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College Prep for High School Sophomores

This list comes from the 1962 book "How to Prepare for College" by Abraham Lass. High school sophomores were to read these books of fiction, history, drama, biography, poetry, philosophy and science as part of their preparation. The list is 50 years old, so a bit dated, but it's helpful to see what books marked a well-read person when Kennedy was president.
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The Admirable Crichton (J. Barrie)
The Admirable Crichton
J. Barrie
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What Every Woman Knows (James Barrie)
What Every Woman Knows
James Barrie
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Jungle Peace (William Beebe)
Jungle Peace
William Beebe
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Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
Jane Eyre
Charlotte Bronte
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The Good Earth
The Good Earth
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Alice in Wonderland (Carroll)
Alice in Wonderland
Carroll
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Through the Looking Glass (Lewis Carroll)
Through the Looking Glass
Lewis Carroll
8
Owen Wilson - the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
Owen Wilson - the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Mark Twain
9
Life on the Mississippi (Mark Twain)
Life on the Mississippi
Mark Twain
10
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (Mark Twain)
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
Mark Twain
11
The Red Badge of Courage (Stephen Crane)
The Red Badge of Courage
Stephen Crane
12
Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
Great Expectations
Charles Dickens
13
David Copperfield (Charles Dickens)
David Copperfield
Charles Dickens
14
A Tale of Two Cities (Charles Dickens)
A Tale of Two Cities
Charles Dickens
15
Count of Monte Cristo (Alexander Dumas)
Count of Monte Cristo
Alexander Dumas
16
Silas Marner (George Eliot)
Silas Marner
George Eliot
17
Social Life in the Insect World (Jean-Henri Fabre)
Social Life in the Insect World
Jean-Henri Fabre
18
The Diary of a Young Girl (Anne Frank)
The Diary of a Young Girl
Anne Frank
19
The Vicar of Wakefield (Oliver Goldsmith)
The Vicar of Wakefield
Oliver Goldsmith
20
The Wind in the Willows (Kenneth Grahame)
The Wind in the Willows
Kenneth Grahame
21
The Odyssey (Homer)
The Odyssey
Homer
22
Green Mansions: A Romance of the Tropical Forest
Green Mansions: A Romance of the Tropical Forest
23
Les Miserables (Victor Hugo)
Les Miserables
Victor Hugo
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The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Victor Hugo)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Victor Hugo
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The Sketchbook by Washington Irving
The Sketchbook by Washington Irving
26
Laugh With Leacock (Stephen Leacock)
Laugh With Leacock
Stephen Leacock
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The Collected Stories of Guy De Maupassant (Guy De Maupassant)
The Collected Stories of Guy De Maupassant
Guy De Maupassant
28
Haunted Bookshop
Haunted Bookshop
29
Parnassus on Wheels (Christopher Morley)
Parnassus on Wheels
Christopher Morley
30
The Ogden Nash Pocket Book (Ogden Nash)
The Ogden Nash Pocket Book
Ogden Nash
31
All Quiet on the Western Front (Erich Maria Remarque)
All Quiet on the Western Front
Erich Maria Remarque
32
The Human Comedy
The Human Comedy
33
The Merchant of Venice (William Shakespeare)
The Merchant of Venice
William Shakespeare
34
The Tempest (Shakespeare)
The Tempest
Shakespeare
35
Twelfth Night (William Shakespeare)
Twelfth Night
William Shakespeare
36
Pygmalion (George Bernard Shaw)
Pygmalion
George Bernard Shaw
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