Reading it for class?
The books English classes assign most, with the text on screen.
Romeo and Juliet, The Great Gatsby, Macbeth, Hamlet and Frankenstein are all in the top 10 of a 2025 national survey of secondary English teachers. Listen to them and other class staples with the full text on screen and each sentence highlighted.
Using it for class
- Follow the text as you listen, so hard language is easier to keep up with.
- Use it alongside your assigned copy. Editions and page numbers can differ, so check quotes against the one your teacher uses.
- It's a way to get through the book, not a summary, so plan for the full length. Each book's page shows its running time.
Sources
The five books named above come from that survey. The rest of this list is our own selection of common class reading.
Books for English class
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Romeo and Juliet
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The Great Gatsby
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Macbeth
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Hamlet
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Frankenstein; Or, The Modern Prometheus
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Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
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The Scarlet Letter
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The Odyssey: Rendered into English Prose for the Use of Those Who Cannot Read Th
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Pride and Prejudice
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Julius Caesar
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Othello
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A Midsummer Night's Dream
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Great Expectations
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A Tale of Two Cities
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Jane Eyre: An Autobiography
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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave
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Beowulf: An Anglo-Saxon Epic Poem
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The Call of the Wild
Good to know
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You must be at least 13 to create an account.
Is my assigned book here?
Maybe not. Newer books, like Of Mice and Men or To Kill a Mockingbird, aren't in the library. Search the library or try the books listed here.
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The first chapter of every book plays free with no account. A free account adds the opening chapters of every book, plus one whole book of your choice from a shelf of five classics.
