Required Reading in High School

101.
Pygmalion
Pygmalion 3.89 avg rating — 108,311 ratings
102.
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (Chronicles of Narnia, #1)
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (Chronicles of Narnia, #1) 4.24 avg rating — 3,059,650 ratings
103.
The Picture of Dorian Gray
The Picture of Dorian Gray 4.13 avg rating — 1,783,253 ratings
104.
Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1)
Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1) 3.74 avg rating — 403,123 ratings
105.
Twelfth Night
Twelfth Night 3.96 avg rating — 191,706 ratings
106.
Invisible Man
Invisible Man 3.92 avg rating — 198,747 ratings
107.
A Streetcar Named Desire
A Streetcar Named Desire 3.98 avg rating — 328,905 ratings
108.
The Most Dangerous Game
The Most Dangerous Game 3.95 avg rating — 59,394 ratings
109.
The Sun Also Rises
The Sun Also Rises 3.79 avg rating — 482,091 ratings
110.
The Color Purple
The Color Purple 4.27 avg rating — 737,278 ratings
111.
Sense and Sensibility
Sense and Sensibility 4.09 avg rating — 1,266,309 ratings
112.
Holes (Holes, #1)
Holes (Holes, #1) 4.01 avg rating — 1,333,174 ratings
113.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde 3.83 avg rating — 641,478 ratings
114.
The Alchemist
The Alchemist 3.92 avg rating — 3,430,928 ratings
115.
Walden & Civil Disobedience
Walden & Civil Disobedience 3.94 avg rating — 38,624 ratings
116.
As I Lay Dying
As I Lay Dying 3.72 avg rating — 182,500 ratings
116.
Shakespeare's Sonnets
Shakespeare's Sonnets 4.25 avg rating — 110,526 ratings
118.
The Prince
The Prince 3.84 avg rating — 371,440 ratings
119.
Antigone (The Theban Plays, #3)
Antigone (The Theban Plays, #3)
by: Sophocles
3.68 avg rating — 170,484 ratings
120.
My Ántonia
My Ántonia 3.84 avg rating — 144,875 ratings
121.
The Bell Jar
The Bell Jar 4.05 avg rating — 1,154,157 ratings
122.
The Count of Monte Cristo
The Count of Monte Cristo 4.32 avg rating — 992,169 ratings
123.
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas 4.16 avg rating — 933,835 ratings
124.
Madame Bovary
Madame Bovary 3.71 avg rating — 363,711 ratings
125.
Robinson Crusoe
Robinson Crusoe 3.68 avg rating — 325,013 ratings
126.
Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History (Maus, #1)
Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History (Maus, #1) 4.39 avg rating — 365,628 ratings
127.
Candide
Candide
by: Voltaire
3.76 avg rating — 294,557 ratings
127.
Steppenwolf
Steppenwolf 4.13 avg rating — 206,780 ratings
129.
A Farewell to Arms
A Farewell to Arms 3.82 avg rating — 344,519 ratings
130.
This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate
This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate 4.16 avg rating — 27,262 ratings
131.
The Sound and the Fury
The Sound and the Fury 3.86 avg rating — 192,288 ratings
132.
Cyrano de Bergerac
Cyrano de Bergerac 4.06 avg rating — 89,324 ratings
133.
The Pigman (The Pigman, #1)
The Pigman (The Pigman, #1) 3.60 avg rating — 28,533 ratings
134.
The Picture of Dorian Gray and Other Stories
The Picture of Dorian Gray and Other Stories 4.10 avg rating — 907 ratings
135.
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass 4.12 avg rating — 132,006 ratings
136.
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin 3.85 avg rating — 89,885 ratings
137.
Cry, the Beloved Country
Cry, the Beloved Country 3.92 avg rating — 78,542 ratings
138.
Dracula
Dracula 4.02 avg rating — 1,415,297 ratings
139.
Life of Pi
Life of Pi 3.94 avg rating — 1,726,822 ratings
140.
Native Son
Native Son 4.04 avg rating — 103,289 ratings
141.
The Republic
The Republic
by: Plato
3.96 avg rating — 220,226 ratings
142.
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
The Perks of Being a Wallflower 4.24 avg rating — 1,948,470 ratings
143.
The Princess Bride
The Princess Bride 4.27 avg rating — 936,613 ratings
144.
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead 4.04 avg rating — 92,119 ratings
144.
The Secret Life of Bees
The Secret Life of Bees 4.10 avg rating — 1,337,592 ratings
146.
The Road
The Road really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,001,863 ratings
147.
The Help
The Help 4.47 avg rating — 2,962,390 ratings
147.
The Call of the Wild
The Call of the Wild 3.91 avg rating — 461,093 ratings
149.
Faust, First Part
Faust, First Part 3.83 avg rating — 84,131 ratings
150.
Speak
Speak 4.05 avg rating — 622,732 ratings
151.
The Chrysalids
The Chrysalids 3.93 avg rating — 60,789 ratings
152.
The Poisonwood Bible
The Poisonwood Bible 4.11 avg rating — 779,843 ratings
153.
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 4.06 avg rating — 281,455 ratings
154.
