Which of these books should I read?

Question

I have to pick one book from this list to read in English class. I don't know anything about 95% of these books, so I need someone who knows about any of them to tell me which one is best:
Maya Angelou
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Bill Bryson
I’m A Stranger Here Myself
Thomas Carlyle
The French Revolution
Past and Present
On Heroes, Hero Worship, and the Heroic in History
Bruce Catton
Mr. Lincoln’s Army
Stillness at Appomattox
Sir Winston Churchill
Blood, Sweat, and Tears
Europe Unite: Speeches 1947 and 1948
A History of the English-Speaking Peoples
In the Balance: Speeches 1949 and 1950
Marlborough
My Early Life
Their Finest Hour
Triumph and Tragedy
Frederick Douglass
The Life and Times of Fredrick Douglass
My Bondage and My Freedom
Narrative of the Life of Fredrick Douglass
Ben Franklin
The Autobiography of Ben Franklin
Antonia Fraser
King James I of England
Mary, Queen of Scots
Oliver Cromwell
The Warrior Queens
The Weaker Vessel: Women’s Lot in Seventeenth-Century England

John Hersey
Hiroshima
Carol Karlsen
The Devil in the Shape of a Woman
Helen Keller
The Story of My Life
Erik Larson
Devil in the White City
Isaac’s Storm
Malcolm X
The Autobiography of Malcolm X
Frank McCourt
Angela’s Ashes
Teacher Man
Kien Nguyen
The Unwanted
Kathleen Norris
Dakota
Francis Parkman
The Oregon Trail
Pioneers of France in the New World
Samuel Pepys
Diary
Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.
The Age of Jackson
The Age of Roosevelt
The Bitter Heritage
Robert Kennedy and His Times
A Thousand Days
Barbara Tuchman
Bible and Sword
A Distant Mirror
The Guns of August
The Proud Tower
Booker T. Washington
Up from Slavery
Tom Wolfe
The Right Stuff
Richard Wright
American Hunger
Black Boy

Answer 1

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Maya Angelou
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings


You will love it.

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Asker's Comment:

thanks, i will!

Answer 2

I'd go for Angela's Ashes - but if you have no preference whatsoever, just go for the most appealing cover! ;-D

Answer 3

I'm sorry to say i know NOTHING about 220% of these books. But here's a suggestion: Do NOT read anything with some one's name in it. Like a biography? those are usually boring as HELL.