Classics you were assigned in school
The novels and plays English syllabuses still set, each with a plot summary, a character guide and the themes your essay will ask about.
15 books in this list
1
Lord of the Flies
by William Golding
3.7
2016Young Adult
2
To Kill a Mockingbird
by Harper Lee
4.3
2004Historical FictionYoung Adult
3
1984
by George Orwell
4.2
1949PoliticsFantasy
4
Animal Farm
by George Orwell
4.0
2004PoliticsFantasy
5
Of Mice and Men
by John Steinbeck
3.9
2022Historical Fiction
6
The Great Gatsby
by F. Scott Fitzgerald
3.9
2021Historical FictionRomance
7
Pride and Prejudice
by Jane Austen
4.3
2013Historical FictionRomance
8
The Catcher in the Rye
by J.D. Salinger
3.8
1951Young Adult
9
Romeo and Juliet
by William Shakespeare
3.8
2016Romance
10
Jane Eyre
by Charlotte Brontë
4.1
2016Historical FictionRomance
11
Fahrenheit 451
by Ray Bradbury
4.0
1999FantasyScience Fiction
12
Brave New World
by Aldous Huxley
4.0
2004FantasyScience Fiction
13
Things Fall Apart
by Chinua Achebe
3.7
2013Historical Fiction
14
The Crucible
by Arthur Miller
3.6
2003Historical Fiction
15
Great Expectations
by Charles Dickens
3.8
1992Historical Fiction