{"id":604,"date":"2011-10-10T09:11:32","date_gmt":"2011-10-10T16:11:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/arkansashomeschool.org\/?page_id=604"},"modified":"2020-02-07T10:55:50","modified_gmt":"2020-02-07T17:55:50","slug":"high-school-reading-list","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/arkansashomeschool.org\/index.php\/free-info\/curriculum-resources\/high-school-reading-list\/","title":{"rendered":"High School Reading List"},"content":{"rendered":"

If your home school student plans to go to college, there are certain books that he or she will probably be expected to have some level of familiarity with. College English professors often assume their students have read Shakespeare, Faulkner, Orwell, and other famous authors from the past few hundred years.<\/p>\n

Below are lists of books that commonly appear on reading lists in high schools across America. Most of these books are secular in nature; a few contain profanity and mature content or themes that would not be suitable for younger readers. The Education Alliance, as a Christian organization, does not endorse content that some of our friends may find offensive, but we want you to be aware that these books are read by many students preparing for college, and that it may be advisable for you to incorporate some of them into your home school curriculum.<\/p>\n

9th Grade<\/h2>\n
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  1. Treasure Island<\/em> by Robert Louis Stevenson<\/li>\n
  2. Romeo and Juliet<\/em> by William Shakespeare<\/li>\n
  3. A Christmas Carol<\/em> by Charles Dickens<\/li>\n
  4. Fahrenheit 451<\/em> by Ray Bradbury<\/li>\n
  5. The Hound of the Baskervilles<\/em> by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle<\/li>\n
  6. And Then There Were None<\/em> by Agatha Christie<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    10th Grade<\/h2>\n
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    1. The Iliad<\/em> by Homer*<\/li>\n
    2. The Screwtape Letters<\/em> by C.S. Lewis<\/li>\n
    3. The Red Badge of Courage <\/em>by Stephen Crane<\/li>\n
    4. Julius Caesar<\/em> by William Shakespeare<\/li>\n
    5. Animal Farm <\/em>by George Orwell<\/li>\n
    6. The Prince and the Pauper<\/em> by Mark Twain<\/li>\n
    7. Lord of the Flies<\/em> by William Golding*<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      11th Grade<\/h2>\n
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      1. 1984<\/em><\/em> by George Orwell*<\/li>\n
      2. The Grapes of Wrath<\/em> by Steinbeck**<\/li>\n
      3. Alas Babylon<\/em> by Pat Frank<\/li>\n
      4. The Scarlet Letter<\/em> by Nathaniel Hawthorne*<\/li>\n
      5. The Great Gatsby<\/em> by F. Scott Fitzgerald*<\/li>\n
      6. Great Expectations<\/em> by Charles Dickens<\/li>\n
      7. Moby Dick<\/em> by Herman Melville<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        12th Grade<\/span><\/p>\n

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        1. To Kill a Mockingbird<\/em> by Harper Lee*<\/li>\n
        2. Catcher in the Rye<\/em> by J.D. Salinger**<\/li>\n
        3. Macbeth<\/em> by William Shakespeare<\/li>\n
        4. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn<\/em> by Mark Twain<\/li>\n
        5. Hamlet<\/em> by William Shakespeare<\/li>\n
        6. Pride and Prejudice<\/em> by Jane Austen<\/li>\n
        7. All Quiet on the Western Front<\/em> by Erich Maria Remarque*<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

          Other Notable Books<\/span><\/p>\n

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          • The Hobbit<\/em> by J.R.R. Tolkien<\/li>\n
          • Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring<\/em> by J.R.R. Tolkien<\/li>\n
          • Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers<\/em> by J.R.R. Tolkien<\/li>\n
          • Lord of the Rings: Return of the King<\/em> by J.R.R. Tolkien<\/li>\n
          • The Chronicles of Narnia<\/em> by C.S. Lewis<\/li>\n
          • A Tale of Two Cities<\/em> by Charles Dickens<\/li>\n
          • The Hunchback of Notre Dame<\/em> by\u00a0Victor Hugo<\/li>\n
          • The Three Musketeers<\/em> by\u00a0Alexandre Dumas<\/li>\n
          • Catch-22<\/em> by Joesph Keller**<\/li>\n
          • The Tempest<\/em> by William Shakespeare<\/li>\n
          • The Call of the Wild<\/em> by Jack London<\/li>\n
          • Uncle Tom\u2019s Cabin<\/em> by\u00a0Harriet Beecher Stowe<\/li>\n
          • Murder on the Orient Express<\/em> by Agatha Christie<\/li>\n
          • Dracula<\/em> by Bram Stoker*<\/li>\n
          • Robinson Crusoe<\/em> by\u00a0Daniel Defoe<\/li>\n
          • Hamilton\u2019s Mythology<\/em> by Hamilton<\/li>\n
          • Anne of Green Gables<\/em> by\u00a0Lucy Maud Montgomery<\/li>\n
          • Gone with the Wind<\/em> by\u00a0Margaret Mitchell<\/li>\n
          • Emma<\/em> by Jane Austen<\/li>\n
          • A Separate Peace<\/em> by\u00a0John Knowles**<\/li>\n
          • The Yearling<\/em> by\u00a0\u00a0Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings<\/li>\n
          • Last of the Breed<\/em> by Louis L’Amour<\/li>\n
          • Last of the Mohicans<\/em> by\u00a0James Fenimore Cooper<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

            *Contains mature content or themes<\/p>\n

            **Contains profanity and mature content or themes<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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