- The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald
- The Catcher in the Rye, by J.D. Salinger
- To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee
- The Color Purple, by Alice Walker
- Lord of the Flies, by William Golding
- Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck
- Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley
- Invisible Man, by Ralph Ellison
- Slaughterhouse Five, by Kurt Vonnegut
- Native Son, by Richard Wright