Books All English Lit Majors Should (& Need to) Read

101.
Ulysses
Ulysses 3.77 avg rating — 138,362 ratings
102.
Up from Slavery
Up from Slavery 4.11 avg rating — 35,601 ratings
103.
David Copperfield
David Copperfield 4.04 avg rating — 253,117 ratings
104.
A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1)
A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1) 4.45 avg rating — 2,674,317 ratings
105.
Shakespeare's Sonnets
Shakespeare's Sonnets 4.25 avg rating — 110,529 ratings
106.
Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood (Persepolis, #1)
Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood (Persepolis, #1) 4.27 avg rating — 224,954 ratings
107.
Candide
Candide
by: Voltaire
3.76 avg rating — 294,567 ratings
108.
Antigone (The Theban Plays, #3)
Antigone (The Theban Plays, #3)
by: Sophocles
3.68 avg rating — 170,489 ratings
109.
The Prince
The Prince 3.84 avg rating — 371,448 ratings
110.
The Jungle
The Jungle 3.78 avg rating — 152,252 ratings
111.
A Clockwork Orange
A Clockwork Orange really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 753,995 ratings
112.
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin 3.85 avg rating — 89,888 ratings
113.
The Lovely Bones
The Lovely Bones 3.86 avg rating — 2,439,653 ratings
114.
Dreaming in Cuban
Dreaming in Cuban 3.68 avg rating — 12,209 ratings
115.
The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket
The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket 3.50 avg rating — 14,206 ratings
116.
One Hundred Years of Solitude
One Hundred Years of Solitude 4.12 avg rating — 1,070,201 ratings
117.
Fingersmith
Fingersmith 4.02 avg rating — 115,250 ratings
118.
The Sound and the Fury
The Sound and the Fury 3.86 avg rating — 192,294 ratings
118.
The Poisonwood Bible
The Poisonwood Bible 4.11 avg rating — 779,871 ratings
120.
The Apothecary's Daughter
The Apothecary's Daughter 3.92 avg rating — 2,835 ratings
121.
The Origin of Species
The Origin of Species 4.01 avg rating — 120,198 ratings
122.
The Reader
The Reader 3.78 avg rating — 226,259 ratings
123.
Lord Byron: The Major Works
Lord Byron: The Major Works 4.15 avg rating — 3,311 ratings
123.
The Prince and the Pauper
The Prince and the Pauper 3.87 avg rating — 123,994 ratings
125.
The Apothecary Rose (Owen Archer, #1)
The Apothecary Rose (Owen Archer, #1) 3.91 avg rating — 5,832 ratings
126.
Educating Rita
Educating Rita 3.70 avg rating — 5,012 ratings
127.
Cloud Atlas
Cloud Atlas 4.01 avg rating — 262,756 ratings
128.
Rappaccini's Daughter
Rappaccini's Daughter 3.89 avg rating — 7,708 ratings
129.
Aesop’s Fables
Aesop’s Fables
by: Aesop
4.05 avg rating — 128,595 ratings
130.
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1)
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1) 4.17 avg rating — 3,378,760 ratings
131.
Suldrun's Garden (Lyonesse, #1)
Suldrun's Garden (Lyonesse, #1) 3.93 avg rating — 5,910 ratings
132.
The Mysterious Island (Captain Nemo, #3)
The Mysterious Island (Captain Nemo, #3) 4.13 avg rating — 57,787 ratings
132.
Dining Out Around the Solar System (Dining Out Around The Solar System, #1)
Dining Out Around the Solar System (Dining Out Around The Solar System, #1) 4.12 avg rating — 75 ratings
132.
The Acid Diary
The Acid Diary 4.21 avg rating — 56 ratings
132.
Diary of a Wimpy Kid (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, #1)
Diary of a Wimpy Kid (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, #1) 3.98 avg rating — 751,985 ratings
132.
Harold and the Purple Crayon (Harold, #1)
Harold and the Purple Crayon (Harold, #1) 4.28 avg rating — 146,278 ratings
132.
The Grapes of Wrath
The Grapes of Wrath 4.02 avg rating — 971,712 ratings
138.
Jackboot Britain
Jackboot Britain 3.63 avg rating — 112 ratings
138.
The Passion
The Passion 4.11 avg rating — 25,839 ratings
138.
Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches
Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches 4.53 avg rating — 39,730 ratings
138.
Mrs. Dalloway
Mrs. Dalloway 3.78 avg rating — 342,008 ratings
142.
Chloe Plus Olivia: An Anthology of Lesbian Literature from the Seventeenth Century to the Present
Chloe Plus Olivia: An Anthology of Lesbian Literature from the Seventeenth Century to the Present 4.05 avg rating — 371 ratings
142.
Orientalism
Orientalism 4.13 avg rating — 28,517 ratings
142.
David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants
David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants 3.97 avg rating — 189,424 ratings
145.
Passing
Passing 3.92 avg rating — 76,725 ratings
145.
Citizen: An American Lyric
Citizen: An American Lyric 4.26 avg rating — 50,758 ratings
147.
Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity
Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity 4.05 avg rating — 18,784 ratings
148.
Fire from Heaven (Alexander the Great, #1)
Fire from Heaven (Alexander the Great, #1) 3.96 avg rating — 10,015 ratings
148.
