Required Reading Books

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To Kill a Mockingbird To Kill a Mockingbird (Paperback)
by (shelved 470 times as required-reading)
avg rating 4.26 — 6,837,695 ratings — published 1960
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The Great Gatsby The Great Gatsby (Paperback)
by (shelved 409 times as required-reading)
avg rating 3.93 — 5,872,812 ratings — published 1925
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Romeo and Juliet Romeo and Juliet (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 405 times as required-reading)
avg rating 3.74 — 2,810,777 ratings — published 1590
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Lord of the Flies Lord of the Flies (Paperback)
by (shelved 327 times as required-reading)
avg rating 3.70 — 3,181,859 ratings — published 1954
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Animal Farm Animal Farm (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 304 times as required-reading)
avg rating 4.02 — 4,509,637 ratings — published 1945
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Of Mice and Men Of Mice and Men (Paperback)
by (shelved 292 times as required-reading)
avg rating 3.90 — 2,816,738 ratings — published 1937
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Hamlet Hamlet (Paperback)
by (shelved 277 times as required-reading)
avg rating 4.03 — 1,044,909 ratings — published 1601
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Macbeth Macbeth (Paperback)
by (shelved 269 times as required-reading)
avg rating 3.89 — 1,014,947 ratings — published 1623
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1984 1984 (Paperback)
by (shelved 266 times as required-reading)
avg rating 4.20 — 5,412,051 ratings — published 1949
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Fahrenheit 451 Fahrenheit 451 (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 250 times as required-reading)
avg rating 3.97 — 2,811,804 ratings — published 1953
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The Scarlet Letter The Scarlet Letter (Paperback)
by (shelved 249 times as required-reading)
avg rating 3.44 — 915,781 ratings — published 1850
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The Catcher in the Rye The Catcher in the Rye (Paperback)
by (shelved 243 times as required-reading)
avg rating 3.80 — 3,873,476 ratings — published 1951
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Night Night (Paperback)
by (shelved 226 times as required-reading)
avg rating 4.38 — 1,356,778 ratings — published 1956
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Frankenstein: The 1818 Text Frankenstein: The 1818 Text (Paperback)
by (shelved 216 times as required-reading)
avg rating 3.90 — 1,867,716 ratings — published 1818
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The Odyssey The Odyssey (Paperback)
by (shelved 213 times as required-reading)
avg rating 3.83 — 1,184,895 ratings — published -700
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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Adventures of Tom and Huck, #2) The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Adventures of Tom and Huck, #2)
by (shelved 201 times as required-reading)
avg rating 3.83 — 1,334,547 ratings — published 1885
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The Outsiders The Outsiders (Paperback)
by (shelved 200 times as required-reading)
avg rating 4.14 — 1,587,701 ratings — published 1967
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The Giver (The Giver, #1) The Giver (The Giver, #1)
by (shelved 200 times as required-reading)
avg rating 4.12 — 2,790,729 ratings — published 1993
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The Crucible The Crucible (Paperback)
by (shelved 175 times as required-reading)
avg rating 3.61 — 462,265 ratings — published 1953
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The Diary of a Young Girl The Diary of a Young Girl (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 169 times as required-reading)
avg rating 4.20 — 4,164,789 ratings — published 1947
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Brave New World Brave New World (Paperback)
by (shelved 158 times as required-reading)
avg rating 3.99 — 2,065,288 ratings — published 1932
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Pride and Prejudice Pride and Prejudice (Hardcover)
by (shelved 155 times as required-reading)
avg rating 4.29 — 4,766,008 ratings — published 1813
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Heart of Darkness Heart of Darkness (Paperback)
by (shelved 142 times as required-reading)
avg rating 3.43 — 556,418 ratings — published 1899
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Jane Eyre Jane Eyre (Paperback)
by (shelved 142 times as required-reading)
avg rating 4.16 — 2,310,354 ratings — published 1847
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Wuthering Heights Wuthering Heights (Paperback)
by (shelved 130 times as required-reading)
avg rating 3.90 — 2,028,447 ratings — published 1847
