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Books You Probably Had to Read in School

Who wasn't forced to read something for high school? See how many of these classic books and plays you were forced to sit through.
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The Tell-Tale Heart (Edgar Allan Poe)
The Tell-Tale Heart
1
Edgar Allan Poe
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
2
George Orwell
Alice in Wonderland (Lewis Carroll)
Alice in Wonderland
3
Lewis Carroll
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
4
George Orwell
Anthem (Ayn Rand)
Anthem
5
Ayn Rand
Atlas Shrugged (Ayn Rand)
Atlas Shrugged
6
Ayn Rand
The Awakening (Kate Chopin)
The Awakening
7
Kate Chopin
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar
8
Sylvia Plath
Beowulf (Anonymous)
Beowulf
9
Anonymous
The Book Thief (Markus Zusak)
The Book Thief
10
Markus Zusak
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
11
Aldous Huxley
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
12
Joseph Heller
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
13
J.D. Salinger
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange
14
Anthony Burgess
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple
15
Alice Walker
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment
16
Fyodor Dostoevsky
The Crucible (Arthur Miller)
The Crucible
17
Arthur Miller
Death of a Salesman (Arthur Miller)
Death of a Salesman
18
Arthur Miller
The Diary of Anne Frank (Anne Frank)
The Diary of Anne Frank
19
Anne Frank
Dracula (Bram Stoker)
Dracula
20
Bram Stoker
The Collected Poems of Emily Dickinson (Emily Dickinson)
The Collected Poems of Emily Dickinson
21
Emily Dickinson
Emma (Jane Austen)
Emma
22
Jane Austen
Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
Fahrenheit 451
23
Ray Bradbury
The Fall of the House of Usher (Edgar Allan Poe)
The Fall of the House of Usher
24
Edgar Allan Poe
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
25
Mary Shelley
The Giver (Lois Lowry)
The Giver
26
Lois Lowry
The Glass Menagerie (Tennessee Williams)
The Glass Menagerie
27
Tennessee Williams
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath
28
John Steinbeck
Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
Great Expectations
29
Charles Dickens
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
30
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Hamlet (William Shakespeare)
Hamlet
31
William Shakespeare
Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad)
Heart of Darkness
32
Joseph Conrad
The House on Mango Street (Sandra Cisneros)
The House on Mango Street
33
Sandra Cisneros
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
34
Mark Twain
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou)
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
35
Maya Angelou
The Illiad (Homer)
The Illiad
36
Homer
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Brontë)
Jane Eyre
37
Charlotte Brontë
King Lear (William Shakespeare)
King Lear
38
William Shakespeare
Kite Runner (Khaled Hosseini)
Kite Runner
39
Khaled Hosseini
Leaves of Grass (Walt Whitman)
Leaves of Grass
40
Walt Whitman
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