Required Reading in High School

1.
To Kill a Mockingbird
To Kill a Mockingbird 4.26 avg rating — 6,688,356 ratings
2.
Romeo and Juliet
Romeo and Juliet 3.74 avg rating — 2,767,488 ratings
3.
The Great Gatsby
The Great Gatsby 3.93 avg rating — 5,730,816 ratings
4.
Lord of the Flies
Lord of the Flies 3.70 avg rating — 3,117,194 ratings
5.
Animal Farm
Animal Farm 4.01 avg rating — 4,355,821 ratings
6.
Macbeth
Macbeth 3.89 avg rating — 992,014 ratings
7.
Of Mice and Men
Of Mice and Men 3.89 avg rating — 2,751,674 ratings
8.
Hamlet
Hamlet 4.03 avg rating — 1,020,080 ratings
9.
The Catcher in the Rye
The Catcher in the Rye 3.80 avg rating — 3,800,211 ratings
10.
The Scarlet Letter
The Scarlet Letter 3.44 avg rating — 901,289 ratings
11.
1984
1984 4.20 avg rating — 5,225,592 ratings
12.
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn 3.83 avg rating — 1,318,857 ratings
13.
The Diary of a Young Girl
The Diary of a Young Girl 4.20 avg rating — 4,072,737 ratings
14.
The Odyssey
The Odyssey
by: Homer
3.82 avg rating — 1,156,531 ratings
15.
Pride and Prejudice
Pride and Prejudice 4.29 avg rating — 4,632,671 ratings
16.
Fahrenheit 451
Fahrenheit 451 3.97 avg rating — 2,718,503 ratings
17.
The Giver (The Giver, #1)
The Giver (The Giver, #1) 4.12 avg rating — 2,732,846 ratings
18.
Jane Eyre
Jane Eyre 4.16 avg rating — 2,259,643 ratings
19.
The Crucible
The Crucible 3.61 avg rating — 452,133 ratings
20.
Night
Night 4.38 avg rating — 1,334,095 ratings
21.
The Outsiders
The Outsiders 4.14 avg rating — 1,538,088 ratings
22.
Brave New World
Brave New World 3.99 avg rating — 2,015,493 ratings
23.
Frankenstein: The 1818 Text
Frankenstein: The 1818 Text 3.89 avg rating — 1,772,009 ratings
24.
Julius Caesar
Julius Caesar 3.71 avg rating — 215,351 ratings
25.
Great Expectations
Great Expectations 3.80 avg rating — 857,490 ratings
26.
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
A Midsummer Night’s Dream 3.94 avg rating — 568,025 ratings
27.
The Grapes of Wrath
The Grapes of Wrath 4.02 avg rating — 971,514 ratings
28.
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again 4.29 avg rating — 4,345,551 ratings
29.
Wuthering Heights
Wuthering Heights 3.90 avg rating — 1,958,999 ratings
30.
Beowulf
Beowulf
by: Unknown
3.50 avg rating — 338,011 ratings
31.
A Tale of Two Cities
A Tale of Two Cities 3.88 avg rating — 996,372 ratings
32.
The Little Prince
The Little Prince 4.33 avg rating — 2,375,113 ratings
33.
The Old Man and the Sea
The Old Man and the Sea 3.81 avg rating — 1,265,549 ratings
34.
Othello
Othello 3.89 avg rating — 428,010 ratings
35.
Flowers for Algernon
Flowers for Algernon 4.23 avg rating — 763,498 ratings
36.
The Canterbury Tales
The Canterbury Tales 3.52 avg rating — 234,616 ratings
37.
Death of a Salesman
Death of a Salesman 3.58 avg rating — 252,740 ratings
38.
A Separate Peace
A Separate Peace 3.60 avg rating — 229,379 ratings
39.
Crime and Punishment
Crime and Punishment 4.28 avg rating — 1,024,471 ratings
40.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer 3.92 avg rating — 996,620 ratings
41.
The Red Badge of Courage
The Red Badge of Courage 3.30 avg rating — 108,682 ratings
42.
The Importance of Being Earnest
The Importance of Being Earnest 4.17 avg rating — 397,680 ratings
43.
The Pearl
The Pearl 3.56 avg rating — 261,772 ratings
44.
The Taming of the Shrew
The Taming of the Shrew 3.74 avg rating — 178,308 ratings
45.
Slaughterhouse-Five
Slaughterhouse-Five 4.10 avg rating — 1,451,201 ratings
46.
Oedipus Rex (The Theban Plays, #1)
Oedipus Rex (The Theban Plays, #1)
by: Sophocles
3.72 avg rating — 231,993 ratings
47.
Moby-Dick or, The Whale
Moby-Dick or, The Whale 3.56 avg rating — 602,747 ratings
48.
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 — 568,903 ratings
49.
A Raisin in the Sun
A Raisin in the Sun 3.85 avg rating — 107,550 ratings
50.
Their Eyes Were Watching God
Their Eyes Were Watching God 3.99 avg rating — 377,755 ratings
51.
Mythology
Mythology 4.03 avg rating — 58,932 ratings
52.
Heart of Darkness
Heart of Darkness 3.43 avg rating — 545,702 ratings
53.
All Quiet on the Western Front
All Quiet on the Western Front 4.10 avg rating — 505,006 ratings
54.
The Book Thief
The Book Thief 4.39 avg rating — 2,801,971 ratings
55.
The House on Mango Street
The House on Mango Street 3.69 avg rating — 222,912 ratings
56.
And Then There Were None
And Then There Were None 4.28 avg rating — 1,543,959 ratings
57.
The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1)
The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1) 4.15 avg rating — 2,322,799 ratings
58.
The Good Earth (House of Earth, #1)
The Good Earth (House of Earth, #1) 4.01 avg rating — 257,760 ratings
59.
Much Ado About Nothing
Much Ado About Nothing 4.06 avg rating — 254,881 ratings
60.
The Things They Carried
The Things They Carried 4.14 avg rating — 337,427 ratings
61.
Beloved (Beloved Trilogy, #1)
Beloved (Beloved Trilogy, #1) 3.97 avg rating — 476,905 ratings
62.
The Awakening
The Awakening 3.69 avg rating — 222,543 ratings
63.
King Lear
King Lear 3.91 avg rating — 232,676 ratings
64.
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
by: Ken Kesey
4.20 avg rating — 767,600 ratings
65.
Ender’s Game (Ender's Saga, #1)
Ender’s Game (Ender's Saga, #1) 4.31 avg rating — 1,449,658 ratings
66.
The Metamorphosis
The Metamorphosis 3.90 avg rating — 1,338,120 ratings
67.
Inferno
Inferno 4.03 avg rating — 200,483 ratings
68.
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter, #1) 4.47 avg rating — 11,063,219 ratings
69.
Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson
Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson 4.20 avg rating — 1,153,906 ratings
70.
Oliver Twist
Oliver Twist 3.88 avg rating — 419,607 ratings
71.
The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes, #5)
The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes, #5) 4.13 avg rating — 376,269 ratings
72.
The Stranger
The Stranger 4.03 avg rating — 1,315,291 ratings
73.
Gulliver’s Travels
Gulliver’s Travels 3.59 avg rating — 293,906 ratings
74.
A Doll's House
A Doll's House 3.77 avg rating — 159,013 ratings
75.
A Modest Proposal
A Modest Proposal 4.02 avg rating — 48,422 ratings
76.
The Jungle
The Jungle 3.78 avg rating — 152,228 ratings
77.
The Raven
The Raven 4.29 avg rating — 163,382 ratings
78.
The Tempest
The Tempest 3.78 avg rating — 222,548 ratings
79.
The Lord of the Rings
The Lord of the Rings 4.54 avg rating — 716,459 ratings
80.
The Lottery and Other Stories
The Lottery and Other Stories 4.02 avg rating — 82,488 ratings
81.
Little Women (Little Women, #1)
Little Women (Little Women, #1) 4.17 avg rating — 2,392,880 ratings
82.
Les Misérables
Les Misérables 4.21 avg rating — 830,179 ratings
83.
Catch-22
Catch-22 3.99 avg rating — 873,288 ratings
84.
The Chosen (Reuven Malther, #1)
The Chosen (Reuven Malther, #1) 4.07 avg rating — 96,275 ratings
85.
The Joy Luck Club
The Joy Luck Club
by: Amy Tan
3.97 avg rating — 703,393 ratings
86.
Our Town
Our Town 3.74 avg rating — 58,044 ratings
87.
Island of the Blue Dolphins
Island of the Blue Dolphins 3.88 avg rating — 345,753 ratings
88.
Holy Bible: Revised Standard Version
Holy Bible: Revised Standard Version
by: Anonymous
4.47 avg rating — 2,038 ratings
89.
The Glass Menagerie
The Glass Menagerie 3.74 avg rating — 141,047 ratings
90.
The Masque of the Red Death
The Masque of the Red Death 4.06 avg rating — 44,764 ratings
91.
Rebecca
Rebecca 4.25 avg rating — 697,702 ratings
92.
Siddhartha
Siddhartha 4.08 avg rating — 846,787 ratings
93.
The Kite Runner
The Kite Runner 4.35 avg rating — 3,401,796 ratings
94.
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 4.30 avg rating — 499,155 ratings
95.
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 — 3,050,666 ratings
96.
The Oedipus Cycle: Oedipus Rex, Oedipus at Colonus, Antigone
The Oedipus Cycle: Oedipus Rex, Oedipus at Colonus, Antigone
by: Sophocles
3.99 avg rating — 69,738 ratings
97.
The Lovely Bones
The Lovely Bones 3.86 avg rating — 2,439,434 ratings
98.
Grendel
Grendel 3.69 avg rating — 41,616 ratings
99.
Gone with the Wind
Gone with the Wind 4.31 avg rating — 1,257,973 ratings
100.
Ethan Frome
Ethan Frome 3.45 avg rating — 134,927 ratings
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