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ST Literary Poll: What books did you get assigned to read in High School (or have your kids been assigned) -- nm*

Posted by Boooooooker (aka Anniebecca) Oct 27 '21, 07:42

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Off the top of my head: Gatsby, Crucible, Scarlett Letter, Heart of Darkness, Mockingbird, Lord of Flies, Animal Farm, Romeo/Juliet, Julius Caesar -- nm - Dano Oct 27, 08:27
I remember Tender is the Night and a Philip Larkin poem about how your parents fuck you up. -- nm - LMS Oct 27, 08:18
I read so many books in school. I was in the G&T program here and things were rather accelerated. I also read a lot for fun so I'm not sure - Krusty Oct 27, 08:16
Lots of Shakespeare, Old Man and the Sea, As I Lay Dying and another shitty Faulkner, Huck Finn (toughest read ever), Canterbury Tales…and others -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 27, 08:04
The Crucible, Ragtime, The Pearl, The Chocolate War, Lord of the Flies, Animal Farm, The Outsiders, All Quiet on the Western Front, Things Fall Apart -- nm - Jovian Oct 27, 07:55
A lot of times in the kid’s school they get a list of 3 or 4 books and choose one to read. - spamlet Oct 27, 07:52 5
- Ugh, make the kid suffer like we did -- nm - ty97 Oct 27, 07:54 4
  - Ones that I can think of for the whole class include 1984 and Gatsby. - spamlet Oct 27, 07:57 3
    - I read 1984 as an adult and, yeah, it wouldn't really have registered with me as a kid I think -- nm - ty97 Oct 27, 08:02 2
      - I re-read it about every decade. It’s one of my favorite books now. - spamlet Oct 27, 08:09 1
        
        we just watched the cartoon of it. -- nm - Reagen Oct 27, 09:09
Most of the common ones plus: The Crucible, Death of a Salesman, Crime and Punishment, All Quiet on the Western Front, King Lear, Our Town -- nm - rollo Oct 27, 07:51
Related: remember trying to find a Coles Notes for these books? Kids today will never know the joy of finding one you got assigned -- nm - Boooooooker Oct 27, 07:50 2
- My humble brag is that I got a 5 on the AP English exam and the only thing I read for the class was the Cliff Notes for King Lear. - rollo Oct 27, 07:53 1
  - That’s the best one! -- nm - spamlet Oct 27, 07:54
Probably a bunch I’m missing but Mockingbird, Outsiders, Grapes of Wrath, Gatsby (unread) are ones that I remember. -- nm - znufrii Oct 27, 07:49 2
- +All Quiet on the Western Front, Anne Frank -- nm* - znufrii Oct 27, 07:51
- I recall reading portions of Beowulf, some of the Canterbury Tales (not the whole book though) in College Prep English (Grade 12) -- nm - ty97 Oct 27, 07:51
Way too much crappy Dickens. Animal Farm. I know why the caged bird sings. Heart of Darkness. Chronicles of a death foretold. -- nm - Strongbad Oct 27, 07:47 2
- God I hate Dickens. -- nm - loosilu Oct 27, 08:11
- Metamorphosis, Stranger, a bunch of stuff in that link below. - Strongbad Oct 27, 07:50
Here is a greatest hits list to jog your memory if you need it. -- (link) - Volnelk Oct 27, 07:46
Animal Farm, A Separate Peace, Brave New World. -- nm - Volnelk Oct 27, 07:45
it was ~50 years ago, all I remember was Tess of the D'Urbervilles. It was while I was reading Tolkien, Orwell, Hesse and Vonnegut on my own. -- nm - mud Oct 27, 07:45
To Kill a Mockingbird, Homer's Odyssey/Iliad, Grapes of Wrath -- nm* - budice Oct 27, 07:43
Me: The Pearl, Old Man and the Sea, Lord of the Flies, To Kill a Mockingbird (plus some Shakespeare) -- nm* - Boooooooker Oct 27, 07:43 1
- Oldest: The Road, The Outsiders, 1984 (plus some Shakespeare) -- nm - Boooooooker Oct 27, 07:44

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