F. Scott Fitzgerald's "College of One" is not a published book or reading list, but rather a concept from his final novel, The Last Tycoon. In the book, the list was intended to be a selection of significant literary works to comprise a self-directed education. While no complete, definitive list has been identified, the concept represents Fitzgerald's desire to be well-read in a broad range of classic and contemporary literature. Shortly before his death, F. Scott Fitzgerald embarked on a romantic relationship with Sheilah Graham. Fitzgerald put together a study plan for her to obtain the knowledge of a college education without actually going to college.
1. Vanity Fair (William Makepeace Thackeray) 2. Man and Superman (George Bernard Shaw) 3. The Red and the Black (Stendhal) 4. Bleak House (Charles Dickens) 5. Seven Men (Max Beerbohm) 6. Androcles and the Lion (Bernard Shaw) 7. The History of Henry Esmond (William Makepeace Thackeray) 8. A Doll's House & Other Plays (Henrik Ibsen) 9. Sister Carrie (Theodore Dreiser) 10. The Red Lily (Anatole France) 11. Youth's Encounter (Compton Mackenzie) 12. Sinister Street (Compton Mackenzie) 13. The Kreutzer Sonata (Leo Tolstoy) 14. Madame Bovary (Gustave Flaubert) 15. The Custom of the Country (Edith Wharton) 16. The Brothers Karamazov (Fyodor Dostoyevsky) 17. Tono-Bungay (H. G. Wells) 18. Roderick Hudson (Henry James) 19. The Pretty Lady (Arnold Bennett) 20. Tess of the D'urbervilles (Thomas Hardy) 21. How to Write Short Stories With Samples (Ring Lardner) 22. Cheri (Colette) 23. My Antonia (Willa Cather) 24. The Sailor's Return (David Garnett) 25. The Financier (Theodore Dreiser) 26. The Titan (Theodore Dreiser) 27. A Lost Lady (Willa Cather) 28. The Revolt of the Angels (Anatole France) 29. Ariel: The Life of Shelley (Andre Maurois) 30. The Song of Songs (Hermann Sudermann) 31. The Sun Also Rises (Ernest Hemingway) 32. Growth of the Soil (Knut Hamsun) 33. Byron: The Last Journey (Harold Nicolson) 34. South Wind 35. Man's Fate (André Malraux) 36. The Woman Who Rode Away/St. Mawr/The Princess (D.H. Lawrence) 37. The Cabala (Thornton Wilder) 38. Tender Is the Night (Fitzgerald, F. Scott) 39. The Outline of History (H. G. Wells) 40. Death in Venice & Other Tales (Thomas Mann)
Shortly before his death, F. Scott Fitzgerald embarked on a romantic relationship with Sheilah Graham. Fitzgerald put together a study plan for her to obtain the knowledge of a college education without actually going to college.
1. Vanity Fair (William Makepeace Thackeray)
2. Man and Superman (George Bernard Shaw)
3. The Red and the Black (Stendhal)
4. Bleak House (Charles Dickens)
5. Seven Men (Max Beerbohm)
6. Androcles and the Lion (Bernard Shaw)
7. The History of Henry Esmond (William Makepeace Thackeray)
8. A Doll's House & Other Plays (Henrik Ibsen)
9. Sister Carrie (Theodore Dreiser)
10. The Red Lily (Anatole France)
11. Youth's Encounter (Compton Mackenzie)
12. Sinister Street (Compton Mackenzie)
13. The Kreutzer Sonata (Leo Tolstoy)
14. Madame Bovary (Gustave Flaubert)
15. The Custom of the Country (Edith Wharton)
16. The Brothers Karamazov (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
17. Tono-Bungay (H. G. Wells)
18. Roderick Hudson (Henry James)
19. The Pretty Lady (Arnold Bennett)
20. Tess of the D'urbervilles (Thomas Hardy)
21. How to Write Short Stories With Samples (Ring Lardner)
22. Cheri (Colette)
23. My Antonia (Willa Cather)
24. The Sailor's Return (David Garnett)
25. The Financier (Theodore Dreiser)
26. The Titan (Theodore Dreiser)
27. A Lost Lady (Willa Cather)
28. The Revolt of the Angels (Anatole France)
29. Ariel: The Life of Shelley (Andre Maurois)
30. The Song of Songs (Hermann Sudermann)
31. The Sun Also Rises (Ernest Hemingway)
32. Growth of the Soil (Knut Hamsun)
33. Byron: The Last Journey (Harold Nicolson)
34. South Wind
35. Man's Fate (André Malraux)
36. The Woman Who Rode Away/St. Mawr/The Princess (D.H. Lawrence)
37. The Cabala (Thornton Wilder)
38. Tender Is the Night (Fitzgerald, F. Scott)
39. The Outline of History (H. G. Wells)
40. Death in Venice & Other Tales (Thomas Mann)