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Books Recommended as High School Reads

Ultimate list of recommended high school reads. All of these books are found on most AP Language and Composition and AP Lit Lists. How many have you read?
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Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
Jane Eyre
1
Charlotte Bronte
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
2
Jane Austen
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale
3
Margaret Atwood
The Scarlet Letter (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
The Scarlet Letter
4
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
5
Toni Morrison
Kite Runner (Khaled Hosseini)
Kite Runner
6
Khaled Hosseini
Flowers for Algernon (Daniel Keyes)
Flowers for Algernon
7
Daniel Keyes
Romeo and Juliet (William Shakespeare)
Romeo and Juliet
8
William Shakespeare
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
9
William Golding
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
10
Harper Lee
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
11
J.D. Salinger
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
12
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
13
Aldous Huxley
Nineteen Eighty-Four (George Orwell)
Nineteen Eighty-Four
14
George Orwell
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
15
Mark Twain
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
16
Leo Tolstoy
As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner)
As I Lay Dying
17
William Faulkner
Black Boy (Richard Wright)
Black Boy
18
Richard Wright
Raisin in the Sun
Raisin in the Sun
19
The Odyssey (Homer)
The Odyssey
20
Homer
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
21
Joseph Heller
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five
22
Kurt Vonnegut
Cold Mountain (Charles Frazier)
Cold Mountain
23
Charles Frazier
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple
24
Alice Walker
Atonement (Ian McEwan)
Atonement
25
Ian McEwan
The Crucible (Arthur Miller)
The Crucible
26
Arthur Miller
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment
27
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Little Women (Louisa May Alcott)
Little Women
28
Louisa May Alcott
A Farewell to Arms (Ernest Hemingway)
A Farewell to Arms
29
Ernest Hemingway
Frankenstein
Frankenstein
30
Into the Wild (Jon Krakauer)
Into the Wild
31
Jon Krakauer
Night (Elie Wiesel)
Night
32
Elie Wiesel
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath
33
John Steinbeck
Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
Great Expectations
34
Charles Dickens
Of Mice and Men (John Steinbeck)
Of Mice and Men
35
John Steinbeck
The Outsiders (S.E. Hinton)
The Outsiders
36
S.E. Hinton
Gullivers Travels (Jonathan Swift)
Gullivers Travels
37
Jonathan Swift
The House on Mango Street (Sandra Cisneros)
The House on Mango Street
38
Sandra Cisneros
The Joy Luck Club (Amy Tan)
The Joy Luck Club
39
Amy Tan
Metamorphosis (Franz Kafka)
Metamorphosis
40
Franz Kafka
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