Required Reading for University English Classes

1.
Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1)
Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1) 3.74 avg rating — 403,130 ratings
1.
Lysistrata
Lysistrata 3.87 avg rating — 52,374 ratings
3.
The Book of Negroes
The Book of Negroes 4.47 avg rating — 90,248 ratings
3.
Medea
Medea
by: Euripides
3.95 avg rating — 84,396 ratings
5.
The Heartsong of Charging Elk
The Heartsong of Charging Elk 3.90 avg rating — 1,028 ratings
5.
Leda and the Swan
Leda and the Swan 3.50 avg rating — 197 ratings
7.
The Little Shadows
The Little Shadows 3.31 avg rating — 905 ratings
7.
Candide
Candide
by: Voltaire
3.76 avg rating — 294,566 ratings
9.
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 3.97 avg rating — 431,624 ratings
10.
The Reluctant Fundamentalist
The Reluctant Fundamentalist 3.73 avg rating — 82,642 ratings
11.
Paradise Lost
Paradise Lost 3.85 avg rating — 177,972 ratings
12.
My Ántonia
My Ántonia 3.84 avg rating — 144,878 ratings
13.
King Arthur and His Knights: Selected Tales
King Arthur and His Knights: Selected Tales 4.02 avg rating — 25,903 ratings
14.
The Little Shadows
The Little Shadows 3.31 avg rating — 905 ratings
15.
Othello
Othello 3.89 avg rating — 428,084 ratings
16.
The Tempest
The Tempest 3.78 avg rating — 222,574 ratings
17.
The Taming of the Shrew
The Taming of the Shrew 3.74 avg rating — 178,332 ratings
18.
The Merchant of Venice
The Merchant of Venice 3.78 avg rating — 199,218 ratings
19.
Broken Monsters
Broken Monsters 3.59 avg rating — 23,646 ratings
20.
The Begum's Millions
The Begum's Millions 3.62 avg rating — 2,068 ratings
21.
Frankenstein
Frankenstein 3.89 avg rating — 1,772,570 ratings
22.
The Day of the Locust
The Day of the Locust 3.70 avg rating — 23,732 ratings
23.
Wide Sargasso Sea
Wide Sargasso Sea
by: Jean Rhys
3.59 avg rating — 103,294 ratings
24.
When Rain Clouds Gather & Maru
When Rain Clouds Gather & Maru 4.07 avg rating — 193 ratings
25.
Harare North
Harare North 3.42 avg rating — 400 ratings
26.
Americanah
Americanah 4.31 avg rating — 401,570 ratings
27.
Black Beauty
Black Beauty really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 293,970 ratings
28.
Oxygen
Oxygen 3.35 avg rating — 123 ratings
29.
The Time Machine
The Time Machine 3.89 avg rating — 552,990 ratings
30.
Northanger Abbey
Northanger Abbey 3.85 avg rating — 439,158 ratings
31.
Oliver Twist
Oliver Twist 3.88 avg rating — 419,672 ratings
32.
Dombey and Son
Dombey and Son 3.96 avg rating — 16,457 ratings
33.
Charlotte Perkins Gilman's The Yellow Wall-Paper: A Sourcebook and Critical Edition
Charlotte Perkins Gilman's The Yellow Wall-Paper: A Sourcebook and Critical Edition 4.05 avg rating — 59 ratings
34.
The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano
The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano 3.74 avg rating — 14,419 ratings