orangearrow Posted June 5, 2010 Share Posted June 5, 2010 (edited) Just for fun, I'm making a list of books that I was REQUIRED to read for school while in middle or high school. I want to re-read those that I haven't read in 15-20 years to see if maybe I'll like them more this time around. I loathed Pride & Prejudice in high school and now I'm practically obsessed with it. Also hated Tess of the D'Urbervilles. I still hate it, but for very different reasons (and read it at least once a year...) I'm curious to read the required reading lists of others out there... it might remind me of some books that I had to read, but forgot about - or books that were commonly assigned in high school that I never got around to reading. (I took AP English courses, and we were assigned different books to read. I have never read Animal Farm, for instance, which I've gathered since is a commonly assigned book in high school...) I'm trying to remember the name of a certain book as well. A wealthy man lived in a jungle somewhere - the protagonist went to him for whatever reason (maybe he was in a shipwreck?) - and found out that the wealthy man hunted humans after "helping" them back to good health. Does this sound familiar to anyone? I thought it was the Heart of Darkness, but I think that was a different book... A few books that I remember off the top of my head are: Native Son by Richard Wright Dances with Wolves by Michael Blake Anna Karenina by Tolstoy (still hate it) Crime and Punishment by Dostoyevsky War and Peace by Tolstoy either The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn OR The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Twain. I actually don't remember which we read. Or maybe we had to read both? I guess I definitely need to re-read these to find out... lol. I remember not liking it - whichever it was. I think we read this in 8th grade. Emma by Jane Austen The Great Gatsby by Fitzgerald A Tale of Two Cities by Dickens Great Expectations by Dickens The Grapes of Wrath by Steinbeck another Steinbeck, but I cannot remember which To Kill a Mockingbird by Lee Lord of the Flies (which I will never read again) Heart of Darkness by Conrad Jane Eyre by Bronte Wuthering Heights by the other Bronte the Scarlet Letter by Hawthorne I think I had to read The Old Man and the Sea by Hemingway. And there was a lot of poetry, and a lot of Edgar Allen Poe, which (except for Annabelle Lee and The Raven I've nearly successfully blocked from all memory. :D Quite a bit of Shakespeare as well. That's all I can actually remember! I'm hoping some replies will help spark some memories! I know there were also one or two science-fiction novels. At least one on the topic of slavery. Gone With the Wind might have been required reading (or I might have just read it for fun... I can't remember!) One of the King Arthur books - probably TOaFK (I've since read them all, so I get a bit mixed up which one I was required to read, lol) And another Russian novel... or something that read like a Russian novel.... lol AKA: H.E.A.V.Y. :svengo: Edited June 5, 2010 by orangearrow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melissa in Australia Posted June 5, 2010 Share Posted June 5, 2010 Macbeth, Lord of the Flies The Adronimer? Strain A Daphene De-More Book Playing Betty Bow Some book about an Australian town just after the war; A pretty depressing book. I can't remember the rest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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mamato3 all-boy boys Posted June 5, 2010 Share Posted June 5, 2010 I don't remember anything about middle school. But high school: Grapes of Wrath, Moby Dick, Canterbury Tales, Animal Farm Something Dickens Something Shakespeare I think Sr. year must've been European or British Lit.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laurie4b Posted June 5, 2010 Share Posted June 5, 2010 The only book I remember having to read in high school was Lord of the Flies. I remember it because I detested it so much and resented being forced to ingest that narrative. I don't remember the others. I was an avid reader on my own. