Thank you, Craig!
Unfortunately, I don't have any information about the books school students read today. I just hope they have less rus classic books and are open to a massive list on Ukrainian and World authors' names.
As for my favorites, it's the authors of Executed Renaissance (1920-30s): Pidmohylny, Kulish;
It's Ivan Bahrianyi.
Also, it's English literature (realism) - Dickens, Thackeray, Austen...
American - I'm a big fan of Hemingway. Faulkner and Kurt Vonnegut are also in my reading list. :)
Well, realism and dystopism are my favorites. Orwell, Huxley, Bradbury, Burgess... The list is long.
Cheers!