Developing Prescribed Texts Lists

1.
Macbeth
Macbeth 3.89 avg rating — 992,060 ratings
2.
To Kill a Mockingbird
To Kill a Mockingbird 4.26 avg rating — 6,688,621 ratings
3.
The Crucible
The Crucible 3.61 avg rating — 452,150 ratings
4.
1984
1984 4.20 avg rating — 5,225,900 ratings
5.
Hamlet
Hamlet 4.03 avg rating — 1,020,115 ratings
6.
The Great Gatsby
The Great Gatsby 3.93 avg rating — 5,731,105 ratings
7.
The Book Thief
The Book Thief 4.39 avg rating — 2,802,082 ratings
8.
The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1)
The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1) 4.15 avg rating — 2,322,972 ratings
9.
Lord of the Flies
Lord of the Flies 3.70 avg rating — 3,117,317 ratings
10.
Othello
Othello 3.89 avg rating — 428,021 ratings
11.
Jasper Jones
Jasper Jones 4.09 avg rating — 42,322 ratings
12.
Brave New World
Brave New World 3.99 avg rating — 2,015,568 ratings
13.
The Kite Runner
The Kite Runner 4.35 avg rating — 3,401,930 ratings
14.
Frankenstein: The 1818 Text
Frankenstein: The 1818 Text 3.89 avg rating — 1,772,122 ratings
15.
Animal Farm
Animal Farm 4.01 avg rating — 4,356,054 ratings
16.
Of Mice and Men
Of Mice and Men 3.89 avg rating — 2,751,811 ratings
17.
The Secret River
The Secret River 3.81 avg rating — 24,634 ratings
18.
The Help
The Help 4.47 avg rating — 2,962,008 ratings
19.
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
by: Ken Kesey
4.20 avg rating — 767,621 ratings
20.
Jane Eyre
Jane Eyre 4.16 avg rating — 2,259,717 ratings
21.
Romeo and Juliet
Romeo and Juliet 3.74 avg rating — 2,767,586 ratings
22.
Fahrenheit 451
Fahrenheit 451 3.97 avg rating — 2,718,699 ratings
23.
Wuthering Heights
Wuthering Heights 3.90 avg rating — 1,959,090 ratings
24.
Dracula
Dracula 4.02 avg rating — 1,415,009 ratings
25.
The Catcher in the Rye
The Catcher in the Rye 3.80 avg rating — 3,800,335 ratings
26.
The Importance of Being Earnest and Other Plays
The Importance of Being Earnest and Other Plays 4.23 avg rating — 51,612 ratings
27.
Burial Rites
Burial Rites 4.04 avg rating — 121,001 ratings
28.
A Streetcar Named Desire
A Streetcar Named Desire 3.98 avg rating — 328,872 ratings
28.
The Road
The Road really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,001,641 ratings
30.
The Diary of a Young Girl
The Diary of a Young Girl 4.20 avg rating — 4,072,904 ratings
31.
The Happiest Refugee
The Happiest Refugee
by: Anh Do
4.24 avg rating — 17,438 ratings
32.
Looking for Alibrandi
Looking for Alibrandi 3.90 avg rating — 25,233 ratings
33.
I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban
I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban 4.16 avg rating — 612,696 ratings
34.
Cloudstreet
Cloudstreet 4.01 avg rating — 27,406 ratings
35.
Never Let Me Go
Never Let Me Go 3.85 avg rating — 813,151 ratings
36.
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou's Autobiography, #1)
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou's Autobiography, #1) 4.30 avg rating — 568,919 ratings
37.
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
The Perks of Being a Wallflower 4.24 avg rating — 1,948,133 ratings
38.
The Messenger
The Messenger 4.03 avg rating — 167,657 ratings
39.
The Fault in Our Stars
The Fault in Our Stars 4.12 avg rating — 5,580,406 ratings
40.
Inside Black Australia: An Anthology of Aboriginal Poetry
Inside Black Australia: An Anthology of Aboriginal Poetry 4.06 avg rating — 34 ratings
41.
Twelfth Night
Twelfth Night 3.96 avg rating — 191,693 ratings
42.
Love Poems and Sonnets
Love Poems and Sonnets 4.26 avg rating — 6,562 ratings
43.
The Power of One (The Power of One, #1)
The Power of One (The Power of One, #1) 4.36 avg rating — 93,084 ratings
44.
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Tales of Terror
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Tales of Terror 3.92 avg rating — 138,896 ratings
45.
The Dressmaker (Dressmaker, #1)
The Dressmaker (Dressmaker, #1) 3.43 avg rating — 19,483 ratings
46.
Death of a Salesman
Death of a Salesman 3.58 avg rating — 252,746 ratings
47.
A Long Way Home
A Long Way Home 4.12 avg rating — 67,148 ratings
48.
Pygmalion
Pygmalion 3.89 avg rating — 108,297 ratings
49.
The Taming of the Shrew
The Taming of the Shrew 3.74 avg rating — 178,313 ratings
50.
The Picture of Dorian Gray
The Picture of Dorian Gray 4.13 avg rating — 1,782,672 ratings
51.
