500+ Great Books for Teens
List compiled from 500 GREAT BOOKS FOR TEENS by Anita Silvey
Published by Frances Tenenbaum Books, 2006
Adventure and Survival

AIRBORN by Kenneth Oppel
ALIVE: THE STORY OF THE ANDES SURVIVORS by Piers Paul Read
CALL IT COURAGE by Armstrong Sperry
DEATHWATCH by Robb White
DOWNRIVER by Will Hobbs
ENDURANCE: SHACKLETON'S INCREDIBLE VOYAGE by Alfred Lansing
FAR NORTH by Will Hobbs
THE GOATS by Brock Cole
HATCHET by Gary Paulsen
HOLES by Louis Sachar
HOMECOMING: TILLERMAN CYCLE by Cynthia Voigt
ISLAND OF THE BLUE DOLPHINS by Scott O'Dell
INCIDENT AT HAWK'S HILL by Allan W. Eckert
INTO THIN AIR: A PERSONAL ACCOUNT OF THE MT. EVEREST DISASTER by Jon Krakauer
JULIE OF THE WOLVES by Jean Craighead George
LIFE OF PI by Yann Martel
THE LONG WALK: THE TRUE STORY OF A TREK TO FREEDOM by Slavomir Rawicz
MY SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN by Jean Craighead George
THE PERFECT STORM: A TRUE STORY OF MEN AGAINST THE SEA by Sebastian Junger
THE PERILOUS JOURNEY OF THE DONNER PARTY by Marian Calabro
PIRATES! by Celia Rees
REVENGE OF THE WHALE: THE TRUE STORY OF THE WHALESHIP ESSEX by Nathaniel Philbrick
SHACKLETON'S STOWAWAY by Victoria McKernan
SHIPWRECK AT THE BOTTOM OF THE WORLD: THE EXTRAORDINARY TRUE STORY OF SHACKLETON AND THE ENDURANCE
by Jennifer Armstrong
SKYBREAKER by Kenneth Oppel
TOUCHING THE VOID: THE TRUE STORY OF ONE MAN'S MIRACULOUS SURVIVAL by Joe Simpson
TREASURE ISLAND by Robert Louis Stevenson
THE TRUE CONFESSIONS OF CHARLOTTE DOYLE by Avi
TWO YEARS BEFORE THE MAST by Richard Henry Dana, Jr.
THE WRECKERS: THE HIGH SEAS TRILOGY by Iain Lawrence
YOUNG MEN AND FIRE by Norman MacLean



Autobiography and Memoir

ANGELA'S ASHES: A MEMOIR by Frank McCourt
BAD BOY: A MEMOIR by Walter Dean Myers
THE BASKETBALL DIARIES: THE CLASSIC ABOUT GROWING UP HIP ON NEW YORK'S MEAN STREETS
by Jim Carroll
THE BELL JAR by Sylvia Plath
BORROWED FINERY: A MEMOIR by Paula Fox
BOY: TALES OF CHILDHOOD by Roald Dahl
THE CIRCUIT: STORIES FROM THE LIFE OF A MIGRANT CHILD by Francisco Jimenez
COMING OF AGE IN MISSISSIPPI: THE CLASSIC AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF GROWING UP POOR AND BLACK IN THE RURAL SOUTH
by Anne Moody
THE DIARY OF A YOUNG GIRL: THE DEFINITIVE EDITION by Anne Frank
FAREWELL TO MANZANAR by Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston & James D. Houston
FUNNY IN FARSI: A MEMOIR OF GROWING UP IRANIAN IN AMERICA by Firoozeh Dumas
GROWING UP by Russell Baker
A HEARTBREAKING WORK OF STAGGERING GENIUS by Dave Eggers
HOLE IN MY LIFE by Jack Gantos
I KNOW WHY THE CAGED BIRD SINGS by Maya Angelou
KING OF THE MILD FRONTIER: AN ILL-ADVISED AUTOBIOGRAPHY by Chris Crutcher
LOST IN PLACE: GROWING UP ABSURD IN SUBURBIA by Mark Salzman
LUCKY: A MEMOIR by Alice Sebold
ME TALK PRETTY ONE DAY by David Sedaris
MY DOG SKIP by Willie Morris
NIGHT by Elie Wiesel
NO PRETTY PICTURES: A CHILD OF WAR by Anita Lobel
OCTOBER SKY by Homer Hickman
OLD SCHOOL by Tobias Wolff
RUNNING WITH SCISSORS: A MEMOIR by Augusten Burroughs
SICKENED: THE TRUE STORY OF A LOST CHILDHOOD by Julie Gregory
STOP-TIME: A MEMOIR by Frank Conroy
THIS BOY'S LIFE: A MEMOIR by Tobias Wolff
THE WOMAN WARRIOR: MEMOIRS OF A GIRLHOOD AMONG GHOSTS by Maxine Hong Kingston



Classic Titles

THE ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN by Mark Twain
THE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER by Mark Twain
ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND & THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS by Lewis Carroll
ANDERSONVILLE by MacKinlay Kantor
ATLAS SHRUGGED by Ayn Rand
THE AWAKENING by Kate Chopin
A BELL FOR ADANO by John Hersey
BLACK BOY by Richard Wright
THE CALL OF THE WILD by Jack London
A CONNECTICUT YANKEE IN KING ARTHUR'S COURT by Mark Twain
CRIME AND PUNISHMENT by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
CRY, THE BELOVED COUNTRY by Alan Paton
DAVID COPPERFIELD by Charles Dickens
EAST OF EDEN by John Steinbeck
A FAREWELL TO ARMS by Ernest Hemingway
THE FOUNTAINHEAD by Ayn Rand
GONE WITH THE WIND by Margaret Mitchell
THE GOOD EARTH by Pearl S. Buck
THE GRAPES OF WRATH by John Steinbeck
THE GREAT GATSBY by F. Scott Fitzgerald
THE HOUSE OF MIRTH by Edith Wharton
JANE EYRE by Charlotte Bronte
THE JUNGLE BOOK by Rudyard Kipling
KIM by Rudyard Kipling
LITTLE WOMEN by Louisa May Alcott
MISS LONELYHEARTS & THE DAY OF THE LOCUST by Nathanael West
MOBY-DICK by Herman Melville
MY ANTONIA by Willa Cather
MY FRIEND FLICKA by Mary O'Hara
MYTHOLOGY: TIMELESS TALES OF GODS AND HEROES by Edith Hamilton
NATIVE SON by Richard Wright
NEVER CRY WOLF: THE AMAZING TRUE STORY OF LIFE AMONG ARCTIC WOLVES by Farley Mowat
A NIGHT TO REMEMBER by Walker Lord
O PIONEERS! by Willa Cather
OF MICE AND MEN by John Steinbeck
THE OLD MAN AND THE SEA by Ernest Hemingway
OLIVER TWIST by Charles Dickens
ON THE ROAD by Jack Kerouac
PRIDE & PREJUDICE by Jane Austen
THE SUN ALSO RISES by Ernest Hemingway
A TALE OF TWO CITIES by Charles Dickens
THE THREE MUSKETEERS by Alexander Dumas
UNCLE TOM'S CABIN by Harriet Beecher Stowe
WHITE FANG by Jack London
WUTHERING HEIGHTS by Emily Bronte



