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Books Commonly Read in American Schools

A list of some of the most common books read in American schools. How many did you have to read in school?
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To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
1
Harper Lee
The Diary of a Young Girl (Anne Frank)
The Diary of a Young Girl
2
Anne Frank
Romeo and Juliet (William Shakespeare)
Romeo and Juliet
3
William Shakespeare
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
4
George Orwell
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
5
William Golding
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
6
J.D. Salinger
Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
Fahrenheit 451
7
Ray Bradbury
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
8
George Orwell
Grendel
Grendel
9
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale
10
Margaret Atwood
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
11
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Of Mice and Men (John Steinbeck)
Of Mice and Men
12
John Steinbeck
MacBeth (William Shakespeare)
MacBeth
13
William Shakespeare
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
14
Aldous Huxley
Wuthering Heights (Emily Bronte)
Wuthering Heights
15
Emily Bronte
Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
Grapes of Wrath
16
John Steinbeck
Julius Caesar (William Shakespeare)
Julius Caesar
17
William Shakespeare
The Importance of Being Earnest (Oscar Wilde)
The Importance of Being Earnest
18
Oscar Wilde
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
19
Mark Twain
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five
20
Kurt Vonnegut
Death of a Salesman (Arthur Miller)
Death of a Salesman
21
Arthur Miller
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
22
Jane Austen
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
23
Mary Shelley
A Midsummer Night's Dream (William Shakespeare)
A Midsummer Night's Dream
24
William Shakespeare
The Outsiders (S.E. Hinton)
The Outsiders
25
S.E. Hinton
Night (Elie Wiesel)
Night
26
Elie Wiesel
The Giver (Lois Lowry)
The Giver
27
Lois Lowry
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
Jane Eyre
28
Charlotte Bronte
Charlotte's Web (E.B. White)
Charlotte's Web
29
E.B. White
The Odyssey (Homer)
The Odyssey
30
Homer
The Scarlet Letter (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
The Scarlet Letter
31
Nathaniel Hawthorne
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
32
Mark Twain
Hamlet (William Shakespeare)
Hamlet
33
William Shakespeare
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