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Most Common High School Required Reading (US)

A collection of most commonly assigned reading for high school students in the United States! Primarily just novels and plays, no poetry included.
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1984 (George Orwell)
1984
1
George Orwell
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
2
Mark Twain
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
3
Mark Twain
All Quiet on the Western Front (Erich Maria Remarque)
All Quiet on the Western Front
4
Erich Maria Remarque
An American Tragedy (Theodore Dreiser)
An American Tragedy
5
Theodore Dreiser
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
6
George Orwell
As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner)
As I Lay Dying
7
William Faulkner
The Awakening (Kate Chopin)
The Awakening
8
Kate Chopin
Beowulf (Anonymous)
Beowulf
9
Anonymous
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
10
Aldous Huxley
Candide (Voltaire)
Candide
11
Voltaire
The Canterbury Tales (Geoffrey Chaucer)
The Canterbury Tales
12
Geoffrey Chaucer
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
Complete Stories and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe (Edgar Allan Poe, Doubleday Publishing)
Complete Stories and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe
16
Edgar Allan Poe, Doubleday Publishing
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment
17
Fyodor Dostoevsky
The Crucible (Arthur Miller)
The Crucible
18
Arthur Miller
Death of a Salesman (Arthur Miller)
Death of a Salesman
19
Arthur Miller
Diary of a Young Girl (Anne Frank)
Diary of a Young Girl
20
Anne Frank
A Doll's House (Henrik Ibsen)
A Doll's House
21
Henrik Ibsen
Don Quixote (Miguel De Cervantes)
Don Quixote
22
Miguel De Cervantes
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (Robert Louis Stevenson)
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
23
Robert Louis Stevenson
Ethan Frome (Edith Wharton)
Ethan Frome
24
Edith Wharton
Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
Fahrenheit 451
25
Ray Bradbury
A Farewell to Arms (Ernest Hemingway)
A Farewell to Arms
26
Ernest Hemingway
Flowers for Algernon (Daniel Keyes)
Flowers for Algernon
27
Daniel Keyes
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
28
Mary Shelley
The Giver (Lois Lowry)
The Giver
29
Lois Lowry
The Glass Menagerie (Tennessee Williams)
The Glass Menagerie
30
Tennessee Williams
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath
31
John Steinbeck
Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
Great Expectations
32
Charles Dickens
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
33
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Gulliver's Travels (Jonathan Swift)
Gulliver's Travels
34
Jonathan Swift
Hamlet (William Shakespeare)
Hamlet
35
William Shakespeare
Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad)
Heart of Darkness
36
Joseph Conrad
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou)
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
37
Maya Angelou
The Iliad (Homer)
The Iliad
38
Homer
The Importance of Being Earnest (Oscar Wilde)
The Importance of Being Earnest
39
Oscar Wilde
In Cold Blood (Truman Capote)
In Cold Blood
40
Truman Capote
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