Stasiland: Stories from Behind the Berlin Wall
Stasiland: Stories from Behind the Berlin Wall 4.20 avg rating — 21,287 ratings
52.
Life of Pi
Life of Pi 3.94 avg rating — 1,726,559 ratings
53.
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1) 4.35 avg rating — 9,594,096 ratings
54.
Growing Up Asian in Australia
Growing Up Asian in Australia 3.64 avg rating — 1,205 ratings
55.
The Color Purple
The Color Purple 4.27 avg rating — 737,161 ratings
56.
Rebecca
Rebecca 4.25 avg rating — 697,740 ratings
57.
The Giver (The Giver, #1)
The Giver (The Giver, #1) 4.12 avg rating — 2,732,980 ratings
58.
In Cold Blood
In Cold Blood 4.09 avg rating — 710,331 ratings
59.
The Alchemist
The Alchemist 3.92 avg rating — 3,430,142 ratings
60.
Mao's Last Dancer
Mao's Last Dancer
by: Li Cunxin
4.14 avg rating — 32,149 ratings
61.
Emma
Emma 4.05 avg rating — 950,053 ratings
62.
V for Vendetta
V for Vendetta 4.26 avg rating — 320,834 ratings
63.
Talking to My Country
Talking to My Country 4.40 avg rating — 4,116 ratings
64.
Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood (Persepolis, #1)
Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood (Persepolis, #1) 4.27 avg rating — 224,925 ratings
65.
King Lear
King Lear 3.91 avg rating — 232,682 ratings
66.
A Tale of Two Cities
A Tale of Two Cities 3.88 avg rating — 996,393 ratings
67.
North and South
North and South 4.15 avg rating — 179,579 ratings
68.
Twelve Years a Slave
Twelve Years a Slave 4.22 avg rating — 123,128 ratings
68.
All the Light We Cannot See
All the Light We Cannot See 4.31 avg rating — 1,904,478 ratings
70.
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1)
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1) 4.22 avg rating — 1,969,920 ratings
71.
All Quiet on the Western Front
All Quiet on the Western Front 4.10 avg rating — 505,024 ratings
72.
The Complete Maus
The Complete Maus 4.58 avg rating — 245,651 ratings
73.
The Glass Menagerie
The Glass Menagerie 3.74 avg rating — 141,050 ratings
74.
Into the Wild
Into the Wild 4.02 avg rating — 1,165,571 ratings
75.
Julius Caesar
Julius Caesar 3.71 avg rating — 215,351 ratings
76.
The Arrival
The Arrival
by: Shaun Tan
4.35 avg rating — 59,073 ratings
77.
Great Expectations
Great Expectations 3.80 avg rating — 857,510 ratings
78.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, #1)
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, #1) 3.99 avg rating — 422,980 ratings
79.
Much Ado About Nothing
Much Ado About Nothing 4.06 avg rating — 254,885 ratings
80.
A Thousand Splendid Suns
A Thousand Splendid Suns 4.45 avg rating — 1,681,608 ratings
81.
The Bell Jar
The Bell Jar 4.05 avg rating — 1,153,696 ratings
82.
True History of the Kelly Gang
True History of the Kelly Gang 3.83 avg rating — 23,797 ratings
83.
Heart of Darkness
Heart of Darkness 3.43 avg rating — 545,713 ratings
84.
The one day of the year
The one day of the year 3.36 avg rating — 174 ratings
85.
The Turning
The Turning 4.01 avg rating — 6,173 ratings
86.
The Minority Report
The Minority Report 3.84 avg rating — 24,221 ratings
87.
Wide Sargasso Sea
Wide Sargasso Sea
by: Jean Rhys
3.59 avg rating — 103,270 ratings
88.
Catch-22
Catch-22 3.99 avg rating — 873,315 ratings
89.
The Drover's Wife
The Drover's Wife 3.95 avg rating — 630 ratings
90.
Unpolished Gem
Unpolished Gem 3.61 avg rating — 2,751 ratings
91.
Flowers for Algernon
Flowers for Algernon 4.23 avg rating — 763,548 ratings
92.
Snow Falling on Cedars
Snow Falling on Cedars 3.86 avg rating — 192,455 ratings
93.
The Complete Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe With Selections From His Critical Writings With An Introduction And Explanatory Notes. Texts Established, With Bibliographical Notes.
The Complete Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe With Selections From His Critical Writings With An Introduction And Explanatory Notes. Texts Established, With Bibliographical Notes. 4.40 avg rating — 291,472 ratings
94.
Waiting for Godot
Waiting for Godot 3.84 avg rating — 217,098 ratings
95.
Black Diggers
Black Diggers 3.41 avg rating — 387 ratings
96.
A Man for All Seasons: A Play in Two Acts
A Man for All Seasons: A Play in Two Acts 3.89 avg rating — 14,706 ratings
97.
Slaughterhouse-Five
Slaughterhouse-Five 4.10 avg rating — 1,451,250 ratings
98.
The White Earth
The White Earth 3.70 avg rating — 1,885 ratings
99.
Oedipus Rex (The Theban Plays, #1)
Oedipus Rex (The Theban Plays, #1)
by: Sophocles
3.72 avg rating — 232,001 ratings
100.
Breath
Breath 3.91 avg rating — 24,819 ratings
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