Dare I say the English major is the most amazing? Naw, that’s not fair. I just got goals because I’m literally an English major and ELA teacher. But, you cannot deny that you’re the one in the group that takes literature way too seriously. You analyze and evaluate everything. Literature comes first before any popularity. And, the classics are classic for a reason: because they’re amazing and can never be topped. Yeah, you know what I’m talking about. Admit it. You’re that person. Don’t worry, so am I. And, the books below are more to adhd to your prestigious list.
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“The 10 classics guaranteed not to put you to sleep” from Kirkus Reviews
- Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
- For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway
- The Color Purple by Alice Walker
- Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
- Lord of the Flies by William Golding
- One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey
- Tender is the Night by F. Scott Fitzgerald
- Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
- Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
- To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
“The 100 favorite novels of librarians based on a survey” from The Brodart Company
- Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
- Jude the Obscure by Hardy
- Time and Again by Finney
- Misery by King
- A Christmas Carol by Dickens
- The Accidental Tourist by Tyler
- Giants of the Earth by Rolvaag
- Persuasion by Austen
- Fried Green Tomatoes by Flagg
- Tish by Specht
- The Thornbirds by McCullough
- Christy by Marshall
- Lost Horizon by Hilton
- The Little Prince by St. Exupery
- Fahrenheit 451 by Bradbury
- For Whom the Bell Tolls by Hemingway
- Frankenstein by Shelley
- Bleak House by Dickens
- Boy’s Life by McCammon
- Chesapeake by Michener
- The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy by Adams
- How Green Was My Valley by Llewellyn
- Howard’s End by Forster
- I, Robot by Asimov
- Of Mice and Men by Steinbeck
- A Passage to India by Forster
- Pride and Prejudice by Austen
- To Kill a Mockingbird by Lee
- Jane Eyre by Bronte
- Gone with the Wind by Mitchel
- Lord of the Rings by Tolkien
- The Catcher in the Rye by Salinger
- Little Women by Alcott
- A Prayer of Owen Meany by Irving
- The Stand by King
- The Great Gatsby by Fitzgerald
- Mists of Avalon by Bradley
- David Copperfield by Dickens
- Kristen Lavransdotter by Undset
I’m an English major myself! Interested in what I’m reading?
- Beloved by Morrison
- Age of Innocence by Wharton
- The Shell Seekers by Pilcher
- Tess of D’Urbervilles by Hardy
- The World According to Garp by Irving
- Catch 22 by Heller
- The Clan of the Cave Bear by Auel
- The Horse Whisperer by Evans
- Pillars of the Earth by Follett
- Prince of Tides by Conroy
- Possession by Byatt
- Rebecca by DuMaurier
- The Secret Garden by Burnett
- Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Taylor
- Busman’s Honeymoon by Sayers
- Schindler’s List by Keneally
- Emma by Austen
- The Color Purple by Walker
- The Count of Monte Cristo by Dumas
- Charlotte’s Web by White
- Anne of Green Gables by Montgomery
- The Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood by Wells
- Lady Chatterly’s Lover by Lawrence
- A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Smith
- East of Eden by Steinbeck
- The Once and Future King by White
- Ender’s Game by Card
- The Fountainhead by Rand
- A Patchwork Planet by Tyler
- Gaudy Night by Sayers
- Shogun by Clavell
- Grapes of Wrath by Steinbeck
- Handmaid’s Tale by Atwood
- Lonesome Dove by McMurtry
- Outlander by Gabaldon
- Pigs in Heaven by Kingsolver
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