Edgy, Trendsetting Novels

3 NBS OF JULIAN DREW by James M. Deem
33 SNOWFISH by Adam Rapp
AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF MY DEAD BROTHER by Walter Dean Myers
BABYLON BOYZ by Jess Mowry
THE CATCHER IN THE RYE by J. D. Salinger
THE CHOCOLATE WAR by Robert Cormier
CUT by Patricia McCormick
DOING IT by Melvin Burgess
EXTREMELY LOUD AND INCREDIBLY CLOSE by Jonathan Safran Foer
THE FACTS SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES by Brock Cole
FIGHT CLUB by Chuck Palahniuk
FOREVER... by Judy Blume
FREEWILL by Chris Lynch
GO ASK ALICE by Anonymous
INEXCUSABLE by Chris Lynch
LETTERS FROM THE INSIDE by John Marsden
LORD OF THE FLIES by William Golding
MIDDLESEX by Jeffrey Eugenides
MONSTER by Walter Dean Myers
THE OUTSIDERS by S. E. Hinton
THE PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER by Stephen Chbosky
THE PIGMAN by Paul Zindel
RATS SAW GOD by Rob Thomas
A SEPARATE PEACE by John Knowles
SEEK by Paul Fleischman
SLEEPING DOGS by Sonya Hartnett
SPEAK by Laurie Halse Anderson
TTYL by Lauren Myracle
UNDER THE WOLF, UNDER THE DOG by Adam Rapp
WEETZIE BAT by Francesca Lia Block
YOU DON'T KNOW ME by David Klass



Fantasy

ACROSS THE NIGHTINGALE FLOOR: TALES OF THE OTORI by Lian Hearn
THE AKHENATEN ADVENTURE: CHILDREN OF THE LAMP by P. B. Kerr
ALANNA, THE FIRST ADVENTURE: SONG OF THE LIONESS by Tamora Pierce
THE AMULET OF SAMARKAND: THE BARTIMAEUS TRILOGY by Jonathan Stroud
THE ARM OF THE STARFISH by Madeleine L'Engle
ARROWS OF THE QUEEN: THE HERALDS OF VALDEMAR by Mercedes Lackey
THE BAD BEGINNING: A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS by Lemony Snicket
BIRDWING by Rafe Martin
BORDERLAND (and sequels) edited by Terri Windling & Mark Alan Arnold
CHARMED LIFE: THE CHRONICLES OF CHRESTOMANCI by Diana Wynne Jones
THE CONCH BEARER: BROTHERHOOD OF THE CONCH by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
THE CUP OF THE WORLD by John Dickinson
THE CRYSTAL CAVE: THE ARTHURIAN SAGA by Mary Stewart
DEALING WITH DRAGONS: THE ENCHANTED FOREST CHRONICLES by Patricia C. Wrede
DRAGONFLIGHT: DRAGONRIDERS OF PERN by Anne McCaffrey
ERAGON: INHERITANCE by Christopher Paolini
FIREGOLD by Dia Calhoun
FLAME: THE BOOK OF SORAHB by Hilari Bell
THE FOLK KEEPER by Franny Billingsley
THE GOLDEN COMPASS: HIS DARK MATERIALS by Philip Pullman
THE GRAND TOUR by Patricia C. Wrede & Caroline Stevermer
GREGOR THE OVERLANDER: THE UNDERLAND CHRONICLES by Suzanne Collins
HAROUN AND THE SEA OF STORIES by Salman Rushdie
HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERER'S STONE by J. K. Rowling
THE HERO AND THE CROWN by Robin McKinley
THE HOBBIT by J.R.R. Tolkien
HOWL'S MOVING CASTLE by Diana Wynne Jones
INKHEART by Cornelia Funke
INTO THE LAND OF THE UNICORNS: THE UNICORN CHRONICLES by Bruce Coville
THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE: THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA by C. S. Lewis
THE LITTLE PRINCE by Antoine De Saint-Exupery
THE LORD OF THE RINGS (THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING, THE TWO TOWERS, and THE RETURN OF THE KING)
by J.R.R. Tolkien
THE LOST YEARS OF MERLIN by T. A. Barron
MAGIC CIRCLE by Donna Jo Napoli
MAGIC KINGDOM FOR SALE - SOLD!: THE MAGIC KINGDOM OF LANDOVER by Terry Brooks
THE NEVERENDING STORY by Michael Ende
THE ONCE AND FUTURE KING by T. H. White
THE ORACLE BETRAYED: THE ORACLE PROPHECIES by Catherine Fisher
THE PERILOUS GARD by Elizabeth Marie Pope
THE PRINCESS BRIDE: S. MORGENSTERN'S CLASSIC TALE OF TRUE LOVE AND HIGH ADVENTURE
by William Goldman
RED SHIFT by Alan Garner
REDWALL by Brian Jacques
THE RIDDLE-MASTER OF HED by Patricia McKillip
THE ROPEMAKER by Peter Dickinson
SABRIEL: ABHORSEN by Garth Nix
THE SEA OF TROLLS by Nancy Farmer
SECRET SACRAMENT by Sherryl Jordan
THE SEEING STONE: ARTHUR by Kevin Crossley-Holland
SORCERY & CECELIA, OR, THE ENCHANTED CHOCOLATE POT by Patricia C. Wrede & Caroline Stevermer
THE SQUIRE'S TALE: THE SQUIRE'S TALES by Gerald Morris
THE THIEF LORD by Cornelia Funke
TIME CAT: THE REMARKABLE JOURNEYS OF JASON AND GARETH by Lloyd Alexander
TRICKSTER'S CHOICE: DAUGHTER OF THE LIONESS by Tamora Pierce
TUCK EVERLASTING by Natalie Babbitt
WATERSHIP DOWN by Richard Adams
THE WEIRDSTONE OF BRISINGAMEN: A TALE OF ALDERLEY by Alan Garner
WICKED: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF THE WICKED WITCH OF THE WEST by Gregory Maguire
THE WIND SINGER: THE WIND ON FIRE by William Nicholson
THE WINTER PRINCE by Elizabeth E. Wein
WISHING MOON by Michael O. Tunnell
A WIZARD OF EARTHSEA: THE EARTHSEA CYCLE by Ursula K. Le Guin
WOLF BROTHER: CHRONICLES OF ANCIENT DARKNESS by Michelle Paver
WRINGER by Jerry Spinelli
A WRINKLE IN TIME by Madeleine L'Engle



Graphic Novels

AKIRA VOL. 1 by Katsuhiro Otomo
BATMAN: THE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS by Frank Miller
BLANKETS by Craig Thompson
BONE VOL. 1: OUT FROM BONEVILLE by Jeff Smith
CLAN APIS by Jay Hosler
THE COMPLETE D.R. & QUINCH by Alan Moore & Alan Davis
CONCRETE VOL. 1: DEPTHS by Paul Chadwick
ELECTRIC GIRL VOL. 1 by Michael Brennan
FINDER: SIN-EATER by Carla Speed McNeil
GOOD-BYE, CHUNKY RICE by Craig Thompson
THE LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN VOL. 1 by Alan Moore
LONE WOLF AND CUB VOL. 1: THE ASSASSIN'S ROAD by Kazuo Koike
MAUS I, A SURVIVOR'S TALE: MY FATHER BLEEDS HISTORY by Art Spiegelman
NAUSICAA OF THE VALLEY OF THE WIND VOL. 1 by Hayao Miyazaki
ONE! HUNDRED! DEMONS! by Lynda Barry
PALESTINE by Joe Sacco
PEDRO & ME: FRIENDSHIP, LOSS, & WHAT I LEARNED by Judd Winick
PERSEPOLIS: THE STORY OF A CHILDHOOD by Marjane Satrapi
SAFE AREA GORAZDE: THE WAR IN EASTERN BOSNIA 1992-1995 by Joe Sacco
SAME DIFFERENCE AND OTHER STORIES by Derek Kirk Kim
THE SANDMAN VOL. 1: PRELUDES AND NOCTURNES by Neil Gaiman
THE TALE OF ONE BAD RAT by Bryan Talbot
UNDERSTANDING COMICS: THE INVISIBLE ART by Scott McCloud
USAGI YOJIMBO BOOK 1: THE RONIN by Stan Sakai
WATCHMEN by Alan Moore
ZERO GIRL by Sam Kieth



