Books You Were Forced To Read But Then Loved

the outsiders

 

Molière (L'avare, Le Médécin Malgré Lui), Le Petit Prince, The Great Gatsby

 

Lord of the Flies

 

In Cold Blood

 

The Outsiders (7th grade)
The Pigman (8th grade)
Lord of the Flies (9th grade)
Catcher In The Rye (9th grade)
The Odyssey (9th grade)

Those are just some of the few I remember. There's bound to be a lot more.

 

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie.

I hated it at first, but after reading it twice I fell in love with it, and I'm now (still) obsessed

 

Lord of the flies i was forced to read it three times in a row once for civics, twice for english. Good book


My second whould be The Apprenticeship of duddy kravitz its actual quite funny.

 

any body touch me?
i am chinese, and i want to find some female friends whiout
aids haha

 

Shogun by James Clavel Read it thru over and over while the class meandered thru it. Then had to repeat the course and read it again the next year, lol.

Books I didn't necessarily enjoy reading but have referenced innumerable times since:
East of Eden (horribly difficult read)
1984
Brave New World

 

Jane Eyre.

 

I Read Self Reliance *just An Excerpt* By Emmerson, Then Fell In Love With His Work! He Is A Great Mind!

However, I Can't Say The Same For Great Expectations, The Book Does Not Live Up To The Name. However, I Did Find Mrs Havasham To Be Fairly Hillarious Yet Morose! **would You Consider That A Contradiction?**

 

harry potter, and tuck everlasting

 

LOL, I STOLE EDITH HAMILTON'S MYTHOLOGY BECAUSE I NEEDED IT FOR A REFERANCE BOOK! IT HAS GOOD INFORMATION FOR A YOUNG PAGAN! NOW I'VE ALMOST MEMORIZED THE THING 2 YEARS LATER!

 

When I was at school our class was forced to read "Of Mice and Men" by Steinbeck. Everyone in my school hated reading but I came into class one day and they were all flicking forward to see what happened at the end of that book. We were all enthralled. It's rare that a book can do that to a class of smart-ass, moody teens

 

Watership Down- mydad 'forced' me to read it :/
in school
story call "the bet''

 

catcher in the rye, life of pi, lord of the flies, tuck everlasting, CAT'S EYE! by margaret atwood, such an amazing book

 

most of my school texts from the last two years...

the great gatsby
of mice and men
in the skin of a lion by michael ondaatje (strongly recommend)
the crucible
lord of the flies

 

Lolita by Valdimir Nabokov.

Love.

 

It would have to be Animal Farm, it really shows politics and how it works.

 

to kill a mockingbird