10 must-read read for school books like Where Have You Gone, Charming Billy? (short story) by Tim O'Brien

Where Have You Gone, Charming Billy? (short story)

By: Tim O'Brien

3.42

Format: 9 pages, None

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Cover of The Pedestrian: A Fantasy in One Act by Ray Bradbury

1. The Pedestrian: A Fantasy in One Act

By: Ray Bradbury

3.77

Format: 22 pages, Paperback

A short story by Ray Bradbury, the prequel to "Fahrenheit 451". First published in The Reporter, Au… read more

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"Business or profession?' 'I guess you'd call me a writer.' No profession,' said the police car, as if talking to itself. The light held him fixed, like a museum specimen, needle thrust through chest."

-Ray Bradbury, The Pedestrian: A Fantasy in One Act

Cover of A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare, Barbara A. Mowat, Paul Werstine, Catherine Belsey

2. A Midsummer Night’s Dream

By: William Shakespeare , Barbara A. Mowat , Paul Werstine , Catherine Belsey

3.95

Format: 298 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Shakespeare's intertwined love polygons begin to get complicated from the start--Demetrius and Lysa… read more

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"My soul is in the sky."

-William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night’s Dream

"Farewell, sweet playfellow."

-William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night’s Dream

"Lord, what fools these mortals be!"

-William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night’s Dream

"Methought I was enamour'd of an ass."

-William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Cover of Oedipus Rex  (The Theban Plays, #1) by Sophocles, J.E. Thomas, Elizabeth Osborne

3. Oedipus Rex (The Theban Plays, #1)

By: Sophocles , J.E. Thomas , Elizabeth Osborne

4.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

"...what man wins more happiness than just its shape and the ruin when that shape collapses?" Sopho… read more

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4. The House on Mango Street

By: Sandra Cisneros

3.31

Format: None pages,

Acclaimed by critics, beloved by readers of all ages, taught everywhere from inner-city grade schoo… read more

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5. A Pair of Silk Stockings

By: Kate Chopin

3.64

Format: 64 pages, Paperback

Désirée's baby -- Miss McEnders -- The story of an hour -- Nég Créol -- A pair of silk stocking… read more

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6. Harrison Bergeron

By: Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

3.93

Format: None pages, ebook

It is the year 2081. Because of Amendments 211, 212, and 213 to the Constitution, every American is… read more

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7. Sucker

By: Carson McCullers , James Hays

3.61

Format: 523 pages, Hardcover

Do your students enjoy a good laugh? Do they like to be scared? Or do they just like a book with a … read more

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8. The Interlopers (Tale Blazers)

By: Saki

3.63

Format: 6 pages, Paperback

Two men, Ulrich von Gradwitz and Georg Znaeym, are both in a forested area on the Carpathian Mounta… read more

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9. In Another Country

By: Ernest Hemingway

4.26

Format: None pages,

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10. A Raisin in the Sun

By: Lorraine Hansberry

4.20

Format: 24 pages, Hardcover

"Never before, in the entire history of the American theater, has so much of the truth of black peo… read more

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11. The Possibility of Evil

By: Shirley Jackson

4.02

Format: 240 pages,

"The Possibility of Evil" is about an old lady named Miss Strangeworth. She treasures her roses, pa… read more

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12. The Most Dangerous Game

By: Richard Connell

3.94

Format: 48 pages, Paperback

The Most Dangerous Game features a big-game hunter from New York who becomes shipwrecked on an isol… read more

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"But you can’t mean—"

-Richard Connell, The Most Dangerous Game

"The world is made up of two classes - the hunters and the huntees."

-Richard Connell, The Most Dangerous Game

"Sometimes I think evil is a tangible thing - with wave lengths, just as sound and light have."

-Richard Connell, The Most Dangerous Game

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13. The Gift of the Magi

By: O. Henry , Lisbeth Zwerger

4.11

Format: 26 pages, Hardcover

O. Henry's classic tale of the wisest gifts of Christmas is itself a gift to share and treasure. … read more

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"Life is made up of sobs, sniffles, and smiles, with sniffles predominating."

-O. Henry, The Gift of the Magi

"There was clearly nothing to do but flop down on the shabby little couch and howl."

