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Non-Required Reading

A maverick Brit. Lit. Teacher's idiosyncratic list of English Lit. Worth reading even if it's NOT assigned. Some are canonical, some are genre pieces, some are penny dreadfuls, but all are worth reading for their own sake. Plays have been excluded because plays should be seen and heard, not read.
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1984 (George Orwell)
1984
1
George Orwell
After Many a (Huxley)
After Many A
2
Huxley
Ancient Sorceries (Algernon Blackwood)
Ancient Sorceries
3
Algernon Blackwood
And Then There Were None (Agatha Christie)
And Then There Were None
4
Agatha Christie
Behold the Man (Michael Moorcock)
Behold the Man
5
Michael Moorcock
Beowulf (Anonymous)
Beowulf
6
Anonymous
Brideshead Revisited (Evelyn Waugh)
Brideshead Revisited
7
Evelyn Waugh
The Canterbury Tales (Geoffrey Chaucer)
The Canterbury Tales
8
Geoffrey Chaucer
Castle Dangerous (Scott)
Castle Dangerous
9
Scott
Castle of Otranto (Walpole)
Castle of Otranto
10
Walpole
Childhood's End (Arthur C. Clarke)
Childhood's End
11
Arthur C. Clarke
A Coffin for Dimitrios
A Coffin for Dimitrios
12
The Comedians
The Comedians
13
The Cruel Sea (Novel)
The Cruel Sea (Novel)
14
A Dark-Adapted Eye (Barbara Vine)
A Dark-Adapted Eye
15
Barbara Vine
The Day of the Triffids (John Wyndham)
The Day of the Triffids
16
John Wyndham
Dracula (Bram Stoker)
Dracula
17
Bram Stoker
Dubliners (Joyce)
Dubliners
18
Joyce
Earliest English Poetry (Alexander)
Earliest English Poetry
19
Alexander
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
20
Mary Shelley
From Russia With Love (Ian Fleming)
From Russia With Love
21
Ian Fleming
Ghost Stories of an Antiquary, by M.P. James
Ghost Stories of an Antiquary, by M.P. James
22
Good Omens (Terry Pratchett)
Good Omens
23
Terry Pratchett
Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad)
Heart of Darkness
24
Joseph Conrad
High Fidelity (Nick Hornby)
High Fidelity
25
Nick Hornby
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Series (Douglas Adams)
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Series
26
Douglas Adams
Horatio Hornblower (C.S. Forster)
Horatio Hornblower
27
C.S. Forster
Hound of the Baskervilles (Doyle)
Hound of the Baskervilles
28
Doyle
In a Glass Darkly (Sheridan Le Fanu)
In a Glass Darkly
29
Sheridan Le Fanu
Jeev (Wodehouse)
Jeev
30
Wodehouse
Jekyll and Hyde (Stevenson)
Jekyll and Hyde
31
Stevenson
King Solomon's Mines (Haggard)
King Solomon's Mines
32
Haggard
Lady Audley's Secret (Mary Elisabeth Braddon)
Lady Audley's Secret
33
Mary Elisabeth Braddon
Loneliness of a Long Distance Runner (Sillitoe)
Loneliness of a Long Distance Runner
34
Sillitoe
Lord Jim (Joseph Conrad)
Lord Jim
35
Joseph Conrad
Lord of the Rings (J.R.R. Tolkien)
Lord of the Rings
36
J.R.R. Tolkien
Lyrical Ballads (William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge)
Lyrical Ballads
37
William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Master of Ballantrae (Stevenson)
Master of Ballantrae
38
Stevenson
Melmoth (Maturin)
Melmoth
39
Maturin
A Modest Proposal (Jonathan Swift)
A Modest Proposal
40
Jonathan Swift
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