I think we can safely ignore the Reader's List considering Ayn Rand is #1 and #2 and fucking L Ron Hubbard is #3. I've read a small portion of the Board's List and have only heard of another small portion of the list. It seems that the ones I really despised reading were assigned to me. Could there be something to that?

The Great Gatsby assigned to read in HS horrendous and tedious
The Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man Read for book list - inspired by Persecepe Challenging but worthwhile
Brave New World Read for book list Interesting dystopian novel
1984 Read numerous times Always struck by Orwell's understanding of fascism and understanding of human nature
Lord of the Flies Assigned to read in HS Overlong but interesting to read
A Clockwork Orange Read numerous times A thoroughly fascinating read
Heart of Darkness Read for book list Came in a "collected works of" and so it was interesting to note the common themes throughout and see lines that made it into Apocalypse Now
The call of the wild Assigned to read in MS Pointless and uninteresting