English Literature reading list: Cambridge, Robinson College
Cambridge, Robinson College lists 42 books for students about to start the course in English Literature. The list starts with Notes of a Native Son by James Baldwin, Darwin's Plots by Gillian Beer and Stranger Shores by J.M. Coetzee. None of its books appear on the other lists we collected.
Robinson English Reading List (University of Cambridge), PDF. www.robinson.cam.ac.uk/sites/default/files/assets/prospective-students/English%20Reading%20List.pdf
Retrieved 3 October 2026. Check the source for the current year's version.
The 42 books
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Other English Literature lists
- Oxford, Faculty of English · 8 books
- Oxford, New College · 79 books
How this list was made
We fetched the list from the institution's own page or PDF on the date shown and recorded each title and author as printed. We did not add books, and we copied no descriptions. Obvious misprints are corrected and marked. The extraction was done with AI assistance and checked against the source. Lists change every year, so check the source page before you buy anything.