What Books Do You Read In High School English?

by | Last updated on January 24, 2024

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  • To Kill a Mockingbird. Harper Lee's seminal coming-of-age story set in the fictional southern town of Maycomb, Alabama. …
  • Nineteen Eighty-Four. …
  • Lord of the Flies. …
  • Animal Farm. …
  • Catcher in the Rye. …
  • The Grapes of Wrath. …
  • Invisible Man. …
  • The Alchemist.

What books do you read in sophomore English?

  • Macbeth (Paperback) William Shakespeare. …
  • Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1) …
  • The Catcher in the Rye (Paperback) …
  • Othello (Paperback) …
  • Never Let Me Go (Paperback) …
  • Frankenstein: The 1818 Text (Paperback) …
  • Brave New World (Paperback) …
  • The Once and Future King (The Once and Future King, #1-4)

What book is most read in high school?

  • The Great Gatsby (Paperback) F. …
  • To Kill a Mockingbird (Paperback) Harper Lee. …
  • Romeo and Juliet (Mass Market Paperback) William Shakespeare. …
  • Lord of the Flies (Paperback) …
  • Macbeth (Paperback) …
  • The Catcher in the Rye (Paperback) …
  • The Scarlet Letter (Paperback) …
  • Of Mice and Men (Paperback)

What books should a 14 year old read?

  • Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone.
  • Holes.
  • The Martian: Classroom Edition.
  • Jasper Jones.
  • Eragon.
  • Coraline.
  • Life of Pi.
  • The Last Olympian (Percy Jackson and the Olympians)

What are high schoolers reading?

  • To Kill a Mockingbird. Harper Lee's seminal coming-of-age story set in the fictional southern town of Maycomb, Alabama. …
  • Nineteen Eighty-Four. …
  • Lord of the Flies. …
  • Animal Farm. …
  • Catcher in the Rye. …
  • The Grapes of Wrath. …
  • Invisible Man. …
  • The Alchemist.

What books do you read in sophomore year?

  • Lord of the Flies (Paperback) William Golding. …
  • To Kill a Mockingbird (Paperback) Harper Lee. …
  • The Crucible (Paperback) Arthur Miller. …
  • Fahrenheit 451 (Kindle Edition) Ray Bradbury. …
  • Macbeth (Paperback) …
  • Julius Caesar (Paperback) …
  • Frankenstein: The 1818 Text (Paperback) …
  • Animal Farm (Mass Market Paperback)

What books do you read in ninth grade?

  • Lord of the Flies (Paperback) …
  • Animal Farm (Mass Market Paperback) …
  • Little Women (Paperback) …
  • To Kill a Mockingbird (Paperback) …
  • The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Paperback) …
  • The Lord of the Rings (Paperback) …
  • The Pearl (Paperback) …
  • The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Paperback)

What books or texts did you read in high school?

  • Lord of the Flies by William Golding.
  • The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. …
  • The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne.
  • To Killing a Mockingbird by Harper Lee.
  • Romeo and Juliet/Hamlet/Macbeth by William Shakespeare.
  • Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte.
  • The Crucible by Arthur Miller.

What is the 5 hour rule?

The five-hour rule is a process first implemented by Benjamin Franklin for constant and deliberate learning. It involves

spending one hour a day or five hours a week learning

, reflecting and experimenting. Reading is just the starting point for learning.

How tall should I be at 14?

What is the average height of a 14-year-old boy? The average 14-year-old boy measures 66.7 inches, or

5 feet 7 inches

. 14-year-old males in the 5th percentile of the average measure 5 feet tall. 14-year-old males in the 90th percentile measure 5 feet 9 inches.

What book should a 15 year old read?

  • Fahrenheit 451. …
  • Catcher in the Rye. …
  • A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. …
  • The Outsiders. …
  • Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. …
  • The Boy in the Striped Pajamas. …
  • The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. …
  • Holes.

What is the hardest book to read?

  1. Finnegans Wake by James Joyce (1939) …
  2. The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner (1929) …
  3. The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer (14th Century) …
  4. One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez (1967) …
  5. Gravity's Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon (1973)

What books should high school students read?

  • To Kill a Mockingbird (Paperback) Harper Lee. …
  • The Great Gatsby (Paperback) F. …
  • Lord of the Flies (Paperback) William Golding. …
  • Romeo and Juliet (Mass Market Paperback) …
  • The Scarlet Letter (Paperback) …
  • Animal Farm (Mass Market Paperback) …
  • Hamlet (Paperback) …
  • The Catcher in the Rye (Paperback)

How many books should a high school student read?

If a student only read the required texts, I would expect them to read about

25–30

over their high career. If they just didn't care to read, 0. If they read actively, 30+.

What books do American students read?

  • The Pillars of the Earth. by Ken Follett. …
  • 1984. by George Orwell. …
  • The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. by Mark Twain. …
  • The Grapes of Wrath. by John Steinbeck. …
  • Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. by Lewis Carroll. …
  • Americanah. by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. …
  • Anne of Green Gables. …
  • Another Country.

Do high schoolers read?

In the 1970s, teens read three times as many books as today. In 1980, 60 percent of high school seniors reported that they read a newspaper, magazine or book on a daily basis for pleasure; by 2016 that number had dropped to 16 percent. Teenagers are more likely

to read books at 13 than 17

.

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Carlos Perez is an education expert and teacher with over 20 years of experience working with youth. He holds a degree in education and has taught in both public and private schools, as well as in community-based organizations. Carlos is passionate about empowering young people and helping them reach their full potential through education and mentorship.