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Goodreads: Are You as Well-Read as an A-Level English Literature Student?

The official title of this challenge on Goodreads is "Good books to use for the A Level English Lit essay (UK)". Follow the link if you want to read the full description but either way this makes a fine list, with some surprising choices.
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1984 (George Orwell)
1984
1
George Orwell
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple
2
Alice Walker
The Yellow Wallpaper (Charlotte Perkins Gilman)
The Yellow Wallpaper
3
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Wuthering Heights (Emily Brontë)
Wuthering Heights
4
Emily Brontë
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
5
George Orwell
The Dead (James Joyce)
The Dead
6
James Joyce
Rebecca (Daphne Du Maurier)
Rebecca
7
Daphne Du Maurier
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
8
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Tess of the D'urbervilles (Thomas Hardy)
Tess of the D'urbervilles
9
Thomas Hardy
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
10
Harper Lee
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
11
Mary Shelley
The Picture of Dorian Grey (Oscar Wilde)
The Picture of Dorian Grey
12
Oscar Wilde
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
13
William Golding
Wide Sargasso Sea (Jean Rhys)
Wide Sargasso Sea
14
Jean Rhys
The Road to London (Adriano Bulla)
The Road to London
15
Adriano Bulla
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (Muriel Spark)
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
16
Muriel Spark
Othello (William Shakespeare)
Othello
17
William Shakespeare
Moby-Dick (Herman Melville)
Moby-Dick
18
Herman Melville
Death of a Salesman (Arthur Miller)
Death of a Salesman
19
Arthur Miller
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass (Lewis Carroll)
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass
20
Lewis Carroll
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five
21
Kurt Vonnegut
Brideshead Revisited (Evelyn Waugh)
Brideshead Revisited
22
Evelyn Waugh
The Kite Runner (Khaled Hosseini)
The Kite Runner
23
Khaled Hosseini
The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock (T.S. Eliot)
The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock
24
T.S. Eliot
Hamlet (William Shakespeare)
Hamlet
25
William Shakespeare
Atonement (Ian McEwan)
Atonement
26
Ian McEwan
MacBeth (William Shakespeare)
MacBeth
27
William Shakespeare
Madame Bovary (Gustave Flaubert)
Madame Bovary
28
Gustave Flaubert
Things Fall Apart (Chinua Achebe)
Things Fall Apart
29
Chinua Achebe
Dubliners (James Joyce)
Dubliners
30
James Joyce
A Passage to India (E.M. Forster)
A Passage to India
31
E.M. Forster
Dracula (Bram Stoker)
Dracula
32
Bram Stoker
Doctor Faustus (Christopher Marlowe)
Doctor Faustus
33
Christopher Marlowe
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
34
Douglas Adams
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
35
Jane Austen
Les Misérables (Victor Hugo)
Les Misérables
36
Victor Hugo
Lady Chatterley's Lover (D. H. Lawrence)
Lady Chatterley's Lover
37
D. H. Lawrence
Hard Times (Charles Dickens)
Hard Times
38
Charles Dickens
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner (Samuel Taylor Coleridge)
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
39
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Pygmalion (George Bernard Shaw)
Pygmalion
40
George Bernard Shaw
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