The Sea Wasp (Ryk E. Spoor)

Ugg. Much as I might complain about the boringness of much that is considered "classical literature," they're at least part of common culture so at least serve some function in getting literature references the rest of one's life. A list of books where I haven't heard of half of them and that don't sound that good seems inherently worthless in all ways.

The only times I've seen stranger reading lists have involved the logic "what books are they practically giving away in bulk that the school can acquire?" and even then this is a pretty pathetic list in my experience. On the other hand, I recall that growing up I rarely did more than half of my summer reading because I hated it so much, and I read voraciously of my own volition.