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A Dream High School Reading List (Fiction)

Is there a cannon of English literature? How do we include diverse voices--women, people of color--without neglecting the classics? How much does it matter whether students like the book or not? All these questions and more are balanced on this English teacher's pass at a dream high school English curriculum.
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The Iliad (Homer)
The Iliad
1
Homer
The Odyssey (Homer)
The Odyssey
2
Homer
Antigone (Sophocles)
Antigone
3
Sophocles
Beowulf (Anonymous)
Beowulf
4
Anonymous
The Divine Comedy (Dante Alighieri)
The Divine Comedy
5
Dante Alighieri
Romeo and Juliet (William Shakespeare)
Romeo and Juliet
6
William Shakespeare
Hamlet (William Shakespeare)
Hamlet
7
William Shakespeare
Paradise Lost (John Milton)
Paradise Lost
8
John Milton
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
9
Jane Austen
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
10
Mary Shelley
A Tale of Two Cities (Charles Dickens)
A Tale of Two Cities
11
Charles Dickens
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment
12
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
13
Leo Tolstoy
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
14
Mark Twain
Their Eyes Were Watching God (Zora Neale Hurston)
Their Eyes Were Watching God
15
Zora Neale Hurston
O Pioneers! (Willa Cather)
O Pioneers!
16
Willa Cather
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (James Joyce)
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
17
James Joyce
Our Town (Thornton Wilder)
Our Town
18
Thornton Wilder
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
19
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
20
Aldous Huxley
Of Mice and Men (John Steinbeck)
Of Mice and Men
21
John Steinbeck
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (Betty Smith)
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
22
Betty Smith
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
23
Harper Lee
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man
24
Ralph Ellison
A Raisin in the Sun (Lorraine Hansberry)
A Raisin in the Sun
25
Lorraine Hansberry
Bless Me, Ultima (Rudolpho Anaya)
Bless Me, Ultima
26
Rudolpho Anaya
Cry, the Beloved Country (Alan Paton)
Cry, the Beloved Country
27
Alan Paton
Things Fall Apart (Chinua Achebe)
Things Fall Apart
28
Chinua Achebe
A Lesson Before Dying (Ernest J. Gaines)
A Lesson Before Dying
29
Ernest J. Gaines
Cold Sassy Tree (Olive Burns)
Cold Sassy Tree
30
Olive Burns
The Bonesetter's Daughter (Amy Tan)
The Bonesetter's Daughter
31
Amy Tan
The House on Mango Street (Sandra Cisneros)
The House on Mango Street
32
Sandra Cisneros
Purple Hibiscus (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
Purple Hibiscus
33
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
The Road (Cormac McCarthy)
The Road
34
Cormac McCarthy
Wit (Margaret Edson)
Wit
35
Margaret Edson
In the Time of the Butterflies (Julia Alvarez)
In the Time of the Butterflies
36
Julia Alvarez
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