Essential Back To School Reading for High School Students
These timeless works form the backbone of high school literature curricula, offering rich storytelling, memorable characters, and themes that remain relevant across generations. From Harper Lee’s exploration of justice and morality in To Kill a Mockingbird to the dystopian warnings of George Orwell’s 1984 and Animal Farm, each title challenges readers to think critically about society, human nature, and their own values. Whether it’s Shakespeare’s tragic romance Romeo and Juliet, the moral dilemmas in Fahrenheit 451, or the enduring social satire of Pride and Prejudice, these books help develop analytical skills, expand vocabulary, and spark meaningful discussion—making them essential for every high school student’s reading journey.
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harperperennial Modern Classics)
Look for The Land of Sweet Forever, a posthumous collection of newly discovered short stories and previously published essays and magazine pieces by H...
The Great Gatsby
Publisher: Wordsworth Editions | Published: 1993 | Pages: 148 | Language: EN | Google ID: HestSXO362YC A young man newly rich tries to recapture the ...
1984: 75th Anniversary
Eternal warfare is the price of bleak prosperity in this satire of totalitarian barbarism....
Of Mice and Men
A controversial tale of friendship and tragedy during the Great Depression They are an unlikely pair: George is "small and quick and dark of face"; Le...
Lord of the Flies
Publisher: Penguin | Published: 2003 | Pages: 356 | Language: EN | Google ID: 3KRdJZbAN_sC The classical study of human nature which depicts the dege...
Romeo and Juliet
Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare early in his career about two young Italian star-crossed lovers whose deaths ultimately r...
The Catcher in the Rye
The "brilliant, funny, meaningful novel" (The New Yorker) that established J. D. Salinger as a leading voice in American literature--and that has inst...
Pride and Prejudice
Pride and Prejudice is an 1813 novel of manners written by Jane Austen. The novel follows the character development of Elizabeth Bennet, the dynamic p...
Fahrenheit 451
Guy Montag is a fireman, his job is to burn books, which are forbidden....
Animal Farm
Animal Farm is a brilliant political satire and a powerful and affecting story of revolutions and idealism, power and corruption. 'All animals are equ...
Jane Eyre
The novel is set somewhere in the north of England. Jane's childhood at Gateshead Hall, where she is emotionally and physically abused by her aunt and...
The Odyssey
The great epic of Western literature, translated by the acclaimed classicist Robert Fagles Soon to be a major motion picture directed by Christopher N...