In my last post I talked about the Patrick Rothsfuss books I have been reading so I thought this might be a good time to present what I believe are must read books for everyone. I have limited this list to books that are considered classics in order to keep a narrow focus.
Essentials
1984
A Tale of Two Cities
Brave New World
Call of the Wild
Fahrenheit 451
Jane Eyre
Red Badge of Courage
Swiss Family Robinson
The Giver*
The Hiding Place*
The Scarlet Letter
Tom Sawyer*
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Silas Marner*
Necessary
A Christmas Carol
A Little Princess*
A Wrinkle in Time*
Animal Farm
Anne of Green Gables
At the Back of the North Wind*
Bridge to Terabithia
Black Beauty*
Caddie Woodlawn
Call it Courage
Carry On Mr. Bowditch
Children of the River
Diary of Anne Frank*
Emma
Ethan Frome
Flowers
for Algernon
Frankestein
From the Mixed up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
Heidi*
Julie of the Wolves
Little Women*
Lord of the Flies
Lord of The Rings
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nymh
My Antonia
My Side of the Mountain
Number the Stars
Oliver Twist
Our Town
Out of the Dust
Pilgrim's Progress
Pride and Prejudice
Rascal
Robinson Crusoe
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
Romeo and Juliet
Sounder
The Adventures of Huck Finn*
The Chronicles of Narnia
The Grapes of Wrath
The Great Gatsby
The Hobbitt
The House of Mirth
The Importance of Being Earnest
The Land
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
The Little Prince
The Old Man and the Sea
The Picture of
Dorian Gray
The Prince and the
Pauper
The Princess and the Goblin
The Screwtape Letters
The Secret Garden
The Sign of the Beaver
The Sun Also Rises
The Tell Tale Heart (short story)
The Trumpeter of Krakow
The Yearling
The Wind in the Willows
The Witch of Blackbird Pond*
Treasure Island
War Comes To Willy Freeman
Where the Red Fern Grows*
White Fang
Wuthering Heights
Biographies
The Incredible Story of Emma Edmonds,
Civil War Spy
Underlined means I am not sure that these are considered
classics by the school.
*Means easier to read
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