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Goodreads "The Five Books You Would Require If You Taught an English Literature Class"

A splendid list of books as chosen by discerning Goodreads users. Goodreads politely requested "Please select works of literature-quality writing". As you will discover, this outcome was achieved 'in spades', to use the vernacular.
NOTES: Goodreads asserted (by using bold font) that "only works published originally in the English language" should be added to the source list. Not an unreasonable stipulation in my view.
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To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
1
Harper Lee
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
2
F. Scott Fitzgerald
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
3
George Orwell
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
4
Jane Austen
Hamlet (William Shakespeare)
Hamlet
5
William Shakespeare
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
6
J.D. Salinger
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
7
George Orwell
Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
Fahrenheit 451
8
Ray Bradbury
The Book Thief (Markus Zusak)
The Book Thief
9
Markus Zusak
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Brontë)
Jane Eyre
10
Charlotte Brontë
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
11
William Golding
The Giver (Lois Lowry)
The Giver
12
Lois Lowry
Of Mice and Men (John Steinbeck)
Of Mice and Men
13
John Steinbeck
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Oscar Wilde)
The Picture of Dorian Gray
14
Oscar Wilde
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
15
Aldous Huxley
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale
16
Margaret Atwood
Slaughterhouse 5 (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse 5
17
Kurt Vonnegut
The Hobbit (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Hobbit
18
J.R.R. Tolkien
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
19
Mary Shelley
MacBeth (William Shakespeare)
MacBeth
20
William Shakespeare
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
21
Mark Twain
Romeo and Juliet (William Shakespeare)
Romeo and Juliet
22
William Shakespeare
The Kite Runner (Khaled Hosseini)
The Kite Runner
23
Khaled Hosseini
The Outsiders (S.E. Hinton)
The Outsiders
24
S.E. Hinton
Wuthering Heights (Emily Brontë)
Wuthering Heights
25
Emily Brontë
A Tale of Two Cities (Charles Dickens)
A Tale of Two Cities
26
Charles Dickens
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (J.K. Rowling)
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
27
J.K. Rowling
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath
28
John Steinbeck
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
29
Vladimir Nabokov
The Perks of Being a Wallflower (Stephen Chbosky)
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
30
Stephen Chbosky
The Old Man and the Sea (Ernest Hemingway)
The Old Man and the Sea
31
Ernest Hemingway
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar
32
Sylvia Plath
Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
Great Expectations
33
Charles Dickens
The Scarlet Letter (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
The Scarlet Letter
34
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass (Lewis Carroll)
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass
35
Lewis Carroll
The Hunger Games (Suzanne Collins)
The Hunger Games
36
Suzanne Collins
Dracula (Bram Stoker)
Dracula
37
Bram Stoker
Flowers for Algernon (Daniel Keyes)
Flowers for Algernon
38
Daniel Keyes
A Midsummer Night's Dream (William Shakespeare)
A Midsummer Night's Dream
39
William Shakespeare
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
40
Toni Morrison
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