Books to Read Before College

FICTION
AuthorTitle Product Details
H. Rider Haggard King Solomon's Mines King Solomon's Mines (Oxford World's...
Nordhoff and Hall Mutiny on the Bounty Mutiny on the Bounty
Daniel Defoe Robinson Crusoe Robinson Crusoe (Modern Library Classics)
Alexandre Dumas The Three Musketeers The Three Musketeers (Oxford World's...
Alexandre Dumas The Count of Monte Cristo The Count of Monte Cristo (Penguin...
Sir Walter Scott Ivanhoe Ivanhoe
Sir Walter Scott Kenilworth Kenilworth : A Romance (Penguin Classics)
Sir Walter Scott Heart of Midlothian Heart of Midlothian
Bryher The Fourteenth of October
Sylvia Townsend Warner The Corner That Held Them The Corner That Held Them (Virago Modern...
Edward Bulwer Lytton The Last Days of Pompeii The Last Days of Pompeii
Mary Renault The Last of the Wine The Last of the Wine
Esther Forbes A Mirror for Witches A Mirror for Witches
Esther Forbes Paul Revere and the World He Lived in Paul Revere and the World He Lived in
Esther Forbes Johnny Tremain Johnny Tremain
J. F. Cooper The Last of the Mohicans The Last of the Mohicans
H. B. Stowe Uncle Tom's Cabin Uncle Tom's Cabin
M. Mitchell Gone With the Wind Gone With the Wind
W. Van Tilburg Clark The Ox-Bow Incident The Ox-Bow Incident (Modern Library...
T. H. White The Once and Future King The Once and Future King
Tolkien The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings...
Charles Dickens A Tale of Two Cities A Tale of Two Cities
Charles Dickens David Copperfield David Copperfield (Penguin Classics)
Charles Dickens Great Expectations Great Expectations
Charles Dickens Bleak House Bleak House (Penguin Classics)
Charles Dickens The Pickwick Papers The Pickwick Papers (Penguin Classics)
Sinclair Lewis Babbit Babbitt
Sinclair Lewis Main Street Main Street
F. Scott Fitzgerald The Great Gatsby The Great Gatsby: The Authorized Text
Thomas Hardy Return of the Native The Return of the Native (Modern Library...
Edith Wharton Ethan Frome Ethan Frome
Albert Camus The Stranger The Stranger
Richard Wright Native Son Native Son
James A. Baldwin Go Tell It on the Mountain Go Tell It on the Mountain
Harper Lee To Kill a Mockingbird To Kill a Mockingbird
William Faulkner Intruder in the Dust Intruder in the Dust
William Faulkner The Bear The Bear
E. M. Foster A Passage to India A Passage to India
Alan Paton Cry, the Beloved Country Cry, the Beloved Country
Joseph Conrad Heart of Darkness Heart of Darkness (Penguin Great Books...
Joseph Conrad Lord Jim Lord Jim and Nostromo
Robert Penn Warren All the King's Men All the King's Men (Harvest Book)
Allen Drury Advise and Consent Advise and Consent
William Golding Lord of the Flies Lord of the Flies : A Novel
George Orwell Animal Farm Animal Farm
George Orwell 1984 1984
Aldous Huxley Brave New World Brave New World
H. G. Wells The War of the Worlds The War of the Worlds
Arthur C. Clarke The Sands of Mars The City and the Stars and the Sands of...
George Stewart Storm Storm
Stephen Crane The Red Badge of Courage The Red Badge of Courage
Erick M. Remarque All Quiet on the Western Front All Quiet on the Western Front
Ernest Hemingway A Farewell to Arms A Farewell to Arms
Boris Pasternak Dr. Zhivago Doctor Zhivago
Charlotte Bronte Jane Eyre Jane Eyre
Emily Bronte Wuthering Heights Wuthering Heights
Jane Austen Pride and Prejudice Pride and Prejudice
Jane Austen Emma Emma
Henry James Washington Square Washington Square
Elizabeth Bowen The House in Paris The House in Paris
Elizabeth Bowen The Death of the Heart The Death of the Heart
Nathaniel Hawthorne The Scarlet Letter The Scarlet Letter
George Eliot Adam Bede Adam Bede
Thomas Hardy Tess of the D'Urbervilles Tess of the D'Urbervilles (Bantam...
Thomas Hardy The Mayor of Casterbridge The Mayor of Casterbridge
John Knowles A Separate Peace A Separate Peace
