We’ve procured some of the best-selling books from classic works that frequently appear on students’ required reading lists. Required summer reading for school may not always be every student’s cup of tea. Still, as those of us from previous generations look back at the experience it becomes hard to deny the impact that these classic novels had on our learning and worldview.
Here is our list of the books that most commonly appear on required reading lists for high school students:
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Lord of the Flies by William Golding
The Scarlet Letter by Nathanial Hawthorne
Romeo & Juliet by William Shakespeare
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
The Odyssey by Homer
Night by Elie Wiesel
The Old Man and the Sea by Ernes Hemingway
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Hurston
Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
Othello by William Shakespeare
Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
Beowulf by Anonymous
The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane
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