Reading Personality Results: The English Major

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

1. Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
2. For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway
3. The Color Purple by Alice Walker
4. Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
5. Lord of the Flies by William Golding
6. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey
7. Tender is the Night by F. Scott Fitzgerald
8. Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
9. Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
10. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

“The 100 favorite novels of librarians based on a survey” from The Brodart Company

1. Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
2. Jude the Obscure by Hardy
3. Time and Again by Finney
4. Misery by King
5. A Christmas Carol by Dickens
6. The Accidental Tourist by Tyler
7. Giants of the Earth by Rolvaag
8. Persuasion by Austen
9. Fried Green Tomatoes by Flagg
10. Tish by Specht
11. The Thornbirds by McCullough
12. Christy by Marshall
13. Lost Horizon by Hilton
14. The Little Prince by St. Exupery
15. Fahrenheit 451 by Bradbury
16. For Whom the Bell Tolls by Hemingway
17. Frankenstein by Shelley
18. Bleak House by Dickens
19. Boy’s Life by McCammon
20. Chesapeake by Michener
21. The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy by Adams
22. How Green Was My Valley by Llewellyn
23. Howard’s End by Forster
24. I, Robot by Asimov
25. Of Mice and Men by Steinbeck
26. A Passage to India by Forster
27. Pride and Prejudice by Austen
28. To Kill a Mockingbird by Lee
29. Jane Eyre by Bronte
30. Gone with the Wind by Mitchel
31. Lord of the Rings by Tolkien
32. The Catcher in the Rye by Salinger
33. Little Women by Alcott
34. A Prayer of Owen Meany by Irving
35. The Stand by King
36. The Great Gatsby by Fitzgerald
37. Mists of Avalon by Bradley
38. David Copperfield by Dickens
39. Kristen Lavransdotter by Undset

I’m an English major myself! Interested in what I’m reading?

1. Beloved by Morrison
2. Age of Innocence by Wharton
3. The Shell Seekers by Pilcher
4. Tess of D’Urbervilles by Hardy
5. The World According to Garp by Irving
6. Catch 22 by Heller
7. The Clan of the Cave Bear by Auel
8. The Horse Whisperer by Evans
9. Pillars of the Earth by Follett
10. Prince of Tides by Conroy
11. Possession by Byatt
12. Rebecca by DuMaurier
13. The Secret Garden by Burnett
14. Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Taylor
15. Busman’s Honeymoon by Sayers
16. Schindler’s List by Keneally
17. Emma by Austen
18. The Color Purple by Walker
19. The Count of Monte Cristo by Dumas
20. Charlotte’s Web by White
21. Anne of Green Gables by Montgomery
22. The Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood by Wells
23. Lady Chatterly’s Lover by Lawrence
24. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Smith
25. East of Eden by Steinbeck
26. The Once and Future King by White
27. Ender’s Game by Card
28. The Fountainhead by Rand
29. A Patchwork Planet by Tyler
30. Gaudy Night by Sayers
31. Shogun by Clavell
32. Grapes of Wrath by Steinbeck
33. Handmaid’s Tale by Atwood
34. Lonesome Dove by McMurtry
35. Outlander by Gabaldon
36. Pigs in Heaven by Kingsolver

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