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Maybe you've had it in a muffin, maybe you had too much of it and started to hallucinate - this book by R.F. Kuang is the name of Lyric's cat, preceding "war".
Poppy
"Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same." is a quote from this Bronte book.
Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
This book was written in 1818 and had a film adaptation released in 2025 featuring Jacob Elordi.
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
The first book MSULA ever read was an interesting first choice. This book, written by Bret Easton Ellis, caused quite the stir and set a strange tone for the first official discussion.
American Psycho
The movie instantly became a coming-of-age classic with many fans recreating the beloved living room routine, but the book was banned for being sexually explicit, depicting SA.
The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
This is the name of the person who sends you emails weekly from the MSULA email.
Maya Estell
“I cannot mourn for what I have not known.”
I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman
MC is furious because thousands of people he has never met are trying to kill him. But his real problem is not the enemy—it is his own army, which keeps increasing the number of missions. If MC makes any attempt to excuse himself from the missions he’s assigned, he’ll be in violation of ___, the title of this book.
Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
This was potentially the most hated book our club has ever read, by Ling Ling Huang.
Natural Beauty
Lois Lowry
One of your Presidents is Katie. This is the correct pronunciation of her last name.
Youmans
"So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past"
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
An unfortunate classic, this book is disgusting. Obsession with youth takes on the form of pedophilia -- shows how easy it is to ruin a young girls life (because a grown man can't get over his own trauma).
Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
A book full of fantasy, romance, and trauma, this story follows a woman who makes a bad wish and just can't seem to die.
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab
This author has had multiple books challenged and banned from schools, one of those being a book known for its communist commentary, written in 1945.
(For this question, I am looking for the book and author)
Animal Farm by George Orwell
These are the two positions that Sarah and Jordan hold on the Executive Board.
“It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.”
(Hint: This is translated from French)
The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
The mystical story of Santiago combines magic, mysticism and wisdom into an inspiring tale of self-discovery, this story has become a modern classic (1988).
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
This story follows a protagonist who is exiled from her community, forced to find solace on her own island.
(Hint: think Greek)
Circe by Madeline Miller
This book, though banned for secular humanism, new age religion, occultism, and satanism, was adapted into a movie featuring a young AnnaSophia Robb.
Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
These are the names of the two MSULA founders.
Noor Sidhu and Emelia Breuning
“I took a deep breath and listened to the old brag of my heart: I am, I am, I am.”
The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
Described as a twenty-three year struggle to write a book about what he had witnessed as an American prisoner of war, this book is about a barber’s son turned draftee turned optometrist turned alien abductee.
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Anxious People by Fredrik Backman
One of the first dystopian hits, this book was banned for anti-religion/family themes and sexual content. This book depicts humans psychologically conditioned and drug driven to remain content.
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley