Trying to be more "well-read" in English literature? Well, no one agrees on an official list. I have some anthology recommendations for those who want to read more literary cannon,. If you didn't go to college or if you didn't major in English, these are the books that get assigned.
Anthologies and books mentioned in the video:
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https://amzn.to/3DORMXY - The Norton Anthology of American Literature: Package 1
https://amzn.to/4a48nTG - The Norton Anthology of American Literature: Package 2
https://amzn.to/4fM7D70 - The Norton Introduction to Literature: Shorter 14th Edition
https://amzn.to/4h2CoG5 - Literature: A Portable Anthology
https://amzn.to/40fM8am - The Vintage Book of Contemporary American Short Stories, edited by Tobias Wolff
https://amzn.to/41WURzg - The Vintage Book of Contemporary American Poetry, edited by J.D. McClatchy
https://amzn.to/4gZDClb - Beloved by Toni Morrison
https://amzn.to/4gCmwKB - Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
https://amzn.to/3Pkto33 - What Belongs to You by Garth Greenwell
https://amzn.to/40hCaoI - The Feast of Love by Charles Baxter
https://amzn.to/40gOXHY - The Tradition by Jericho Brown
https://amzn.to/4j3mgpE - Pale Colors in a Tall Field by Carl Phillips
https://amzn.to/4gZQ8Bq - Hamlet by William Shakespeare (The Arden Shakespeare Edition)
https://amzn.to/3ZZAoaz - Mansfield Park by Jane Austin (Norton Critical Edition)
https://amzn.to/40i1Phf - Anton Chekov's Selected Plays (Norton Critical Edition)
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