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Ultimate High School Reading List

If you read every book on this list by the end of 8th grade, you can skip all your High School English classes!
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The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
1
F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Crucible (Arthur Miller)
The Crucible
2
Arthur Miller
Death of a Salesman (Arthur Miller)
Death of a Salesman
3
Arthur Miller
Of Mice and Men (John Steinbeck)
Of Mice and Men
4
John Steinbeck
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath
5
John Steinbeck
The Pearl (John Steinbeck)
The Pearl
6
John Steinbeck
The Red Pony
The Red Pony
7
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
8
George Orwell
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
9
George Orwell
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
10
Harper Lee
The Diary of Anne Frank (Anne Frank)
The Diary of Anne Frank
11
Anne Frank
The Scarlet Letter (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
The Scarlet Letter
12
Nathaniel Hawthorne
A Separate Peace (John Knowles)
A Separate Peace
13
John Knowles
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
14
J.D. Salinger
Romeo and Juliet (William Shakespeare)
Romeo and Juliet
15
William Shakespeare
Hamlet (William Shakespeare)
Hamlet
16
William Shakespeare
King Lear (William Shakespeare)
King Lear
17
William Shakespeare
Othello (William Shakespeare)
Othello
18
William Shakespeare
Ethan Frome (Edith Wharton)
Ethan Frome
19
Edith Wharton
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment
20
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
21
Jane Austen
For Whom the Bell Tolls (Ernest Hemingway)
For Whom the Bell Tolls
22
Ernest Hemingway
The Old Man and the Sea (Ernest Hemingway)
The Old Man and the Sea
23
Ernest Hemingway
A Tale of Two Cities (Charles Dickens)
A Tale of Two Cities
24
Charles Dickens
Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
Great Expectations
25
Charles Dickens
The Iliad (Homer)
The Iliad
26
Homer
The Odyssey (Homer)
The Odyssey
27
Homer
Oedipus Rex (Sophocles)
Oedipus Rex
28
Sophocles
Antigone (Sophocles)
Antigone
29
Sophocles
The Jungle (Upton Sinclair)
The Jungle
30
Upton Sinclair
Cry, the Beloved Country (Alan Paton)
Cry, the Beloved Country
31
Alan Paton
The Rivals
The Rivals
32
Billy Budd, Sailor
Billy Budd, Sailor
33
Bartleby, the Scrivener (Herman Melville)
Bartleby, the Scrivener
34
Herman Melville
The Outsiders (S.E. Hinton)
The Outsiders
35
S.E. Hinton
The Sound and the Fury (William Faulkner)
The Sound and the Fury
36
William Faulkner
The Federalist Papers (Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay)
The Federalist Papers
37
Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay
Democracy in America
Democracy in America
38
A Modest Proposal (Jonathan Swift)
A Modest Proposal
39
Jonathan Swift
Gulliver's Travels (Jonathan Swift)
Gulliver's Travels
40
Jonathan Swift
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