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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 — 1,795,227 ratings
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Animal Farm
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Of Mice and Men
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3.89 avg rating — 2,778,493 ratings
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The Great Gatsby
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3.93 avg rating — 5,791,163 ratings
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1984
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4.20 avg rating — 5,305,660 ratings
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Brave New World
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3.99 avg rating — 2,037,922 ratings
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Fahrenheit 451
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3.97 avg rating — 2,757,629 ratings
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Macbeth
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3.89 avg rating — 1,001,070 ratings
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The Raven
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4.29 avg rating — 165,363 ratings
score: 278,
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Lord of the Flies
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3.70 avg rating — 3,144,518 ratings
score: 276,
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The Giver (The Giver, #1)
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Lois Lowry (Goodreads Author)
4.12 avg rating — 2,757,226 ratings
score: 194,
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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
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3.83 avg rating — 1,325,330 ratings
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To Kill a Mockingbird
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4.26 avg rating — 6,751,644 ratings
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A Midsummer Night’s Dream
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3.94 avg rating — 571,716 ratings
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The Crucible
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3.61 avg rating — 455,738 ratings
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Beowulf
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3.50 avg rating — 340,851 ratings
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Wuthering Heights
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3.90 avg rating — 1,983,033 ratings
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Hard Times
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3.55 avg rating — 73,468 ratings
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Something Wicked This Way Comes
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3.90 avg rating — 147,590 ratings
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Sister Carrie
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3.77 avg rating — 41,522 ratings
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Night
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4.38 avg rating — 1,343,642 ratings
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Wish You Well
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David Baldacci (Goodreads Author)
4.05 avg rating — 31,457 ratings
score: 94,
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As You Like It
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3.81 avg rating — 87,925 ratings
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Twelve Angry Men
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4.07 avg rating — 36,553 ratings
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Twelfth Night
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3.96 avg rating — 192,382 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 — 906,941 ratings
score: 92,
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The Inferno of Dante: A New Verse
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4.03 avg rating — 202,474 ratings
score: 91,
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Of Human Bondage
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4.15 avg rating — 60,829 ratings
score: 91,
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The Return of the Native
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3.88 avg rating — 40,100 ratings
score: 90,
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Hamlet
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4.03 avg rating — 1,029,304 ratings
score: 88,
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Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
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3.76 avg rating — 75,882 ratings
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Grendel
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3.69 avg rating — 41,894 ratings
score: 87,
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An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
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4.01 avg rating — 26,603 ratings
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Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1)
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3.74 avg rating — 406,275 ratings
score: 84,
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The Iliad / The Odyssey
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4.07 avg rating — 82,683 ratings
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The Aeneid
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3.87 avg rating — 141,075 ratings
score: 83,
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Romeo and Juliet
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3.74 avg rating — 2,786,038 ratings
score: 82,
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A Raisin in the Sun
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3.85 avg rating — 108,496 ratings
score: 80,
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All Quiet on the Western Front
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4.11 avg rating — 510,352 ratings
score: 79,
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Anthem
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3.61 avg rating — 165,209 ratings
score: 77,
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The Fire Next Time
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4.55 avg rating — 117,084 ratings
score: 76,
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