Historical Fiction

THE ABDUCTION by Mette Newth
ACROSS FIVE APRILS by Irene Hunt
AL CAPONE DOES MY SHIRTS by Gennifer Choldenko
THE AMAZING ADVENTURES OF KAVALIER & CLAY by Michael Chabon
BALZAC AND THE LITTLE CHINESE SEAMSTRESS by Dai Sijie
BELOVED by Toni Morrison
BLACK JACK by Leon Garfield
BREATH by Donna Jo Napoli
BRIAR ROSE by Jane Yolen
BUD, NOT BUDDY by Christopher Paul Curtis
CATHERINE, CALLED BIRDY by Karen Cushman
COLD MOUNTAIN by Charles Frazier
A DAY NO PIGS WOULD DIE by Robert Newton Peck
THE DEVIL'S ARITHMETIC by Jane Yolen
DRAGONWINGS by Laurence Yep
FEVER 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson
FORGOTTEN FIRE by Adam Bagdasarian
THE GAME OF SILENCE by Louise Erdrich
GENTLEHANDS by M. E. Kerr
GIRL IN A CAGE by Jane Yolen & Robert J. Harris
GIRL IN BLUE by Ann Rinaldi
GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING by Tracy Chevalier
GOOD NIGHT, MR. TOM by Michelle Magorian
THE HEART IS A LONELY HUNTER by Carson McCullers
IN COUNTRY by Bobbie Ann Mason
JOHNNY TREMAIN by Esther Forbes
JUBILEE by Margaret Walker
KIT'S LAW by Donna Morrissey
A LESSON BEFORE DYING by Ernest J. Gaines
THE LIGHT IN THE FOREST by Conrad Richter
LIZZIE BRIGHT AND THE BUCKMINSTER BOY by Gary D. Schmidt
LONESOME DOVE by Larry McMurtry
A LONG WAY FROM CHICAGO: A NOVEL IN STORIES by Richard Peck
LYDDIE by Katherine Paterson
THE MAN FROM THE OTHER SIDE by Uri Orlev
MARY, BLOODY MARY: A YOUNG ROYALS BOOK by Carolyn Meyer
THE MINISTER'S DAUGHTER by Julie Hearn
MONTANA 1948 by Larry Watson
MY BROTHER SAM IS DEAD by James Lincoln & Christopher Collier
NO PROMISES IN THE WIND by Irene Hunt
NO SHAME, NO FEAR by Ann Turnbull
A NORTHERN LIGHT by Jennifer Donnelly
POSTCARDS FROM NO MAN'S LAND by Aidan Chambers
RIFLES FOR WATIE by Harold Keith
THE RIVER BETWEEN US by Richard Peck
ROLL OF THUNDER, HEAR MY CRY by Mildred D. Taylor
THE SAMURAI'S TALE by Erik C. Haugaard
THE SECRET LIFE OF BEES by Sue Monk Kidd
THE SHAKESPEARE STEALER by Gary Blackwood
SHANE by Jack Schaefer
SMITH by Leon Garfield
SO FAR FROM THE BAMBOO GROVE by Yoko Kawashima Watkins
STOP THE TRAIN by Geraldine McCaughrean
SUMMER OF MY GERMAN SOLDIER by Bette Greene
TAKING LIBERTY: THE STORY OF ONEY JUDGE, GEORGE WASHINGTON'S RUNAWAY SLAVE
by Ann Rinaldi
TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD by Harper Lee
A TREE GROWS IN BROOKLYN by Betty Smith
TRUE GRIT by Charles Portis
UNDER THE BLOOD-RED SUN by Graham Salisbury
THE WATSONS GO TO BIRMINGHAM - 1963 by Christopher Paul Curtis
WHEN MY NAME WAS KEOKO by Linda Sue Park
WHEN THE EMPEROR WAS DIVINE by Julie Otsuka
WHERE THE RED FERN GROWS by Wilson Rawls
WILD LIFE by Molly Gloss
THE WITCH OF BLACKBIRD POND by Elizabeth George Speare
A YEAR DOWN YONDER by Richard Peck
YEAR OF WONDERS: A NOVEL OF THE PLAGUE by Geraldine Brooks
THE YEARLING by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
ZAZOO by Richard Mosher



Horror, Ghosts, Gothic

THE ALIENIST by Caleb Carr
ALL THAT LIVES: A NOVEL OF THE BELL WITCH by Melissa Sanders-Self
BLOOD AND CHOCOLATE by Annette Curtis Klause
BLUE IS FOR NIGHTMARES by Laurie Faria Stolarz
CARRIE by Stephen King
COMPANIONS OF THE NIGHT by Vivian Vande Velde
CORALINE by Neil Gaiman
THE DARKANGEL by Meredith Ann Pierce
A DENSITY OF SOULS by Christopher Rice
DOWN A DARK HALL by Lois Duncan
DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE by Robert Louis Stevenson
DRACULA by Bram Stoker
THE EXORCIST by William Peter Blatty
THE FIFTH CHILD by Doris Lessing
FRANKENSTEIN by Mary Shelley
GOTHIC!: TEN ORIGINAL DARK TALES edited by Deborah Noyes
A GREAT AND TERRIBLE BEAUTY: THE GEMMA DOYLE TRILOGY by Libba Bray
THE HAUNTING OF ALAIZABEL CRAY by Chris Wooding
THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE by Shirley Jackson
THE HISTORIAN by Elizabeth Kostova
INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE by Anne Rice
JAWS by Peter Benchley
LOCKED IN TIME by Lois Duncan
THE LONG WALK by Richard Bachman (Stephen King)
LOOK FOR ME BY MOONLIGHT by Mary Downing Hahn
THE NIGHT COUNTRY by Stewart O'Nan
POISON by Chris Wooding
THE QUEEN OF THE DAMNED by Anne Rice
REBECCA by Daphne Du Maurier
REVENGE OF THE WITCH: THE LAST APPRENTICE by Joseph Delaney
RHYMES WITH WITCHES by Lauren Myracle
ROSEMARY'S BABY by Ira Levin
THE SILVER KISS by Annette Curtis Klause
SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES by Ray Bradbury
A STIR OF BONES by Nina Kiriki Hoffman
SWEETBLOOD by Pete Hautman
TAMSIN by Peter S. Beagle
TITHE: A MODERN FAERIE TALE by Holly Black
THIRSTY by M. T. Anderson
THE TURN OF THE SCREW AND OTHER SHORT NOVELS by Henry James
VAMPIRE HIGH by Douglas Rees
THE VAMPIRE LESTAT by Anne Rice
WITCH CHILD by Celia Rees



