Books from High-School English Courses

1.
To Kill a Mockingbird
To Kill a Mockingbird 4.26 avg rating — 6,689,917 ratings
2.
The Great Gatsby
The Great Gatsby 3.93 avg rating — 5,732,310 ratings
3.
Romeo and Juliet
Romeo and Juliet 3.74 avg rating — 2,767,977 ratings
4.
Hamlet
Hamlet 4.03 avg rating — 1,020,263 ratings
5.
Lord of the Flies
Lord of the Flies 3.70 avg rating — 3,117,921 ratings
6.
Fahrenheit 451
Fahrenheit 451 3.97 avg rating — 2,719,513 ratings
7.
The Catcher in the Rye
The Catcher in the Rye 3.80 avg rating — 3,800,985 ratings
8.
Of Mice and Men
Of Mice and Men 3.89 avg rating — 2,752,323 ratings
9.
Animal Farm
Animal Farm 4.01 avg rating — 4,357,315 ratings
10.
Macbeth
Macbeth 3.89 avg rating — 992,224 ratings
11.
The Outsiders
The Outsiders 4.14 avg rating — 1,538,664 ratings
12.
The Scarlet Letter
The Scarlet Letter 3.44 avg rating — 901,393 ratings
13.
1984
1984 4.20 avg rating — 5,227,477 ratings
14.
The Diary of a Young Girl
The Diary of a Young Girl 4.20 avg rating — 4,073,743 ratings
15.
Jane Eyre
Jane Eyre 4.16 avg rating — 2,260,129 ratings
16.
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
A Midsummer Night’s Dream 3.94 avg rating — 568,109 ratings
17.
The Odyssey
The Odyssey
by: Homer
3.82 avg rating — 1,156,794 ratings
18.
Pride and Prejudice
Pride and Prejudice 4.29 avg rating — 4,634,182 ratings
19.
A Tale of Two Cities
A Tale of Two Cities 3.88 avg rating — 996,503 ratings
20.
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn 3.83 avg rating — 1,319,032 ratings
21.
Wuthering Heights
Wuthering Heights 3.90 avg rating — 1,959,509 ratings
22.
Brave New World
Brave New World 3.99 avg rating — 2,015,960 ratings
23.
Great Expectations
Great Expectations 3.80 avg rating — 857,609 ratings
24.
Rebecca
Rebecca 4.25 avg rating — 697,915 ratings
25.
The Crucible
The Crucible 3.61 avg rating — 452,223 ratings
26.
Julius Caesar
Julius Caesar 3.71 avg rating — 215,380 ratings
27.
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1) 4.35 avg rating — 9,596,514 ratings
28.
A Separate Peace
A Separate Peace 3.60 avg rating — 229,405 ratings
29.
Beowulf
Beowulf
by: Unknown
3.50 avg rating — 338,058 ratings
30.
The Count of Monte Cristo
The Count of Monte Cristo 4.32 avg rating — 992,184 ratings
31.
Heart of Darkness
Heart of Darkness 3.43 avg rating — 545,808 ratings
32.
The Grapes of Wrath
The Grapes of Wrath 4.02 avg rating — 971,699 ratings
33.
Les Misérables
Les Misérables 4.21 avg rating — 830,286 ratings
34.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer 3.92 avg rating — 996,809 ratings
35.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde 3.83 avg rating — 641,485 ratings
36.
The Call of the Wild
The Call of the Wild 3.91 avg rating — 461,094 ratings
37.
The Merchant of Venice
The Merchant of Venice 3.78 avg rating — 199,217 ratings
38.
The Tempest
The Tempest 3.78 avg rating — 222,572 ratings
39.
And Then There Were None
And Then There Were None 4.28 avg rating — 1,544,479 ratings
40.
Antigone (The Theban Plays, #3)
Antigone (The Theban Plays, #3)
by: Sophocles
3.68 avg rating — 170,486 ratings
41.
Death of a Salesman
Death of a Salesman 3.58 avg rating — 252,787 ratings
42.
The Taming of the Shrew
The Taming of the Shrew 3.74 avg rating — 178,330 ratings
43.
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass 4.06 avg rating — 597,711 ratings
44.
A Raisin in the Sun
A Raisin in the Sun 3.85 avg rating — 107,584 ratings
45.
The Old Man and the Sea
The Old Man and the Sea 3.81 avg rating — 1,265,915 ratings
46.
Treasure Island
Treasure Island 3.85 avg rating — 528,306 ratings
47.
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again 4.29 avg rating — 4,346,474 ratings
48.
The Canterbury Tales
The Canterbury Tales 3.52 avg rating — 234,641 ratings
49.
The Red Badge of Courage
The Red Badge of Courage 3.30 avg rating — 108,699 ratings
50.
Night
Night 4.38 avg rating — 1,334,367 ratings
51.
