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College Prep for High School Seniors

This list comes from the 1962 book "How to Prepare for College" by Abraham Lass. These books of fiction, history, drama, biography, poetry, philosophy and science were to be read during the senior year of high school. The list is 50 years old so dated, but it's helpful to see what books marked a well-read person when Kennedy was president.
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Aeschylus
Aeschylus
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The Old Wives' Tale (Arnold Bennett)
The Old Wives' Tale
Arnold Bennett
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Erewhon (Samuel Butler)
Erewhon
Samuel Butler
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The Way of All Flesh (Samuel Butler)
The Way of All Flesh
Samuel Butler
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Stories: Anton Chekhov (Anton Chekhov)
Stories: Anton Chekhov
Anton Chekhov
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The Cherry Orchard (Anton Chekov)
The Cherry Orchard
Anton Chekov
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Pickwick Papers (Charles Dickens)
Pickwick Papers
Charles Dickens
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Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment
Fyodor Dostoevsky
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The Story of Philosophy (Will Durant)
The Story of Philosophy
Will Durant
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Emerson's Essays
Emerson's Essays
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Ten Plays by Euripides (Euripides)
Ten Plays by Euripides
Euripides
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Madame Bovary (Gustave Flaubert)
Madame Bovary
Gustave Flaubert
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Mythology (Edith Hamilton)
Mythology
Edith Hamilton
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The Return of the Native (Thomas Hardy)
The Return of the Native
Thomas Hardy
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The Mayor of Casterbridge (Thomas Hardy)
The Mayor of Casterbridge
Thomas Hardy
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Jude the Obscure (Thomas Hardy)
Jude the Obscure
Thomas Hardy
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The Iliad (Homer)
The Iliad
Homer
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A Doll's House (Henrik Ibsen)
A Doll's House
Henrik Ibsen
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An Enemy of the People
An Enemy of the People
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The Turn of the Screw (Henry James)
The Turn of the Screw
Henry James
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The Portrait of a Lady (Henry James)
The Portrait of a Lady
Henry James
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Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
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Main Street (Sinclair Lewis)
Main Street
Sinclair Lewis
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Buddenbrooks (Thomas Mann)
Buddenbrooks
Thomas Mann
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The Late George Apley by John Phillips Marquand
The Late George Apley by John Phillips Marquand
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Of Human Bondage (W. Somerset Maugham)
Of Human Bondage
W. Somerset Maugham
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The Moon and Sixpence
The Moon and Sixpence
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Death of a Salesman (Arthur Miller)
Death of a Salesman
Arthur Miller
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Moby Dick (Herman Melville)
Moby Dick
Herman Melville
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The Dialogues of Plato
The Dialogues of Plato
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Jean-Christophe (Romain Rolland)
Jean-Christophe
Romain Rolland
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Hamlet (William Shakespeare)
Hamlet
William Shakespeare
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Henry IV, Part 1 (William Shakespeare)
Henry IV, Part 1
William Shakespeare
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Henry IV, Part II (Simon Callow)
Henry IV, Part II
Simon Callow
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King Lear (William Shakespeare)
King Lear
William Shakespeare
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Sonnets (Shakespeare)
Sonnets
Shakespeare
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Caesar and Cleopatra (George Bernard Shaw)
Caesar and Cleopatra
George Bernard Shaw
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Man and Superman (George Bernard Shaw)
Man and Superman
George Bernard Shaw
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The Complete Plays of Sophocles (Sophocles)
The Complete Plays of Sophocles
Sophocles
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The Crock of Gold (James Stephens)
The Crock of Gold
James Stephens
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