Which required books did you enjoy reading?

[Annelore Trujillo]

I've only ever liked one book that I was required to read. I really enjoyed Fahrenheit 451. We also read books like Frankenstein, Catcher in the Rye, Wuthering Heights, and the Scarlet Letter; but I didn't really like any of these books.

[lily_kh87]

I liked Rebecca a lot, and also there was a story about Sindbad but I'm not sure what the exact name was.

[ELBryant05]

I enjoyed reading Cold Sassy Tree. I was also required to read Jane Eyre, which I hated the first time around. But when I went back and read it again and I actually enjoyed it.

[MarisaRose]

In the 11th grade, we were required to read "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien. I remember at the time, I was not thrilled when we got this assignment. However, the book really opened my eyes to different genres of fiction as well as to different writing styles. I ended up loving the emotionality depicted in O'Brien's writing. Since this book was assigned, I have reread it many times.

[DiverseSpirit]

The book that I enjoyed reading in school was The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas. When I was in my senior year of high school, I started to adore East of Eden by John Steinbeck.

I guess it is a tie between the two. I annotated both books while reading it and I would consider reading them repetitively if I could.

[the_booktator]

There were quite a couple for me. Pride and prejudice, to kill a mockingbird, the outsiders, and memoirs of a geisha are the ones that come immediately to mind. I also enjoyed the reluctant fundamentalist and the grapes of wrath.

[ebeth]

Too be quite honest, I didn't like any of them. Back then, it was hard to like something you were told you had to read instead of reading for enjoyment.

[Beth Robinson]

The assigned book that stands out most from my college days (20 years ish ago) is Moby Dick. I didn't expect to like it but found it to be absolutely awesome and have reread it a couple times since. Although not lately... hmm.. may need to go back on the to be read list.

[Glittery1]

My favorite one was To Kill a Mockingbird.

[Scerakor]

In university, we did a full dystopian semester and I loved everything that I (had the time to) read. Notable entries were:

• A Handmaid's Tale
  Clockwork Orange
  A Brave New World
  1984
  etc

[shish_by_design]

The Caucasian chalk circle, the river and the source and the river in between. Great classics.

[Pm7lucas]

For how much I've always loved to read, I can't remember ever really liking an assigned book. I would have been much happier if I could have chosen my own books, unfortunately, it didn't work that way!

Paula

[Ama Idim]

For school, I enjoyed quite a lot of them. I'll mention a few: Purple Hibiscus, A woman in her prime, The Blinkards, Old man and the sea and lots more...

[KN17488]

I have enjoyed reading a lot of them. A few of my favorites were The Book Thief, The Great Gatsby, and stockily because many people disliked this one To Kill a Mockingbird.

[rusyalana]

These required books were great and meaningful: "The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka" and "Fathers and Sons by I.S. Turgenev"