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Required Reading in High School
A list of books that you were required to read in high school.
Tags: high-school

1
To Kill a Mockingbird
To Kill a Mockingbird
by Harper Lee 56 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 5517
vote
2
Romeo and Juliet
Romeo and Juliet
by William Shakespeare 53 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 5179
vote
3
The Great Gatsby
The Great Gatsby
by F. Scott Fitzgerald 35 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 3400
vote
4
Hamlet
Hamlet
by William Shakespeare, Richard Andrews (Editor) 28 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 2665
vote
5
The Catcher in the Rye
The Catcher in the Rye
by J.D. Salinger 27 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 2633
vote
6
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
by Mark Twain 26 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 2409
vote
7
Lord of the Flies
Lord of the Flies
by William Golding 25 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 2383
vote
8
The Scarlet Letter
The Scarlet Letter
by Nathaniel Hawthorne 25 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 2348
vote
9
The Odyssey
The Odyssey
by Homer, Robert Fagles (Translator) 24 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 2289
vote
10
Animal Farm
Animal Farm
by George Orwell 23 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 2202
vote
11
Jane Eyre
Jane Eyre
by Charlotte Brontë 21 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 2026
vote
12
Of Mice and Men
Of Mice and Men
by John Steinbeck 20 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 1847
vote
13
Brave New World
Brave New World
by Aldous Huxley 18 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 1709
vote
14
1984
1984
by George Orwell 18 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 1684
vote
15
Macbeth
Macbeth
by William Shakespeare 18 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 1672
vote
16
Wuthering Heights
Wuthering Heights
by Emily Brontë 15 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 1436
vote
17
Pride and Prejudice
Pride and Prejudice
by Jane Austen 14 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 1278
vote
18
Night
Night
by Elie Wiesel 13 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 1225
vote
19
The Grapes of Wrath
The Grapes of Wrath
by John Steinbeck 13 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 1219
vote
20
Julius Caesar
Julius Caesar
by William Shakespeare 12 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 1137
vote
21
Great Expectations
Great Expectations
by Charles Dickens 12 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 1113
vote
22
Frankenstein
Frankenstein
by Mary Shelley, Maurice Hindle (Editor) 12 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 1108
vote
23
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
by Maya Angelou 12 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 1105
vote
24
The Awakening
The Awakening
by Kate Chopin 11 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 994
vote
25
The Giver
The Giver
by Lois Lowry 10 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 965
vote
26
The Chosen
The Chosen
by Chaim Potok 10 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 950
vote
27
A Separate Peace
A Separate Peace
by John Knowles 10 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 930
vote
28
The Old Man and the Sea
The Old Man and the Sea
by Ernest Hemingway 9 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 808
vote
29
A Tale of Two Cities
A Tale of Two Cities
by Charles Dickens 9 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 804
vote
30
Their Eyes Were Watching God
Their Eyes Were Watching God
by Zora Neale Hurston 8 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 754
vote
31
The Pearl
The Pearl
by John Steinbeck 7 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 644
vote
32
Death of a Salesman
Death of a Salesman
by Arthur Miller 7 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 629
vote
33
Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl
Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl
by Anne Frank 7 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 628
vote
34
Beowulf: A New Verse Translation
Beowulf: A New Verse Translation
by Anonymous, Seamus Heaney (Translator) 6 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 551
vote
35
The Red Badge of Courage
The Red Badge of Courage
by Stephen Crane 6 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 548
vote
36
The Taming of the Shrew
The Taming of the Shrew
by William Shakespeare 6 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 541
vote
37
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
by Benjamin Franklin 6 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 533
vote
38
A Raisin in the Sun
A Raisin in the Sun
by Lorraine Hansberry 6 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 507
vote
39
Ender's Game
Ender's Game
by Orson Scott Card 5 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 491
vote
40
King Lear
King Lear
by William Shakespeare 5 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 471
vote
41
Mythology
Mythology
by Edith Hamilton 5 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 467
vote
42
Beloved
Beloved
by Toni Morrison 5 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 458
vote
43
Rebecca
Rebecca
by Daphne du Maurier 5 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 449
vote
44
The Good Earth
The Good Earth
by Pearl S. Buck 5 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 448
vote
45
The Hound of the Baskervilles
The Hound of the Baskervilles
by Arthur Conan Doyle 5 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 445
vote
46
Slaughterhouse-Five
Slaughterhouse-Five
by Kurt Vonnegut 5 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 436
vote
47
Ethan Frome
Ethan Frome
by Edith Wharton 5 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 427
vote
48
Fahrenheit 451
Fahrenheit 451
by Ray Bradbury 4 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 385
vote
49
Grendel
Grendel
by John Champlin Gardner Jr. 4 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 380
vote
50
The Things They Carried
The Things They Carried
by Tim O'Brien 4 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 370
vote
51
Madame Bovary
Madame Bovary
by Gustave Flaubert, Margaret Mauldon (translator) 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 294
vote
52
The Taming Of The Shrew
The Taming Of The Shrew
by William Shakespeare 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 281
vote
53
Alas, Babylon