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Beowulf Beowulf (Paperback)
by (shelved 129 times as required-reading)
avg rating 3.50 — 345,063 ratings — published 1000
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Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1) Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 128 times as required-reading)
avg rating 3.74 — 411,007 ratings — published 1958
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Their Eyes Were Watching God Their Eyes Were Watching God (Paperback)
by (shelved 122 times as required-reading)
avg rating 3.99 — 384,968 ratings — published 1937
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Othello Othello (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 120 times as required-reading)
avg rating 3.89 — 435,256 ratings — published 1603
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A Midsummer Night’s Dream A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 119 times as required-reading)
avg rating 3.94 — 576,728 ratings — published 1595
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Julius Caesar Julius Caesar (Paperback)
by (shelved 116 times as required-reading)
avg rating 3.71 — 218,690 ratings — published 1599
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The Metamorphosis The Metamorphosis (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 114 times as required-reading)
avg rating 3.90 — 1,409,563 ratings — published 1915
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Great Expectations Great Expectations (Paperback)
by (shelved 110 times as required-reading)
avg rating 3.80 — 870,727 ratings — published 1861
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A Tale of Two Cities A Tale of Two Cities (Paperback)
by (shelved 110 times as required-reading)
avg rating 3.88 — 1,009,389 ratings — published 1859
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The Grapes of Wrath The Grapes of Wrath (Hardcover)
by (shelved 102 times as required-reading)
avg rating 4.03 — 990,011 ratings — published 1939
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Oedipus Rex  (The Theban Plays, #1) Oedipus Rex (The Theban Plays, #1)
by (shelved 98 times as required-reading)
avg rating 3.73 — 236,563 ratings — published -429
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The Handmaid's Tale The Handmaid's Tale (Hardcover)
by (shelved 97 times as required-reading)
avg rating 4.15 — 2,401,815 ratings — published 1985
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Death of a Salesman Death of a Salesman (Hardcover)
by (shelved 93 times as required-reading)
avg rating 3.59 — 258,025 ratings — published 1949
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A Separate Peace A Separate Peace (Paperback)
by (shelved 92 times as required-reading)
avg rating 3.60 — 231,784 ratings — published 1959
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The Stranger The Stranger (Paperback)
by (shelved 90 times as required-reading)
avg rating 4.03 — 1,385,096 ratings — published 1942
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Beloved (Beloved Trilogy, #1) Beloved (Beloved Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 89 times as required-reading)
avg rating 3.98 — 488,286 ratings — published 1987
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The Old Man and the Sea The Old Man and the Sea (Hardcover)
by (shelved 89 times as required-reading)
avg rating 3.81 — 1,303,771 ratings — published 1952
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The Canterbury Tales The Canterbury Tales (Paperback)
by (shelved 87 times as required-reading)
avg rating 3.53 — 237,367 ratings — published 1400
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The Awakening The Awakening (Paperback)
by (shelved 86 times as required-reading)
avg rating 3.69 — 226,616 ratings — published 1899
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Antigone (The Theban Plays, #3) Antigone (The Theban Plays, #3)
by (shelved 85 times as required-reading)
avg rating 3.68 — 175,795 ratings — published -441
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A Christmas Carol A Christmas Carol (Paperback)
by (shelved 85 times as required-reading)
avg rating 4.09 — 930,014 ratings — published 1843
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The Things They Carried The Things They Carried (Paperback)
by (shelved 85 times as required-reading)
avg rating 4.14 — 343,616 ratings — published 1990
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The Iliad The Iliad (Hardcover)
by (shelved 84 times as required-reading)
avg rating 3.93 — 507,109 ratings — published -800
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Slaughterhouse-Five Slaughterhouse-Five (Paperback)
by (shelved 82 times as required-reading)
avg rating 4.10 — 1,477,235 ratings — published 1969
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The Picture of Dorian Gray The Picture of Dorian Gray (Paperback)
by (shelved 82 times as required-reading)
avg rating 4.13 — 1,860,318 ratings — published 1890
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