Humor

5 NOVELS: ALAN MENDELSOHN, THE BOY FROM MARS; SLAVES OF SPIEGEL; THE SNARKOUT AND THE AVOCADO OF DEATH:
THE LAST GURU; YOUNG ADULT NOVEL by Daniel Pinkwater
ANGUS, THONGS AND FULL-FRONTAL SNOGGING: THE CONFESSIONS OF GEORGIA NICHOLSON
by Louise Rennison
THE BFG by Roald Dahl
BREAKFAST OF CHAMPIONS by Kurt Vonnegut
BUFFALO BRENDA by Jill Pinkwater
BURGER WUSS by M. T. Anderson
CAT'S CRADLE by Kurt Vonnegut
CHEAPER BY THE DOZEN by Frank B. Gilbreth, Jr. & Ernestine Gilbreth Carey
A CONFEDERACY OF DUNCES by John Kennedy Toole
CONFESSIONS OF A TEENAGE DRAMA QUEEN by Dyan Sheldon
THE EARTH, MY BUTT, AND OTHER BIG ROUND THINGS by Carolyn Mackler
THE EDUCATION OF ROBERT NIFKIN by Daniel Pinkwater
THE FALL OF FERGAL: THE FIRST UNLIKELY EXPLOIT by Philip Ardagh
FAT KID RULES THE WORLD by K. L. Going
A FATE TOTALLY WORSE THAN DEATH by Paul Fleischman
FLOUR BABIES by Ann Fine
FREAKY FRIDAY by Mary Rodgers
FRINDLE by Andrew Clements
GIRLS FOR BREAKFAST by David Yoo
HARRIS AND ME by Gary Paulsen
HOPE WAS HERE by Joan Bauer
INDIGO'S STAR by Hilary McKay
JOEY PIGZA SWALLOWED THE KEY by Jack Gantos
LAST DAYS OF SUMMER by Steve Kluger
NO MORE DEAD DOGS by Gordon Korman
ODDBALLS by William Sleator
THE PRINCESS DIARIES by Meg Cabot
PROM by Laurie Halse Anderson
REMEMBER ME TO HAROLD SQUARE by Paula Danziger
RULES OF THE ROAD by Joan Bauer
SAFFY'S ANGEL by Hilary McKay
THE SCHWA WAS HERE by Neal Shusterman
THE SECRET DIARY OF ADRIAN MOLE, AGED 13 3/4 by Sue Townsend
THE SISTERHOOD OF THE TRAVELING PANTS by Ann Brashares
SKINNY LEGS AND ALL by Tom Robbins
SON OF THE MOB by Gordon Korman
SQUASHED by Joan Bauer
SURVIVING THE APPLEWHITES by Stephanie S. Tolan
THE TEACHER'S FUNERAL: A COMEDY IN THREE PARTS by Richard Peck
A WALK IN THE WOODS: REDISCOVERING AMERICA ON THE APPALACHIAN TRAIL by Bill Bryson
THE WEE FREE MEN by Terry Pratchett
WELCOME TO THE MONKEY HOUSE by Kurt Vonnegut
THE WORLD ACCORDING TO GARP by John Irving
WORST ENEMIES/BEST FRIENDS: BEACON STREET GIRLS by Annie Bryant
THE YEAR OF SECRET ASSIGNMENTS by Jaclyn Moriarty



Information

1776 by David McCullough
AN AMERICAN PLAGUE: THE TRUE AND TERRIFYING STORY OF THE YELLOW FEVER EPIDEMIC OF 1793
by Jim Murphy
ANDY WARHOL: PRINCE OF POP by Jan Greenberg & Sandra Jordan
BEHIND THE MASK: THE LIFE QUEEN ELIZABETH I by Jane Resh Thomas
BEYOND THE MYTH: THE STORY OF JOAN OF ARC by Polly Schoyer Brooks
BLINK: THE POWER OF THINKING WITHOUT THINKING by Malcolm Gladwell
BRINGING DOWN THE HOUSE: THE INSIDE STORY OF SIX M.I.T. STUDENTS WHO TOOK VEGAS FOR MILLIONS
by Ben Mezrich
BURY MY HEART AT WOUNDED KNEE: AN INDIAN HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN WEST by Dee Brown
DARKNESS OVER DENMARK: THE DANISH RESISTANCE AND THE RESCUE OF THE JEWS by Ellen Levine
THE DEVIL IN THE WHITE CITY: MURDER, MAGIC, AND MADNESS AT THE FAIR THAT CHANGED AMERICA
by Erik Larson
A DISTANT MIRROR: THE CALAMITOUS 14TH CENTURY by Barbara W. Tuchman
ELEANOR ROOSEVELT: A LIFE OF DISCOVERY by Russell Freedman
FAST FOOD NATION: THE DARK SIDE OF THE ALL-AMERICAN MEAL by Eric Schlosser
FEAR AND LOATHING: ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL '72 by Hunter S. Thompson
FOUNDING BROTHERS: THE REVOLUTIONARY GENERATION by Joseph J. Ellis
GETTING AWAY WITH MURDER: THE TRUE STORY OF THE EMMETT TILL CASE by Chris Crowe
GOOD BROTHER, BAD BROTHER: THE STORY OF EDWIN BOOTH & JOHN WILKES BOOTH by James Cross Giblin
GUNS, GERMS, AND STEEL: THE FATES OF HUMAN SOCIETIES by Jared Diamond
HITLER YOUTH: GROWING UP IN HITLER'S SHADOW by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
IN COLD BLOOD by Truman Capote
JOHN LENNON: ALL I WANT IS THE TRUTH by Elizabeth Partridge
LEFT FOR DEAD: A YOUNG MAN'S SEARCH FOR JUSTICE FOR THE USS INDIANAPOLIS by Pete Nelson
THE LIFE AND DEATH OF ADOLPH HITLER by James Cross Giblin
LONGITUDE: THE TRUE STORY OF A LONE GENIUS WHO SOLVED THE GREATEST SCIENTIFIC PROBLEM OF HIS TIME
by Dava Sobel
THE MIDDLE PASSAGE: WHITE SHIPS/BLACK CARGO by Tom Feelings
MOSQUE by David MacAulay
NEVER TO FORGET: THE JEWS OF THE HOLOCAUST by Milton Meltzer
NICKEL AND DIMED: ON (NOT) GETTING BY IN AMERICA by Barbara Ehrenreich
THE ORCHID THIEF: A TRUE STORY OF BEAUTY AND OBSESSION by Susan Orlean
PHINEAS GAGE: A GRUESOME BUT TRUE STORY ABOUT BRAIN SCIENCE by John Fleischman
THE PLANETS by Dava Sobel
THE PROFESSOR AND THE MADMAN: A TALE OF MURDER, INSANITY, AND THE MAKING OF THE OXFORD ENGLISH DICTIONARY
by Simon Winchester
PROFILES IN COURAGE by John F. Kennedy
THE RACE TO SAVE THE LORD GOD BIRD by Phillip Hoose
THE REAL REVOLUTION: THE GLOBAL STORY OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE by Marc Aronson
A SAND COUNTY ALMANAC: WITH ESSAYS ON CONSERVATION FROM ROUND RIVER by Aldo Leopold
SEABISCUIT: AN AMERICAN LEGEND by Laura Hillenbrand
SHADOW LIFE: A PORTRAIT OF ANNE FRANK AND HER FAMILY by Barry Denenberg
SIR WALTER RALEIGH AND THE QUEST FOR EL DORADO by Marc Aronson
STANDING LIKE A STONE WALL: THE LIFE OF GENERAL THOMAS J. JACKSON by James I. Robertson, Jr.
STIFF: THE CURIOUS LIVES OF HUMAN CADAVERS by Mary Roach
THIS LAND WAS MADE FOR YOU AND ME: THE LIFE AND SONGS OF WOODY GUTHRIE by Elizabeth Partridge
UNDAUNTED COURAGE: MERIWETHER LEWIS, THOMAS JEFFERSON, AND THE OPENING OF THE AMERICAN WEST
by Stephen E. Ambrose
UNDER THE BLACK FLAG: THE ROMANCE AND THE REALITY OF LIFE AMONG THE PIRATES by David Cordingly
THE VOICE THAT CHALLENGED A NATION: MARIAN ANDERSON AND THE STRUGGLE FOR EQUAL RIGHTS
by Russell Freedman
WASHINGTON'S CROSSING by David Hackett Fischer