The Hiding Place: The Triumphant True Story of Corrie Ten Boom
The Hiding Place: The Triumphant True Story of Corrie Ten Boom 4.47 avg rating — 348,536 ratings
155.
The Federalist Papers
The Federalist Papers 4.10 avg rating — 41,559 ratings
156.
Silas Marner
Silas Marner 3.69 avg rating — 91,987 ratings
157.
The Yellow Wallpaper and Other Stories
The Yellow Wallpaper and Other Stories 4.07 avg rating — 338,311 ratings
158.
The Master and Margarita
The Master and Margarita 4.28 avg rating — 401,157 ratings
159.
Maus II: A Survivor's Tale: And Here My Troubles Began (Maus, #2)
Maus II: A Survivor's Tale: And Here My Troubles Began (Maus, #2) 4.42 avg rating — 156,042 ratings
160.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man 3.64 avg rating — 161,013 ratings
161.
The Gift of the Magi
The Gift of the Magi
by: O. Henry
4.11 avg rating — 99,709 ratings
162.
Sophocles' Oedipus Rex
Sophocles' Oedipus Rex 3.72 avg rating — 417 ratings
163.
Black Boy
Black Boy 4.09 avg rating — 55,310 ratings
164.
War and Peace
War and Peace 4.17 avg rating — 357,014 ratings
165.
Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong
Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong 3.97 avg rating — 72,729 ratings
166.
The Trial
The Trial 3.94 avg rating — 377,404 ratings
167.
Cold Mountain
Cold Mountain 3.89 avg rating — 248,123 ratings
168.
Dubliners
Dubliners 3.84 avg rating — 170,163 ratings
169.
Dune (Dune, #1)
Dune (Dune, #1) 4.28 avg rating — 1,570,545 ratings
170.
Watership Down (Watership Down, #1)
Watership Down (Watership Down, #1) 4.09 avg rating — 499,214 ratings
171.
The da Vinci Code (Robert Langdon, #2)
The da Vinci Code (Robert Langdon, #2)
by: Dan Brown
3.93 avg rating — 2,475,520 ratings
172.
Farewell to Manzanar: A True Story of Japanese American Experience During and After the World War II Internment
Farewell to Manzanar: A True Story of Japanese American Experience During and After the World War II Internment 3.71 avg rating — 19,534 ratings
173.
An Inspector Calls
An Inspector Calls 3.82 avg rating — 44,074 ratings
174.
Inherit the Wind: The Powerful Courtroom Drama in which Two Men Wage the Legal War of the Century
Inherit the Wind: The Powerful Courtroom Drama in which Two Men Wage the Legal War of the Century 3.93 avg rating — 23,932 ratings
175.
Song of Solomon
Song of Solomon 4.15 avg rating — 123,950 ratings
176.
Angela's Ashes (Frank McCourt, #1)
Angela's Ashes (Frank McCourt, #1) 4.15 avg rating — 650,993 ratings
177.
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter 3.99 avg rating — 116,851 ratings
177.
The Fault in Our Stars
The Fault in Our Stars 4.12 avg rating — 5,581,376 ratings
179.
Bless Me, Ultima
Bless Me, Ultima 3.82 avg rating — 36,618 ratings
180.
Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood (Persepolis, #1)
Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood (Persepolis, #1) 4.27 avg rating — 224,947 ratings
181.
Alas, Babylon
Alas, Babylon
by: Pat Frank
4.09 avg rating — 47,861 ratings
182.
Johnny Tremain
Johnny Tremain 3.70 avg rating — 50,454 ratings
183.
Hiroshima
Hiroshima 4.04 avg rating — 86,448 ratings
184.
Anthem
Anthem
by: Ayn Rand
3.61 avg rating — 164,233 ratings
185.
For Whom the Bell Tolls
For Whom the Bell Tolls 3.99 avg rating — 311,433 ratings
186.
The Autobiography of Malcolm X
The Autobiography of Malcolm X
by: Malcolm X
4.37 avg rating — 285,202 ratings
186.
The Time Machine
The Time Machine 3.89 avg rating — 552,979 ratings
188.
A Hero of Our Time
A Hero of Our Time 4.11 avg rating — 62,651 ratings
189.
Democracy in America
Democracy in America 4.05 avg rating — 26,629 ratings
190.
Go Ask Alice
Go Ask Alice 3.74 avg rating — 288,677 ratings
191.
Ivanhoe
Ivanhoe 3.76 avg rating — 97,941 ratings
192.
The Plague
The Plague 4.02 avg rating — 300,389 ratings
193.
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich 3.98 avg rating — 122,144 ratings
194.
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1) 4.35 avg rating — 9,596,300 ratings
195.
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Uncle Tom’s Cabin 3.92 avg rating — 239,380 ratings
196.
Cat’s Cradle
Cat’s Cradle 4.15 avg rating — 428,430 ratings
197.
Black Beauty
Black Beauty really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 293,963 ratings
198.
Cannery Row (Cannery Row, #1)
Cannery Row (Cannery Row, #1) 4.06 avg rating — 149,664 ratings
198.
East of Eden
East of Eden 4.43 avg rating — 602,372 ratings
200.
The House of Mirth
The House of Mirth 3.97 avg rating — 103,545 ratings
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