I was homeschooled and deeply sheltered growing up. I’m still trying to rectify the fact that I didn’t read all the required books everyone else had to read when they were young. What books do you think every educated American adult should have read?
by reagandhi
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Mockingbird, Lord of the Flies, Gatsby, Romeo and Juliet, The Bible [archetypal stories] not cult behaviors
To Kill A Mockingbird.
Crime and Punishment and The Brothers Karamazov.
Frankenstein.
Diary of Anne Frank.
Jane Eyre.
Fahrenheit 451.
Their Eyes Were Watching God.
Slaughterhouse Five.
East of Eden.
The Giver.
Anna Karenina.
So so many… Just read and read. And think about everything openly. It’s exercise for your brain.
• *The Great Gatsby*, F. Scott Fitzgerald
• *1984*, George Orwell
• *To Kill a Mockingbird*, Harper Lee
• *Macbeth*, William Shakespeare
• *The Handmaid’s Tale*, Margaret Atwood
• *Beloved*, Toni Morrison
• *Great Expectations*, Charles Dickens
• *The Crucible*, Arthur Miller
• *Night*, Elie Wiesel
• *All The Light We Cannot See*, Anthony Doerr