• Essential WW1 literature/historical context
• Modernism/1920s-30s
• WW2 - causes/context, the Blitz, the evacuation of children into the countryside

Also fiction written during and inspired by the wars:

• Narnia Chronicles?

And then randomly:

• Cthulhu/Lovecraft essentials
• Fantasy books (get recommendations from Athena)

Authors whose ENTIRE BODIES OF WORK I want to read:

• Jeanette Winterson
• Katherine Mansfield
• H.D.
• Kurt Vonnegut