidden Hand
E.D.E.N. Southworth
36
Little Women (Louisa May Alcott)
Little Women
Louisa May Alcott
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Behind a Mask (Louisa May Alcott)
Behind a Mask
Louisa May Alcott
38
The Amber Gods and Other Stories (Harriet Prescott Spofford)
The Amber Gods and Other Stories
Harriet Prescott Spofford
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