Many Cultures, Many Realities

ANNIE JOHN by Jamaica Kincaid
THE BIRCHBARK HOUSE by Louise Erdrich
BLESS ME, ULTIMA by Rudolfo Anaya
THE BREADWINNER by Deborah Ellis
BURIED ONIONS by Gary Soto
CHANDA'S SECRETS by Allan Stratton
CHILD OF THE OWL by Laurence Yep
CHILDREN OF THE RIVER by Linda Crew
THE COLOR PURPLE by Alice Walker
CUBA 15 by Nancy Osa
EL BRONX REMEMBERED by Nicholasa Mohr
ESPERANZA RISING Pam Munoz Ryan
THE FIRE NEXT TIME by James Baldwin
FLYY GIRL by Omar Tyree
THE FRIENDS by Rosa Guy
GO AND COME BACK by Joan Abelove
HABIBI by Naomi Shihab Nye
A HERO AIN'T NOTHING BUT A SANDWICH by Alice Childress
HOMELESS BIRD by Gloria Whelan
HOUSE MADE OF DAWN by N. Scott Momaday
THE HOUSE ON MANGO STREET by Sandra Cisneros
HOW THE GARCIA GIRLS LOST THEIR ACCENTS by Julia Alvarez
IMANI ALL MINE by Connie Porter
INVISIBLE MAN by Ralph Ellison
JAZZ COUNTRY by Nat Hentoff
THE JOY LUCK CLUB by Amy Tan
LIKE SISTERS ON THE HOMEFRONT by Rita Williams-Garcia
LIKE WATER FOR CHOCOLATE: A NOVEL IN MONTHLY INSTALLMENTS WITH RECIPES, ROMANCES, AND HOME REMEDIES
by Laura Esquivel
MAYA RUNNING by Anjali Banerjee
THE MEANING OF CONSUELO by Judith Ortiz Cofer
MEMORIES OF SUN: STORIES OF AFRICA AND AMERICA by Jane Kurtz
THE OTHER SIDE OF TRUTH by Beverley Naidoo
PARROT IN THE OVEN: MI VIDA by Victor Martinez
ROOTS: THE SAGA OF AN AMERICAN FAMILY by Alex Haley
SAMMY & JULIANA IN HOLLYWOOD by Benjamin Alire Saenz
SEEDFOLKS by Paul Fleischman
SHABANU: DAUGHTER OF THE WIND by Suzanne Fisher Staples
SHIZUKO'S DAUGHTER by Kyoko Mori
THE STAR FISHER by Laurence Yep
A STEP FROM HEAVEN by An Na
THEIR EYES WERE WATCHING GOD by Zora Neale Hurston
THINGS FALL APART by Chinua Achebe
UNDER THE PERSIMMON TREE by Suzanne Fisher Staples
THE WHALE RIDER by Witi Ihimaera
WHEN I WAS PUERTO RICAN by Esmeralda Santiago
A YELLOW RAFT IN BLUE WATER by Michael Dorris



Mystery and Thriller

ACCELERATION by Graham McNamee
AND THEN THERE WERE NONE by Agatha Christie
ANGELS & DEMONS by Dan Brown
THE BEEKEEPER'S APPRENTICE: A NOVEL OF SUSPENSE FEATURING MARY RUSSELL AND SHERLOCK HOLMES
by Laurie R. King
THE BIG SLEEP by Raymond Chandler
THE BODY OF CHRISTOPHER CREED by Carol Plum-Ucci
THE BOY IN THE BURNING HOUSE by Tim Wynne-Jones
CALLING HOME by Michael Cadnum
THE CHAMBER by John Grisham
CODEX by Lev Grossman
THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME by Mark Haddon
THE DA VINCI CODE by Dan Brown
A DEADLY GAME OF MAGIC by Joan Lowery Nixon
DEATH ON THE NILE by Agatha Christie
DEEP WATERS by John Herman
DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE: AN ECHO FALLS MYSTERY by Peter Abrahams
THE FACE ON THE MILK CARTON by Caroline B. Cooney
A FAST AND BRUTAL WING by Kathleen Jeffrie Johnson
FELL by M. E. Kerr
GHOST RIDERS by Sharyn McCrumb
THE GREAT TRAIN ROBBERY by Michael Crichton
THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
THE HOUSE OF DIES DREAR by Virginia Hamilton
I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER by Lois Duncan
IN DARKNESS, DEATH by Dorothy & Thomas Hoobler
THE KIDNAPPING OF CHRISTINA LATTIMORE by Joan Lowery Nixon
THE KILLER'S COUSIN by Nancy Werlin
KILLING MR. GRIFFIN by Lois Duncan
THE LAST JUROR by John Grisham
LISTENING WOMAN by Tony Hillerman
THE LOVELY BONES by Alice Sebold
LUCAS by Kevin Brooks
MONTMORENCY: THIEF, LIAR, GENTLEMAN? by Eleanor Updale
MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS by Agatha Christie
THE NO. 1 LADIES' DETECTIVE AGENCY by Alexander McCall Smith
PLAYING IN TRAFFIC by Gail Giles
THE RAG AND BONE SHOP by Robert Cormier
THE RUBY IN THE SMOKE: A SALLY LOCKHART MYSTERY by Philip Pullman
THE RUNAWAY JURY by John Grisham
THE SECRET HISTORY by Donna Tartt
SHADES OF SIMON GRAY by Joyce McDonald
SHATTERING GLASS by Gail Giles
SILENT TO THE BONE by E. L. Konigsburg
SNOW FALLING ON CEDARS by David Guterson
THE TERRORIST by Caroline B. Cooney
A THIEF IN THE HOUSE OF MEMORY by Tim Wynne-Jones
THE WAILING WIND by Tony Hillerman
THE WESTING GAME by Ellen Raskin
WOLF RIDER by Avi



