Lists of Bests: stephsk8r's "Required Reading at My High School (Class of 2002)" http://www.listsofbests.com/list/30492 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 Chesterton High School in Chesterton, IN, in 1990. This is a list of the required texts for my English classes that I can remember. I'd love to hear others' comments on the list and see what other people had to read in high school. On at least two occasions, we were split up into groups and each group read a different novel. I don't remember all of those, but I've listed the ones I do recall. I have not yet read most of the books assigned to other groups. Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:06:59 GMT en-us 0 50 32 0 0 A Separate Peace http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/466462 <div id="position">1</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/466462"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000CD1SW4.01-AIR1YILJKP5Y._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by john knowles</div> Great Expectations (Penguin Popular Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1628390 <div id="position">2</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1628390"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0140620168.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Charles Dickens</div> Romeo and Juliet (Folger Shakespeare Library) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/21549 <div id="position">3</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> Of Mice and Men http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/240178 <div id="position">4</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/240178"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0553131001.01-A3OTAGE7WYMCI9._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jon Steinbeck</div> Mythology http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6974 <div id="position">5</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6974"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0316341517.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Edith Hamilton</div> The Odyssey (Penguin Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/834000 <div id="position">6</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 Iliad of Homer (Phoenix Books) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4994 <div id="position">7</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4994"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0226469409.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Homer</div> The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Penguin Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3702 <div id="position">8</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3702"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0142437174.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056422298_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Mark Twain</div> Miller: Death of a Salesman (Plays in Production) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/892863 <div id="position">9</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/892863"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0521434513.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.gif" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Brenda Murphy</div> The Grapes of Wrath (Centennial Edition) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3555 <div id="position">10</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> The Great Gatsby (Penguin Popular Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1962486 <div id="position">11</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1962486"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0140620184.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by F.Scott Fitzgerald</div> All My Sons http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2772152 <div id="position">12</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2772152"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1580811760.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> The Once and Future King http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2338931 <div id="position">13</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2338931"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0006483011.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by T.H. White</div> Macbeth (Folger Shakespeare Library) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/21548 <div id="position">14</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> The Canterbury Tales (Penguin Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3149 <div id="position">15</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3149"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0140424385.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Geoffrey Chaucer</div> A Tale of Two Cities (Cover to Cover Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/827074 <div id="position">16</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/827074"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1572705280.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Charles Dickens</div> Tess of the D'Urbervilles (Penguin Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3516 <div id="position">17</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3516"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0141439599.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Thomas Hardy</div> The Return of the Native http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2271969 <div id="position">18</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2271969"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1572705701.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Thomas Hardy</div> Brave New World http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1283 <div id="position">19</div><div class="item-image" 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src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0486298574.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Charlotte Perkins Gilman</div>