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Top 100 Literary Books Often Required School Reading - Page 3

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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Emma (Jane Austen)
Emma
81
Jane Austen
An American Tragedy (Theodore Dreiser)
An American Tragedy
82
Theodore Dreiser
The Wind in the Willows (Kenneth Grahame)
The Wind in the Willows
83
Kenneth Grahame
The Age of Innocence (Edith Wharton)
The Age of Innocence
84
Edith Wharton
The Count of Monte Cristo (Alexandre Dumas)
The Count of Monte Cristo
85
Alexandre Dumas
Black Beauty (Anna Sewell)
Black Beauty
86
Anna Sewell
A Tale of Two Cities (Charles Dickens)
A Tale of Two Cities
87
Charles Dickens
On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
On the Road
88
Jack Kerouac
The Last of the Mohicans (James Fenimore Cooper)
The Last of the Mohicans
89
James Fenimore Cooper
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Robert Louis Stevenson)
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
90
Robert Louis Stevenson
The Fountainhead (Ayn Rand)
The Fountainhead
91
Ayn Rand
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (James Joyce)
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
92
James Joyce
MacBeth (William Shakespeare)
MacBeth
93
William Shakespeare
The Sea-Wolf (Jack London)
The Sea-Wolf
94
Jack London
Dracula (Bram Stoker)
Dracula
95
Bram Stoker
The Little Prince (Antoine De Saint-Exupéry)
The Little Prince
96
Antoine De Saint-Exupéry
All Quiet on the Western Front (Erich Maria Remarque)
All Quiet on the Western Front
97
Erich Maria Remarque
The Jungle Book (Rudyard Kipling)
The Jungle Book
98
Rudyard Kipling
Sister Carrie (Theodore Dreiser)
Sister Carrie
99
Theodore Dreiser
Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad)
Heart of Darkness
100
Joseph Conrad
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