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We all went through High School English classes, and we all had the books we were forced to read that we hated. But sometimes there would be a book that we actually enjoyed, and some of them might have even become our favorites.
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Frankenstein: Or The Modern Prometheus
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3.89 avg rating — 1,795,678 ratings
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Animal Farm
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Of Mice and Men
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3.89 avg rating — 2,778,897 ratings
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The Great Gatsby
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3.93 avg rating — 5,792,095 ratings
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1984
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4.20 avg rating — 5,306,835 ratings
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Brave New World
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3.99 avg rating — 2,038,271 ratings
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Fahrenheit 451
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3.97 avg rating — 2,758,216 ratings
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Macbeth
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3.89 avg rating — 1,001,224 ratings
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The Raven
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4.29 avg rating — 165,401 ratings
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Lord of the Flies
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3.70 avg rating — 3,144,919 ratings
score: 276,
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The Giver (The Giver, #1)
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Lois Lowry (Goodreads Author)
4.12 avg rating — 2,757,554 ratings
score: 194,
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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
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3.83 avg rating — 1,325,425 ratings
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To Kill a Mockingbird
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4.26 avg rating — 6,752,597 ratings
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A Midsummer Night’s Dream
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3.94 avg rating — 571,768 ratings
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The Crucible
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3.61 avg rating — 455,805 ratings
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Beowulf
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3.50 avg rating — 340,913 ratings
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Wuthering Heights
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3.90 avg rating — 1,983,531 ratings
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Hard Times
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3.55 avg rating — 73,483 ratings
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Something Wicked This Way Comes
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3.90 avg rating — 147,634 ratings
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Sister Carrie
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3.77 avg rating — 41,525 ratings
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Night
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4.38 avg rating — 1,343,805 ratings
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Wish You Well
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David Baldacci (Goodreads Author)
4.05 avg rating — 31,461 ratings
score: 94,
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As You Like It
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3.81 avg rating — 87,933 ratings
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Twelve Angry Men
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4.07 avg rating — 36,560 ratings
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Twelfth Night
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3.96 avg rating — 192,406 ratings
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Remembering
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4.02 avg rating — 2,306 ratings
score: 92,
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The Scarlet Letter
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3.44 avg rating — 907,040 ratings
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The Inferno of Dante: A New Verse
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4.03 avg rating — 202,513 ratings
score: 91,
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Of Human Bondage
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4.15 avg rating — 60,833 ratings
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The Return of the Native
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3.88 avg rating — 40,103 ratings
score: 90,
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Hamlet
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4.03 avg rating — 1,029,437 ratings
score: 88,
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Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
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3.76 avg rating — 75,893 ratings
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Grendel
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3.69 avg rating — 41,902 ratings
score: 87,
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An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
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4.01 avg rating — 26,605 ratings
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Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1)
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3.74 avg rating — 406,318 ratings
score: 84,
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The Iliad / The Odyssey
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4.07 avg rating — 82,691 ratings
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The Aeneid
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3.87 avg rating — 141,093 ratings
score: 83,
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Romeo and Juliet
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3.74 avg rating — 2,786,319 ratings
score: 82,
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A Raisin in the Sun
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3.85 avg rating — 108,509 ratings
score: 80,
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All Quiet on the Western Front
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4.11 avg rating — 510,423 ratings
score: 79,
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Anthem
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3.61 avg rating — 165,225 ratings
score: 77,
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The Fire Next Time
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4.55 avg rating — 117,111 ratings
score: 76,
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