Twain was at least entertaining. Difficult to under hill at points, especially uneducated slang hill, but good stories overall.
I am the opposite with Homer. Odyssey felt like a whole bunch boring nothingness, especially the end where everything is magically good.
Fitzgerald also did not do it for me. Not bad, but I did not see a point with most of his works.
Yeah, I basically had the same Shakespeare stuff, but I think basically all high schools have you read Romeo and Juliet, MacBeth, Othello, and Julius Caesar. All phooey to me.
Poe and Dickens were probs my favs of the forced lit. Dickens is a great teller, at least in regard to Tale of Two Cities imo. Poe is exceptionally deep, and sometimes he does things you would not expect.
Gullivers Travels and Animal Farm were okay, but satires are not my thing either.
My uncle who passed was huge on King, but I have only read snippets. Like I said, two or three books have been read by these eyes when not required.