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Margo out of lurking Posted June 5, 2010 Share Posted June 5, 2010 I am a product of late '70s California public schools. A few of the books you mentioned are ones I read in jr. high. The only book I recall that I had to read in high school was Taming of the Shrew. But I didn't read it. Instead, I would come to class after cutting the period before and drinking screwdrivers. :cheers2: If I could stay awake, I heard the class discussion. That was enough to get me an A on the test and end up with a B for the semester. And we only needed one SEMESTER of math to graduate. They upped it for the class behind us though . . . to a full year of math. I guess I'm no help, lol. (head shaking) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cat in black Posted June 5, 2010 Share Posted June 5, 2010 I had to read The Fountainhead, which I hated, and many that I loved: To Kill a Mockingbird Great Gatsby Canterbury Tales Merchant of Venice Scarlet Letter Paradise Lost O'Henry short stories Pride and Predjudice Jane Eyre Silas Marner David Copperfield Ivanhoe The Old Man and the Sea Grapes of Wrath Walden Prince and the Pauper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Robyn Posted June 5, 2010 Share Posted June 5, 2010 I remember Shiloh in middle school. From high school I remember having to read The Pigman and Of Mice and Men. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherry in OH Posted June 5, 2010 Share Posted June 5, 2010 The only titles I can remember from middle school are Robin Hood A Christmas Carol Johnny Tremain Romeo and Juliet The high school titles I remember are The Nick Adams Stories The Tell Tale Heart Catcher in the Rye Great Expectations MacBeth Hamlet Julius Caesar She Stoops to Conquer The Hobbit Lord of the Rings Pride and Prejudice Edith Hamilton's Mythology Odyssey [translator not remembered] Doctor Zhevago Nicholas and Alexandria A Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich There was at least one more Russian Lit. title and many British/U.S. poems and short stories. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jld Posted June 5, 2010 Share Posted June 5, 2010 I'm ashamed of myself for it now, but I did not finish Far from the Madding Crowd my senior year. Rebellion, rebellion . . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mama Geek Posted June 5, 2010 Share Posted June 5, 2010 The Diary of Anne Frank is one that I had to read that hasn't been mentioned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jyniffrec Posted June 5, 2010 Share Posted June 5, 2010 The ones I remember: The Source by James A. Michener Animal Farm Brave New World Romeo & Juliet Hmm...I can't remember anymore but I know there were lots more! I, too, was an avid reader on my own so who knows which was which. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murmer Posted June 5, 2010 Share Posted June 5, 2010 Lord of the flies (hated) To kill a mockingbird (enjoyed) The pearl (disliked) The catcher in the rye (loved) Parts of the odessy (although I read it all) Parts of canterbury tales Parts of once and future king (although I read it all) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhonda in TX Posted June 5, 2010 Share Posted June 5, 2010 I'm trying to remember the name of a certain book as well. A wealthy man lived in a jungle somewhere - the protagonist went to him for whatever reason (maybe he was in a shipwreck?) - and found out that the wealthy man hunted humans after "helping" them back to good health. Does this sound familiar to anyone? I thought it was the Heart of Darkness, but I think that was a different book... I'm pretty sure you're talking about The Most Dangerous Game. It's a short story. I know DH and I both read it in high school. I can only remember a few books I read for high school. I took honors English (they didn't offer AP). I don't know if it's my faulty memory, or if they just did not require many whole books. Huckleberry Finn Romeo and Juliet Alas, Babylon My Antonia Book of the Dun Cow a John Steinbeck novel (our choice, but I can't remember which one I chose) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matryoshka Posted June 5, 2010 Share Posted June 5, 2010 (edited) Hamlet Romeo and Juliet Henry IV Part I A Tale of Two Cities Great Expectations The Red Badge of Courage Billy Budd :ack2: (Melville) To Kill A Mockingbird A Separate Peace Catcher in the Rye :ack2::ack2: Our Town The Great Gatsby Growing Up In Mississippi Native Son Black LIke Me Jubilee Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee A Native American novel I can't remember the name of The Old Man and the Sea O'Henry Short Stories Huckleberry Finn Ragtime exceprts from Walden The Plague (Camus) exerpts from Gilgamesh The Book of Ruth (Bible) The Raven Lord of the Flies Watership Down Secret Life of Walter Mitty short story by Willa Cather The Turn of the Screw Picture of Dorian Gray I'm pretty sure The Tell Tale Heart and maybe Once and Future King - I've read them but I can't remember if they were required reading. I'm missing