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Let's Get Serious: Goodread's Required Reading in High School

The books on this list make a nice contrast to those on my recent challenge, available at the link. Obviously there are few if any books specifically for young children on this list, but there are also many more scholarly works and classics. There is extensive coverage of historical and political developments in the USA.
Please note that some items are a dramatized version or analysis of a famous work.
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The Gettysburg Address (Abraham Lincoln)
The Gettysburg Address
1
Abraham Lincoln
And Then There Were None (Agatha Christie)
And Then There Were None
2
Agatha Christie
The Complete Talking Heads (Alan Bennett)
The Complete Talking Heads
3
Alan Bennett
Cry, the Beloved Country (Alan Paton)
Cry, the Beloved Country
4
Alan Paton
The Plague (Albert Camus)
The Plague
5
Albert Camus
The Stranger (Albert Camus)
The Stranger
6
Albert Camus
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich (Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn)
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
7
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
The Betrothed (Alessandro Manzoni, Trans. Bruce Penman)
The Betrothed
8
Alessandro Manzoni, Trans. Bruce Penman
The Federalist Papers (Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay)
The Federalist Papers
9
Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay
The Rape of the Lock (Alexander Pope)
The Rape of the Lock
10
Alexander Pope
Eugene Onegin (Alexander Pushkin)
Eugene Onegin
11
Alexander Pushkin
Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight (Alexandra Fuller)
Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight
12
Alexandra Fuller
The Count of Monte Cristo (Alexandre Dumas)
The Count of Monte Cristo
13
Alexandre Dumas
The Three Musketeers (Alexandre Dumas)
The Three Musketeers
14
Alexandre Dumas
Democracy in America (Alexis De Tocqueville)
Democracy in America
15
Alexis De Tocqueville
Flight to Afar (Alfred Andersch)
Flight to Afar
16
Alfred Andersch
The Lady of Shalott (Alfred Tennyson)
The Lady of Shalott
17
Alfred Tennyson
The Lovely Bones (Alice Sebold)
The Lovely Bones
18
Alice Sebold
Meridian (Alice Walker)
Meridian
19
Alice Walker
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple
20
Alice Walker
The Third Life of Grange Copeland (Alice Walker)
The Third Life of Grange Copeland
21
Alice Walker
Matched (Ally Condie)
Matched
22
Ally Condie
The Joy Luck Club (Amy Tan)
The Joy Luck Club
23
Amy Tan
Hotel Du Lac (Anita Brookner)
Hotel Du Lac
24
Anita Brookner
Bel Canto (Ann Pratchett)
Bel Canto
25
Ann Pratchett
Black Beauty (Anna Sewell)
Black Beauty
26
Anna Sewell
The Diary of a Young Girl (Anne Frank)
The Diary of a Young Girl
27
Anne Frank
I Am David (Anne Holm)
I Am David
28
Anne Holm
Dragonsong (Anne McCaffrey)
Dragonsong
29
Anne McCaffrey
Breathing Lessons (Anne Tyler)
Breathing Lessons
30
Anne Tyler
An American Childhood (Annie Dillard)
An American Childhood
31
Annie Dillard
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (Anonymous)
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
32
Anonymous
The Book of Job (Anonymous)
The Book of Job
33
Anonymous
The Saga of Gunnlaug Serpent-Tongue (Anonymous)
The Saga of Gunnlaug Serpent-Tongue
34
Anonymous
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange
35
Anthony Burgess
All the Light We Cannot See (Anthony Doerr)
All the Light We Cannot See
36
Anthony Doerr
The Little Prince (Antoine De Saint-Exupéry)
The Little Prince
37
Antoine De Saint-Exupéry
A Marriage Proposal (Anton Chekhov)
A Marriage Proposal
38
Anton Chekhov
Uncle Vanya (Anton Chekhov)
Uncle Vanya
39
Anton Chekhov
Maus I: A Survivor's Tale (Art Spiegelman)
Maus I: A Survivor's Tale
40
Art Spiegelman
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