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17 Books You Should Add to Your Usual Back-To-School List

We, of the post-backpack age, know all too well that reading lists can get a little stale. The classics tend to dominate English teachers' plans, and throughout grade school, high school and college you're often stuck reading the same ol' tomes off the same ol' lists. So, let's fix that. The writers at HuffPost Culture teamed up to create an alternative back-to-school reading list, in which books like The Giver and Heart of Darkness are replaced with works like On Such A Full Sea and The World and Me.
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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Mark Twain
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Welcome to Braggsville (T. Geronimo Johnson)
Welcome to Braggsville
T. Geronimo Johnson
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Romeo and Juliet (William Shakespeare)
Romeo and Juliet
William Shakespeare
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Fates and Furies (Lauren Groff)
Fates and Furies
Lauren Groff
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The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger
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A Little Life (Hanya Yanagihara)
A Little Life
Hanya Yanagihara
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The Old Man and the Sea (Ernest Hemingway)
The Old Man and the Sea
Ernest Hemingway
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Traveling Sprinkler (Nicholson Baker)
Traveling Sprinkler
Nicholson Baker
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The Scarlet Letter (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
The Scarlet Letter
Nathaniel Hawthorne
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How to Be a Woman (Caitlin Moran)
How to Be a Woman
Caitlin Moran
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The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
F. Scott Fitzgerald
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Saint Maze (Jami Attenberg)
Saint Maze
Jami Attenberg
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White Noise (Don Delillo)
White Noise
Don Delillo
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You Too Can Have a Body Like Mine (Alexandra Kleeman)
You Too Can Have a Body Like Mine
Alexandra Kleeman
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The Awakening (Kate Chopin)
The Awakening
Kate Chopin
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The Wallcreeper (Nell Zink)
The Wallcreeper
Nell Zink
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The Giver (Lois Lowry)
The Giver
Lois Lowry
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On Such a Full Sea
On Such a Full Sea
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A Midsummer Night's Dream (William Shakespeare)
A Midsummer Night's Dream
William Shakespeare
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The First Bad Man (Miranda July)
The First Bad Man
Miranda July
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Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad)
Heart of Darkness
Joseph Conrad
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Between the World and Me (Ta-Nehisi Coates)
Between the World and Me
Ta-Nehisi Coates
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The Diary of a Young Girl (Anne Frank)
The Diary of a Young Girl
Anne Frank
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Girl at War (Sara Novic)
Girl at War
Sara Novic
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The Big Sleep (Raymond Chandler)
The Big Sleep
Raymond Chandler
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Eileen (Ottessa Moshfegh)
Eileen
Ottessa Moshfegh
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1984 (George Orwell)
1984
George Orwell
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The Circle - Dave Eggers
The Circle - Dave Eggers
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This Boy's Life
This Boy's Life
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Crapalachia (Scott McClanahan)
Crapalachia
Scott McClanahan
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The Odyssey (Homer)
The Odyssey
Homer
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Fun Home (Alison Bechdel)
Fun Home
Alison Bechdel
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The Trial (Franz Kafka)
The Trial
Franz Kafka
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The Appointment (Herta Muller)
The Appointment
Herta Muller
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