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If Korrick Had to Assign Their Year-Before-College Self 100 Books

The same old standardized testing reading worksheets get recycled year in and year out, but what do we all really think about what would have done our young selves some good way back in the day? Here is my personal stab at it, featuring my own alma mater as the list image for those who require some academic credibility (although how much of that can you really expect from some rando on the internet?).
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avg. score: 15 of 100 (15%)
required scores: 1, 7, 12, 15, 21 

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Ain't I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism (Bell Hooks)
Ain't I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism
1
Bell Hooks
Aké: The Years of Childhood (Wole Soyinka)
Aké: The Years of Childhood
2
Wole Soyinka
An African in Greenland (Tété-Michel Kpomassie)
An African in Greenland
3
Tété-Michel Kpomassie
Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes (Tony Kushner)
Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes
4
Tony Kushner
Artemisia (Anna Banti)
Artemisia
5
Anna Banti
The Autobiography of Malcolm X (Malcolm X)
The Autobiography of Malcolm X
6
Malcolm X
Bastard Out of Carolina (Dorothy Allison)
Bastard Out of Carolina
7
Dorothy Allison
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar
8
Sylvia Plath
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
9
Toni Morrison
Beowulf (Tr. Seamus Heaney)
Beowulf
10
Tr. Seamus Heaney
The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories (Angela Carter)
The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories
11
Angela Carter
The Book of Tea (Kakuzo Okakura)
The Book of Tea
12
Kakuzo Okakura
The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night Volume 1 (Unknown)
The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night Volume 1
13
Unknown
Books and Islands in Ojibwe Country (Louise Erdrich)
Books and Islands in Ojibwe Country
14
Louise Erdrich
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
15
Aldous Huxley
The Canterbury Tales (Geoffrey Chaucer)
The Canterbury Tales
16
Geoffrey Chaucer
Carol (Patricia Highsmith)
Carol
17
Patricia Highsmith
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
18
Joseph Heller
Charity and Sylvia: A Same-Sex Marriage in Early America (Rachel Hope Cleves)
Charity and Sylvia: A Same-Sex Marriage in Early America
19
Rachel Hope Cleves
The Complete Persepolis (Marjane Satrapi)
The Complete Persepolis
20
Marjane Satrapi
The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson (Emily Dickinson)
The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson
21
Emily Dickinson
The Complete Stories (Flannery O'Connor)
The Complete Stories
22
Flannery O'Connor
Confessions of a Mask (Yukio Mishima)
Confessions of a Mask
23
Yukio Mishima
Deerskin (Robin McKinley)
Deerskin
24
Robin McKinley
Disobedience (Naomi Alderman)
Disobedience
25
Naomi Alderman
The Dispossessed (Ursula K. Le Guin)
The Dispossessed
26
Ursula K. Le Guin
The Epic of Gilgamesh (Anonymous)
The Epic of Gilgamesh
27
Anonymous
Fateless (Imre Kertész)
Fateless
28
Imre Kertész
Fathers and Sons (Ivan Turgenev)
Fathers and Sons
29
Ivan Turgenev
Fighting for Life (S. Josephine Baker)
Fighting for Life
30
S. Josephine Baker
The Fire Next Time (James Baldwin)
The Fire Next Time
31
James Baldwin
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
32
Mary Shelley
A Gesture Life (Chang-Rae Lee)
A Gesture Life
33
Chang-Rae Lee
God's Bits of Wood (Ousmane Sembène)
God's Bits of Wood
34
Ousmane Sembène
The Golden Compass (Phillip Pullman)
The Golden Compass
35
Phillip Pullman
Good Morning, Midnight (Jean Rhys)
Good Morning, Midnight
36
Jean Rhys
Half a Lifelong Romance (Eileen Chang)
Half a Lifelong Romance
37
Eileen Chang
Half of a Yellow Sun (Chimamanda Ngozi Achibie)
Half of a Yellow Sun
38
Chimamanda Ngozi Achibie
Hamlet (William Shakespeare)
Hamlet
39
William Shakespeare
Hawaii's Story by Hawaii's Queen (Liliuokalani)
Hawaii's Story by Hawaii's Queen
40
Liliuokalani
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