All Quiet on the Western Front
All Quiet on the Western Front 4.10 avg rating — 505,127 ratings
52.
The Pearl
The Pearl 3.56 avg rating — 261,828 ratings
53.
The Importance of Being Earnest
The Importance of Being Earnest 4.17 avg rating — 397,738 ratings
54.
White Fang
White Fang 4.03 avg rating — 201,632 ratings
55.
The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, #1)
The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, #1) 4.40 avg rating — 3,051,478 ratings
56.
Frankenstein
Frankenstein 3.89 avg rating — 1,772,553 ratings
57.
A Streetcar Named Desire
A Streetcar Named Desire 3.98 avg rating — 328,909 ratings
58.
Where the Red Fern Grows
Where the Red Fern Grows 4.12 avg rating — 433,154 ratings
59.
The Glass Menagerie
The Glass Menagerie 3.74 avg rating — 141,063 ratings
60.
A Christmas Carol
A Christmas Carol 4.09 avg rating — 896,638 ratings
61.
Number the Stars
Number the Stars 4.19 avg rating — 608,468 ratings
62.
The Complete Stories and Poems
The Complete Stories and Poems 4.40 avg rating — 291,508 ratings
63.
Flowers for Algernon
Flowers for Algernon 4.23 avg rating — 763,746 ratings
64.
Oedipus Rex (The Theban Plays, #1)
Oedipus Rex (The Theban Plays, #1)
by: Sophocles
3.72 avg rating — 232,032 ratings
65.
The Good Earth (House of Earth, #1)
The Good Earth (House of Earth, #1) 4.01 avg rating — 257,792 ratings
66.
Catch-22
Catch-22 3.99 avg rating — 873,397 ratings
67.
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
by: Ken Kesey
4.20 avg rating — 767,704 ratings
68.
Anna Karenina
Anna Karenina 4.10 avg rating — 906,416 ratings
69.
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 — 569,010 ratings
70.
Othello
Othello 3.89 avg rating — 428,079 ratings
71.
The Return of the Native
The Return of the Native 3.88 avg rating — 39,908 ratings
72.
Gulliver’s Travels
Gulliver’s Travels 3.59 avg rating — 293,940 ratings
73.
The Metamorphosis
The Metamorphosis 3.90 avg rating — 1,338,775 ratings
74.
The Mayor of Casterbridge
The Mayor of Casterbridge 3.86 avg rating — 65,080 ratings
75.
Oliver Twist
Oliver Twist 3.88 avg rating — 419,669 ratings
76.
The Bell Jar
The Bell Jar 4.05 avg rating — 1,154,207 ratings
77.
The Iliad
The Iliad
by: Homer
3.92 avg rating — 494,730 ratings
78.
The Stranger
The Stranger 4.03 avg rating — 1,315,961 ratings
79.
Our Town
Our Town 3.74 avg rating — 58,054 ratings
80.
A Doll's House
A Doll's House 3.77 avg rating — 159,048 ratings
81.
King Lear
King Lear 3.91 avg rating — 232,712 ratings
82.
Tess of the D’Urbervilles
Tess of the D’Urbervilles 3.84 avg rating — 297,830 ratings
83.
Candide
Candide
by: Voltaire
3.76 avg rating — 294,562 ratings
84.
Siddhartha
Siddhartha 4.08 avg rating — 847,001 ratings
85.
The Alchemist
The Alchemist 3.92 avg rating — 3,431,004 ratings
86.
The Prince and the Pauper
The Prince and the Pauper 3.87 avg rating — 123,992 ratings
87.
Silas Marner
Silas Marner 3.69 avg rating — 91,988 ratings
88.
Johnny Tremain
Johnny Tremain 3.70 avg rating — 50,454 ratings
89.
The Awakening
The Awakening 3.69 avg rating — 222,585 ratings
90.
Madame Bovary
Madame Bovary 3.71 avg rating — 363,717 ratings
91.
The Sun Also Rises
The Sun Also Rises 3.79 avg rating — 482,104 ratings
92.
A Farewell to Arms
A Farewell to Arms 3.82 avg rating — 344,527 ratings
93.
Pygmalion
Pygmalion 3.89 avg rating — 108,311 ratings
94.
Island of the Blue Dolphins
Island of the Blue Dolphins 3.88 avg rating — 345,781 ratings
95.
Ethan Frome
Ethan Frome 3.45 avg rating — 134,944 ratings
96.
My Ántonia
My Ántonia 3.84 avg rating — 144,876 ratings
97.
Anthem
Anthem
by: Ayn Rand
3.61 avg rating — 164,234 ratings
98.
The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes, #5)
The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes, #5) 4.13 avg rating — 376,341 ratings
99.
A Little Princess
A Little Princess 4.23 avg rating — 320,527 ratings
100.
Inferno
Inferno 4.03 avg rating — 200,535 ratings
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