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If you could require 5 books to be read (and tested) to graduate HS what would they be?
Posted on 7/3/26 at 6:33 pm
Posted on 7/3/26 at 6:33 pm
Mine
1) The Lord of the Rings - J.R.R. Tolkien
2) Atlas Shrugged - Ayn Rand
3) The Camp of the Saints - Jean Raspail
4) The Gulag Archipelago - Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
5) There's No Such Thing As A Free Lunch - Milton Friedman
1) The Lord of the Rings - J.R.R. Tolkien
2) Atlas Shrugged - Ayn Rand
3) The Camp of the Saints - Jean Raspail
4) The Gulag Archipelago - Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
5) There's No Such Thing As A Free Lunch - Milton Friedman
Posted on 7/3/26 at 6:36 pm to udtiger
Animal Farm and 1984
Posted on 7/3/26 at 6:37 pm to udtiger
Nice list. I haven’t read The Camp of the Saints yet, but I’ve heard its very good.
Posted on 7/3/26 at 6:38 pm to udtiger
You’re putting way too much faith in this generation to comprehend some of these books
Posted on 7/3/26 at 6:38 pm to udtiger
Democracy in America- de Tocqueville
Federalist papers/constitution- various authors
Basic Economics- Sowell
A history of the American people- Paul Johnson
Reflections on the revolution in France- Burke
Federalist papers/constitution- various authors
Basic Economics- Sowell
A history of the American people- Paul Johnson
Reflections on the revolution in France- Burke
Posted on 7/3/26 at 6:40 pm to udtiger
Three required full courses on "The Black Book of Communism."
Posted on 7/3/26 at 6:40 pm to udtiger
Diary of Anne Frank
1984
To Kill a Mockingbird
Romeo and Juliet
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
1984
To Kill a Mockingbird
Romeo and Juliet
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Posted on 7/3/26 at 6:40 pm to udtiger
A Confederacy of Dunces
(John Kennedy Toole)
or of these two gems:
Once A Catholic ...
and
Always a Catholic
(Robert Byrne)
Gotta have some humor in there.
(John Kennedy Toole)
or of these two gems:
Once A Catholic ...
and
Always a Catholic
(Robert Byrne)
Gotta have some humor in there.
Posted on 7/3/26 at 6:41 pm to udtiger
1. To Kill a Mockingbird
2. 1984
3. The Lord of the Flies
4. Cloud Atlas
5. The Great Gatsby
2. 1984
3. The Lord of the Flies
4. Cloud Atlas
5. The Great Gatsby
Posted on 7/3/26 at 6:41 pm to udtiger
Animal Farm-
Meditations- Marcus Aurelius
Proverbs: Solomon
Band of Brothers
With the Old Breed
Meditations- Marcus Aurelius
Proverbs: Solomon
Band of Brothers
With the Old Breed
Posted on 7/3/26 at 6:42 pm to udtiger
quote:
1) The Lord of the Rings - J.R.R. Tolkien
3 Books but I would have no problem with them being part of required reading since they're a great work of fiction. I actually did my senior term paper on him.
quote:
2) Atlas Shrugged - Ayn Rand
Right. Then these people would rather stab their own eyes out before ever reading another book again.
Posted on 7/3/26 at 6:42 pm to udtiger
I’ll add Gone With the Wind for schools in the south.
Posted on 7/3/26 at 6:45 pm to udtiger
The richest man in Babylon.
/list.
/list.
Posted on 7/3/26 at 6:46 pm to finchmeister08
quote:
Animal Farm and 1984
My daughter had to read Fahrenheit 451 which was pretty good but if there is nobody to properly explain the narritive for this book or any of them then the exercise is useless...
Posted on 7/3/26 at 6:50 pm to jammajin
Alas Babylon,
I am Legend,
Fahrenheit 451,
Do androids dream of electric sheep
Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy
Darkhorse: Enders Game
I do like the Lord of the Rings recommendations, I would also propose C.S. Lewis and the lion witch and the wardrobe series.
I am Legend,
Fahrenheit 451,
Do androids dream of electric sheep
Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy
Darkhorse: Enders Game
I do like the Lord of the Rings recommendations, I would also propose C.S. Lewis and the lion witch and the wardrobe series.
This post was edited on 7/3/26 at 6:51 pm
Posted on 7/3/26 at 6:52 pm to udtiger
Autobiography of Malcom X
Das Kapital
A Confederacy of Dunces
Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing
Machiavelli “The Prince”
Das Kapital
A Confederacy of Dunces
Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing
Machiavelli “The Prince”
Posted on 7/3/26 at 6:52 pm to udtiger
1. The Great Gatsby — F. Scott Fitzgerald, 1925
2. Their Eyes Were Watching God — Zora Neale Hurston, 1937
3. To Kill a Mockingbird — Harper Lee, 1960
4. Animal Farm — George Orwell, 1945
5. 1984 — George Orwell, 1949
Additional-
Fahrenheit 451 — Ray Bradbury, 1953
Night — Elie Wiesel, 1960
Slaughterhouse-Five — Kurt Vonnegut, 1969
The Catcher in the Rye — J.D. Salinger, 1951
The Outsiders — S.E. Hinton, 1967
Lord of the Flies — William Golding, 1954
Never Let Me Go — Kazuo Ishiguro, 2005
2. Their Eyes Were Watching God — Zora Neale Hurston, 1937
3. To Kill a Mockingbird — Harper Lee, 1960
4. Animal Farm — George Orwell, 1945
5. 1984 — George Orwell, 1949
Additional-
Fahrenheit 451 — Ray Bradbury, 1953
Night — Elie Wiesel, 1960
Slaughterhouse-Five — Kurt Vonnegut, 1969
The Catcher in the Rye — J.D. Salinger, 1951
The Outsiders — S.E. Hinton, 1967
Lord of the Flies — William Golding, 1954
Never Let Me Go — Kazuo Ishiguro, 2005
This post was edited on 7/3/26 at 6:54 pm
Posted on 7/3/26 at 6:52 pm to udtiger
1. Propaganda by Edward Bernays
2. 1984 by George Orwell
3. Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
4. Politics by Aristotle
5. Aeneid by Virgil
The list really needs to include about 100 titles, lol.
2. 1984 by George Orwell
3. Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
4. Politics by Aristotle
5. Aeneid by Virgil
The list really needs to include about 100 titles, lol.
Posted on 7/3/26 at 6:55 pm to udtiger
1984
Animal Farm
Lord of the Flies
A Brave New World
The Pearl
Animal Farm
Lord of the Flies
A Brave New World
The Pearl
This post was edited on 7/3/26 at 6:56 pm
Posted on 7/3/26 at 6:58 pm to UptownJoeBrown
Dantes inferno, purgatorio and paradiso also should be highly considered
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