Favourite books you read in high school? (Especially if you’re outside Canada and went to school in the 2010s)
Looking back, I enjoyed most books that were assigned to me when I was in highschool in the 2000s.
What were your favourites? Curious specifically to hear about the classes that graduated after me and from outside of Canada.
Sweden here, Hjalmar Söderberg Doctor Glas, still a favorite to this day!
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US here, but older than you (sorry!). Favorite book from high school was definitely The Stranger by Camus. But a book that was almost assigned to us in middle school ended up becoming one of my all time favorites (and one I still re-read every few years). The book was handed out to us in class in the morning and then later in the day there was an announcement to bring the books back the next day because the teacher decided to have us read something else. So naturally I went home and read the entire book before I turned it back in. It was The Member of the Wedding by Carson McCullers and it spoke so much to my awkward adolescent self in a way I couldn’t explain. And what did our teacher decide on instead? Moby Dick. I might still feel a little bitter about that because I can only imagine the discussions and insights that could have been, especially since I don’t know anyone else IRL who has read this book.
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a separate peace, their eyes were watching for, pride and prejudice, and a tale of two cities were some of my faves!! i’m from the u.s. and graduated high school in 2020 !
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Lord of the Flies
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Jane Eyre
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Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert
Ghosts by Henrik Ibsen
Therese Raquin by Emile Zola
also Hamlet
Australia here! The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time by Mark Haddon was one of my favourites! Along with To Kill a Mockingbird, Lord of the Flies, Catcher in the Rye and The Tempest!
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For me it was the Goosebumps books. I loved all of them and read all of them. I still love reading them now for the nostalgia.
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Sweden here, Hjalmar Söderberg Doctor Glas, still a favorite to this day!
US here, but older than you (sorry!). Favorite book from high school was definitely The Stranger by Camus. But a book that was almost assigned to us in middle school ended up becoming one of my all time favorites (and one I still re-read every few years). The book was handed out to us in class in the morning and then later in the day there was an announcement to bring the books back the next day because the teacher decided to have us read something else. So naturally I went home and read the entire book before I turned it back in. It was The Member of the Wedding by Carson McCullers and it spoke so much to my awkward adolescent self in a way I couldn’t explain. And what did our teacher decide on instead? Moby Dick. I might still feel a little bitter about that because I can only imagine the discussions and insights that could have been, especially since I don’t know anyone else IRL who has read this book.
a separate peace, their eyes were watching for, pride and prejudice, and a tale of two cities were some of my faves!! i’m from the u.s. and graduated high school in 2020 !
Lord of the Flies
Jane Eyre
Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert
Ghosts by Henrik Ibsen
Therese Raquin by Emile Zola
also Hamlet
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Les Misérables. It had a profound effect on me.
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Australia here! The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time by Mark Haddon was one of my favourites! Along with To Kill a Mockingbird, Lord of the Flies, Catcher in the Rye and The Tempest!
For me it was the Goosebumps books. I loved all of them and read all of them. I still love reading them now for the nostalgia.