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Practical Classics: 50 Reasons to Reread 50 Books You Haven't Touched Since High School

List of classic books from Kevin Smokler's book 'Practical Classics: 50 Reasons to Reread 50 Books You Haven't Touched Since High School.'
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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
1
Mark Twain
Candide (Voltaire)
Candide
2
Voltaire
A Separate Peace (John Knowles)
A Separate Peace
3
John Knowles
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (Carson McCullers)
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
4
Carson McCullers
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou)
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
5
Maya Angelou
Reservation Blues (Sherman Alexie)
Reservation Blues
6
Sherman Alexie
The Autobiography of Malcolm X (Malcolm X)
The Autobiography of Malcolm X
7
Malcolm X
The Age of Innocence (Edith Wharton)
The Age of Innocence
8
Edith Wharton
Surfacing (Margaret Atwood)
Surfacing
9
Margaret Atwood
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (Philip K. Dick)
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
10
Philip K. Dick
Labyrinths (Jorge Luis Borges)
Labyrinths
11
Jorge Luis Borges
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar
12
Sylvia Plath
Portnoy's Complaint (Philip Roth)
Portnoy's Complaint
13
Philip Roth
Cannery Row (John Steinbeck)
Cannery Row
14
John Steinbeck
And the Band Played On
And the Band Played On
15
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
16
Jane Austen
A Doll's House (Henrik Ibsen)
A Doll's House
17
Henrik Ibsen
Their Eyes Were Watching God (Zora Neale Hurston)
Their Eyes Were Watching God
18
Zora Neale Hurston
Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been? by Joyce Carol Oates
Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been? by Joyce Carol Oates
19
The Scarlet Letter (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
The Scarlet Letter
20
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Bartleby, the Scrivener (Herman Melville)
Bartleby, the Scrivener
21
Herman Melville
The Hound of the Baskervilles (Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Hound of the Baskervilles
22
Arthur Conan Doyle
A Supposedly Fun Thing (Wallace)
A Supposedly Fun Thing
23
Wallace
Master Harold...And the Boys
Master Harold...And the Boys
24
Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
Fahrenheit 451
25
Ray Bradbury
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
26
Harper Lee
Sula (Toni Morrison)
Sula
27
Toni Morrison
The Joy Luck Club (Amy Tan)
The Joy Luck Club
28
Amy Tan
The Metamorphosis (Franz Kafka)
The Metamorphosis
29
Franz Kafka
Maus (Art Spiegelman)
Maus
30
Art Spiegelman
The Phantom Toolbooth
The Phantom Toolbooth
31
Susan Sontag Against Interpretation
Susan Sontag Against Interpretation
32
The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction (Walter Benjamin)
The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction
33
Walter Benjamin
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (William Shakespeare)
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare
34
William Shakespeare
Understanding Media (Marshall McLuhan)
Understanding Media
35
Marshall McLuhan
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
36
J.D. Salinger
The Stranger (Albert Camus)
The Stranger
37
Albert Camus
The Lottery (Shirley Jackson)
The Lottery
38
Shirley Jackson
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five
39
Kurt Vonnegut
Bastard Out of Carolina (Dorothy Allison)
Bastard Out of Carolina
40
Dorothy Allison
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