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Jim's Lit. Class Blues: Stuff They Made You Read Whether You Wanted to or Not - Page 2

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 Odyssey (Homer)
The Odyssey
Homer
42
Of Mice and Men (John Steinbeck)
Of Mice and Men
John Steinbeck
43
The Old Man and the Sea (Ernest Hemingway)
The Old Man and the Sea
Ernest Hemingway
44
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich (Solzhenitsyn)
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
Solzhenitsyn
45
The Outcasts of Poker Flats (Harte)
The Outcasts of Poker Flats
Harte
46
The Ox-Bow Incident (Clark, Walter Van Tilburg)
The Ox-Bow Incident
Clark, Walter Van Tilburg
47
A Passage to India (E. M. Forster)
A Passage to India
E. M. Forster
48
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (Joyce)
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
Joyce
49
The Portrait of Dorian Gray
The Portrait of Dorian Gray
50
Pygmalion (Bernard Shaw)
Pygmalion
Bernard Shaw
51
The Red Badge of Courage & Other Stories (Stephen Crane)
The Red Badge of Courage & Other Stories
Stephen Crane
52
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner (Samuel Taylor Coleridge)
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
53
A Rose for Emily (William Faulkner)
A Rose for Emily
William Faulkner
54
The Scarlet Letter (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
The Scarlet Letter
Nathaniel Hawthorne
55
A Separate Peace
A Separate Peace
56
Shane (Schaefer)
Shane
Schaefer
57
She Stoops to Conquer (Oliver Goldsmith)
She Stoops to Conquer
Oliver Goldsmith
58
Siddhartha (Hesse)
Siddhartha
Hesse
59
Silas Marner (George Eliot)
Silas Marner
George Eliot
60
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (Anonymous)
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Anonymous
61
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut Jr.)
Slaughterhouse-Five
Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
62
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Tales of Terror (Robert Louis Stevenson, Robert Mighall (Editor))
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Tales of Terror
Robert Louis Stevenson, Robert Mighall (Editor)
63
The Stranger (Albert Camus)
The Stranger
Albert Camus
64
The Sun Also Rises (Ernest Hemingway)
The Sun Also Rises
Ernest Hemingway
65
Swann's Way (Marcel Proust)
Swann's Way
Marcel Proust
66
A Tale of Two Cities (Charles Dickens)
A Tale of Two Cities
Charles Dickens
67
The Tell-Tale Heart (Edgar Allan Poe)
The Tell-Tale Heart
Edgar Allan Poe
68
Three Novels (Beckett)
Three Novels
Beckett
69
Twelfth Night (Shakespeare (Signet))
Twelfth Night
Shakespeare (Signet)
70
Ulysses (Joyce)
Ulysses
Joyce
71
Waiting for Godot
Waiting for Godot
72
Women in Love (D.H. Lawrence)
Women in Love
D.H. Lawrence
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