some - there was always a summer reading list at my school, so it's a pretty long list. I remember exactly nothing from middle school. It sits in my head that we spent a year doing grammar in 7th grade (the only year we did any). I have no memory at all of 8th grade! I fled that school for a local Catholic high school - it could be that the awful public middle school just didn't require much. My brother went to the town high school and I think he read one novel in four years - I don't know whether that's because he didn't bother to read the assigned books, or whether they didn't assign much of anything. You know, the novel he read might not have been assigned - I think my mom may have gotten him to read Clan of the Cave Bear... Edited June 5, 2010 by matroyshka Keep remembering more and am having fun putting them all in one place :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snickerdoodle Posted June 5, 2010 Share Posted June 5, 2010 My goodness, ya'll have great memories. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angela in ohio Posted June 5, 2010 Share Posted June 5, 2010 The only ones I remember: Lord of the Flies The Scarlet Letter The Old Man and the Sea Romeo & Juliet Huckleberry Finn Canterbury Tales To Kill a Mockingbird one Dickens several random short stories I was in Honors English, and I know we read at least a novel a month, other than the semester we read Shakeseare plays, but that's all I can remember anymore. :tongue_smilie: My freshman year in college I had a Great Books course, and I remember almost all of those. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JennW in SoCal Posted June 5, 2010 Share Posted June 5, 2010 My oh my but that was a long time ago! The books I remember from middle school: A Separate Peace (thought it was the most profound thing I'd ever read) Diary of Anne Frank from high school: Grapes of Wrath (liked it, have yet to have my teens read it) Romeo and Juliet Macbeth (had a GREAT teacher and loved it.) Great Gatsby (those stupid glasses on the billboard, that stupid green light on the end of the pier) All Quiet on the Western Front (liked it and was moved by it) a biography of Ho Chi Min wonderful short stories and poetry in my Spanish class, such as Axoltl (sp?) about a man who watches the salamandar at the zoo every day and eventually trades places with it. The things I do remember? My teachers. In my freshman year, which would have been 1974, we had a student teacher who arrived in class pretty strung out every morning. He would stay up every night watching the Tomorrow show with Tom Snyder and had to tell us all about it. The guy was convinced the world would come to some apocalyptic end by 2000, so he had us read all kinds of depressing short stories, one was about a fully automated house that kept functioning long after the people were gone. My 10th grade instructor was British, complete with stupid mustache and tweed jacket. His enthusiastic lecture on the history of the English language, complete with maps and arrows drawn on the chalkboard, almost seems in my memory like a Monty Python skit! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radiobrain Posted June 5, 2010 Share Posted June 5, 2010 We read a Tale of Two Cities in 8th grade. I can only remember when I break it down by classes (although I totally forget my 9th & 10th grade classes.. they were more general). American Lit class: The Scarlet Letter, As I lay dying, An American Tragedy, Of Mice and Men, The Great Gatsby, The Grapes of Wrath, 3 others I have forgotten. World Lit: One Hundred Years of Solitude, Gilgamesh, Crime and Punishment, One day in the life of Ivan Dysinovich, Moliere : The Misanthrope/ the tartuffe, The Magic Mountain, 2 kafka books (the trial & the plauge...I think, but maybe the stranger), Madame Bovary I know that we did, at some point, Lord of the Flies, Billy Budd, 1984(8th), A Brave new world, Canterbury Tales, huck finn, Tom Sawyer(7th), Prince and the pauper, To Kill a mockingbird(8th), Oliver Twist (7th), All Quiet on the Western Front (8th) Silas Marner,..... I also had a Shakespeare class, where we did at least 5 plays. There were many more. That is all I can do this morning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caroline Posted June 5, 2010 Share Posted June 5, 2010 Taming of the Shrew MacBeth Hamlet A Midsummer Night's Dream King Lear Romeo and Juliet Julius Caesar The Scarlet Letter To Kill a Mockingbird The Pearl MacTeague The Mayor of Casterbridge Madame Bovary Sons and Lovers (Or another DH Lawrence title, I can't remember) Animal Farm The Importance of Being Ernest Jane