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50 Great Books You'll Never Read in School

Back-to-school time is upon us, and for many, that means reading for pleasure will give way to burning through that syllabus. Classrooms, especially high school classrooms (college classes are becoming so weird and specific nowadays that you could read just about anything in them), suffer from the "classic effect" — which is exactly what it sounds like. Not that there's anything wrong with literary classics, and they definitely should be read, but there's so much more out there. And when you consider the fact that one-third of high school graduates never read another book for the rest of their lives — well, it would be nice if they had a little more to go on than The Great Gatsby. After the jump, find a selection of books you'll (probably) never read in high school, but should still read.
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Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
1
Vladimir Nabokov
Thy Neighbor's Wife (Gay Talese)
Thy Neighbor's Wife
2
Gay Talese
Popular Hits of the Showa Era
Popular Hits of the Showa Era
3
The Clan of the Cave Bear (Jean Auel)
The Clan of the Cave Bear
4
Jean Auel
Brown Girl in the Ring
Brown Girl in the Ring
5
Sharp Teeth
Sharp Teeth
6
Loose Women
Loose Women
7
Stoner (John Williams)
Stoner
8
John Williams
Claudine at School
Claudine at School
9
The Sugar Frosted Nutsack
The Sugar Frosted Nutsack
10
Foxfire: Confessions of a Girl Gang
Foxfire: Confessions of a Girl Gang
11
Heartburn, Nora Ephron
Heartburn, Nora Ephron
12
Bloodchild (Octavia Butler)
Bloodchild
13
Octavia Butler
C a Novel
C a Novel
14
World War Z (Max Brooks)
World War Z
15
Max Brooks
The Other Boleyn Girl (Philippa Gregory)
The Other Boleyn Girl
16
Philippa Gregory
Chronic City
Chronic City
17
Giovanni's Room (James Baldwin)
Giovanni's Room
18
James Baldwin
Lanark (Alasdair Gray)
Lanark
19
Alasdair Gray
Patricia Highsmith the Price of Salt
Patricia Highsmith the Price of Salt
20
Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell (Susanna Clarke)
Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell
21
Susanna Clarke
Tampa
Tampa
22
The Interestings : A Novel
The Interestings : A Novel
23
Samedi the Deafness
Samedi the Deafness
24
Nightwork
Nightwork
25
Ready Player One (Ernest Cline)
Ready Player One
26
Ernest Cline
A Wizard of Earthsea (Ursula K. Le Guin)
A Wizard of Earthsea
27
Ursula K. Le Guin
Devil in a Blue Dress
Devil in a Blue Dress
28
Black Hole (Charles Burns)
Black Hole
29
Charles Burns
J R
J R
30
Home Land
Home Land
31
From Russia With Love (Ian Fleming)
From Russia With Love
32
Ian Fleming
Tropic of Cancer (Henry Miller)
Tropic of Cancer
33
Henry Miller
Bridget Jones's Diary (Helen Fielding)
Bridget Jones's Diary
34
Helen Fielding
Ooga Booga
Ooga Booga
35
A Feast of Snakes
A Feast of Snakes
36
Bad Behaviour
Bad Behaviour
37
Outlander (Diana Gabaldon)
Outlander
38
Diana Gabaldon
House of Leaves (Mark Z. Danielewski)
House of Leaves
39
Mark Z. Danielewski
Geek Love (Katherine Dunn)
Geek Love
40
Katherine Dunn
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