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An English Teacher's List of Inspiring Books

I've found all of these books engaging and thoughtful in their own way. It's a mix of children's, young adult, ancient, contemporary, fiction and nonfiction. I've been inspired by so many lists here to widen my choices and now read 100 books a year. I hope you will be inspired to try some of these reads.
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"The Happy Prince" by Oscar Wilde
"The Happy Prince" by Oscar Wilde
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1913: The Year Before the Storm (Florian Illies)
1913: The Year Before the Storm
2
Florian Illies
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
3
George Orwell
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People (Stephen Covey)
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
4
Stephen Covey
Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Mark Twain)
Adventures of Tom Sawyer
5
Mark Twain
The Aeneid (Virgil)
The Aeneid
6
Virgil
Aesop's Fables (Aesop)
Aesop's Fables
7
Aesop
After the Fire (Will Hill)
After the Fire
8
Will Hill
The Alchemist (Paulo Coelho)
The Alchemist
9
Paulo Coelho
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Lewis Carroll)
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
10
Lewis Carroll
Alison Moore: The Lighthouse
Alison Moore: The Lighthouse
11
Alive (Piers Paul Read)
Alive
12
Piers Paul Read
All the Bright Places (Jennifer Niven)
All the Bright Places
13
Jennifer Niven
All Creatures Great and Small (James Herriot)
All Creatures Great and Small
14
James Herriot
All the Light We Cannot See (Anthony Doerr)
All the Light We Cannot See
15
Anthony Doerr
All the President's Men (Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward)
All the President's Men
16
Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward
All Quiet on the Western Front (Erich Maria Remarque)
All Quiet on the Western Front
17
Erich Maria Remarque
Allegiant (Veronica Roth)
Allegiant
18
Veronica Roth
Almayer's Folly (Joseph Conrad)
Almayer's Folly
19
Joseph Conrad
Amber Spy Glass (Phillip Pullman)
Amber Spy Glass
20
Phillip Pullman
An Outcast of the Islands (Joseph Conrad)
An Outcast of the Islands
21
Joseph Conrad
And the Band Played On: Politics, People, and the AIDS Epidemic (Randy Shilts)
And the Band Played On: Politics, People, and the AIDS Epidemic
22
Randy Shilts
And the Mountains Echoed (Khaled Hosseini)
And the Mountains Echoed
23
Khaled Hosseini
And Then There Were None (Agatha Christie)
And Then There Were None
24
Agatha Christie
Angels and Demons (Dan Brown)
Angels and Demons
25
Dan Brown
Anne of Green Gables (L.M. Montgomery)
Anne of Green Gables
26
L.M. Montgomery
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
27
Leo Tolstoy
Are You My Mother? (P.D. Eastman)
Are You My Mother?
28
P.D. Eastman
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. (Judy Blume)
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.
29
Judy Blume
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe (Benjamin Alire Saenz)
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe
30
Benjamin Alire Saenz
Around the World in Eighty Days (Jules Verne)
Around the World in Eighty Days
31
Jules Verne
Artemis Fowl (Eoin Colfer)
Artemis Fowl
32
Eoin Colfer
The Ask and the Answer (Patrick Ness)
The Ask and the Answer
33
Patrick Ness
Atonement (Ian McEwan)
Atonement
34
Ian McEwan
The Audacity of Hope (Barack Obama)
The Audacity of Hope
35
Barack Obama
The Austere Academy (Lemony Snicket)
The Austere Academy
36
Lemony Snicket
The Awakening (Kate Chopin)
The Awakening
37
Kate Chopin
The Bad Beginning (Lemony Snicket)
The Bad Beginning
38
Lemony Snicket
The Ballad of Reading Gaol (Oscar Wilde)
The Ballad of Reading Gaol
39
Oscar Wilde
Ballet Shoes (Noel Streatfeild)
Ballet Shoes
40
Noel Streatfeild
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