Eyre Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man Catcher in the Rye Odyssey Oedipus Walden The House of Seven Gables Pygmalion The Death of a Salesman Jean D'Arc in French Tartuffe in French The Stranger in both French and English Le Petit Prince In AP French we read a lot of French literature in French, but those are the only ones I remember. I know there was a lot more, and I can remember story lines of some more, but I cannot remember the titles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gandpsmommy Posted June 5, 2010 Share Posted June 5, 2010 Here's what I can recall: Lord of The Flies by William Golding The Return of The Native by Thomas Hardy A Separate Peace by John Knowles Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain In Cold Blood by Truman Capote Black Like Me by John Howard Griffin The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne The Old Man and The Sea by Ernest Hemingway The Red Badge of Courage by Henry Fleming Brave New World by Aldous Huxley Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Debora R Posted June 5, 2010 Share Posted June 5, 2010 Diary of Anne Frank (middle school, I think) The Cremation of Sam McGee (had to memorize and recite part of that one) The Witch of Blackbird Pond Some book about two Jewish friends, one boy was from an Orthadox family, while the other family became Zionists & went to help found the Nation of Israel....I can't remember the name of it. The Red Badge of Courage (didn't like it, very tedious) after 10th grade I dropped Advanced English (could not stand "Dr. H____" - felt that the dislike was mutual) and went back to standard. That was basically a survey course that didn't get too much into anything..... what I remember from that.... Pygmalion Romeo & Juliet Hamlet The Raven bits and pieces of other classic works, and a series of self-selected novels Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bee Posted June 5, 2010 Share Posted June 5, 2010 Romeo and Juliet for 9th grade. To Kill A Mockingbird for tenth. Paradise Lost in 11th grade. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hsbaby Posted June 5, 2010 Share Posted June 5, 2010 (edited) My memory of middle school is vague. Here are books I remember reading: 1984 Animal Farm Catcher In The Rye Huck Finn A Handmaid's Tale (one of my favs!!) Lord of the Flies Frankenstein Of Mice and Men 12 Angry Men To Kill A Mockingbird Brave New World That's all I remember. Great thread:) Edited June 5, 2010 by hsbaby Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littlebug42 Posted June 5, 2010 Share Posted June 5, 2010 From middle school, I remember the books: April Morning by Howard Fast (I think) A Separate Peace by John Knowles My Brother Sam is Dead by James Lincoln Collier In HS, I read: Romeo and Juliet Julius Caesar Hamlet The Hobbit Wuthering Heights Watership Down by Richard Adams To Kill A Mockingbird Lord of the Flies Tender is the Night by F. Scott Fitzgerald Jane Eyre Murder in the Cathedral by T.S. Eliot Far from the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy Cry the Beloved Country by Alan Paton Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orangearrow Posted June 5, 2010 Author Share Posted June 5, 2010 I'm pretty sure you're talking about The Most Dangerous Game. It's a short story. I know DH and I both read it in high school. Oh, yes!!! That is IT! Thank you so much! Now, I remember that I hated reading it (so much that, apparently, I'd decided it was a full-length novel - not a short story of approx 48 pages! LOL), but it's been driving me NUTS that I could remember the plot, but not the title! Now to decide if I want to re-read, or not, lol! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hikin' Mama Posted June 5, 2010 Share Posted June 5, 2010 anything in middle school. :confused: Maybe I just can't remember. The only books I can remember reading in high school is Jane Eyre (loved it then, love it so much more now), Of Mice and Men, Lord of the Flies, Animal Farm. We studied Odyssey, Romeo and Juliet, and Macbeth, but I don't know if we had to READ them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Night Elf Posted June 5, 2010 Share Posted June 5, 2010 My high school didn't exactly have a highly achieving academic focus. I only remember two required books: The Outsiders, and Lord of the Flies. I'm not interested in reading either of those again. I remember part of my 12th grade English course, we studied poetry. We were holding our hands up beneath our chins while saying words so we could "feel" the syllables of the words. :001_huh: I remember sitting there thinking that was the stupidest thing ever, especially for a senior class. I memorized Robert Frost's The Road Not Taken. