Lists of Bests: bkworm9's "Required Reading at My High School (Class of 2002)" http://www.listsofbests.com/list/30487 One of the things I like about Lists of Bests is being able to see what current and graduated high school students had to read in their classes and compare that to my own experiences. Some schools tend to stress different categories of literature. I graduated from high school in 2002. This is a list of the required texts for my English classes that I can remember. Some of my mathematics and history classes also required certain books, but they are omitted here. I'd love to hear others' comments on the list. Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:16:21 GMT en-us 0 50 32 0 0 A Fantastic Bestiary: Beasts and Monsters in Myth and Folklore http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/908313 <div id="position">1</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ernst and Johanna Lehner</div> Romeo and Juliet (Folger Shakespeare Library) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/21549 <div id="position">2</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/21549"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0743477111.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by William Shakespeare</div> The Odyssey (Penguin Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/834000 <div id="position">3</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/834000"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0143039954.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Homer</div> The Illiad of Homer http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2446974 <div id="position">4</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Louise R. Loomis, Ed.: Tran. Samual Butler Homer</div> Welcome to the Ark http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2771846 <div id="position">5</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Stephanie S. Tolan</div> Sophocles: Antigone (Cambridge Translations from Greek Drama) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/128758 <div id="position">6</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/128758"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/052101073X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Sophocles</div> A Separate Peace http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2271983 <div id="position">7</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2271983"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1428124381.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Knowles</div> I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2734567 <div id="position">8</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2734567"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/086068511X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Maya Angelou</div> Wuthering Heights (Norton Critical Editions) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/11057 <div id="position">9</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/11057"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0393978893.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Emily Bronte</div> The Taming of the Shrew (Folger Shakespeare Library) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/21553 <div id="position">10</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/21553"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/074347757X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by William Shakespeare</div> The Importance of Being Earnest http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/51961 <div id="position">11</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/51961"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/158049580X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Oscar Wilde</div> Walden: (Writings of Henry D. Thoreau) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/143578 <div id="position">12</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/143578"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0691096120.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V45104140_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Henry David Thoreau</div> Essential Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/962912 <div id="position">13</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/962912"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1425341438.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ralph Waldo Emerson</div> The Scarlet Letter (Penguin Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/513922 <div id="position">14</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/513922"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0142437263.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Nathaniel Hawthorne</div> The Grapes of Wrath (Centennial Edition) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3555 <div id="position">15</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3555"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0142000663.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Steinbeck</div> A Farewell To Arms http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/19234 <div id="position">16</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/19234"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0684801469.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V65553112_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ernest Hemingway</div> Leaves of Grass (Enriched Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1840005 <div id="position">17</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1840005"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1416523715.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Walt Whitman</div> Fifty Poems of Emily Dickinson http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/114298 <div id="position">18</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/114298"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/193105682X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Emily Dickinson</div> William Carlos Williams: Selected Poems (American Poets Project) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/42461 <div id="position">19</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/42461"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1931082715.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by William Carlos Williams</div> Civil Disobediance http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2613434 <div id="position">20</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Henry David Thoreau</div> THE BEAN TREES http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1808600 <div id="position">21</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Barbara Kingsolver</div> Macbeth (Folger Shakespeare Library) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/21548 <div id="position">22</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/21548"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0743477103.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by William Shakespeare</div> Beloved http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/28911 <div id="position">23</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/28911"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1400033411.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Toni Morrison</div> The Fountainhead (Centennial Edition Hardcover) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/972195 <div id="position">24</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ayn Rand</div> Euripides: Medea (Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/962977 <div id="position">25</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/962977"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0521643864.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Euripides</div> The House of Mirth http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1345006 <div id="position">26</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1345006"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1844082938.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Edith Wharton</div> Camus: The Stranger (Landmarks of World Literature) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1016938 <div id="position">27</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1016938"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0521338514.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Patrick McCarthy</div> Shakespeare's Sonnets (Folger Shakespeare Library) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/114282 <div id="position">28</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/114282"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0671722875.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by William Shakespeare</div> Anthem http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/51451 <div id="position">29</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/51451"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0452281253.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ayn Rand</div> John Donne's Poetry (Norton Critical Edition) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1152591 <div id="position">30</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1152591"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0393926486.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V45261820_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Donne</div> A Doll's House http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2510607 <div id="position">31</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2510607"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1406914835.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V44284720_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Henrik Ibsen</div> The Yellow Wallpaper (Dover Thrift Editions) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/14713 <div id="position">32</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/14713"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0486298574.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Charlotte Perkins Gilman</div>