This reading list includes books that are often supplemented into curriculums of MFA in Creative Writing programs across the country.
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last updated October, 2025
The Fire Next Time
James Baldwin
Homegoing
Yaa Gyasi
White Oleander
Janet Fitch
The Triggering Town: Lectures and Essays on Poetry and Writing
Richard Hugo
Narrative Design: Working with Imagination, Craft, and Form
Madison Smartt Bell
The Wild Iris
Louise Glück
Interpreter of Maladies
Jhumpa Lahiri
The Poisonwood Bible
Barbara Kingsolver
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