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmoira Posted June 5, 2010 Share Posted June 5, 2010 (edited) I'm sure I'm missing some, but here's what I remember prior to my morning's coffee. Never Cry Wolf Who has Seen the Wind To Kill a Mockingbird Lord of the Flies Hamlet Romeo and Juliet Caesar Macbeth The Tempest As for Me and My House The Stone Angel Fifth Business Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man L'Étranger The Plague Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead Waiting for Godot The Wars (Findley) Surfacing The Catcher in the Rye Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town Brave New World (I think... I seem to remember discussing this) We read a lots of short stories and some poetry as well. Edited to add: Death of a Salesman Heart of Darkness Edited June 6, 2010 by nmoira Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mejane Posted June 5, 2010 Share Posted June 5, 2010 I only remember reading The Catcher in the Rye, Lord of the Flies, and a LOT of Shakespeare. Hey, it's been thirty years! :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erica in OR Posted June 5, 2010 Share Posted June 5, 2010 There were others, but the one that sticks in my mind is James Joyce's "Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man" during senior year. It qualifies as one that really didn't interest me. Lord of the Flies was also part of the high school experience. Erica in OR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KarenNC Posted June 5, 2010 Share Posted June 5, 2010 Macbeth,Lord of the Flies The Adronimer? Strain A Daphene De-More Book Playing Betty Bow Some book about an Australian town just after the war; A pretty depressing book. I can't remember the rest. Probably The Andromeda Strain by Michael Crichton. I think we read Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier. Was the Australian one On the Beach by Nevil Shute? I think we read that one. From Amazon: After a nuclear World War III has destroyed most of the globe, the few remaining survivors in southern Australia await the radioactive cloud that is heading their way and bringing certain death to everyone in its path. Among them is an American submarine captain struggling to resist the knowledge that his wife and children in the United States must be dead. Then a faint Morse code signal is picked up, transmitting from somewhere near Seattle, and Captain Towers must lead his submarine crew on a bleak tour of the ruined world in a desperate search for signs of life. Both terrifying and intensely moving, On the Beach is a remarkably convincing portrait of how ordinary people might face the most unimaginable nightmare. It's hard to remember what I was required to read vs. what I chose to read. I do remember vividly how much I detested The Mayor of Casterbridge, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ereks mom Posted June 5, 2010 Share Posted June 5, 2010 I'm trying to remember the name of a certain book as well. A wealthy man lived in a jungle somewhere - the protagonist went to him for whatever reason (maybe he was in a shipwreck?) - and found out that the wealthy man hunted humans after "helping" them back to good health. Does this sound familiar to anyone? "The Most Dangerous Game" (also published as "The Hounds of Zaroff"), however, it's not a book, but a short story by Richard Connell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ereks mom Posted June 5, 2010 Share Posted June 5, 2010 (edited) West Side Story Silas Marner The Crucible The Pearl The Light in the Forest Brave New World The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Canterbury Tales The Good Earth (the only one on this list that I didn't like) Tobacco Road Romeo & Juliet Julius Caesar MacBeth King Lear Hamlet Othello Flowers for Algernon Beowulf 12 Angry Men We also had a reading textbook, and we read LOTS of short stories and essays, etc. (Poe, Thoreau, O. Henry). Edited June 5, 2010 by ereks mom remembered more! