Gothic/Horror Novels
This character feeds on the blood of the innocent and can transform into a bat
Who is Dracula?
In this famous series, Bella falls in love with a vampire and the consequences ensue
What is Twilight?
This novel heavily features its main characters in Greek Mythology, where young Demi-Gods who prevent the Titans from destroying the world
What is Percy Jackson?
This famous bio was the basis of Lin-Manuel Mirandas musical for this famous founding father
What is Alexander Hamilton?
This book series became a famous movie series, featuring this famous little Wizard
Who is Harry Potter?
This 1977 Horror novel features the character Jack Torrence and his family as he descends into madness at the Overlook Hotel
What is The Shining?
This famous series became a hit on Netflix with characters like the Duke, Penelope Featherington, and this famous family the show is named after
What is Bridgerton?
This famous little mouse was adopted by human parents and his adventures ensue from there
Through My Eyes was written by this Civil Rights activist who was one of the first to integrate schools, and is still alive today
Who is Ruby Bridges?
We're off to see this guy! Or at least Dorothy, the Scarecrow, The Tin Man, and the Cowardly Lion are
What is The Wizard of Oz?
The Queen of Horror Fiction that wrote Frankenstein
This novel is written by Nicholas Sparks and features characters named Noah and Allie
What is The Notebook?
Written in 1987, this book follows 13 year old Brian from New York City, boards a plan headed from Hampton, New York to the Canadian north woods to visit his father. Unfortunately for Brian, his plane crashes and he is stranded in the Woods
What is Hatchet?
The novel, Prairie Fires written by Caroline Fraser, follows the life and hard times of this famous children's author, and dispels the popular TV show that made this author more well known, Little House on the Prairie
Who is Laura Ingalls Wilder?
In this dystopian novel, a 12-year-old boy named Jonas, is selected to inherit the position of Receiver of Memory, the person who stores all the memories of the time before Sameness. Jonas struggles with concepts of the new emotions and things introduced to him, and whether they are inherently good, evil, or in between, and whether it is possible to have one without the other.
What is The Giver?
This novel was made a film back in 2009 with Daniel Radcliff as its star, where a mysterious spectre that haunts a small English town. It did so well, it came out with a sequel
What is The Woman In Black?
This book became a Prime Video Series when "Belly" Conklin in the summers she spends at Cousins Beach with her mother, her best friend by the name of Taylor, and older brother, along with her mother's lifelong best friend and her sons.
What is The Summer I Turned Pretty?
Written by Roald Dahl, this story follows a young English orphan boy who enters a gigantic, magical fruit
What is James and The Giant Peach?
This famous work by Maya Angelou, describes her early life and is the first in a volume of seven in the series
What is I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings?
This book series by George R.R. Martin became one of the most famous TV shows of all time, although I hope you don't watch
In this story by Oscar Wilde, as this character ages and does horrible deeds, his portrait reflects them, but his face never does
What is The Portrait of Dorian Gray?
This is one of Miss Tyler's all-time favorite love stories, with a movie and a new HBO Max show, the story follows Tita, who longs for her beloved, Pedro, but can never have him because of her mother's upholding of the family tradition: the youngest daughter cannot marry but instead must take care of her mother until she dies. Tita is only able to express herself when she cooks. The novel is written originally in Spanish
What is Like Water for Chocolate (Como Agua Para Chocolate)?
This classic book follows Winnie Foster, a teenage girl on the cusp of maturity. Winnie longs for a life outside the control of her domineering mother, and when lost in the woods near her home, she happens upon Jesse Tuck, a boy unlike any she's ever met before. He and his family are kind and generous, and they immediately take her in as one of their own. However, the Tucks hold a powerful secret, and Winnie must decide whether to return to her life or stay with the Tucks.
What is Tuck Everlasting?
This "Tragicomic" book was the source for the Tony Award winning musical Fun Home, following Alison Bechdel's childhood and youth in rural Pennsylvania, United States, focusing on her complex relationship with her father.
What is Fun Home?
This book series also became a famous movie, following Paul Atreides, whose family accepts the stewardship of the planet Arrakis. While the planet is an inhospitable and sparsely populated desert wasteland, it is the only source of melange, or "spice", a drug that extends life and enhances mental abilities. With that, a war ensues for the control of the spice
What is Dune?