Four books including “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time” by Mark Haddon, “Future Home of the Living God,” by ...

The set of books that is taught again and again, broadly across the country, is referred to by literature scholars and English teachers as “the canon.” The high school canon has been shaped by ...

Nicholas Dames has taught Literature Humanities ... In 1976, about 40 percent of high-school seniors said they had read at least six books for fun in the previous year, compared with 11.5 percent ...