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An SAT Tutor's List of High School Reading From the 70s

Here is what I read in High School from 1969 to 1973 in a poorly rated school system in the Boston suburbs. The titles reflect assigned or required reading through The Count of Monte Cristo, which was assigned and read in French in French IV class. The remainder of the books after that were read on my own for pleasure during those four years. Along with innumerable poems and some short stories which I haven't documented, this is what English teachers made sure students read to get a good education some 45 years ago. My current students read approximately 4-5 assigned books a year. You do the math.
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Alas, Babylon
Alas, Babylon
1
The Complete Stories and Poems of Edgar Allen Poe (Edgar Allen Poe)
The Complete Stories and Poems of Edgar Allen Poe
2
Edgar Allen Poe
Romeo and Juliet (William Shakespeare)
Romeo and Juliet
3
William Shakespeare
Julius Caesar (William Shakespeare)
Julius Caesar
4
William Shakespeare
The Old Man and the Sea (Ernest Hemingway)
The Old Man and the Sea
5
Ernest Hemingway
David Copperfield (Charles Dickens)
David Copperfield
6
Charles Dickens
A Tale of Two Cities (Charles Dickens)
A Tale of Two Cities
7
Charles Dickens
The Glass Menagerie (Tennessee Williams)
The Glass Menagerie
8
Tennessee Williams
The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock
The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock
9
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
10
J.D. Salinger
The Sun Also Rises (Ernest Hemingway)
The Sun Also Rises
11
Ernest Hemingway
A Streetcar Named Desire (Tennessee Williams)
A Streetcar Named Desire
12
Tennessee Williams
The Bridge of San Luis Rey (Thornton Wilder)
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
13
Thornton Wilder
Waiting for Godot (Samuel Beckett)
Waiting for Godot
14
Samuel Beckett
Endgame (Samuel Beckett)
Endgame
15
Samuel Beckett
A Doll's House (Henrik Ibsen)
A Doll's House
16
Henrik Ibsen
Tess of the Durbervilles
Tess of the Durbervilles
17
Villette (Charlotte Brontë)
Villette
18
Charlotte Brontë
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
Jane Eyre
19
Charlotte Bronte
Babbitt (Sinclair Lewis)
Babbitt
20
Sinclair Lewis
Arrowsmith (Sinclair Lewis)
Arrowsmith
21
Sinclair Lewis
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath
22
John Steinbeck
Of Mice and Men (John Steinbeck)
Of Mice and Men
23
John Steinbeck
The Lottery (Shirley Jackson)
The Lottery
24
Shirley Jackson
Oedipus Rex (Sophocles)
Oedipus Rex
25
Sophocles
Oedipus at Colonus (Sophocles)
Oedipus at Colonus
26
Sophocles
Electra (Euripides)
Electra
27
Euripides
The Iceman Cometh
The Iceman Cometh
28
Death of a Salesman (Arthur Miller)
Death of a Salesman
29
Arthur Miller
The Crucible (Arthur Miller)
The Crucible
30
Arthur Miller
Mourning Becomes Electra
Mourning Becomes Electra
31
Henry IV, Part I (William Shakespeare)
Henry IV, Part I
32
William Shakespeare
Hound of the Baskervilles (Doyle)
Hound of the Baskervilles
33
Doyle
And Then There Were None (Agatha Christie)
And Then There Were None
34
Agatha Christie
Les Miserables (Victor Hugo)
Les Miserables
35
Victor Hugo
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
36
Aldous Huxley
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
37
George Orwell
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
38
George Orwell
Siddhartha (Hermann Hesse)
Siddhartha
39
Hermann Hesse
One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest (Ken Kesey)
One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest
40
Ken Kesey
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