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#Markd9528's Worthwhile Reads That Are Also Great for Boosting Scores on Book Challenges

A "more bang for the buck" style challenge. How can you use this list? If you select one of these books you will have both a great read AND the ability to check off that work on numerous lists, particularly those that feature early and modern classics. Many appear on lists that have "teach", "taught", "school" or "teacher" in their title, but don't let that scare you off. I've purposely left off massive and forbidding tomes like War and Peace, Les Mis etc.
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The Abolition of Man (C.S. Lewis)
The Abolition of Man
1
C.S. Lewis
The Aleph and Other Stories (Jorge Luis Borges)
The Aleph and Other Stories
2
Jorge Luis Borges
All's Well That Ends Well (William Shakespeare)
All's Well That Ends Well
3
William Shakespeare
An Enemy of the People (Henrik Ibsen)
An Enemy of the People
4
Henrik Ibsen
Angle of Repose (Wallace Stegner)
Angle of Repose
5
Wallace Stegner
Antony and Cleopatra (William Shakespeare)
Antony and Cleopatra
6
William Shakespeare
Arms and the Man (George Bernard Shaw)
Arms and the Man
7
George Bernard Shaw
Arrow of God (Chinua Achebe)
Arrow of God
8
Chinua Achebe
At the Mountains of Madness (H.P. Lovecraft)
At the Mountains of Madness
9
H.P. Lovecraft
Black Beauty (Anna Sewell)
Black Beauty
10
Anna Sewell
Black Boy (Richard Wright)
Black Boy
11
Richard Wright
Bless Me, Ultima (Rudolpho Anaya)
Bless Me, Ultima
12
Rudolpho Anaya
Blood Meridian (Cormac McCarthy)
Blood Meridian
13
Cormac McCarthy
The Bluest Eye (Toni Morrison)
The Bluest Eye
14
Toni Morrison
Boy (Roald Dahl)
Boy
15
Roald Dahl
Call It Sleep (Henry Roth)
Call It Sleep
16
Henry Roth
Cane (Jean Toomer)
Cane
17
Jean Toomer
The Castle of Otranto (Horace Walpole)
The Castle of Otranto
18
Horace Walpole
The Caucasian Chalk Circle (Bertolt Brecht)
The Caucasian Chalk Circle
19
Bertolt Brecht
Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator (Roald Dahl)
Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator
20
Roald Dahl
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange
21
Anthony Burgess
The Clown (Heinrich Böll)
The Clown
22
Heinrich Böll
The Comedy of Errors (William Shakespeare)
The Comedy of Errors
23
William Shakespeare
Cry, the Beloved Country (Alan Paton)
Cry, the Beloved Country
24
Alan Paton
Danny, the Champion of the World (Roald Dahl)
Danny, the Champion of the World
25
Roald Dahl
Death Comes for the Archbishop (Willa Cather)
Death Comes for the Archbishop
26
Willa Cather
A Death in the Family (James Agee)
A Death in the Family
27
James Agee
Decline and Fall (Evelyn Waugh)
Decline and Fall
28
Evelyn Waugh
Doctor Faustus (Christopher Marlowe)
Doctor Faustus
29
Christopher Marlowe
Don Juan (Lord Byron)
Don Juan
30
Lord Byron
Don Quixote (Miguel De Cervantes)
Don Quixote
31
Miguel De Cervantes
Dracula (Bram Stoker)
Dracula
32
Bram Stoker
Duino Elegies (Rainer Maria Rilke)
Duino Elegies
33
Rainer Maria Rilke
Dune (Frank Herbert)
Dune
34
Frank Herbert
Effi Briest (Theodore Fontane)
Effi Briest
35
Theodore Fontane
Eugénie Grandet (Honoré De Balzac)
Eugénie Grandet
36
Honoré De Balzac
Far From the Madding Crowd (Thomas Hardy)
Far From the Madding Crowd
37
Thomas Hardy
Farewell, My Lovely (Raymond Chandler)
Farewell, My Lovely
38
Raymond Chandler
Fatelessness (Imre Kertész)
Fatelessness
39
Imre Kertész
Faust (Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe)
Faust
40
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
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