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Jim's Lit. Class Blues: Stuff They Made You Read Whether You Wanted to or Not

Here are 72 books from my high school and undergraduate days(I.e., the dark ages before YA literature and alternative reading lists) that were the constant required reading in English and Lit. Courses. In several instances, I was assigned the same book in high school AND college, which was particularly irritating because they were always rhe books I avoided the first time in secondary school. Some of these books I liked when I first read them, some I developed an appreciation for later on, and some I couldn't stand then and I can't stand now. A couple, notably the ones by Joyce, caused me to redefine "higher education " as that which I received by reading obscure books while firing up the biggest doobie I could get my hands on.
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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Mark Twain
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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes/The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes/The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
Arthur Conan Doyle
3
As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner)
As I Lay Dying
William Faulkner
4
As You Like It (Shakespeare -Signet)
As You Like It
Shakespeare -Signet
5
The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas by Gertrude Stein
The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas by Gertrude Stein
6
Beowulf (Wright -Trans)
Beowulf
Wright -trans
7
Canterbury Tales (Coghill Trans.)
Canterbury Tales
Coghill Trans.
8
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger
9
A Christmas Carol (Charles Dickens)
A Christmas Carol
Charles Dickens
10
The Crisis (Thomas Paine)
The Crisis
Thomas Paine
11
The Crucible (Arthur Miller)
The Crucible
Arthur Miller
12
Death in Venice (Thomas Mann)
Death in Venice
Thomas Mann
13
The Diary of a Madman (Nikolai Gogol)
The Diary of a Madman
Nikolai Gogol
14
Dubliners (Joyce)
Dubliners
Joyce
15
The First Circle (Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn)
The First Circle
aleksandr solzhenitsyn
16
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
Mary Shelley
17
The Great Gatsby (Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
Fitzgerald
18
Grendel (John Gardner)
Grendel
John Gardner
19
Gulliver's Travels
Gulliver's Travels
20
Hamlet (Shakespeare)
Hamlet
Shakespeare
21
Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad)
Heart of Darkness
Joseph Conrad
22
Henry V (Shakespeare -Signet)
Henry V
Shakespeare -Signet
23
The House of the Seven Gables
The House of the Seven Gables
24
The Iliad (Homer)
The Iliad
Homer
25
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man
Ralph Ellison
26
Johnny Tremain
Johnny Tremain
27
Julius Caesar (Shakespeare - Signet)
Julius Caesar
Shakespeare - Signet
28
King Lear (Shakespeare (Signet))
King Lear
Shakespeare (Signet)
29
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
william golding
30
MacBeth (Shakespeare)
MacBeth
Shakespeare
31
The Man Who Died (D.H. Lawrence)
The Man Who Died
D.H. Lawrence
32
Man's Fate (André Malraux)
Man's Fate
André Malraux
33
The Merchant of Venice (Shakespeare - Signet)
The Merchant of Venice
Shakespeare - Signet
34
A Midsummer Night's Dream (Shakespeare-Signet)
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Shakespeare-Signet
35
Miss Lonelyhearts & the Day of the Locust (Nathanael West)
Miss Lonelyhearts & the Day of the Locust
Nathanael West
36
A Modest Proposal (Jonathan Swift)
A Modest Proposal
Jonathan Swift
37
My Antonia
My Antonia
38
A Night to Remember (Lord)
A Night to Remember
Lord
39
Nostromo (Conrad - Penguin Classics))
Nostromo
Conrad - Penguin Classics)
40
Notes From the Underground
Notes From the Underground
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