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stacia Posted June 5, 2010 Share Posted June 5, 2010 Don't really remember from middle school, though we did read The Outsiders, The Diary of Anne Frank, Summer of My German Soldier (maybe this was in elementary school), and The Glass Menagerie. High school (the ones I can remember): 1984 Fahrenheit 451 To Kill a Mockingbird Madame Bovary A Passage to India The Return of the Native The Scarlet Letter Cry, The Beloved Country The Crucible The Importance of Being Earnest The Great Gatsby The Picture of Dorian Gray Wuthering Heights The Aeneid A Tale of Two Cities The Catcher in the Rye Murder in the Cathedral The Call of the Wild Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry most of The Canterbury Tales Beowulf Romeo & Juliet Julius Caesar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amira Posted June 5, 2010 Share Posted June 5, 2010 I was required to read very few specific titles; besides Tale of Two Cities in ninth grade, my only required reading was in 10th. We had to do lots of reading, but we chose it ourselves (although our teachers had veto power). The ones that were assigned were: Tale of Two Cities Romeo and Juliet West Side Story The Chosen Cold Sassy Tree The Scarlet Letter Personally, I think it was a good system to let the students learn to choose good, worthwhile books that we wrote about independently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisaroe Posted June 5, 2010 Share Posted June 5, 2010 The books- I remember reading in High School were: The Pearl some of Cantebury Tales Emma 1984 Animal Farm Lord of the Flies (This book still gives me nightmares) Great Gadsby Tale of Two Cities Mac Beth Romeo and Juliet West Side Story Silas Marner Scarlett Letter Scarlett Ibis War and Peace All's Quiet on the Western Front My Antonia (did not like this book) Odyssey and an Anth Mayor of Casterbury and An Anthology of American Short Stories Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shelly in the Country Posted June 5, 2010 Share Posted June 5, 2010 (edited) Romeo and Juliet Pygmalian Member of the Wedding (?) Great Expectations 1984 The Iliad The Odyssey Beowulf Sir Gawain and the Green Knight The Pearl Cry, the Beloved Country Hamlet Macbeth Richard II Richard III One of the Henry's....can't recall which one Edith Hamilton's Mythology Of Mice and Men Silas Marner Catcher in the Rye Pride and Prejudice Brave New World Wuthering Heights Murder in the Cathedral Walden Walden 2 A Doll's House Animal Farm The Crucible Crime and Punishment The Aeneid...in Latin (but that was for Latin class) Selections from The Canterbury Tales (and I had to memorize the Prologue in Middle English) John Brown's Body The Stranger That's what I remember from high school. Middle school is too fuzzy in my memory, I vaguely remember some Twain... Edited June 5, 2010 by Shelly in the Country Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cathmom Posted June 5, 2010 Share Posted June 5, 2010 You all read some very interesting selections! Here's what I remember: 7th and 8th grade: Lisa, Bright and Dark Across Five Aprils The Tell-Tale Heart To Kill a Mockingbird Charley (I think this is the title) 9th: A Separate Peace Romeo and Juliet Great Expectations Scarlet Pimpernel Merchant of Venice 10th: King Lear All Quiet on the Western Front Epic of Gilgamesh the Oedipus trilogy Odyssey Cry the Beloved Country 11th: Great Gatsby Scarlet Letter Ethan Frome Walden Winesburg, OH Babbitt The Crucible I went to college early so I read nothing for 12th LOL. There are various short stories mixed in there: more Poe, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daisy Posted June 5, 2010 Share Posted June 5, 2010 (edited) I can't remember any assigned books in Jr or Sr High. We were textbook/anthology heavy in private school. This particular private school was very much against reading the classics, etc. I loved to read but my parents were very selective also, so I was reading stuff like Jonathon Edwards and John Bunyan. The year between High School and college, I picked up a brochure from the local library that had the top 50 classics listed in it. I read through that entire list that year. Edited June 5, 2010 by Daisy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TravelingChris Posted June 5, 2010 Share Posted June 5, 2010 In Jr. High, I think we mostly read some short stories. I am not even sure we read them because I remember the movies I saw from them: The Lady or The Tiger, The Incident At Owl Creek, Bartleby the Scrivener, and something that occured on a moor in England. We even did this in 9th grade which was still in jr. high school. In 10th grade, I think I read The Old Man and the Sea and I am sure I read some other thigs but we were mostly writing. In 11th grade, I think we read some sci fi and I think I read MacBeth but that might have been in drama. In 12th I had AP English. We read portions of the Bible, Paradise Lost, A Seperate Peace, The Odyssey, Hamlet, and some others I don't remember. I also get confused on which I read in college, which in high school and which on my own. