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Undergrad Literature Books for Sophomores and Freshmen

Think you can hack it as a literature major? How many of these have you read? This is derived from a legitimate list of required literature for literature majors.
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On Writing (Stephen King)
On Writing
1
Stephen King
Bird by Bird (Anne Lamott)
Bird by Bird
2
Anne Lamott
Endgame (Samuel Beckett)
Endgame
3
Samuel Beckett
The Lady and the Looking Glass (Virginia Woolf)
The Lady and the Looking Glass
4
Virginia Woolf
Eveline (James Joyce)
Eveline
5
James Joyce
Araby (James Joyce)
Araby
6
James Joyce
Odor of Chrysanthemums (D.H. Lawrence)
Odor of Chrysanthemums
7
D.H. Lawrence
A Christmas Carol (Charles Dickens)
A Christmas Carol
8
Charles Dickens
The Faerie Queene (Edmund Spenser)
The Faerie Queene
9
Edmund Spenser
Paradise Lost (John Milton)
Paradise Lost
10
John Milton
Othello (William Shakespeare)
Othello
11
William Shakespeare
The Yellow Wallpaper (Charlotte Perkins Gilman)
The Yellow Wallpaper
12
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
The Stranger (Albert Camus)
The Stranger
13
Albert Camus
Candide (Voltaire)
Candide
14
Voltaire
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave (Frederick Douglass)
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave
15
Frederick Douglass
The Guest (Albert Camus)
The Guest
16
Albert Camus
Death in Venice (Thomas Mann, Trans. David Luke)
Death in Venice
17
Thomas Mann, Trans. David Luke
Yellow Woman and a Beauty of the Spirit (Leslie Marmon Silko)
Yellow Woman and a Beauty of the Spirit
18
Leslie Marmon Silko
Hedda Gabler (Norway)
Hedda Gabler (Norway)
19
Go Down, Moses
Go Down, Moses
20
Tartuffe (Molière)
Tartuffe
21
Molière
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
22
Toni Morrison
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
23
Mary Shelley
The Metamorphosis (Franz Kafka)
The Metamorphosis
24
Franz Kafka
The Pearl (John Steinbeck)
The Pearl
25
John Steinbeck
A Room of One's Own (Virginia Woolf)
A Room of One's Own
26
Virginia Woolf
Beowulf (Anonymous)
Beowulf
27
Anonymous
Death of a Salesman (Arthur Miller)
Death of a Salesman
28
Arthur Miller
Arthurian Romances (Chrétien De Troyes)
Arthurian Romances
29
Chrétien De Troyes
The Tortilla Curtain (T.C. Boyle)
The Tortilla Curtain
30
T.C. Boyle
The Tempest (William Shakespeare)
The Tempest
31
William Shakespeare
Dante's Inferno (Hunt Emerson)
Dante's Inferno
32
Hunt Emerson
Oedipus Rex (Sophocles)
Oedipus Rex
33
Sophocles
Antigone (Sophocles)
Antigone
34
Sophocles
Oedipus at Colonus (Sophocles)
Oedipus at Colonus
35
Sophocles
Metamorphoses (Ovid)
Metamorphoses
36
Ovid
The Fall of the House of Usher (Edgar Allan Poe)
The Fall of the House of Usher
37
Edgar Allan Poe
The Complete Stories of Flannery O'Connor (Flannery O'Connor)
The Complete Stories of Flannery O'Connor
38
Flannery O'Connor
Of Mice and Men (John Steinbeck)
Of Mice and Men
39
John Steinbeck
The Awakening (Kate Chopin)
The Awakening
40
Kate Chopin
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