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| Title | Rank | Period | Level | Type |
 This classic story of a shipwrecked mariner on a deserted island is perhaps the greatest adventure in all of English literature. Fleeing... [More] |  | Discovery/ Colonial | Middle | Literature |
 Few compare to Benjamin Franklin. Virtually self-taught, he excelled as an athlete, a man of letters, a printer, a scientist, a wit, an inventor, and successful diplomat. [More] | | Discovery/ Colonial | Middle | Biography |
 A seminal work of American Literature that still commands deep praise and still elicits controversy, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is... [More] | | 1800's | Middle | Literature |
 Few books capture both the simplicity and complexities of American life quite like these enduring "boyhood" classics by Mark Twain. The... [More] | | 1800's | Middle | Literature |
 Senior demon Screwtape coaches Wormwood in the tempting his "patient" away from God. A masterpiece of reverse theology, giving an inside look at temptation. [More] | | Modern 1900-present | Middle | Philosophy & Religion |
 The Song of Roland is the most famous of the "chansons de geste" (songs of deeds) of the Middle Ages. It provides a fascinating view into... [More] | | Middle Ages 600-1300 | Middle | Literature |
 First published in the early 1800s, this true-life account set the record straight on the mythic Daniel Boone and established him as an... [More] | | Discovery/ Colonial | Middle | Biography |
 Published in 1819, this classic historical romance unfolds in a 12th-century kingdom torn asunder by the hatred between Saxons and Normans.... [More] | | Middle Ages 600-1300 | Middle | Literature |
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