Poll: Best book you were forced to read

[r4ndom]

Silas Marner.

Great book. And score one for nom de plumes!

EDIT - Cripes, I almost forgot "The Island" by Aldous Huxley. His mind is terrifyingly large.

 

[FightThePower]

I had to read Lord of the Flies for GCSE English Literature. Amazing book, really, really good.

 

[iJosh]

I was forced to read, The hatchet. I'm not sure by whom. But still, The book was amazing.

Gary Paulsen... It's one of my favorite books.

Besides that, the best I was forced to read was either Watership Down or Fallen Angels. After having to read them in school, I ended up buying both, in hardcover even. Although my school was cool about reading assignments. I once was "forced" to read The Hobbit. Which I had read 7 times prior to that assignment. Easy A

Cool.
Another force read was Fahrenheit451 ? I think that's what it was called.

 

[MrSnugglesworth]

Animal Farm.

I hated Too Kill a Mockingbird.

 

[TKgasmic]

Kendrid was a really good book. About a time traveling Negro women who went back to the slave ages and...you know the rest. Anyways, really good, detailed book.

 

[zoozilla]

Thought Animal Farm was pretty good.

1984 is probably my favorite book, but I had read it before it was assigned.

Can't quite remember if this was assigned reading, but My Brother Sam is Dead left quite an impact on me. Especially the last few pages.

 

[Guitar Gamer]

is it weird to have read: Frankenstien,To kill a mocking bird and a most of a phisics texbook all without being asked?

 

[Cortheya]

Fahrenheit 451

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FANTASTIC book I really liked roll of thunder hear my cry which we just had to read. I would list 1984 and Fahrenheit 451 but I was recommended those books by a teacher not told to read them.

 

[crudus]

is it weird to have read: Frankenstien,To kill a mocking bird and a most of a phisics texbook all without being asked?

Not really, they are all good books. The only reason I never read ahead was so I didn't get tripped up on test and right a technically right answer but wrong for the test (I hate those since you can never argue them).

 

[quiet_samurai]

I was forced to read Frankenstein in high school and I ws supposed to read it gradually over the quarter and give report towards the end. I ended up reading the whole thing in two days and finished the report about a week later. My teacher didn't believe me uintil I showed her the report... *****!

 

[duchaked]

hahaha nice! out of all of these the only book I was never forced to read was Frankenstein

but I'd have to just stick with Shakespeare
sure it was hard...
but Hamlet was great

beat Macbeth and R&J

 

[Syndarr]

Of the ones on the list, "To Kill a Mockingbird" is the only one that fits both categories. "The Great Gatsby" was okay, but not fantastic, and I read "1984" on my own and liked it a lot.

But my favorite book I was ever assigned to read was "Flatland" by Edwin A. Abbott. It's a fascinating story that really makes you think, but it's told in a uniquely approachable way, which I think is kinda rare for books you get assigned in school.

 

[Deleric]

Gulliver's Travels.

 

[saxist01]

1984 would have probably been a good book, however, I couldn't resist looking ahead to the last sentence. A HUGE mistake. My favorite probably ended up being either "Ordinary People," or "My Antonia"

How the hell would you be forced to read the Silmarillion? I didn't understand the damn thing was in chronological order until about the 5th read through? I love the story, but it's like the damn bible!

 

[FlameOfArnor]

the play "Crucible" by Arthur Miller. completely fantastic but would never have picked it up if we weren't reading it for english.

 

[Woem]

The English Patient. I actually saw the movie first, but thought the book was much, much better.

 

[Cpt. Red]

Let the Right One In is the best book I have been forced to read...

 

[dudeigoesrawrs]

Mine probably was the green mile, got me into steven king, great writer

 

[mangus]

1984 and farenheit 491 where both enjoyable books for me. The english patient was the worst thing I've ever passed out to while trying to read in time, though.

 

[wyrdsister]

My English Literature A-Level has either been a godsend or the bane of my life. One thing it forced me into, which I loved, was 'The Rime of the Ancient Mariner'. I know it's actually a poem and not a book, but it seemed long enough to be one. Copied and pasted it onto Microsoft Word, and it used fifteen (!) A4 pages. But it was still brilliant.

Also loved 'To Kill A Mockingbird'. I need to read that again...