Can you name the most commonly taught books (Grades 7-12)?

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AuthorBook% of Schools
William Shakespeare90%
William Shakespeare81%
Mark Twain78%
Harper Lee71%
William Shakespeare71%
John Steinbeck64%
Nathaniel Hawthorne62%
John Steinbeck60%
William Shakespeare56%
Anne Frank56%
William Golding56%
F. Scott Fitzgerald54%
George Orwell51%
Jack London51%
John Knowles48%
Stephen Crane47%
Arthur Miller47%
Thornton Wilder44%
Charles Dickens44%
Charles Dickens41%
S.E. Hinton39%
Paul Zindel38%
AuthorBook% of Schools
Arthur Miller36%
Mark Twain32%
William Gibson32%
John Steinbeck31%
Homer29%
George Orwell28%
Sophocles28%
John Steinbeck28%
Jack Shaefer28%
Emily Brontë26%
J.D. Salinger26%
Tennessee Williams24%
Conrad Richter24%
Robert Newton Peck22%
Sophocles21%
Esther Forbes21%
George Bernard Shaw21%
Wilson Rawls21%
William Shakespeare20%
Ray Bradbury20%
Charles Dickens20%
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Commonly Taught Books (Grades 7-12) Quiz

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  • Created Mar 30, 2010 in Literature
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