I really liked Lord of the Flies and a short story titled By the Waters of Babylon. I liked the former because it took the "stranded on a deserted island" theme and actually explored what that could do to people. The latter appealed to me because it had very strong themes of discovery and mystery even though you knew what everything was supposed to be. I think there were others, but I'm drawing a blank right now.
The Ice Queen
Not sure if this counts, but I actually really enjoyed reading Macbeth in English class.
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I really liked Frankenstein when I read it as a senior, I just found the language gorgeous in that book. Makes me a bit sad how pop culture has muddled the concept of the story around.
Bide your time, and Hold out Hope — GANKUTSUOU Just because it's irrational, doesn't mean it's not real.
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Frankenstein is great. I enjoyed it after I was forced to read it as well. The biggest one of these for me, though, is definitely The Unbearable Lightness of Being. I think it's probably my one of my favourite books now.
I would love to see an adaptation of Frankenstein that’s faithful to the book. It’s pretty much the opposite of the widely-known movie depiction: instead of being hideous, dumb, but largely innocent and misunderstood, the monster in the book is hideous, highly intelligent, and malevolent (although the latter is caused by complete social isolation and universal hostility).
Of the books that I was assigned in English class, I particularly liked Their Eyes Were Watching God and Beowulf.
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I had to read the first Artemis Fowl book for a summer reading assignment.
I read the next three of my own volition.
Nach jeder Ebbe kommt die Flut.
Margrave of the Marshes
I went to a core French high school. Most of the French books they gave us were shit, with 2 exceptions. One teacher gave us the Count of Monte Cristo which is still in my top 5 best books. The other was Kamouraska by Anne Hebert, about a woman reflecting on her life and the 3 most important men in her life; her first husband who was a wife beating asshole. The local town doctor with whom she conspired to murder this husband but got caught before they could escape to the US border after committing said murder. And lastly, her second husband who's on his deathbed and was very boring.
On the English side, had some good books: Hamlet, Mac Beth and Julius Caesar. Lord of the Flies, the Chrysalids, Brave New World, etc
I was ‘forced’ to read The Hobbit, which was awesome.