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Top 20 Most Taught Books in High School

According to the Center for Learning and Teaching of Literature, these are the books taught in the most high schools in the U.S.
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Romeo and Juliet (William Shakespeare)
Romeo and Juliet
1
William Shakespeare
MacBeth (William Shakespeare)
MacBeth
2
William Shakespeare
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
3
Mark Twain
Julius Caesar (William Shakespeare)
Julius Caesar
4
William Shakespeare
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
5
Harper Lee
The Scarlet Letter (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
The Scarlet Letter
6
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Of Mice and Men (John Steinbeck)
Of Mice and Men
7
John Steinbeck
Hamlet (William Shakespeare)
Hamlet
8
William Shakespeare
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
9
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
10
William Golding
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar
11
Sylvia Plath
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
12
J.D. Salinger
Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
Fahrenheit 451
13
Ray Bradbury
Wuthering Heights (Emily Brontë)
Wuthering Heights
14
Emily Brontë
The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson (Emily Dickinson)
The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson
15
Emily Dickinson
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
16
George Orwell
The Odyssey (Homer)
The Odyssey
17
Homer
The Diary of a Young Girl (Anne Frank)
The Diary of a Young Girl
18
Anne Frank
The Color Purple, by Alice Walker
The Color Purple, by Alice Walker
19
All Quiet on the Western Front (Erich Maria Remarque)
All Quiet on the Western Front
20
Erich Maria Remarque
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