imagine an alien who could read english really well got dropped on earth

[vixnix]

Though, I am in ilp’s camp here, if the aliens for some reason read English, it is a bit of a sad move to offer up translations

But how much of the ‘classic’ U.S. canon have you read reprise?
If aliens had read nothing, I would suggest stuff like

On the Road - Jack Kerouac
The Catcher in the Rye - JD Salinger
To Kill A Mockingbird - Harper Lee

But presumably you’ve read that stuff reprise??