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25 Books to Read Before You Graduate High School

If you read these books by your graduation from high school, you will be quite well-rounded literature-wise and capable of supporting an intelligent conversation with other grown-ups. Moreover, you won't have to beg your classmates, "Can you please write my paper for World Literature class?"
As social studies major, I study the effects of common cultural background on building rapport and understanding. And believe it or not, books still play bigger role than TV shows or movies.
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1984 (George Orwell)
1984
1
George Orwell
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
2
Mark Twain
Black Rain
Black Rain
3
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
4
Aldous Huxley
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
5
J.D. Salinger
The Crucible (Arthur Miller)
The Crucible
6
Arthur Miller
The Diary of a Young Girl (Anne Frank)
The Diary of a Young Girl
7
Anne Frank
Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
Fahrenheit 451
8
Ray Bradbury
Flowers for Algernon (Daniel Keyes)
Flowers for Algernon
9
Daniel Keyes
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
10
Mary Shelley
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath
11
John Steinbeck
Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
Great Expectations
12
Charles Dickens
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
13
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
14
William Golding
Lord of the Rings (J.R.R. Tolkien)
Lord of the Rings
15
J.R.R. Tolkien
The Hobbit (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Hobbit
16
J.R.R. Tolkien
The Odyssey (Homer)
The Odyssey
17
Homer
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
18
Jane Austen
Oedipus the King (Sophocles)
Oedipus the King
19
Sophocles
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Ken Kesey)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
20
Ken Kesey
Romeo and Juliet (William Shakespeare)
Romeo and Juliet
21
William Shakespeare
Hamlet (William Shakespeare)
Hamlet
22
William Shakespeare
Oliver Twist (Charles Dickens)
Oliver Twist
23
Charles Dickens
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
24
Harper Lee
Sense and Sensibility (Jane Austen)
Sense and Sensibility
25
Jane Austen
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