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Liz Connor

How many of these 20 classic books have you read?

The Times have compiled a list of books all teens should read before they leave secondary education

Whether you're a faithful or a fair-weather fiction reader, you're likely to have read and studied at least one of literature's most acclaimed texts at one time or another.

If you're not sure where to start, The Times Educational Supplement's has handily compiled a list of 100 essential novels for students to read before leaving secondary school, as voted for by teachers.

While the average reader will probably struggle to tick off all 100 in the list, you'll likely recognise the majority of the names in the top 20.

But how many of them have you actually read?

The Top 20 books you should have read by the time you finish school

1984 by George Orwell

£6, Amazon, Buy it now

To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee

£5, Wordery, Buy it now

Animal Farm by George Orwell

£6.11, WHSmith, Buy it now

Lord of the Flies by William Golding

£8, Amazon, Buy it now

Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck

£13.28, Wordery, Buy it now

The Harry Potter Series by JK Rowling

£30, BookPeople, Buy it now

A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

£2.50, Amazon, Buy it now

The Catcher in the Rye by JD Salinger

£6, Wordery, Buy it now

Great Expectations by Charles Dickens

£4.79, WHSmith, Buy it now

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

£5.89, Amazon, Buy it now

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon

£6, Wordery, Buy it now

The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas by John Boyne

£6.49, Waterstones, Buy it now

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte

£2, Amazon, Buy it now

Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

£7, Wordery, Buy it now

Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte

£3.24, WHSmith, Buy it now

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

£2.50, Amazon, Buy it now

Birdsong by Sebastian Faulks

£7, Waterstones, Buy it now

A Kestrel for a Knave by Barry Hines

£6.80, Wordery, Buy it now

The Lord of the Rings trilogy by JRR Tolkien

From £10, Amazon, Buy it now

Danny, Champion of the World by Roald Dahl

£5.24, WHSmith, Buy it now

Read the full list here

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