-O. Henry, The Gift of the Magi

"There was clearly nothing to do but flop down on the shabby little couch and howl. So Della did it. Which instigates the moral reflection that life is made up of sobs, sniffles, and smiles, with snif…"

-O. Henry, The Gift of the Magi

"Единственное, что тут можно было сделать, это хлопнуться на старенькую кушетку и зареветь. Именно так Делла и поступила. Откуда напрашивается философский вывод, что жизнь состоит из слез, вздохов и у…"

-O. Henry, The Gift of the Magi

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14. The Cask of Amontillado

By: Edgar Allan Poe

4.08

Format: 24 pages, Paperback

"The Cask of Amontillado" (sometimes spelled "The Casque ..") is a short story written by Edgar All… read more

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"For the love of God, Montresor!"

-Edgar Allan Poe, The Cask of Amontillado

"He did not perceive that my smile now was at the thought of his immolation."

-Edgar Allan Poe, The Cask of Amontillado

"The thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as I best could, but when he ventured upon insult I vowed revenge."

-Edgar Allan Poe, The Cask of Amontillado

"The thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as I best could; but when he ventured upon insult, I vowed revenge."

-Edgar Allan Poe, The Cask of Amontillado

15. By the Waters of Babylon

By: Stephen Vincent Benét

3.00

Format: None pages,

Do your students enjoy a good laugh? Do they like to be scared? Or do they just like a book with a … read more

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16. There Will Come Soft Rains

By: Ray Bradbury

4.07

Format: 154 pages, Paperback

First published in Collier's, May 6, 1950. The story concerns a household in Allendale, California,… read more

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17. The Scarlet Ibis

By: Philippe Dumas , James Hurst

3.84

Format: 36 pages, Library Binding

Our narrator, a grown man, tells us about his memories of Doodle, his younger brother. We jump into… read more

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"Brother, Brother, don't leave me! Don't leave me!"

-Philippe Dumas, The Scarlet Ibis

"All of us must have something or someone to be proud of."

-Philippe Dumas, The Scarlet Ibis

"Oh yes you can, Doodle,' I said. 'All you got to do is try."

-Philippe Dumas, The Scarlet Ibis

"There is within me a knot of cruelty borne by the stream of love, much as our blood sometimes bears the seed of our destruction ..."

-Philippe Dumas, The Scarlet Ibis

18. The Necklace

By: Guy de Maupassant , Gary Kelley

3.35

Format: None pages, Hardcover

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19. Her Soul to Take (Souls Trilogy, #1)

By: Harley Laroux

4.07

Format: 493 pages, Kindle Edition

Leon I earned my reputation among magicians for a reason: one wrong move and you're dead. Killer, t… read more

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"I want you. Irrevocably."

-Harley Laroux, Her Soul to Take (Souls Trilogy, #1)

"You’re Hell’s little whore, aren’t you?"

-Harley Laroux, Her Soul to Take (Souls Trilogy, #1)

"No human is ready for forever, and forever is all I have. But you gave me a part of your life, when mortal lives are so short."

-Harley Laroux, Her Soul to Take (Souls Trilogy, #1)

"No human is ready for forever, and forever is all I have. But you gave me a part of your life, when mortal lived are so short."

-Harley Laroux, Her Soul to Take (Souls Trilogy, #1)

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20. Skin of a Sinner

By: Avina St. Graves

3.61

Format: 421 pages, Kindle Edition

No one tells you what to do when the boy who shattered your heart comes back to steal it.  Roman… read more

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21. Where Have You Gone, Charming Billy? (short story)

By: Tim O'Brien

3.42

Format: 9 pages, None

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12 Top school books like Where Have You Gone, Charming Billy? (short story) by Tim O'Brien

Transform Your Habits

The Pedestrian: A Fantasy in One Act

Ray Bradbury

3.77

Transform Your Habits

A Midsummer Night’s Dream

William Shakespeare , Barbara A. Mowat , Paul Werstine , Catherine Belsey

3.95

Transform Your Habits

Oedipus Rex (The Theban Plays, #1)

Sophocles , J.E. Thomas , Elizabeth Osborne

4.00

Transform Your Habits

The House on Mango Street

Sandra Cisneros

3.31

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14 Top fiction books like The Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connell

Transform Your Habits

The Lady or the Tiger? And, the Discourager of Hesitancy

Frank R. Stockton

3.94

Transform Your Habits

Lamb to the Slaughter

Roald Dahl

3.84

Transform Your Habits

The Lottery

Shirley Jackson

4.05

Harrison Bergeron

Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

3.93

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