Alas, Babylon
by Pat Frank 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 279
vote
54
The House on Mango Street
The House on Mango Street
by Sandra Cisneros 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 274
vote
55
Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong
Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your Americ...
by James W. Loewen 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 267
vote
56
Warriors Don't Cry
Warriors Don't Cry
by Melba Pattillo Beals 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 257
vote
57
Moby Dick
Moby Dick
by Herman Melville 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 255
vote
58
Inferno
Inferno
by Dante Alighieri, Anthony Esolen 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 241
vote
59
The House of Mirth
The House of Mirth
by Edith Wharton 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 200
vote
60
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
by James Joyce 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 196
vote
61
Ten Little Indians
Ten Little Indians
by Agatha Christie 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 194
vote
62
Dune
Dune
by Frank Herbert 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 192
vote
63
The Canterbury Tales
The Canterbury Tales
by Geoffrey Chaucer 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 191
vote
64
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
by Carson McCullers 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 190
vote
65
The Last Days of Socrates
The Last Days of Socrates
by Plato 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 186
vote
66
Much Ado About Nothing
Much Ado About Nothing
by William Shakespeare 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 183
vote
67
Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson
Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, ...
by Mitch Albom 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 174
vote
68
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
by Frederick Douglass 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 173
vote
69
The Republic
The Republic
by Plato, Desmond Lee (translator) 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 170
vote
69
Native Son
Native Son
by Richard Wright 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 170
vote
71
Invisible Man
Invisible Man
by Ralph Ellison 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 166
vote
72
Democracy in America
Democracy in America
by Alexis de Tocqueville 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 165
vote
73
The Federalist Papers
The Federalist Papers
by Alexander Hamilton, John Jay 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 139
vote
74
Summer of the Seventeenth Doll
Summer of the Seventeenth Doll
by Ray Lawler 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 100
vote
74
Dragonsong
Dragonsong
by Anne McCaffrey 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 100
vote
74
A Hero of Our Time
A Hero of Our Time
by Mikhail Lermontov 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 100
vote
74
Black Boy
Black Boy
by Richard Wright 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 100
vote
78
A Town Like Alice
A Town Like Alice
by Nevil Shute 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 99
vote
78
The Big Wave
The Big Wave
by Pearl S. Buck 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 99
vote
78
The Trial
The Trial
by Franz Kafka 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 99
vote
81
The Fountainhead
The Fountainhead
by Ayn Rand 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 98
vote
81
Fences
Fences
by August Wilson 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 98
vote
81
Crime and Punishment
Crime and Punishment
by Fyodor Dostoevsky 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 98
vote
84
The Farming of Bones
The Farming of Bones
by Edwidge Danticat 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 97
vote
84
The Sound and the Fury
The Sound and the Fury
by William Faulkner 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 97
vote
84
The Reivers
The Reivers
by William Faulkner 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 97
vote
87
The Bean Trees
The Bean Trees
by Barbara Kingsolver 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 96
vote
88
As I Lay Dying
As I Lay Dying
by William Faulkner 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 95
vote
89
The Sun Also Rises
The Sun Also Rises
by Ernest Hemingway 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 94
vote
89
All Quiet on the Western Front
All Quiet on the Western Front
by Erich Maria Remarque 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 94
vote
91
Les Misérables
Les Misérables
by Victor Hugo 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 93
vote
91
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
by Betty Smith 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 93
vote
93
Othello
Othello
by William Shakespeare 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 91
vote
94
The Princess Bride
The Princess Bride
by William Goldman 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 90
vote
95
After the First Death
After the First Death
by Robert Cormier 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 88
vote
95
Farewell to Manzanar: A True Story of Japanese American Experience During and After the World War II Internment
Farewell to Manzanar: A True Story of Japanese ...
by Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston, James D. Houston 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 88
vote
97
Black Elk Speaks: Being the Life Story of a Holy Man of the Oglala Sioux
Black Elk Speaks: Being the Life Story of a Hol...
by John G. Neihardt 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 87
vote
98
Selected Works
Selected Works
by Aristotle 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 82
vote
99
Leviathan
Leviathan
by Thomas Hobbes 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 81
vote
100
Second Treatise of Government
Second Treatise of Government
by John Locke 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 80
vote
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message 1: by Redpoint (new)
09/21/2008 09:23AM

1363105 Are we voting on what we had to read, or what we liked out of what we had to read?


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10/23/2008 12:47PM

1641441 I think on what we HAD to read, whether we liked it or not.


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1791879 The Promise by Chaim Potok


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