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Required Reading You Didn't Hate

As summer ends and the kids prepare to head back to school, our thoughts naturally return to the required reading we were forced to endure the last time we sat in a classroom. The books that spring quickly to my mind are William Golding’s Lord of the Flies, John Knowles’ A Separate Peace, and Herman Melville’s Moby Dick, three books which I would be happy to never see again in my life. Now, we know that not all required reading makes you question the sanity of your English teacher. So, we asked you what were the books on your required reading list that you enjoyed. (Enjoyed might be too strong of a word. Liked? Tolerated? Didn’t throw across the room in a fit of frustration and boredom?) So, without further ado, here is the list of required reading you—didn’t hate.
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To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
1
Harper Lee
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
2
Aldous Huxley
Night (Elie Wiesel)
Night
3
Elie Wiesel
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
4
Jane Austen
The Hobbit (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Hobbit
5
J.R.R. Tolkien
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
6
William Golding
The Book Thief (Markus Zusak)
The Book Thief
7
Markus Zusak
The Giver (Lois Lowry)
The Giver
8
Lois Lowry
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange
9
Anthony Burgess
All Quiet on the Western Front (Erich Maria Remarque)
All Quiet on the Western Front
10
Erich Maria Remarque
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
11
George Orwell
The War of the Worlds (H.G. Wells)
The War of the Worlds
12
H.G. Wells
Wuthering Heights (Emily Brontë)
Wuthering Heights
13
Emily Brontë
East of Eden (John Steinbeck)
East of Eden
14
John Steinbeck
Ender's Game (Orson Scott Card)
Ender's Game
15
Orson Scott Card
Uncle Tom's Cabin (Harriet Beecher Stowe)
Uncle Tom's Cabin
16
Harriet Beecher Stowe
A Separate Peace (John Knowles)
A Separate Peace
17
John Knowles
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Oscar Wilde)
The Picture of Dorian Gray
18
Oscar Wilde
Kite Runner (Khaled Hosseini)
Kite Runner
19
Khaled Hosseini
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
20
J.D. Salinger
Cat's Cradle (Kurt Vonnegut)
Cat's Cradle
21
Kurt Vonnegut
The Illiad (Homer)
The Illiad
22
Homer
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
23
Douglas Adams
The Invisible Man (H.G. Wells)
The Invisible Man
24
H.G. Wells
The Things They Carried (Tim O'Brien)
The Things They Carried
25
Tim O'Brien
Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
Fahrenheit 451
26
Ray Bradbury
On the Beach
On the Beach
27
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath
28
John Steinbeck
A Tale of Two Cities (Charles Dickens)
A Tale of Two Cities
29
Charles Dickens
The Good Earth (Pearl S. Buck)
The Good Earth
30
Pearl S. Buck
The Fault in Our Stars (John Green)
The Fault in Our Stars
31
John Green
Legend (Marie Lu)
Legend
32
Marie Lu
Ramayana
Ramayana
33
Little Women (Louisa May Alcott)
Little Women
34
Louisa May Alcott
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
35
George Orwell
The Old Man and the Sea (Ernest Hemingway)
The Old Man and the Sea
36
Ernest Hemingway
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Brontë)
Jane Eyre
37
Charlotte Brontë
The Red Pony (John Steinbeck)
The Red Pony
38
John Steinbeck
The Last Lecture (Randy Pausch)
The Last Lecture
39
Randy Pausch
As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner)
As I Lay Dying
40
William Faulkner
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