I kept a brochure from high school that listed the books to be read for all four years, including summer vacations.
Freshman
Summer:- A Lantern in Her Hand--Bess Streeter Aldrich
- Cheaper by the Dozen--Gilbreth and Carey
- Karen--Marie Killilea
- Deliver Us from Evil--Tom Dooley
School year:- The Pearl--John Steinbeck
- Great Expectations--Charles Dickens
- The Light in the Forest--Conrad Richter
- Let the Hurricane Roar--Rose Wilder Lane
Sophomore
Summer:- Act One--Moss Hart
- So Big--Edna Ferber
- Diary of Anne Frank--Anne Frank
- Bridge of San Luis Rey--Thornton Wilder
School year:- To Kill a Mockingbird--Harper Lee
- Captains Courageous--Rudyard Kipling
- The Scarlet Letter--Nathaniel Hawthorne
- Shane--Jack Schaefer
Junior
Summer:- Lost Horizon--James Hilton
- Pride and Prejudice--Jane Austen
- Tale of Two Cities--Charles Dickens
- Jane Eyre--Charlotte Bronte
School year:- Animal Farm--George Orwell
- Picture of Dorian Gray--Oscar Wilde
- Mayor of Casterbridge--Thomas Hardy
- Pygmalion--George Bernard Shaw
Senior
Summer:- Fathers and Sons--Ivan Turgenev
- Anna and the King of Siam--Margaret Landon
- Anna Karenina--Leo Tolstoy
- Annapurna--Maurice Herzog
School year:- A Separate Peace--John Knowles
- Cyrano de Bergerac--Edmond Rostand
- Brave New World--Aldous Huxley
- Point of No Return--John P. Marquand
For each year, there is a list of additional recommended books. The brochure said we should try to read a "worthwhile" book a week, a literary magazine once a month, and a newspaper every day.
I remember all the books except for
Let the Hurricane Roar and
Captains Courageous, so we apparently stuck to the list. But we also read several Shakespeare plays and additional books that are in the recommended sections.