Famous Authors
An American novelist best known for his novel depicting the flamboyance of the Jazz Age and themes of wealth, materialism, and the American Dream.
F. Scott Fitzgerald
This novel published by H.L. in 1960, explores themes of justice, prejudice, and innocence.
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Derry, Maine is just an ordinary town: familiar, well-ordered for the most part, a good place to live.
It is a group of children who see - and feel - what makes Derry so horribly different. The monster lurks, taking on the shape of every nightmare, each one's deepest dread.
It by Stephen King
The most challenged and banned book of all time
1984 by George Orwell
Female English novelist known primarily for her six novels, which implicitly interpret, critique, and comment on the English landed gentry at the end of the 18th century. Her novels often explore the dependence of women on marriage for the pursuit of favorable social standing and economic security.
Jane Austen
A novella written by an American author- It describes the experiences of two displaced migrant ranch workers, as they move from place to place in California, searching for jobs during the Great Depression
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
Based on the author's own experiences, this novel is about a Native American who aspires to be a cartoonist and his decision to go to a nearly all-white public high school
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
Nothing will stand in her way, not even the captain of the hockey team.
Icebreaker by Hannah Grace
The unforgettable, heartbreaking story of the unlikely friendship between a wealthy boy and the son of his father's servant set in Afghanistan
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
An American children's author/poet and cartoonist. He is known for his work writing and illustrating more than 60 books under a pen name. His illustrations depict bright colors and absurd creatures!
Dr. Seuss
This novel follows the experiences of its eponymous heroine, including her growth to adulthood and her love for Mr Rochester.
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
A coming-of-age story that explores themes of social class and gang violence. Seven main members start off the story.
The Outsiders
a French historical adventure novel written and published in 1844 by French author Alexandre Dumas. It is the first of the author's three d'Artagnan Romances.
The Three Musketeers
A traditional fairy-tale rendition with a feminist twist, where a "prince-who-will-be-king" slays a dragon with three items (a sword, his "sword", and his brain).
Damsel by Elana K. Arnold
Known for his fifteen hundred page novel inspired by the June Rebellion of 1832 in Paris and his other novel titled after the Notre-Dame Cathedral.
Victor Hugo
He exchanges his soul for eternal youth and beauty. Influenced by his friend, he is drawn into a corrupt double life, indulging his desires in secret while remaining a gentleman in the eyes of polite society. Only his portrait bears the traces of his decadence.
The Picture of Dorian Gray
This Newbery Award-winning book published in 1993, is set in the future, the seemingly idyllic world follows a 12 year old boy.
The Giver by Lois Lowry
The novel tells the story of the rise and fall of the mythical town of Macondo through the history of the Buendía family. Rich and brilliant, it is a chronicle of life, death, and the tragicomedy of humankind.
One Hundred Years of Solitude
Published in 1985, it is set in a near-future New England in a patriarchal, totalitarian theonomic state known as the Republic of Gilead, which has overthrown the United States government
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
A Danish author in the 1800s, although a prolific writer of plays, travelogues, novels, and poems, he is best remembered for his literary fairy tales including "The Princess and the Pea" and "The Ugly Duckling."
Hans Christian Anderson
The only novel by an English author published in 1847 under her pen name "Ellis Bell"
Wuthering Heights
This historical fiction depicts the horrors of war and is narrated from the perspective of Death.
The Book Thief
When Mary is orphaned, she is shipped from her home in colonial India to a drab country house in Yorkshire. As she learns to tend the garden on the estate, Mary forms her first true friendships.
The Secret Garden
Set in the early 1990s, the novel follows Charlie, an introverted and observant teenager, through his freshman year of high school in a Pittsburgh suburb.
The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky