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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
Romeo and Juliet
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Fates and Furies (Lauren Groff)
Fates and Furies (Lauren Groff)
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The Catcher in the Rye
The Catcher in the Rye
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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
How to Be a Woman
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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
White Noise
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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
The Awakening
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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
A Midsummer Night's Dream
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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
The Diary of a Young Girl
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Girl at War (Sara Novic)
Girl at War (Sara Novic)
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The Big Sleep
The Big Sleep
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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
The Odyssey
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Fun Home
Fun Home
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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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