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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
Thomas C. Foster
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How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents (Julia Alvarez)
How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents
Julia Alvarez
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In the Time of the Butterflies (Julia Alvarez)
In the Time of the Butterflies
Julia Alvarez
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Yo (Julia Alvarez)
Yo
Julia Alvarez
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Musée Des Beaux Arts (W.H. Auden)
Musée Des Beaux Arts
W.H. Auden
6
In Praise of Limestone (W.H. Auden)
In Praise of Limestone
W.H. Auden
7
Sonny's Blues (James Baldwin)
Sonny's Blues
James Baldwin
8
Waiting for Godot (Samuel Beckett)
Waiting for Godot
Samuel Beckett
9
Beowulf (Tr. Seamus Heaney)
Beowulf
Tr. Seamus Heaney
10
Water Music (T.C. Boyle)
Water Music
T.C. Boyle
11
Greasy Lake & Other Stories
Greasy Lake & Other Stories
12
World's End (T.C. Boyle)
World's End
T.C. Boyle
13
Hotel Du Lac (Anita Brookner)
Hotel Du Lac
Anita Brookner
14
Alice in Wonderland (Lewis Carroll)
Alice in Wonderland
Lewis Carroll
15
Through the Looking Glass (Lewis Carroll)
Through the Looking Glass
Lewis Carroll
16
The Bloody Chamber (Angela Carter)
The Bloody Chamber
Angela Carter
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Nights at the Circus (Angela Carter)
Nights at the Circus
Angela Carter
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Wise Children (Angela Carter)
Wise Children
Angela Carter
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Cathedral (Raymond Carver)
Cathedral
Raymond Carver
20
The Canterbury Tales (Geoffrey Chaucer)
The Canterbury Tales
Geoffrey Chaucer
21
Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad)
Heart of Darkness
Joseph Conrad
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Lord Jim (Joseph Conrad)
Lord Jim
Joseph Conrad
23
The Gingerbread House (Robert Coover)
The Gingerbread House
Robert Coover
24
The Bridge (Hart Crane)
The Bridge
Hart Crane
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The Remorseful Day (Colin Dexter)
The Remorseful Day
Colin Dexter
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The Old Curiosity Shop (Charles Dickens)
The Old Curiosity Shop
Charles Dickens
27
A Christmas Carol (Charles Dickens)
A Christmas Carol
Charles Dickens
28
David Copperfield (Charles Dickens)
David Copperfield
Charles Dickens
29
Bleak House (Charles Dickens)
Bleak House
Charles Dickens
30
Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
Great Expectations
Charles Dickens
31
Ragtime (E. L. Doctorow)
Ragtime
E. L. Doctorow
32
Room (Emma Donoghue)
Room
Emma Donoghue
33
Justine (Lawrence Durrell)
Justine
Lawrence Durrell
34
Balthazar (Lawrence Durrell)
Balthazar
Lawrence Durrell
35
Mountolive (Lawrence Durrell)
Mountolive
Lawrence Durrell
36
Clea (Lawrence Durrell)
Clea
Lawrence Durrell
37
The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock (T.S. Eliot)
The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock
T.S. Eliot
38
The Waste Land (T. S. Eliot)
The Waste Land
T. S. Eliot
39
Love Medicine (Louise Erdrich)
Love Medicine
Louise Erdrich
40
The Sound and the Fury (William Faulkner)
The Sound and the Fury
William Faulkner
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