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17 Books You Should Add to Your Usual Back-To-School List

We, of the post-backpack age, know all too well that reading lists can get a little stale. The classics tend to dominate English teachers' plans, and throughout grade school, high school and college you're often stuck reading the same ol' tomes off the same ol' lists. So, let's fix that. The writers at HuffPost Culture teamed up to create an alternative back-to-school reading list, in which books like The Giver and Heart of Darkness are replaced with works like On Such A Full Sea and The World and Me.
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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
1
Mark Twain
Welcome to Braggsville (T. Geronimo Johnson)
Welcome to Braggsville
2
T. Geronimo Johnson
Romeo and Juliet (William Shakespeare)
Romeo and Juliet
3
William Shakespeare
Fates and Furies (Lauren Groff)
Fates and Furies
4
Lauren Groff
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
5
J.D. Salinger
A Little Life (Hanya Yanagihara)
A Little Life
6
Hanya Yanagihara
The Old Man and the Sea (Ernest Hemingway)
The Old Man and the Sea
7
Ernest Hemingway
Traveling Sprinkler (Nicholson Baker)
Traveling Sprinkler
8
Nicholson Baker
The Scarlet Letter (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
The Scarlet Letter
9
Nathaniel Hawthorne
How to Be a Woman (Caitlin Moran)
How to Be a Woman
10
Caitlin Moran
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
11
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Saint Maze (Jami Attenberg)
Saint Maze
12
Jami Attenberg
White Noise (Don Delillo)
White Noise
13
Don Delillo
You Too Can Have a Body Like Mine (Alexandra Kleeman)
You Too Can Have a Body Like Mine
14
Alexandra Kleeman
The Awakening (Kate Chopin)
The Awakening
15
Kate Chopin
The Wallcreeper (Nell Zink)
The Wallcreeper
16
Nell Zink
The Giver (Lois Lowry)
The Giver
17
Lois Lowry
On Such a Full Sea
On Such a Full Sea
18
A Midsummer Night's Dream (William Shakespeare)
A Midsummer Night's Dream
19
William Shakespeare
The First Bad Man (Miranda July)
The First Bad Man
20
Miranda July
Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad)
Heart of Darkness
21
Joseph Conrad
Between the World and Me (Ta-Nehisi Coates)
Between the World and Me
22
Ta-Nehisi Coates
The Diary of a Young Girl (Anne Frank)
The Diary of a Young Girl
23
Anne Frank
Girl at War (Sara Novic)
Girl at War
24
Sara Novic
The Big Sleep (Raymond Chandler)
The Big Sleep
25
Raymond Chandler
Eileen (Ottessa Moshfegh)
Eileen
26
Ottessa Moshfegh
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
27
George Orwell
The Circle - Dave Eggers
The Circle - Dave Eggers
28
This Boy's Life
This Boy's Life
29
Crapalachia (Scott McClanahan)
Crapalachia
30
Scott McClanahan
The Odyssey (Homer)
The Odyssey
31
Homer
Fun Home (Alison Bechdel)
Fun Home
32
Alison Bechdel
The Trial (Franz Kafka)
The Trial
33
Franz Kafka
The Appointment (Herta Muller)
The Appointment
34
Herta Muller
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