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Reading List From Thomas C Foster's How to Read Literature Like a Professor - Kbear

I am just finishing up this wonderful book by Thomas C Foster, How to Read Literature Like a Professor. At the end he provides a reading list which is where this list comes from. Most of the large collections I have included only include his suggestions. To know more details and particularly the "why" something is on the list read his book! I take full credit for any mistakes in this list.
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How to Read Literature Like a Professor (Thomas C. Foster)
How to Read Literature Like a Professor
1
Thomas C. Foster
How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents (Julia Alvarez)
How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents
2
Julia Alvarez
In the Time of the Butterflies (Julia Alvarez)
In the Time of the Butterflies
3
Julia Alvarez
Yo (Julia Alvarez)
Yo
4
Julia Alvarez
Musée Des Beaux Arts (W.H. Auden)
Musée Des Beaux Arts
5
W.H. Auden
In Praise of Limestone (W.H. Auden)
In Praise of Limestone
6
W.H. Auden
Sonny's Blues (James Baldwin)
Sonny's Blues
7
James Baldwin
Waiting for Godot (Samuel Beckett)
Waiting for Godot
8
Samuel Beckett
Beowulf (Tr. Seamus Heaney)
Beowulf
9
Tr. Seamus Heaney
Water Music (T.C. Boyle)
Water Music
10
T.C. Boyle
Greasy Lake & Other Stories
Greasy Lake & Other Stories
11
World's End (T.C. Boyle)
World's End
12
T.C. Boyle
Hotel Du Lac (Anita Brookner)
Hotel Du Lac
13
Anita Brookner
Alice in Wonderland (Lewis Carroll)
Alice in Wonderland
14
Lewis Carroll
Through the Looking Glass (Lewis Carroll)
Through the Looking Glass
15
Lewis Carroll
The Bloody Chamber (Angela Carter)
The Bloody Chamber
16
Angela Carter
Nights at the Circus (Angela Carter)
Nights at the Circus
17
Angela Carter
Wise Children (Angela Carter)
Wise Children
18
Angela Carter
Cathedral (Raymond Carver)
Cathedral
19
Raymond Carver
The Canterbury Tales (Geoffrey Chaucer)
The Canterbury Tales
20
Geoffrey Chaucer
Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad)
Heart of Darkness
21
Joseph Conrad
Lord Jim (Joseph Conrad)
Lord Jim
22
Joseph Conrad
The Gingerbread House (Robert Coover)
The Gingerbread House
23
Robert Coover
The Bridge (Hart Crane)
The Bridge
24
Hart Crane
The Remorseful Day (Colin Dexter)
The Remorseful Day
25
Colin Dexter
The Old Curiosity Shop (Charles Dickens)
The Old Curiosity Shop
26
Charles Dickens
A Christmas Carol (Charles Dickens)
A Christmas Carol
27
Charles Dickens
David Copperfield (Charles Dickens)
David Copperfield
28
Charles Dickens
Bleak House (Charles Dickens)
Bleak House
29
Charles Dickens
Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
Great Expectations
30
Charles Dickens
Ragtime (E. L. Doctorow)
Ragtime
31
E. L. Doctorow
Room (Emma Donoghue)
Room
32
Emma Donoghue
Justine (Lawrence Durrell)
Justine
33
Lawrence Durrell
Balthazar (Lawrence Durrell)
Balthazar
34
Lawrence Durrell
Mountolive (Lawrence Durrell)
Mountolive
35
Lawrence Durrell
Clea (Lawrence Durrell)
Clea
36
Lawrence Durrell
The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock (T.S. Eliot)
The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock
37
T.S. Eliot
The Waste Land (T. S. Eliot)
The Waste Land
38
T. S. Eliot
Love Medicine (Louise Erdrich)
Love Medicine
39
Louise Erdrich
The Sound and the Fury (William Faulkner)
The Sound and the Fury
40
William Faulkner
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