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Ranker-Required Reading You Never Actually Read

"Did you always do the required reading in high school, middle school, and college? Or did you see a book on the syllabus and opt to rent the movie instead? Maybe, in the days before AI or even SparkNotes, you relied on Cliff's Notes and guile to convince a teacher that you read a required reading book that you never actually read."
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The Diary of a Young Girl (Anne Frank)
The Diary of a Young Girl
1
Anne Frank
Romeo and Juliet (William Shakespeare)
Romeo and Juliet
2
William Shakespeare
The Odyssey (Homer)
The Odyssey
3
Homer
Little Women (Louisa May Alcott)
Little Women
4
Louisa May Alcott
MacBeth (William Shakespeare)
MacBeth
5
William Shakespeare
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
6
Harper Lee
Hamlet (William Shakespeare)
Hamlet
7
William Shakespeare
The Hobbit (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Hobbit
8
J.R.R. Tolkien
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
9
F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Giver (Lois Lowry)
The Giver
10
Lois Lowry
Holes (Louis Sachar)
Holes
11
Louis Sachar
Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
Fahrenheit 451
12
Ray Bradbury
Flowers for Algernon (Daniel Keyes)
Flowers for Algernon
13
Daniel Keyes
The Joy Luck Club (Amy Tan)
The Joy Luck Club
14
Amy Tan
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
15
Jane Austen
A Midsummer Night's Dream (William Shakespeare)
A Midsummer Night's Dream
16
William Shakespeare
The Outsiders (S.E. Hinton)
The Outsiders
17
S.E. Hinton
Of Mice and Men (John Steinbeck)
Of Mice and Men
18
John Steinbeck
Anne of Green Gables (L.M. Montgomery)
Anne of Green Gables
19
L.M. Montgomery
A Wrinkle in Time (Madeleine L'engle)
A Wrinkle in Time
20
Madeleine L'engle
Where the Red Fern Grows (Wilson Rawls)
Where the Red Fern Grows
21
Wilson Rawls
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
Jane Eyre
22
Charlotte Bronte
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
23
Mark Twain
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
24
William Golding
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
25
Mark Twain
Ender's Game (Orson Scott Card)
Ender's Game
26
Orson Scott Card
Julius Caesar (William Shakespeare)
Julius Caesar
27
William Shakespeare
The Crucible (Arthur Miller)
The Crucible
28
Arthur Miller
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
29
Mary Shelley
Treasure Island (Robert Louis Stevenson)
Treasure Island
30
Robert Louis Stevenson
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
31
Aldous Huxley
The Indian in the Cupboard (Lynne Reid Banks)
The Indian in the Cupboard
32
Lynne Reid Banks
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
33
George Orwell
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (C.S. Lewis)
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
34
C.S. Lewis
Hatchet (Gary Paulsen)
Hatchet
35
Gary Paulsen
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath
36
John Steinbeck
A Tale of Two Cities (Charles Dickens)
A Tale of Two Cities
37
Charles Dickens
Night (Elie Wiesel)
Night
38
Elie Wiesel
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Ken Kesey)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
39
Ken Kesey
A Raisin in the Sun (Lorraine Hansberry)
A Raisin in the Sun
40
Lorraine Hansberry
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