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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 — 1,794,546 ratings
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Animal Farm
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Of Mice and Men
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3.89 avg rating — 2,777,914 ratings
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The Great Gatsby
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3.93 avg rating — 5,789,790 ratings
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1984
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4.20 avg rating — 5,303,794 ratings
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Brave New World
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3.99 avg rating — 2,037,386 ratings
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Fahrenheit 451
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3.97 avg rating — 2,756,742 ratings
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Macbeth
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3.89 avg rating — 1,000,856 ratings
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The Raven
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4.29 avg rating — 165,314 ratings
score: 278,
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Lord of the Flies
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3.70 avg rating — 3,143,883 ratings
score: 276,
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The Giver (The Giver, #1)
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Lois Lowry (Goodreads Author)
4.12 avg rating — 2,756,646 ratings
score: 194,
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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
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3.83 avg rating — 1,325,213 ratings
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To Kill a Mockingbird
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4.26 avg rating — 6,750,127 ratings
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A Midsummer Night’s Dream
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3.94 avg rating — 571,637 ratings
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The Crucible
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3.61 avg rating — 455,648 ratings
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Beowulf
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3.50 avg rating — 340,804 ratings
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Wuthering Heights
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3.90 avg rating — 1,982,279 ratings
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Hard Times
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3.55 avg rating — 73,456 ratings
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Something Wicked This Way Comes
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3.90 avg rating — 147,527 ratings
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Sister Carrie
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3.77 avg rating — 41,519 ratings
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Night
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4.38 avg rating — 1,343,443 ratings
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Wish You Well
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David Baldacci (Goodreads Author)
4.05 avg rating — 31,444 ratings
score: 94,
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As You Like It
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3.81 avg rating — 87,907 ratings
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Twelve Angry Men
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4.07 avg rating — 36,547 ratings
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Twelfth Night
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3.96 avg rating — 192,360 ratings
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Remembering
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4.02 avg rating — 2,305 ratings
score: 92,
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The Scarlet Letter
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3.44 avg rating — 906,816 ratings
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The Inferno of Dante: A New Verse
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4.03 avg rating — 202,429 ratings
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Of Human Bondage
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4.15 avg rating — 60,819 ratings
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The Return of the Native
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3.88 avg rating — 40,097 ratings
score: 90,
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Hamlet
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4.03 avg rating — 1,029,053 ratings
score: 88,
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Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
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3.76 avg rating — 75,861 ratings
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Grendel
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3.69 avg rating — 41,888 ratings
score: 87,
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An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
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4.01 avg rating — 26,596 ratings
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Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1)
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3.74 avg rating — 406,190 ratings
score: 84,
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The Iliad / The Odyssey
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4.07 avg rating — 82,668 ratings
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The Aeneid
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3.87 avg rating — 141,049 ratings
score: 83,
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Romeo and Juliet
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3.74 avg rating — 2,785,609 ratings
score: 82,
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A Raisin in the Sun
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3.85 avg rating — 108,475 ratings
score: 80,
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All Quiet on the Western Front
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4.11 avg rating — 510,243 ratings
score: 79,
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Anthem
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3.61 avg rating — 165,190 ratings
score: 77,
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The Fire Next Time
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4.55 avg rating — 117,045 ratings
score: 76,
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