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Top 100 Literary Books Often Required School Reading

These are the most popular literary books among teachers and are often required reading, in Jr. high, high school, and college. Compiled this list from different sources, by asking people, and lots were assigned to me in school, they are in no particular order.
Number 98 is suppose to say Treasure Island not The Jungle Book, don't know how that happened, but it won't let me change it now.
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To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
1
Harper Lee
Gone With the Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
Gone With the Wind
2
Margaret Mitchell
Nineteen Eighty-Four (George Orwell)
Nineteen Eighty-Four
3
George Orwell
The Scarlet Letter (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
The Scarlet Letter
4
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
5
Aldous Huxley
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
6
William Golding
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
7
Joseph Heller
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath
8
John Steinbeck
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
9
J.D. Salinger
Moby Dick (Herman Melville)
Moby Dick
10
Herman Melville
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man
11
Ralph Ellison
Robinson Crusoe (Daniel Defoe)
Robinson Crusoe
12
Daniel Defoe
Wuthering Heights (Emily Brontë)
Wuthering Heights
13
Emily Brontë
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
14
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Romeo and Juliet (William Shakespeare)
Romeo and Juliet
15
William Shakespeare
Gulliver's Travels (Jonathan Swift)
Gulliver's Travels
16
Jonathan Swift
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
17
George Orwell
Of Mice and Men (John Steinbeck)
Of Mice and Men
18
John Steinbeck
Ulysses (James Joyce)
Ulysses
19
James Joyce
The Outsiders (S.E. Hinton)
The Outsiders
20
S.E. Hinton
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Ken Kesey)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
21
Ken Kesey
The Black Pearl (Scott O'Dell)
The Black Pearl
22
Scott O'Dell
Hamlet (William Shakespeare)
Hamlet
23
William Shakespeare
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Oscar Wilde)
The Picture of Dorian Gray
24
Oscar Wilde
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Lewis Carroll)
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
25
Lewis Carroll
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
26
Jane Austen
Anne of Green Gables (L.M. Montgomery)
Anne of Green Gables
27
L.M. Montgomery
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
28
Mark Twain
The Importance of Being Earnest (Oscar Wilde)
The Importance of Being Earnest
29
Oscar Wilde
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar
30
Sylvia Plath
A Midsummer Night's Dream (William Shakespeare)
A Midsummer Night's Dream
31
William Shakespeare
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Brontë)
Jane Eyre
32
Charlotte Brontë
Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
Great Expectations
33
Charles Dickens
Roots: The Saga of an American Family
Roots: The Saga of an American Family
34
The Odyssey (Homer)
The Odyssey
35
Homer
The Glass Menagerie (Tennessee Williams)
The Glass Menagerie
36
Tennessee Williams
A Child Called It (Dave Pelzer)
A Child Called It
37
Dave Pelzer
The Old Man and the Sea (Ernest Hemingway)
The Old Man and the Sea
38
Ernest Hemingway
Their Eyes Were Watching God (Zora Neale Hurston)
Their Eyes Were Watching God
39
Zora Neale Hurston
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment
40
Fyodor Dostoevsky
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