I hated The Great Gatsby, too.

Watership Down was good. I liked reading about the rabbits’ adventures and looking for the symbolism in it.

With the exception of A Wrinkle in Time, I've read all of these ! :D

Grapes of Wrath was an interesting book -- one thing I remember our class being intrigued by was Steinbeck's pans away from the family to focus on a turtle on the highway.

I enjoyed Fahrenheit 451.

Here is our Top Ten Tuesday.

The Great Gatsby has really, really never appealed to me, and I think I've been quite lucky that it doesn't seem to be a popular choice for school reading where I live.

The Best Christmas Pageant Ever!! Yes!!!!

I remember reading The Catcher in the Rye for school too! I didn't hate it, but I also didn't quite see why it was considered a classic and a must-read on a school reading list...

We have lots of similar titles on our list this week. I read A Wrinkle in Time in 6th grade and it was my favorite childhood book by far.

My TTT: Books I Should Have read in School

I did not have to read any of these for school. I have since read A Wrinkle in Time (audiobook), The Best Christmas Pageant Ever, and The Lion, Witch, and Wardrobe (audiobook).

I read Watership Down by myself from the school library if that counts. I don't really remember a lot about it though.

I managed to come up with 9. It was hard to remember 🤣 I only left secondary school in 2008 so I should have done better really 🤣

Have a great week!

I have read all of these! Though some I read on my own and not because I had to for school. The one I hated the most? Catcher in the Rye. What an overrated book!

I asked the same thing about Gatsby too! Lol! Funnily enough I forgot about Catcher in the Rye and how much I loathed that book! Why it was such a favorite among my peers I'll never understand. Lol.

Thanks for visiting my TTT!

I don't remember anything about the plot of The Catcher in the Rye, the only thing I remember is the feeling that the protagonist bothered me a lot.

Wrinkle in Time and Fahrenheit 451 are two of my favorite books, though I don't recall them ever being assigned reading. I've reread The Great Gatsby and I still don't understand the appeal of that book.

TKAM made my list too!
https://getlostinlit.blogspot.com/2024/10/top-ten-books-i-was-assigned-to-read-in.html

I didn't have to read Gatsby for school but I read it of my own accord as an adult and really hated it! I don't get it at all.

I've read six of the books from your list! I absolutely love The Best Christmas Pageant Ever.

I can’t believe that students today are still reading some of the same books we did! 😂 There are some well loved classics and others that need to be retired! ~Carol @ ReadingLadies

Strangely, I was never assigned To Kill a Mockingbird, but I did read it on my own

I remember reading many of these same books. Of course, because I'm a bit older (!) some of them had not yet been written. lol

TKAM is one of my most favorite novels of all time. I love it. Great list!

I’ve read five from the ten which I think is not that bad!

I'm glad it's not just me who can't stand Gatsby. Dull book about entitled people! Maybe I'm missing something 😄

Well done for remembering the books! I've tried The Great Gatsby a few times, but have never got anywhere with! 😂

Great list! I haven't read many of these books, though I really want to read A Wrinkle in Time :)

If you'd like to visit, here's my TTT: https://thebooklorefairy.blogspot.com/2024/10/top-ten-tuesday-books-i-was-assigned-in-school.html

The Catcher in the Rye and TKAMB are two I read my freshman year (1986 ish). I like TKAMB. Holden was a bit too pretentious for me.

I remember liking To Kill a Mockingbird when I read it, and happy that I'd read it over the summer because it was one of the first books we had to read for class once the school year started.

Cool list!! (I've only read The Lion, Witch and the Wardrobe (very magical + it was my birthday gift as a 13y/o), and have heard a few others being recommended very often as well)

Things got much more interesting by the time you were in school lol. My kids enjoyed Best Christmas Pageant and one of them had to read Farenheit 451 and liked it.

I can't believe I forgot to add To Kill a Mockingbird to my list! I loved that book. (The movie was good too). I hope you're having a great week, Susan! Happy Wednesday!

I read a lot of these, but most were on my own time and not for school in particular. Only To Kill a Mockingbird and The Best Christmas Pageant Ever were school assignments!

I loved To Kill A Mockingbird! And like you, hated The Great Gatsby. The characters were awful. It was a DNF for me.

So many good books! I've been meaning to read Watership Down. I had it from the library but had to return it before I could finish. Waiting for it to come my way again!

I’ve read The Grapes of Wrath and The Great Gatsby but it was never required reading. Just books I thought I’d enjoy. I’m not a classics reader but they were both okay. It certainly seems like you were assigned more interesting things than I was.

Watership Down is my very favorite book! Lol. And I loved To Kill a Mockingbird as well.

I haven't read any of these books, not even Narnia LOL. I'm not interested in Narnia now either.

Good mix of books! I loved the Narnia books (with the exception of the last book). Going to school in Alabama you have to read To Kill a Mockingbird at least once!

I adore A Wrinkle in Time, but I also read it as an adult. Love that you still hold vivid images from it after all these years.

LMAO, that's so funny about #7! Our 3rd grade teacher read that aloud to us too, one of my favorite memories. No breaking down in hysterics for us, though...

Funny, I actually enjoyed Great Gatsby in high school...but at least we can agree on Catcher in the Rye. You would have REALLY hated my 11th grade experience because we read those back to back.

I have to admit, I am slightly relieved to never have been assigned Willa Cather. I love the idea of her, but her actual prose seems intimidating.

You cerntainly had some interesting books on the list that would seem at least somewhat fun.