Feminism Is for Everybody: Passionate Politics
Feminism Is for Everybody: Passionate Politics 4.16 avg rating — 27,180 ratings
150.
How to Become Ridiculously Well-read in One Evening
How to Become Ridiculously Well-read in One Evening 3.08 avg rating — 83 ratings
151.
Zong!
Zong! 4.15 avg rating — 1,687 ratings
152.
The Left Hand of Darkness
The Left Hand of Darkness 4.10 avg rating — 209,515 ratings
153.
The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia
The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia 4.25 avg rating — 143,201 ratings
154.
Fantasia: An Algerian Cavalcade
Fantasia: An Algerian Cavalcade 3.68 avg rating — 1,313 ratings
155.
The Spice Merchant's Wife
The Spice Merchant's Wife 4.02 avg rating — 1,138 ratings
155.
Mrs Wobble the Waitress
Mrs Wobble the Waitress 4.12 avg rating — 212 ratings
157.
The Leavetaking
The Leavetaking 3.93 avg rating — 321 ratings
157.
Gone Girl
Gone Girl 4.14 avg rating — 3,358,974 ratings
159.
Julius Caesar
Julius Caesar 3.71 avg rating — 215,381 ratings
159.
Time After Time
Time After Time 3.69 avg rating — 395 ratings
161.
Poetry for Cats: The Definitive Anthology of Distinguished Feline Verse
Poetry for Cats: The Definitive Anthology of Distinguished Feline Verse 4.10 avg rating — 289 ratings
162.
Summer Sang In Me
Summer Sang In Me 4.12 avg rating — 8 ratings
163.
Disgrace
Disgrace 3.86 avg rating — 114,221 ratings
164.
The Blithedale Romance
The Blithedale Romance 3.36 avg rating — 6,116 ratings
164.
Tolkien: How an Obscure Oxford Professor Wrote The Hobbit and Became the Most Beloved Author of the Century
Tolkien: How an Obscure Oxford Professor Wrote The Hobbit and Became the Most Beloved Author of the Century 4.11 avg rating — 177 ratings
166.
Cloud 9
Cloud 9 3.61 avg rating — 8,113 ratings
167.
Night Watch (Discworld, #29; City Watch, #6)
Night Watch (Discworld, #29; City Watch, #6) 4.50 avg rating — 116,570 ratings
168.
The Romance of Tristan
The Romance of Tristan
by: Béroul
3.60 avg rating — 3,811 ratings
168.
Hogfather
Hogfather 4.26 avg rating — 101,290 ratings
170.
Young Goodman Brown
Young Goodman Brown 3.65 avg rating — 15,980 ratings
170.
Mythago Wood (Mythago Wood, #1)
Mythago Wood (Mythago Wood, #1) 3.77 avg rating — 10,802 ratings
172.
The Hollowing (Mythago Wood, #4)
The Hollowing (Mythago Wood, #4) 3.97 avg rating — 1,056 ratings
173.
Transcendental Wild Oats
Transcendental Wild Oats 3.40 avg rating — 611 ratings
173.
The Thrall and the Dragon's Heart
The Thrall and the Dragon's Heart 3.66 avg rating — 274 ratings
175.
The Complete Persepolis
The Complete Persepolis 4.40 avg rating — 199,612 ratings
175.
The Code Book: The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography
The Code Book: The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography 4.30 avg rating — 28,489 ratings
177.
The Player of Games (Culture, #2)
The Player of Games (Culture, #2) 4.28 avg rating — 78,354 ratings
178.
Black and Blue (Inspector Rebus, #8)
Black and Blue (Inspector Rebus, #8) 4.09 avg rating — 18,364 ratings
179.
Raven Black (Shetland, #1)
Raven Black (Shetland, #1) 3.96 avg rating — 54,379 ratings
180.
Ride on Rapunzel
Ride on Rapunzel 4.21 avg rating — 42 ratings
181.
Leaves of Grass
Leaves of Grass 4.11 avg rating — 114,648 ratings
182.
Hawk of May
Hawk of May 3.90 avg rating — 2,174 ratings
183.
The Tell-Tale Heart
The Tell-Tale Heart 4.24 avg rating — 117,113 ratings
184.
Twilight (The Twilight Saga, #1)
Twilight (The Twilight Saga, #1) 3.67 avg rating — 7,127,296 ratings
185.
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream 4.07 avg rating — 370,620 ratings
186.
Silas Marner
Silas Marner 3.69 avg rating — 91,992 ratings
187.
The Gods Themselves
The Gods Themselves 4.09 avg rating — 67,344 ratings
188.
Oedipus Rex (The Theban Plays, #1)
Oedipus Rex (The Theban Plays, #1)
by: Sophocles
3.72 avg rating — 232,037 ratings
189.
Araby
Araby 3.64 avg rating — 7,584 ratings
190.
A Rose for Emily and Other Stories
A Rose for Emily and Other Stories 4.06 avg rating — 26,126 ratings
191.
When the Sleeper Wakes
When the Sleeper Wakes 3.36 avg rating — 5,488 ratings
192.
The Food of the Gods
The Food of the Gods 3.43 avg rating — 5,235 ratings
193.
From the Earth to the Moon
From the Earth to the Moon 3.75 avg rating — 38,340 ratings
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