1.) 1984, by George Orwell — real name was Eric Blair.
2.) The Catcher in the Rye, by J.D. Salinger.
3.) Beloved, by Toni Morrison.
4.) The Grapes of Wrath, by John Steinbeck.
5.) To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee.
6.) The Color Purple, by Alice Walker.
7.) The Hate You Give, by Angie Thomas.
8.) The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald.
9.) I know Why the Caged Bird Sings, by Maya Angelou.
10.) Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck.
11.) A Clockwork Orange, Anthony Burgess.
12.) The Kite Runner, by Khaled Hosseini.
13.) The Handmaids Tale, by Margaret Atwood.
14.) Water for Elephants, by Sara Gruen.
15.) The Bluest Eye, by Toni Morrison.
16.) Uncle Tom's Cabin, by Harriet Beecher Stowe.
17.) Animal Farm, by George Orwell — his real name was Eric Blair.
18.) Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley.
19.) Slaughterhouse Five, by Kurt Vonnegut.
20.) Lord of the Flies, by William Golding.
21.) One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, by Ken Kesey.
22.) The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain.
23.) The Canterbury Tales, by Geoffrey Chaucer.
24.) Charlotte's Web, by E.B. White.
25.) The Lorax, by Dr. Seuss.
26.) Ulysses, by James Joyce.
27.) The Well of Loneliness, by Radclyffe Hall.
28.) Lady Chatterley’s Lover, by D.H. Lawrence.
29.) James and the Giant Peach, by Ronald Dahl.
30.) As I Lay Dying, by William Faulkner.
31.) The Joy of Sex, edited by Alex Comfort.
32.) The Sun Also Rises, by Earnest Hemingway.
33.) Death of a Salesmen, by Arthur Miller.
34.) A Light in the Attic, by Shel Silverstein.
35.) Portnoy’s Complaint, by Philip Roth.
36.) The Pentagon Papers, by Neil Sheehan.
Buy hard copies of these books. They are important.
~Theresa Griffin Kennedy
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