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wendi Posted June 5, 2010 Share Posted June 5, 2010 I will try to remember... Catch-22 Crime and Punishment The Rime of the Ancient Mariner Great Expectations Invisible Man short stories ("The Lottery", "A Good Man is Hard to Find", etc.) The Stranger David Copperfield The Great Gatsby 1984 Night The Good Earth One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich Julius Caesar These are the only ones I can remember right now. Now that you've got me thinking about it, I'll probably recall more. It's hard for me, because until fairly recently (the past few years), my leisure reading consisted solely of classic literature. So it's hard to remember if I studied it in class or read it for fun! But the ones I listed I definitely remember discussing in class and writing thesis papers about. Wendi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Food4Thought Posted June 5, 2010 Share Posted June 5, 2010 Sadly, I remember very few of the books we read in high school. I'm sure I've read most of the big lists up above. Good idea to read them again! I do remember reading a lot of Michael Crichton, Steven King, Ken Follett, and the Clan of the Cave Bear series on my own during my high school years. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cathmom Posted June 5, 2010 Share Posted June 5, 2010 I will try to remember... short stories ("The Lottery", "A Good Man is Hard to Find", etc.) Wendi Oh! those are two other short stories I had to read. Why on earth are all the short stories so horrible?! Young Goodman Brown was another... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rene Austen Posted June 5, 2010 Share Posted June 5, 2010 Most of the ones I read have already been mentioned("The Most Dangerous Game"--haven't thought about that one for years. . .), but one that hasn't been was The Scottish Chiefs by Jane Porter, which I adored. I was in love with William Wallace for a long time after reading that--no ordinary human teenage boy could measure up. :tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinder Posted June 5, 2010 Share Posted June 5, 2010 I only remember reading The Catcher in the Rye, Lord of the Flies, and a LOT of Shakespeare. Hey, it's been thirty years! :001_smile: Sounds like my school. We had to read 2 Shakespeare plays each year. I remember reading Othello, Hamlet, Macbeth, Taming of the Shrew, Julius Caesar, and Merchant of Venice. We did a lot of reading in high school. Much of what we read has already been mentioned. The only others I can remember that haven't already been listed are Grendel and The Phantom Tollbooth. I know Phantom Tollbooth is often read by younger kids but we had a lot of fun in that class picking apart the word play and studying word roots. Cinder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wendi Posted June 5, 2010 Share Posted June 5, 2010 Diary of Anne Frank (middle school, I think) Some book about two Jewish friends, one boy was from an Orthadox family, while the other family became Zionists & went to help found the Nation of Israel....I can't remember the name of it. Oh, I forgot to add that to my list! The Chosen by Chaim Potok. I loved it! Wendi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandy in Indy Posted June 5, 2010 Share Posted June 5, 2010 In 8th grade, I got bored and went to the principal to see if he'd let me go to high school. To remedy that, he pulled me and 3 others (who were also bored) from our LA class and had us read: 1984 Animal Farm Farenheit 451 Brave New World I don't remember what I read in high school! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaissezFaire Posted June 5, 2010 Share Posted June 5, 2010 The Scarlet Letter The Iceman Cometh The Glass Menagerie Their Eyes Were Watching God Bless Me Ultima Siddhartha Gilgamesh Allegory of the Cave Native Son The Joy Luck Club Hamlet MacBeth The Red Badge of Courage Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Tom Sawyer The Jungle Romeo and Juliet The Great Gatsby Anne Frank To Kill A Mockingbird The Crucible Death of A Salesman Cry, the Beloved Country The Catcher in the Rye Lord of the Flies The Grapes of Wrath Of Mice and Men Those are the ones I remember off the top of my head. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MomtoCandJ Posted June 5, 2010 Share Posted June 5, 2010 The only one that I have read that hasn't been mentioned is Like Water is for Chocolate and The Narrative of Fredrick Douglas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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