Carson McCullers The Member of the Wedding The Member of the Wedding
James Joyce A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man A Portrait of the Artist As a Young Man...
W. S. Maugham Of Human Bondage Of Human Bondage
Thomas Mann Buddenbrooks Buddenbrooks : The Decline of a Family...
J. P. Marquard The Late George Apley The Late George Apley
S. Butler The Way of All Flesh The Way of All Flesh
Henry James The Turn of the Screw The Turn of the Screw
Richard Hughes High Wind in Jamaica or Innocent Voyage High Wind in Jamaica or Innocent Voyage
James Agee A Death in the Family A Death in the Family
Anthony Trollope Barchester Towers Barchester Towers (Oxford World's...
GREAT NOVELS
William Thackeray Vanity Fair Vanity Fair
Leo Tolstoy War and Peace War and Peace
Leo Tolstoy Anna Karenina Anna Karenina (Modern Library Classics)
Dostoevsky Crime and Punishment Crime and Punishment (Penguin Classics)
Dostoevsky The Brothers Karamazov The Brothers Karamazov (Vintage Classics)
SHORT STORIES
D. H. Lawrence Human Tensions
Ernest Hemingway The Snows of Kilimanjaro The Snows of Kilimanjaro : And Other...
Ernest Hemingway A Clean Well-Lighted Place Clean Well Lighted Place
William Faulkner The Collected Stories of William Faulkner Collected Stories of William Faulkner
John Updike Olinger Stories The Best American Short Stories of the...
H. H. Monro Saki Saki : the Complete Saki
Frank O'Connor Catholic boyhood in Cork Collected Stories
J. F. Powers The Stories of J. F. Powers (New York...
Leo Rosten The Education of Hyman Kaplan The Education of Hyman Kaplan (Harvest...
Isaak Babel The Awakening, Red Cavalry Isaac Babel's Red cavalry
Bernard Malamud Idiots First Idiots First
Bernard Malamud The Magic Barrel The Magic Barrel
NON-FICTION
John Kenneth Galbraith The Affluent Society The Affluent Society
Plato The Republic Plato : The Republic (Penguin Classics)
Thoreau Walden Walden
C. S. Lewis The Screwtape Letters Screwtape Letters, The
George Orwell A Collection of Essays A Collection of Essays
James Thurber My Life and Hard Times My Life and Hard Times
E. B. White One Man's Meat One Man's Meat
Sir Winston Churchill Memoirs of the Second World War Memoirs of the Second World War
Irving Stone The Agony and the Ecstasy The Agony and the Ecstasy : A...
James Boswell The Life of Samuel Johnson The Life of Samuel Johnson
Francis, Jr. Parkman The Oregon Trail The Oregon Trail (Oxford World's...
Gavin Maxwell Ring of Bright Water Ring of Bright Water (Penguin Nature...
Thor Heyerdahl Kon-Tiki Kon-Tiki
Rachel Carson The Sea Around Us The Sea Around Us
Rachel Carson Silent Spring Silent Spring
Ruth Benedict Patterns of Culture Patterns of Culture
MYSTERIES
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle The Hound of the Baskervilles The Hound of the Baskervilles
Wilkie Collins The Moonstone The Moonstone (Oxford World's Classics)
Daphne du Maurier Rebecca Rebecca
Dorothy Sayers The Nine Tailors The Nine Tailors
Josephine Tey The Daughter of Time The Daughter of Time
Antoine de Sainte-Exupery The Little Prince The Little Prince
Jane Thurber The Thirteen Clocks The 13 Clocks
CHILDREN'S CLASSICS
Lewis Carroll Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and...
Kenneth Grahame The Wind in the Willows The Wind in the Willows
E. B. White Charlotte's Web Charlotte's Web
Randall Jarell The Bat Poet The Bat-Poet
Mark Twain Tom Sawyer The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Children's...
Mark Twain Huckleberry Finn The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Ogden Nash The Pocket Book of Ogden Nash Pocket Book of Ogden Nash

Green, E. A. What to Read Before College. Cleveland: The Press of Case Western Reserve University, 1970.

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