Plays

1776 by Peter Stone & Sherman Edwards
AH, WILDERNESS by Eugene O'Neill
AWAKE AND SING! by Clifford Odets
THE BOOK OF LIZ by Amy & David Sedaris
BRIGHTON BEACH MEMOIRS by Neil Simon
CRIMES OF THE HEART by Beth Henley
THE CRUCIBLE by Arthur Miller
THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK by Frances Goodrich & Albert Hackett
THE DIVINERS by Jim Leonard, Jr.
THE EFFECT OF GAMMA RAYS ON MAN-IN-THE-MOON MARIGOLDS by Paul Zindel
THE ELEPHANT MAN by Bernard Pomerance
THE EXACT CENTER OF THE UNIVERSE by Joan Vail Thorne
FENCES by August Wilson
THE FOREIGNER by Larry Shue
THE GLASS MENAGERIE by Tennessee Williams
GOLDEN CHILD by David Henry Hwang
INHERIT THE WIND by Jerome Lawrence & Robert E. Lee
THE LAST NIGHT OF BALLYHOO by Alfred Uhry
LOST IN YONKERS by Neil Simon
"MASTER HAROLD"...AND THE BOYS by Athol Fugard
THE MEMBER OF THE WEDDING by Carson McCullers
THE MIRACLE WORKER by William Gibson
THE NERD by Larry Shue
OUR TOWN by Thornton Wilder
PROOF by David Auburn
A RAISIN IN THE SUN by Lorraine Hansberry
RENT by Jonathan Larson
ROMEO AND JULIET/ WEST SIDE STORY
by William Shakespeare, Arthur Laurents, & Stephen Sondheim
THE SKIN OF OUR TEETH by Thornton Wilder
A TASTE OF HONEY by Shelagh Delaney
YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU by Moss Hart & George S. Kaufman



Poetry and Poetic Novels

19 VARIETIES OF GAZELLE: POEMS OF THE MIDDLE EAST by Naomi Shihab Nye
ANNIE ALLEN by Gwendolyn Brooks
ARIEL by Sylvia Plath
CARVER: A LIFE IN POEMS by Marilyn Nelson
A CHILD'S CALENDAR by John Updike
COOL SALSA: BILINGUAL POEMS ON GROWING UP LATINO IN THE UNITED STATES edited by Lori M. Carlson
GOD WENT TO BEAUTY SCHOOL by Cynthia Rylant
GOOD POEMS edited by Garrison Keillor
HEART TO HEART: NEW POEMS INSPIRED BY TWENTIETH-CENTURY AMERICAN ART
edited by Jan Greenberg
HERE IN HARLEM: POEMS IN MANY VOICES by Walter Dean Myers
I FEEL A LITTLE JUMPY AROUND YOU: PAIRED POEMS BY MEN & WOMEN
edited by Naomi Shihab Nye & Paul B. Janeczko
I, TOO, SING AMERICA: THREE CENTURIES OF AFRICAN AMERICAN POETRY edited by Catherine Clinton
THE INVISIBLE LADDER: AN ANTHOLOGY OF CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN POEMS FOR YOUNG READERS
edited by Liz Rosenberg
KEESHA'S HOUSE by Helen Frost
LEARNING TO SWIM by Ann Turner
LIFE DOESN'T FRIGHTEN ME AT ALL by John Agard
LOVE THAT DOG by Sharon Creech
MAKE LEMONADE by Virginia Euwer Wolff
MY FATHER'S SUMMERS: A DAUGHTER'S MEMOIR by Kathi Appelt
NEW AND SELECTED POEMS, VOLUME ONE by Mary Oliver
NEW AND SELECTED POEMS, VOLUME TWO by Mary Oliver
NEW FOUND LAND: LEWIS AND CLARK'S VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY by Allan Wolf
NORTH OF EVERYTHING by Craig Crist-Evans
OUT OF THE DUST by Karen Hesse
THE PLACE MY WORDS ARE LOOKING FOR: WHAT POETS SAY ABOUT AND THROUGH THEIR WORK
selected by Paul B. Janeczko
A POKE IN THE I: A COLLECTION OF CONCRETE POEMS edited by Paul B. Janeczko
THE REALM OF POSSIBILITY by David Levithan
SELECTED POEMS OF LANGSTON HUGHES by Langston Hughes
SHAKESPEARE BATS CLEANUP by Ron Koertge
SOMETHING PERMANENT by Cynthia Rylant
THE SPOKEN WORD REVOLUTION (SLAM, HIP HOP, & THE POETRY OF A NEW GENERATION)
edited by Mark Eleveld
STOP PRETENDING: WHAT HAPPENED WHEN MY BIG SISTER WENT CRAZY by Sonya Sones
TRUE BELIEVER: MAKE LEMONADE by Virginia Euwer Wolff
WHAT MY MOTHER DOESN'T KNOW by Sonya Sones
WITNESS by Karen Hesse
A WREATH FOR EMMETT TILL by Marilyn Nelson
YOU COME TOO: FAVORITE POEMS FOR READERS OF ALL AGES by Robert Frost



Politics and Social Conscience

THE ADVENTURES OF BLUE AVENGER by Norma Howe
THE FIRE NEXT TIME by James Baldwin
THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO LARRY by Janet Tashjian
HOOT by Carl Hiassen
I AM THE CHEESE by Robert Cormier
I AM THE MESSENGER by Markus Zusak
IN THE TIME OF THE BUTTERFLIES by Julia Alvarez
THE KITE RUNNER by Khaled Hosseini
MIDDLE PASSAGE by Charles Johnson
MANY STONES by Carolyn Coman
NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH by Avi
ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST by Ken Kesey
ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF SOLITUDE by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
THE PLOT AGAINST AMERICA by Philip Roth
THE POISONWOOD BIBLE by Barbara Kingsolver
THE PRINCE by Niccolo Machiavelli
THE SLEDDING HILL by Chris Crutcher
ST. URSULA'S GIRLS AGAINST THE ATOMIC BOMB by Valerie Hurley



Realistic Fiction

AFTER THE RAIN by Norma Fox Mazer
THE AGONY OF ALICE by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
ALL THE PRETTY HORSES by Cormac McCarthy
AMERICA by E. R. Frank
THE ARIZONA KID by Ron Koertge
BEL CANTO by Ann Patchett
BREAKOUT by Paul Fleischman
BREATHING UNDERWATER by Alex Flinn
BRIDGE TO TERABITHIA by Katherine Paterson
CELINE by Brock Cole
A CORNER OF THE UNIVERSE by Ann M. Martin
CRISS CROSS by Lynne Rae Perkins
DAMAGE by A. M. Jenkins
DANCING ON THE EDGE by Han Nolan
THE DEAR ONE by Jacqueline Woodson
DURABLE GOODS by Elizabeth Berg
ELLEN FOSTER by Kaye Gibbons
FEELING SORRY FOR CELIA by Jaclyn Moriarty
THE FIRST PART LAST by Angela Johnson
FREAK THE MIGHTY by Rodman Philbrick
FROM THE NOTEBOOKS OF MELANIN SUN by Jacqueline Woodson
GEOGRAPHY CLUB by Brent Hartinger
GINGERBREAD by Rachel Cohn
THE GREAT SANTINI by Pat Conroy
HOME BEFORE DARK by Sue Ellen Bridgers
I KNOW THIS MUCH IS TRUE by Wally Lamb
I NEVER PROMISED YOU A ROSE GARDEN by Joanne Greenberg
INVISIBLE by Pete Hautman
IZZY, WILLY-NILLY by Cynthia Voigt
JACK by A. M. Homes
JACOB HAVE I LOVED by Katherine Paterson
KIT'S WILDERNESS by David Almond
THE LANGUAGE OF GOLDFISH by Zibby O'Neal
LIGHT ON SNOW by Anita Shreve
THE LIGHTKEEPER'S DAUGHTER by Iain Lawrence
A LONG WAY DOWN by Nick Hornby
LOOKING FOR ALASKA by John Green
LOOKING FOR ALIBRANDI by Melina Marchetta
THE MOONLIGHT MAN by Paula Fox
MR. AND MRS. BO JO JONES by Ann Head
THE MUSIC OF DOLPHINS by Karen Hesse
MY SISTER'S KEEPER by Jodi Picoult
ONE-EYED CAT by Paula Fox
PLAINSONG by Kent Haruf
PREP by Curtis Sittenfeld
A ROOM ON LORELEI STREET by Mary E. Pearson
RULE OF THE BONE by Russell Banks
SAY GOODNIGHT, GRACIE by Julie Reece Deaver
SCORPIONS by Walter Dean Myers
SEX EDUCATION by Jenny Davis
THE SKIN I'M IN by Sharon G. Flake
STUCK IN NEUTRAL by Terry Trueman
TAKEOFFS AND LANDINGS by Margaret Peterson Haddix
TEARS OF A TIGER by Sharon M. Draper
A TIME FOR DANCING by Davida Wills Hurwin
TRUE CONFESSIONS OF A HEARTLESS GIRL by Martha Brooks
WAY PAST COOL by Jess Mowry
WHEN SHE HOLLERS by Cynthia Voigt
WHEN SHE WAS GOOD by Norma Fox Mazer
WHEN ZACHARY BEAVER CAME TO TOWN by Kimberly Willis Holt
WHITE OLEANDER by Janet Fitch



