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College Prep for High School Sophomores

This list comes from the 1962 book "How to Prepare for College" by Abraham Lass. High school sophomores were to read these books of fiction, history, drama, biography, poetry, philosophy and science as part of their preparation. The list is 50 years old, so a bit dated, but it's helpful to see what books marked a well-read person when Kennedy was president.
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The Admirable Crichton (J. Barrie)
The Admirable Crichton
1
J. Barrie
What Every Woman Knows (James Barrie)
What Every Woman Knows
2
James Barrie
Jungle Peace (William Beebe)
Jungle Peace
3
William Beebe
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
Jane Eyre
4
Charlotte Bronte
The Good Earth
The Good Earth
5
Alice in Wonderland (Carroll)
Alice in Wonderland
6
Carroll
Through the Looking Glass (Lewis Carroll)
Through the Looking Glass
7
Lewis Carroll
Owen Wilson - the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
Owen Wilson - the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
8
Mark Twain
Life on the Mississippi (Mark Twain)
Life on the Mississippi
9
Mark Twain
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (Mark Twain)
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
10
Mark Twain
The Red Badge of Courage (Stephen Crane)
The Red Badge of Courage
11
Stephen Crane
Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
Great Expectations
12
Charles Dickens
David Copperfield (Charles Dickens)
David Copperfield
13
Charles Dickens
A Tale of Two Cities (Charles Dickens)
A Tale of Two Cities
14
Charles Dickens
Count of Monte Cristo (Alexander Dumas)
Count of Monte Cristo
15
Alexander Dumas
Silas Marner (George Eliot)
Silas Marner
16
George Eliot
Social Life in the Insect World (Jean-Henri Fabre)
Social Life in the Insect World
17
Jean-Henri Fabre
The Diary of a Young Girl (Anne Frank)
The Diary of a Young Girl
18
Anne Frank
The Vicar of Wakefield (Oliver Goldsmith)
The Vicar of Wakefield
19
Oliver Goldsmith
The Wind in the Willows (Kenneth Grahame)
The Wind in the Willows
20
Kenneth Grahame
The Odyssey (Homer)
The Odyssey
21
Homer
Green Mansions: A Romance of the Tropical Forest
Green Mansions: A Romance of the Tropical Forest
22
Les Miserables (Victor Hugo)
Les Miserables
23
Victor Hugo
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Victor Hugo)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
24
Victor Hugo
The Sketchbook by Washington Irving
The Sketchbook by Washington Irving
25
Laugh With Leacock (Stephen Leacock)
Laugh With Leacock
26
Stephen Leacock
The Collected Stories of Guy De Maupassant (Guy De Maupassant)
The Collected Stories of Guy De Maupassant
27
Guy De Maupassant
Haunted Bookshop
Haunted Bookshop
28
Parnassus on Wheels (Christopher Morley)
Parnassus on Wheels
29
Christopher Morley
The Ogden Nash Pocket Book (Ogden Nash)
The Ogden Nash Pocket Book
30
Ogden Nash
All Quiet on the Western Front (Erich Maria Remarque)
All Quiet on the Western Front
31
Erich Maria Remarque
The Human Comedy
The Human Comedy
32
The Merchant of Venice (William Shakespeare)
The Merchant of Venice
33
William Shakespeare
The Tempest (Shakespeare)
The Tempest
34
Shakespeare
Twelfth Night (William Shakespeare)
Twelfth Night
35
William Shakespeare
Pygmalion (George Bernard Shaw)
Pygmalion
36
George Bernard Shaw
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