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Top 100 Literary Books Often Required School Reading - Page 2

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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Twelve Angry Men
Twelve Angry Men
41
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou)
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
42
Maya Angelou
Oliver Twist (Charles Dickens)
Oliver Twist
43
Charles Dickens
The Good Earth
The Good Earth
44
Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
Fahrenheit 451
45
Ray Bradbury
The Sound and the Fury (William Faulkner)
The Sound and the Fury
46
William Faulkner
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple
47
Alice Walker
Madame Bovary (Gustave Flaubert)
Madame Bovary
48
Gustave Flaubert
Song of Solomon (Toni Morrison)
Song of Solomon
49
Toni Morrison
The Raven and Other Poems (Edgar Allan Poe)
The Raven and Other Poems
50
Edgar Allan Poe
A Streetcar Named Desire (Tennessee Williams)
A Streetcar Named Desire
51
Tennessee Williams
Ivanhoe (Sir Walter Scott)
Ivanhoe
52
Sir Walter Scott
Sense and Sensibility (Jane Austen)
Sense and Sensibility
53
Jane Austen
The Hobbit (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Hobbit
54
J.R.R. Tolkien
For Whom the Bell Tolls (Ernest Hemingway)
For Whom the Bell Tolls
55
Ernest Hemingway
The Time Machine (H.G. Wells)
The Time Machine
56
H.G. Wells
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
57
Mary Shelley
Uncle Tom's Cabin (Harriet Beecher Stowe)
Uncle Tom's Cabin
58
Harriet Beecher Stowe
A Wrinkle in Time Series
A Wrinkle in Time Series
59
Twelve Years a Slave (Solomon Northup)
Twelve Years a Slave
60
Solomon Northup
Charlotte's Web (E.B. White)
Charlotte's Web
61
E.B. White
The Waste Land (T.S. Eliot)
The Waste Land
62
T.S. Eliot
Mrs. Dalloway (Virginia Woolf)
Mrs. Dalloway
63
Virginia Woolf
The Three Musketeers (Alexandre Dumas)
The Three Musketeers
64
Alexandre Dumas
As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner)
As I Lay Dying
65
William Faulkner
Othello (Shakespeare)
Othello
66
Shakespeare
War and Peace (Leo Tolstoy)
War and Peace
67
Leo Tolstoy
East of Eden (John Steinbeck)
East of Eden
68
John Steinbeck
A Farewell to Arms (Ernest Hemingway)
A Farewell to Arms
69
Ernest Hemingway
Les Misérables
Les Misérables
70
Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
71
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (Betty Smith)
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
72
Betty Smith
The Stranger (Algeria)
The Stranger (Algeria)
73
Rebecca (Daphne Du Maurier)
Rebecca
74
Daphne Du Maurier
A Christmas Carol (Charles Dickens)
A Christmas Carol
75
Charles Dickens
The Red Badge of Courage (Stephen Crane)
The Red Badge of Courage
76
Stephen Crane
Little Women (Louisa May Alcott)
Little Women
77
Louisa May Alcott
The Call of the Wild (Jack London)
The Call of the Wild
78
Jack London
A Raisin in the Sun (Lorraine Hansberry)
A Raisin in the Sun
79
Lorraine Hansberry
The Woman in White (Wilkie Collins)
The Woman in White
80
Wilkie Collins
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