Books I Read In High School

[Alexandria]

Did you read all of these for classes in school or just while you were in high school? Because if these were all for class, I feel like that's a lot!

[Terra]

All I know is only 2 of the books in my list I had to read for school, all the others were just for fun.

[Gabriela]

Terra wrote: "thats all?"

Trying to remember all the other books I read, it was a VERY long time ago...like 22 years ago...

[Danniella]

None... I was home-schooled

[Gabriela]

Alexandria wrote: "Did you read all of these for classes in school or just while you were in high school? Because if these were all for class, I feel like that's a lot!"

S.E. Hinton, V.C. Andrews books, & Stephen King for fun.
The others required reading...funny I can't quite remember all the others. I'm just getting old I fear.

[Annamarie]

I have always been an avid reader from pre-k and up so it is not possible to remember all the books I read in HS. I remeber we read and in Junior High. The Outsiders and was in HS but can't remember the other books that was required. I remember that my friends had a weekly bet on the average number of books I would be carrying around with me because I always had at 3 that I was reading at any one time. That is the main reason I got my Nook but I still love the feel of a good book.

[Michelle]

Danniella wrote: "None... I was home-schooled"

But surely you must have read *something* in your high school-aged years? I don't think this discussion has to be limited to what we read for school, but what we read from ages 14 - 18 or so. ;)

[Adam]

The books I read in high school were very important to me then, and they still are now! I'm thinking of The Lords and the New Creatures and Pawn of Prophecy and The Black Cauldron and The Hotel New Hampshire. If I keep thinking about it, so many more come to mind jejeje...

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As far as classics I loved of Mice and Men and The Giver. As far as other books, I fell in love with Twilight and Harry Potter. :)

[Gabriela]

I remembered some other books...Lord of the Flies
Hamlet
The Road Not Taken and Other Poems

The Tell-Tale Heart and Other WritingsLeaves of Grass
Misery
The Dead Zone
Four Past Midnight
There are many more I know however I don't remember...all of these were for fun. : )

[Adam]

How could I have forgotten The Dead Zone and Misery? Thanks for the prod!

[Andrea Mika]

lol my teach told us to read these
, and

thats all of them so far

[Annamarie]

I do remember reading and all things Mark Twain for fun. I also read alot of greek mythology and biographies of european monarchs for some reason

[Laura]

I read all things Stephen King, Dean Koontz and John Saul in my free time. I have always loved a good scary story.

[Kyra]

Alice Belikov wrote: "Did you guys have to read Beowulf in High School? OMG I feel bad saying this but I thought it was EXTREMELY BORING! I couldn't get into it and the language was sooo confus..."

I read this in 7th grade, and I thought it wasn't bad, just weird. I can't even remember all the books I read in 8th grade but we just finished Of Mice and Men in my 9th grade English class. All the teachers I've had take their time to analyze books and I love that. They have awesome methods!

[Wei]

Mine: My ninth grade English professor was a junkie. He loved everything that had to do with Shakespeare. Practically held in on a pedestal. We read almost all his works as part of our English curriculum, along with others. His works include:
1. His most famous:
2. And his tragedies continue with
3. Then one I quiet enjoyed
4. This one I really dig it!
5. and Othello and King Lear.

Upon finishing the school year I was talking Shakespearean English :)

[Kyra]

Since the beginning of 8th grade(I'm only in 9th grade) these are what I've read(S=read for school):
(S)Living Up The Street Living Up The Street, (S)The Giver The Giver, (S)Rumblefish[read The Outsiders 8th grade] Rumble Fish, A Mango-Shaped Space A Mango-Shaped Space, Kira-Kira Kira-Kira, Firelight Firelight, Lost Voices Lost Voices, The Hunger Games The Hunger Games, Catching Fire Catching Fire, Mockingjay Mockingjay, The Lightning Thief The Lightning Thief, Sea of Monsters The Sea of Monsters, The Titan's Curse The Titan's Curse, Battle of the Labyrinth The Battle of the Labyrinth, The Last Olympian The Last Olympian, (S)Of Mice and Men Of Mice and Men, The Help The Help, City of Bones City of Bones, The Narnia Series The Chronicles of Narnia, and How To Ditch Your Fairy How to Ditch Your Fairy.
There "might" be a couple more.

[Laura]

Alice Belikov wrote: "Did you guys have to read Beowulf in High School? OMG I feel bad saying this but I thought it was EXTREMELY BORING! I couldn't get into it and the language was sooo confus..."

Hi Alice. I have not read this book, but loved the movie with Christopher Lambert.

[Erin]

To Kill A Mockingbird was my favorite book in high school. Still worth a re-read every once in a while.

[Laura]

Erin wrote: "To Kill A Mockingbird was my favorite book in high school. Still worth a re-read every once in a while."

My 17 yr. old son just read it and now wants to see the movie. he loved it!

[Adam]

Yes, To Kill a Mockingbird is truly a wonderful book.

[Michelle]

Erin wrote: "To Kill A Mockingbird was my favorite book in high school. Still worth a re-read every once in a while."

I agree! I love the movie as well.

[Ailyn]

The Twilight Saga, the Mortal Instruments Series, the Vampire Academy series, A Series of Unfortunate Events, certain Nicholas Sparks books, The Little Prince and Jane Eyre. There were probably lots more which escaped my mind.

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The ones that we had to read for class were Romeo and Juliet, Othello, Macbeth, Inherit the Wind, The Crucible, Anthem, Flowers for Algernon, Losing Eddie, and in my last year we had to read an Ellen Hopkins book of our choosing.

[Kana]

Laura wrote: "Alice Belikov wrote: "Did you guys have to read Beowulf in High School? OMG I feel bad saying this but I thought it was EXTREMELY BORING! I couldn't get into it and the l..."

Okay, so now I'm embarrassed to say that I read Beowulf in high school and thought it was really cool (granted, I was going through my Lord of the Rings and Norse mythology phase....). But I agree that the second half of that book is sooo boring

[Kana]

Tiffani wrote: ""Laura wrote: "Alice Belikov wrote: "Did you guys have to read Beowulf in High School? OMG I feel bad saying this but I thought it was EXTREMELY BORING! I couldn't get in..."

Whoa, Tiffani, how did you survive.... How did that happen?

[Leslie]

Read tons of great books while I was in high school, but looking back, I was required to read a lot of fascinating books, among them: Dostoevsky's "The Brothers Karamazov", William Faulkner's "A Light In August", Kafka's "Metamorphosis", James Joyce's "Portrait of the Artist As A Young Man", Shakespeare's "Othello", Samuel Beckett's "Waiting For Godot". That's just what I can remember.

[Lynxie]

In college (yrs 11 and 12) when I did my double major in English, I got to read quite a number of good books.

Two of note were:
and

We also did a lot of Shakespeare...

Outside of school at that age, I pretty much read anything I could get my hands on.

[Michelle]

Lynxie wrote: "In college (yrs 11 and 12) when I did my double major in English, I got to read quite a number of good books.

Two of note were:
and

We also d..."

I didn't read Ender's Game until a few years ago, but it is one of my favorite books of all time. Certainly, it is on my top-ten sci fi list. I read 1984 in hs, and it left a big impression on me. i think it was the very first book I've ever read where the (view spoiler)[bad guys won (hide spoiler)]

[Lynxie]

Michelle L. wrote: "Lynxie wrote: "In college (yrs 11 and 12) when I did my double major in English, I got to read quite a number of good books.

Two of note were:
and [bookcover:1984|5..."

Totally agree with you Michelle! There's just so many fantastic books out there... too many to list :D