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Books You Didn't Read in School but Actually Should

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Posted on July 5, 2013, at 9:03 a.m.
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The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
1
F. Scott Fitzgerald
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
2
Harper Lee
Night (Elie Wiesel)
Night
3
Elie Wiesel
All Quiet on the Western Front (Erich Maria Remarque)
All Quiet on the Western Front
4
Erich Maria Remarque
Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
Fahrenheit 451
5
Ray Bradbury
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
6
William Golding
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple
7
Alice Walker
Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad)
Heart of Darkness
8
Joseph Conrad
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
9
J.D. Salinger
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
10
Aldous Huxley
Of Mice and Men (John Steinbeck)
Of Mice and Men
11
John Steinbeck
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
12
Toni Morrison
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
13
George Orwell
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five
14
Kurt Vonnegut
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
15
Mary Shelley
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou)
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
16
Maya Angelou
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
17
George Orwell
The Kite Runner (Khalid Hosseini)
The Kite Runner
18
Khalid Hosseini
Waiting for Godot (Samuel Beckett)
Waiting for Godot
19
Samuel Beckett
Romeo and Juliet (William Shakespeare)
Romeo and Juliet
20
William Shakespeare
Mrs. Dalloway (Virginia Woolf)
Mrs. Dalloway
21
Virginia Woolf
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
22
Jane Austen
The Hunger Games (Suzanne Collins)
The Hunger Games
23
Suzanne Collins
As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner)
As I Lay Dying
24
William Faulkner
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
25
Joseph Heller
The House of the Spirits (Isabel Allende)
The House of the Spirits
26
Isabel Allende
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Ken Kesey)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
27
Ken Kesey
Wuthering Heights (Emily Bronte)
Wuthering Heights
28
Emily Bronte
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar
29
Sylvia Plath
A Raisin in the Sun (Lorraine Hansberry)
A Raisin in the Sun
30
Lorraine Hansberry
Death of a Salesman (Arthur Miller)
Death of a Salesman
31
Arthur Miller
Beowulf (Anonymous)
Beowulf
32
Anonymous
The Metamorphosis (Franz Kafka)
The Metamorphosis
33
Franz Kafka
Their Eyes Were Watching God (Zora Neale Hurston)
Their Eyes Were Watching God
34
Zora Neale Hurston
A Streetcar Named Desire (Tennessee Williams)
A Streetcar Named Desire
35
Tennessee Williams
Reading Lolita in Tehran (Azar Nafisi)
Reading Lolita in Tehran
36
Azar Nafisi
Diary of a Young Girl (Anne Frank)
Diary of a Young Girl
37
Anne Frank
Ceremony (Leslie Marmon Silko)
Ceremony
38
Leslie Marmon Silko
MacBeth (William Shakespeare)
MacBeth
39
William Shakespeare
The Scarlet Letter (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
The Scarlet Letter
40
Nathaniel Hawthorne
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