Fitzgerald, Dickens, Hemingway, so on. They get a bad rap because tenth graders read them, but they were written for adults and only became staples of high school lit curricula because they were deemed to be exemplary novels. What're your favorite high school lit authors, books, stories, etc?

I'm not American so don't judge me too harshly that I only just read The Great Gatsby.

I can't believe that despite most American kids being exposed to this masterpiece, almost none leave school with a profound love of reading.

It's short, simple, funny, sad, captivating, and has some of the most beautiful passages of prose I've ever read.