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

    William Golding

    3.7 (2.3M) average on GoodreadsYoung Adult
  2. To Kill a Mockingbird

    Harper Lee

    4.3 (4.5M) average on GoodreadsHistorical Fiction
  3. 1984

    George Orwell

    4.2 (3.1M) average on GoodreadsPolitics
  4. Animal Farm

    George Orwell

    4.0 (2.7M) average on GoodreadsPolitics
  5. Of Mice and Men

    John Steinbeck

    3.9 (1.9M) average on GoodreadsHistorical Fiction
  6. The Great Gatsby

    F. Scott Fitzgerald

    3.9 (3.8M) average on GoodreadsHistorical Fiction
  7. Pride and Prejudice

    Jane Austen

    4.3 (3M) average on GoodreadsHistorical Fiction
  8. The Catcher in the Rye

    J.D. Salinger

    3.8 (2.7M) average on GoodreadsYoung Adult
  9. Romeo and Juliet

    William Shakespeare

    3.8 (2.1M) average on GoodreadsRomance
  10. Jane Eyre

    Charlotte Brontë

    4.1 (1.6M) average on GoodreadsHistorical Fiction
  11. Fahrenheit 451

    Ray Bradbury

    4.0 (1.7M) average on GoodreadsFantasy
  12. Brave New World

    Aldous Huxley

    4.0 (1.4M) average on GoodreadsFantasy
  13. Things Fall Apart

    Chinua Achebe

    3.7 (288k) average on GoodreadsHistorical Fiction
  14. The Crucible

    Arthur Miller

    3.6 (323k) average on GoodreadsHistorical Fiction
  15. Great Expectations

    Charles Dickens

    3.8 (652k) average on GoodreadsHistorical Fiction

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