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Goodreads Best School Assigned Books

"I hated that I had to read it, but grateful that I read them when I did. They stick with you for years and it's fun to look back and see what public school thought every child should read." (Goodreads)
Are some of these books really assigned reading at school? Very 'progressive' if it's true.
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To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
1
Harper Lee
The Giver (Lois Lowry)
The Giver
2
Lois Lowry
The Outsiders (S.E. Hinton)
The Outsiders
3
S.E. Hinton
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
4
George Orwell
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
5
George Orwell
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
6
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
7
William Golding
The Diary of a Young Girl (Anne Frank)
The Diary of a Young Girl
8
Anne Frank
Romeo and Juliet (William Shakespeare)
Romeo and Juliet
9
William Shakespeare
The Hobbit (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Hobbit
10
J.R.R. Tolkien
Of Mice and Men (John Steinbeck)
Of Mice and Men
11
John Steinbeck
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
12
J.D. Salinger
Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
Fahrenheit 451
13
Ray Bradbury
The Hunger Games (Suzanne Collins)
The Hunger Games
14
Suzanne Collins
Charlotte's Web (E.B. White)
Charlotte's Web
15
E.B. White
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
16
Jane Austen
MacBeth (William Shakespeare)
MacBeth
17
William Shakespeare
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Brontë)
Jane Eyre
18
Charlotte Brontë
Night (Elie Wiesel)
Night
19
Elie Wiesel
Holes (Louis Sachar)
Holes
20
Louis Sachar
Hamlet (William Shakespeare)
Hamlet
21
William Shakespeare
The Little Prince (Antoine De Saint-Exupéry)
The Little Prince
22
Antoine De Saint-Exupéry
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (C.S. Lewis)
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
23
C.S. Lewis
A Wrinkle in Time (Madeleine L'engle)
A Wrinkle in Time
24
Madeleine L'engle
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
25
Aldous Huxley
The Scarlet Letter (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
The Scarlet Letter
26
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
27
Mark Twain
Number the Stars (Lois Lowry)
Number the Stars
28
Lois Lowry
The Book Thief (Markus Zusak)
The Book Thief
29
Markus Zusak
A Midsummer Night's Dream (William Shakespeare)
A Midsummer Night's Dream
30
William Shakespeare
The Crucible (Arthur Miller)
The Crucible
31
Arthur Miller
Wuthering Heights (Emily Brontë)
Wuthering Heights
32
Emily Brontë
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Roald Dahl)
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
33
Roald Dahl
The Giving Tree (Shel Silverstein)
The Giving Tree
34
Shel Silverstein
The Odyssey (Homer)
The Odyssey
35
Homer
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
36
Mary Shelley
Island of the Blue Dolphins (Scott O'Dell)
Island of the Blue Dolphins
37
Scott O'Dell
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (J.K. Rowling)
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
38
J.K. Rowling
A Tale of Two Cities (Charles Dickens)
A Tale of Two Cities
39
Charles Dickens
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale
40
Margaret Atwood
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