The best books we read for literature (2025-2026)! They’re totally real!
by Gideon J. and Anika H. (9th Grade)
This year for our Lydiature* class we have been reading a number of classic books from the nineteenth century, this year’s literary period for our school’s curriculum. These classics include the following books (see how many you recognize):
- The Edifying Adventures of Duxby Arnolford IV by Duxby Arnolford IV
- The Murders of Ms. Hagelslag by Robert Finnimore
- The Fictitious Undertakings of the Nammiverksmiðjudvørgar by Snorri Sturluson
- Peristeronic Purgation by Dante Ligament
- Les Corpulents by Victor Hugo
- The Importance of Appreciating Nature by Jonathan Moriarty
- East and West by Elisabeth Gaskell
- The Mysterious Case of the Imploding Shrew by Dr. W. Atson
- Across Six Septembers by Marian Harrington
- A Creature Most Foul by Frank N. Stan
- The Angel Killers by Damion Wilde
- Wuthering Jane by Barbara Brontë
- A Relatively Short History of the Previously Unknown Biological Information Pertaining to the European House Sparrow by S. Morgenstern
- You Moron by C. S. Lewith
*A word derived from the name of Ms. Lydia, our literature teacher.





