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Adams, Douglas. The Restaurant at the End of the Universe. Two survivors of the Earth’s destruction search for the meaning of the universe in this clever science fiction parody.
Agee, James. A Death in the Family. A story of a loving and close knit family and their heartbreak when a beloved member dies.
Albom, Mitch. Tuesdays With Morrie: an old man, a young man, and life’s greatest lesson. A magical chronicle of the time the author spent with his mentor, Morrie Schwartz, his college professor from nearly 20 years prior.
Bryson, Bill. A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail. For reasons even he didn’t understand, Bill Bryson decided in 1996 to walk the 2,100-mile Appalachian Trail, winding from Georgia to Maine. This uninterrupted `hiker’s highway’ sweeps through the heart of some of America’s most beautiful and treacherous terrain.
Camus, Albert. The Rebel: An Essay on Man in Revolt. An essay on man in revolt which was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1957.
Capote, Truman. In Cold Blood: A True Account of a Multiple Murder and its Consequences. Factual account of a mid-western murder.
Chevalier, Tracy. The Virgin Blue. Two women born centuries apart are bound by a fateful family legacy. Part detective story, part historical fiction, this is a novel of passion and intrigue that compels readers to the very last page.
Cisneros, Sandra. Caramelo, or Puro cuento: A Novel. A multigenerational story of a Mexican-American family whose voices create a dazzling weave of humor, passion and poignancy—the very stuff of life.
Cussler, Clive. Inca Gold. Dirk Pitt is back in a classic treasure hunt involving an ancient hoard of gold, the secrets of a lost civilization, and an international ring of smugglers.
Ellison, Ralph. The Invisible Man. The story of an anonymous African-American man who experiences many adventures in the South and the North during his quest for personal identity.
Greenberg, Joanne. I Never Promised You a Rose Garden. A disturbed woman’s search for identity.
Grisham, John. The King of Torts. Clay Carter takes on the case of a random District of Columbia street killing and stumbles on the threads of a conspiracy that seems to extend into the boardroom of a Fortune 500 pharmaceutical company.
Gruen, Sara. Water for Elephants. The Alex Award winning novel of a young man who finds his calling in the circus.
Haley, Alex and Malcolm X. The Autobiography of Malcolm X. The absorbing personal story of Malcolm X’s rise from hoodlum, dope peddler, and pimp to dynamic leader of the black revolution.
Hersey, John. Hiroshima. Interviews of survivors of Hiroshima’s bomb when the ashes were still warm.
Hiaasen, Carl. Tourist Season. Brian Keyes , reporter turned private eye, must move from muckraking to rooting out murder, in a caper that will mix football players, politicians, and police with a group of fanatics and a very hungry crocodile.
Kerouac, Jack. On the Road. Sal Paradise is the narrator of Kerouac’s most popular novel, which focuses on his relationship with Dean Moriarty.
Lewis, Michael. The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game. The story of a young football player who miraculously gets to go to college because of a generous benefactor.
McCourt, Frank. Angela’s Ashes. The memoir of Frank McCourt, born in Depression-era Brooklyn to recent Irish immigrants and raised in the slums of Limerick, Ireland.
Rand, Ayn. Anthem. One man dares to take a stand against the paralyzing collectivism of a future the author fears will come to pass.
Rash, Ron. The World Made Straight. This novel follows a character named Travis Shelton through the summer of his 17th year in North Carolina.
Sebold, Alice. The Lovely Bones. This is the story of a family devastated by a gruesome murder—a murder recounted by the teenage victim.
Sebold, Alice. Lucky. The wrenching, true story of a survivor of rape.
Tan, Amy. The Kitchen God’s Wife. A Chinese immigrant who is convinced she is dying threatens to celebrate the Chinese New Year by unburdening herself of everybody’s hidden truths.
Tyler, Anne. Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant. Ever since 1944 when Pearl’s husband left her, she has raised her three very different children on her own. Now grown, they have gather together—with a dazzling story to tell.
Vonnegut, Jr., Kurt. Cat’s Cradle. A bizarre mix of satire, fantasy, and realism dealing with atomic scientists, sex queens and the end of the world.
Vonnegut, Jr., Kurt. Slaughterhouse-five. Disturbing, surrealistic novel based on the World War II bombing of Dresden.
Wright, Richard. Native Son. Caught up by forces of racism he can’t understand or control, Bigger Thomas turns to violence.
Yolen, Jane. Briar Rose. A young journalist investigates the mystery of her grandmother’s life and is led to an astonishing revelation.
Required reading for Honors English IV: Achebe, Chinua. Things Fall Apart. Addresses the problem of the intrusion in the 1890s of white missionaries and colonial government into Nigerian life.
Faulkner, William. As I Lay Dying. The harrowing account of a family struggle to get their mother properly buried.
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