What book from your high school literature classes do you recommend?
I’m looking to re-read some of those high school classics that are considered national treasures. I can recommend The Catcher in the Rye and The Jungle as some of my favorites.
The Great Gatsby, A Separate Peace (which I hated up until a couple of years ago), and of course, To Kill A Mockingbird. Also 1984, Of Mice and Men. The latter two I didn’t read in high school myself, but several of my high school students had to read them for English class (I teach world languages) so I wanted to see what the fuss was about.
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Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
Animal Farm by George Orwell
The Crucible by Arthur Miller
Nathaniel Hawthorne’s short stories
I’ve reread all as an adult and they’re still great!
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Flowers for Algernon. A lot of people read it in high school but I didn’t read it until I was an adult. Absolutely heartbreaking and beautifully written.
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I always liked The Great Gatsby.
The Great Gatsby, A Separate Peace (which I hated up until a couple of years ago), and of course, To Kill A Mockingbird. Also 1984, Of Mice and Men. The latter two I didn’t read in high school myself, but several of my high school students had to read them for English class (I teach world languages) so I wanted to see what the fuss was about.
Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
Animal Farm by George Orwell
The Crucible by Arthur Miller
Nathaniel Hawthorne’s short stories
I’ve reread all as an adult and they’re still great!
Flowers for Algernon. A lot of people read it in high school but I didn’t read it until I was an adult. Absolutely heartbreaking and beautifully written.
Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck