The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger
A novel about teenage angst and alienation.
To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee
A novel about racial injustice in the Deep South.
1984
George Orwell
A dystopian novel about totalitarianism and surveillance.
The Great Gatsby
F. Scott Fitzgerald
A critique of the American Dream set in the Roaring Twenties.
Pride and Prejudice
Jane Austen
A romantic novel that critiques the British landed gentry at the end of the 18th century.