Religion and Spirituality

THE ALCHEMIST by Paula Coelho
ARCHANGEL by Sharon Shinn
BEE SEASON by Myla Goldberg
THE BRONZE BOW by Elizabeth George Speare
THE CHOSEN by Chaim Potok
GODLESS by Pete Hautman
I BELIEVE IN WATER: TWELVE BRUSHES WITH RELIGION edited by Marilyn Singer
IN THE SHADOW OF THE ARK by Anne Provoost
MARY, CALLED MAGDALENE by Margaret George
THE MISTS OF AVALON by Marion Zimmer Bradley
NOT THE END OF THE WORLD by Geraldine McCaughrean
PEACE LIKE A RIVER by Leif Enger
A PRAYER FOR OWEN MEANY by John Irving
THE RED TENT by Anita Diamant
SARAH by Marek Halter
SHADOWMANCER by G. P. Taylor
SKELLIG by David Almond
SNOW IN AUGUST by Pete Hamill
THE SPIRIT CATCHES YOU AND YOU FALL DOWN: A HMONG CHILD, HER AMERICAN DOCTORS,
AND THE COLLISION OF TWO CULTURES by Anne Fadiman
TOUCHING SPIRIT BEAR by Ben Mikaelsen
WHEN WE WERE SAINTS by Han Nolan
WHIRLIGIG by Paul Fleischman



Romance

ANNIE ON MY MIND by Nancy Garden
ATONEMENT by Ian McEwan
BEAST by Donna Jo Napoli
BEAUTY: A RETELLING OF THE STORY OF BEAUTY AND THE BEAST by Robin McKinley
BOY MEETS BOY by David Levithan
THE CATALOGUE OF THE UNIVERSE by Margaret Mahy
A CERTAIN SLANT OF LIGHT by Laura Whitcomb
THE CHANGEOVER: A SUPERNATURAL ROMANCE by Margaret Mahy
THE CHINA GARDEN by Liz Berry
COLD SASSY TREE by Olive Ann Burns
CORELLI'S MANDOLIN by Louis De Bernieres
THE DIVE FROM CLAUSEN'S PIER by Ann Packer
DREAMLAND by Sarah Dessen
EAST by Edith Pattou
ELLA ENCHANTED by Gail Carson Levine
FLIPPED by Wendelin van Draanen
THE GRAND SOPHY by Georgette Heyer
HARD LOVE by Ellen Wittlinger
I CAPTURE THE CASTLE by Dodie Smith
IF YOU COME SOFTLY by Jacqueline Woodson
IS KISSING A GIRL WHO SMOKES LIKE LICKING AN ASHTRAY? by Randy Powell
KISSING KATE by Lauren Myracle
MRS. MIKE by Benedict & Nancy Freedman
MY HEARTBEAT by Garret Freymann-Weyr
THE NOTEBOOK by Nicholas Sparks
OWL IN LOVE by Patrice Kindl
SEVENTEENTH SUMMER by Maureen Daly
THE SHADOW OF THE WIND by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
THE SHERWOOD RING by Elizabeth Marie Pope
STARGIRL by Jerry Spinelli
THESE OLD SHADES by Georgette Heyer
THINGS NOT SEEN by Andrew Clements
THIS LULLABY by Sarah Dessen
TO SAY NOTHING OF THE DOG by Connie Willis
THE UNLIKELY ROMANCE OF KATE BJORKMAN by Louise Plummer
ZEL by Donna Jo Napoli



Science Fiction

1984 by George Orwell
2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY by Arthur C. Clarke
AMONG THE HIDDEN: SHADOW CHILDREN by Margaret Peterson Haddix
ANIMAL FARM by George Orwell
BRAVE NEW WORLD by Aldous Huxley
CHILDHOOD'S END by Arthur C. Clarke
THE CITY OF EMBER: THE FIRST BOOK OF EMBER by Jeanne DuPrau
A CLOCKWORK ORANGE by Anthony Burgess
THE DARK SIDE OF NOWHERE by Neal Shusterman
THE DIAMOND AGE: OR, A YOUNG LADY'S ILLUSTRATED PRIMER by Neal Stephenson
THE DIARY OF PELLY-D by L. J. Adlington
DO ANDROIDS DREAM OF ELECTRIC SHEEP? by Philip K. Dick
DOOMSDAY BOOK by Connie Willis
DUNE: THE DUNE CHRONICLES by Frank Herbert
THE DUPLICATE by William Sleator
THE EAR, THE EYE AND THE ARM by Nancy Farmer
ENCHANTRESS FROM THE STARS by Sylvia Engdahl
ENDER'S GAME by Orson Scott Card
EVA by Peter Dickinson
THE EYRE AFFAIR: A THURSDAY NEXT NOVEL by Jasper Fforde
FADE by Robert Cormier
FAHRENHEIT 451 by Ray Bradbury
FEED by M. T. Anderson
FLOWERS FOR ALGERNON by Daniel Keyes
FOUNDATION: THE FOUNDATION NOVELS by Isaac Asimov
THE GIVER by Lois Lowry
THE GUNS OF THE SOUTH by Harry Turtledove
THE HANDMAID'S TALE by Margaret Atwood
THE HITCHHIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY by Douglas Adams
HOUSE OF STAIRS by William Sleator
THE HOUSE OF THE SCORPION by Nancy Farmer
HOW I LIVE NOW by Meg Rosoff
I, ROBOT by Isaac Asimov
INTERSTELLAR PIG by William Sleator
JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH by Jules Verne
JURASSIC PARK by Michael Crichton
KINDRED by Octavia E. Butler
THE LAST BOOK IN THE UNIVERSE by Rodman Philbrick
THE LATHE OF HEAVEN by Ursula K. Le Guin
THE LEFT HAND OF DARKNESS by Ursula K. Le Guin
THE MARTIAN CHRONICLES by Ray Bradbury
MORTAL ENGINES: THE HUNGRY CITY CHRONICLES by Philip Reeve
RENDEZVOUS WITH RAMA by Arthur C. Clarke
RUNNING OUT OF TIME by Margaret Peterson Haddix
SECOND SIGHT by Gary Blackwood
THE STEPFORD WIVES by Ira Levin
STRANGER IN A STRANGE LAND by Robert A. Heinlein
THE TIME MACHINE by H. G. Wells
TOMORROW, WHEN THE WAR BEGAN: THE TOMORROW SERIES by John Marsden
THE TRANSALL SAGA by Gary Paulsen
UGLIES: THE UGLIES TRILOGY by Scott Westerfeld
THE WAR OF THE WORLDS by H. G. Wells
THE WHITE MOUNTAINS: THE TRIPODS by John Christopher
THE YEAR OF THE HANGMAN by Gary Blackwood
Z FOR ZACHARIAH by Robert C. O'Brien



