Which required books did you enjoy reading?

[smaudy44]

We all had to read a set of required fiction books for school at some point of our lives. However, we did not like every single book that was assigned. Which books did you guys enjoy reading for school? If you were the teacher, which books would you require your students to read? My personal favorites are The Great Gatsby, Fahrenheit 451, and The Outsiders (Remember Ponyboy, anyone?)

[tstaf4d]

1. Their Eyes Were Watching God
2. The Awakening
3. Ender's Game
4. Night
5. Skellig

So many of the books I had to read were well taught and interesting.

[TrishaAnn92]

My favorite required book, even though I had a hard time getting into it when I was younger was the Scarlet Letter.

[DATo]

1. Their Eyes Were Watching God
2. The Awakening
3. Ender's Game
4. Night
5. Skellig

So many of the books I had to read were well taught and interesting.

WOW !!!! Ender's Game ? Why couldn't I have had teachers like yours ???

[The Bookaholic]

Romeo and Juliet, i was surprised at this as i thought that Shakespeare would've beem boring but i enjoyed hhis work.

[sbanks147]

I really enjoyed reading Sophies World for AP Euro, 1984, and When Nietzche Wept.

[Frioni]

I really loved Beloved and Catch-22

[ParadiseLost19]

My favourite required readings were Macbeth and An Inspector Calls. I just love the morbidity and detail in both of them.

[klickaal]

I enjoyed Jane Eyre, The Hobbit, and To Kill a Mockingbird.

[tstaf4d]

1. Their Eyes Were Watching God
2. The Awakening
3. Ender's Game
4. Night
5. Skellig

So many of the books I had to read were well taught and interesting.

WOW !!!! Ender's Game ? Why couldn't I have had teachers like yours ???

I had a lot of teacher's who refused to teach what was required unless they could add in their own books. They usually gave us a choice: we could read only the required books and write papers about them or we could read the required books and others and do creative assignments that forced us to see the connections within the two texts.

[plantladyme]

One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich

[Loveabull]

Invisible Man-Ralph Ellison

I wish I could have gotten into "Things Fall Apart" but that particular instructor sucked, I'm going to try it again sometime

[Zepher07]

I enjoyed Jane Eyre, The Hobbit, and To Kill a Mockingbird.

Th Hobbit!? You got to read The Hobbit in school? My school never did anything that far into fantasy as that, but that was what I was really into at that time. I still am, but my tastes have broadened since then.

One of the books we read that I liked was The Lord of the Flies. It was so dark and intricate. It made me think.

I wish I could have gotten into "Things Fall Apart" but that particular instructor sucked, I'm going to try it again sometime

Definitely give it another shot. I read it for a college course and really loved it. The style of writing was simple but poignant. A very intriguing read.

[Mandi]

We all had to read a set of required fiction books for school at some point of our lives. However, we did not like every single book that was assigned. Which books did you guys enjoy reading for school? If you were the teacher, which books would you require your students to read? My personal favorites are The Great Gatsby, Fahrenheit 451, and The Outsiders (Remember Ponyboy, anyone?)

The Outsiders remains one of my favorite books to this day! We also read The Giver that same year, which I loved as well. In high school I really enjoyed A Prayer for Owen Meany, and in college my favorites were Pledged and The Last Shot.

[louisemwilcox13]

Hamlet and Much Ado About Nothing were definitely my favorite plays that I was required to read. I was particularly fond of Bless Me, Ultima and Les Miserables. Brave New World was good too. I loved Ulysses and Walk Two Moons.