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Another lists of books that I would introduce to students if I were an English teacher, and had free reign in my classroom to do so.
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Othello
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3.89 avg rating — 431,223 ratings
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The Word Exchange
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Alena Graedon (Goodreads Author)
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Ham on Rye
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The Book Thief
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Markus Zusak (Goodreads Author)
4.39 avg rating — 2,830,603 ratings
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The Book of Skulls
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American Gods (American Gods, #1)
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Neil Gaiman (Goodreads Author)
4.10 avg rating — 983,792 ratings
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The Bottoms
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Joe R. Lansdale (Goodreads Author)
4.19 avg rating — 9,642 ratings
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Walden & Civil Disobedience
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3.94 avg rating — 38,780 ratings
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The Beach
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3.99 avg rating — 95,813 ratings
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V for Vendetta
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Alan Moore (Goodreads Author)
4.26 avg rating — 322,510 ratings
score: 96,
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High-Rise
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3.60 avg rating — 37,121 ratings
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Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
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Jonathan Safran Foer (Goodreads Author)
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Less Than Zero
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I Am Legend and Other Stories
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Dreamsnake
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3.87 avg rating — 11,134 ratings
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The Ghosts of Nagasaki
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Daniel Clausen (Goodreads Author)
3.90 avg rating — 241 ratings
score: 93,
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Cathedral
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4.24 avg rating — 39,514 ratings
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The Devil in the White City
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Erik Larson (Goodreads Author)
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 747,299 ratings
score: 90,
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The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon
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Stephen King (Goodreads Author)
3.64 avg rating — 176,454 ratings
score: 89,
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19 books ·
3 voters ·
list created August 30th, 2014
by Jacqueline George (votes) .
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