Short Stories

145TH STREET: SHORT STORIES by Walter Dean Myers
AM I BLUE?: COMING OUT FROM THE SILENCE edited by Marion Dane Bauer
AN ISLAND LIKE YOU: STORIES OF THE BARRIO by Judith Ortiz Cofer
ATHLETIC SHORTS: SIX SHORT STORIES by Chris Crutcher
THE BEST AMERICAN NONREQUIRED READING 2010 edited by Dave Eggers
BLACK JUICE by Margo Lanagan
BLACKBIRD HOUSE by Alice Hoffman
BLUE SKIN OF THE SEA by Graham Salisbury
BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S by Truman Capote
THE COLOR OF ABSENCE: 12 STORIES ABOUT LOSS AND HOPE edited by James Howe
DANDELION WINE by Ray Bradbury
DEAR BILL, REMEMBER ME? AND OTHER STORIES by Norma Fox Mazer
FRIENDS: STORIES ABOUT NEW FRIENDS, OLD FRIENDS, AND UNEXPECTEDLY TRUE FRIENDS
edited by Ann M. Martin & David Levithan
HELP WANTED: SHORT STORIES ABOUT YOUNG PEOPLE WORKING by Anita Silvey
INTERPRETER OF MALADIES by Jhumpa Lahiri
LIFE IS FUNNY by E. R. Frank
LORD OF THE FRIES AND OTHER STORIES by Tim Wynne-Jones
LOVE & SEX: TEN STORIES OF TRUTH edited by Michael Cart
THE LOTTERY: AND OTHER STORIES by Shirley Jackson
NINE STORIES by J. D. Salinger
A RIVER RUNS THROUGH IT AND OTHER STORIES by Norman MacLean
RUSH HOUR VOL. 1 - SIN: A JOURNAL OF CONTEMPORARY VOICES edited by Michael Cart
SIXTEEN: SHORT STORIES BY OUTSTANDING WRITERS FOR YOUNG ADULTS edited by Donald R. Gallo
SMALL AVALANCHES AND OTHER STORIES by Joyce Carol Oates
SOMEHOW TENDERNESS SURVIVES: STORIES OF SOUTHERN AFRICA selected by Hazel Rochman
THE THINGS THEY CARRIED by Tim O'Brien
WHAT'S IN A NAME by Ellen Wittlinger
WHO AM I WITHOUT HIM?: SHORT STORIES ABOUT GIRLS AND THE BOYS IN THEIR LIVES by Sharon G. Flake
WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE?: STORIES OF FRIENDS AND ENEMIES
edited by Hazel Rochman & Darlene Z. McCampbell
WINESBURG, OHIO by Sherwood Anderson



Sports

BALL DON'T LIE by Matt de la Pena
BAT 6  by Virginia Euwer Wolff
THE BOY WHO SAVED BASEBALL by John H. Ritter
THE CONTENDER by Robert Lipsyte
CRACKBACK by John Coy
DANGER ZONE by David Klass
FARM TEAM: A BILLY BAGGS NOVEL by Will Weaver
GOLD DUST by Chris Lynch
HARD BALL: A BILLY BAGGS NOVEL by Will Weaver
HOOP DREAMS: A TRUE STORY by Ben Joravsky
HOOPS by Walter Dean Myers
ICEMAN by Chris Lynch
IN LANE THREE, ALEX ARCHER by Tessa Duder
IRON DUKE by John R. Tunis
IRONMAN by Chris Crutcher
THE MOVES MAKE THE MAN by Bruce Brooks
ON THE DEVIL'S COURT by Carl Deuker
PAINTING THE BLACK by Carl Deuker
ROOKIE OF THE YEAR by John R. Tunis
ROUGHNECKS by Thomas Cochran
RUNNER by Carl Deuker
THE RUNNER: TILLERMAN CYCLE by Cynthia Voigt
RUNNING LOOSE by Chris Crutcher
SHOELESS JOE by W. P. Kinsella
SLAM! by Walter Dean Myers
STAYING FAT FOR SARAH BYRNES by Chris Crutcher
STOTAN! by Chris Crutcher
TAKING SIDES by Gary Soto
TANGERINE by Edward Bloor
TRAVEL TEAM by Mike Lupica
VISION QUEST by Terry Davis
WHALE TALK by Chris Crutcher
WINTERDANCE: THE FINE MADNESS OF RUNNING THE IDITAROD by Gary Paulsen
WRESTLING STURBRIDGE by Rich Wallace



War and Conflict

AFTER THE FIRST DEATH by Robert Cormier
ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT by Erich Maria Remarque
AN INNOCENT SOLDIER by Josef Holub
B FOR BUSTER by Iain Lawrence
BAND OF BROTHERS by Stephen E. Ambrose
BLACK HAWK DOWN: A STORY OF MODERN WAR by Mark Bowden
A BOY AT WAR: A NOVEL OF PEARL HARBOR by Harry Mazer
BOY KILLS MAN by Matt Whyman
BULL RUN by Paul Fleischman
CATCH-22 by Joseph Heller
DANIEL HALF HUMAN AND THE GOOD NAZI by David Chotjewitz
FALLEN ANGELS by Walter Dean Myers
FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS: HEROES OF IWO JIMA by James Bradley with Ron Powers
GHOST SOLDIERS: THE EPIC ACCOUNT OF WORLD WAR II'S GREATEST RESCUE MISSION by Hampton Sides
HEAR THE WIND BLOW by Mary Downing Hahn
HEROES by Robert Cormier
IN PHARAOH'S ARMY: MEMORIES OF THE LOST WAR by Tobias Wolff
IN THE COMPANY OF MEN: A WOMAN AT THE CITADEL by Nancy Mace & Mary Jane Ross
IN THE NIGHT, ON LANVALE STREET by Jane Leslie Conly
THE KILLER ANGELS by Michael Shaara
KIPLING'S CHOICE by Geert Spillebeen
THE LAST MISSION by Harry Mazer
LIGHT YEARS by Tammar Stein
LORD OF THE NUTCRACKER MEN by Iain Lawrence
THE MACHINE GUNNERS by Robert Westall
MAKING UP MEGABOY by Virginia Walters
MASTER AND COMMANDER by Patrick O'Brian
PAGAN'S CRUSADE: THE PAGAN CHRONICLES by Catherine Jinks
PRIVATE PEACEFUL by Michael Morpurgo
THE RED BADGE OF COURAGE by Stephen Crane
REAL TIME by Pnina Moed Kass
THE SHINING COMPANY by Rosemary Sutcliff
SHOOTER by Walter Dean Myers
SLAUGHTERHOUSE-FIVE by Kurt Vonnegut
SOLDIER BOYS by Dean Hughes
SOLDIER X by Don Wulffson
TREE GIRL by Ben Mikaelsen
TROY by Adele Geras
UNDER A WAR-TORN SKY by L. M. Elliott