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Junior & Senior Reading 

over ninety selections available in our school 

over three hundred selections total

J = Readers who recommended the book 

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Juniors and seniors may choose any book on this page.  

Alexander, Robert.  Kitchen Boy. 229 pgs  Be the first to read it!  In English Room.	Austen,  Jane. Emma.  Classic Novel 253 pgs, 1070L Be the first to read it!$  In English Room.	Austen,  Jane. Pride and Prejudice. Classic Novel 260 pgs, 1190L J    $ In English Room.	Austen,  Jane. Sense and Sensibility. Classic Novel 315 pgs, 1180L Be the first to read it!  In English Room.	Bradbury, Ray. Fahrenheit 451.   890L Be the first to read it!$ in our library in fiction
Bradley, Marion Zimmer. The Mists of Avalon. 1120L J   in our library in fiction	Brönte,  Charlotte.  Jane Eyre. A Classic Novel 890L Be the first to read it!  In English Room in condensed form; complete form is in library in fiction	Brönte,  Emily. Wuthering Heights. 1380L Be the first to read it!$  In English Room in condensed form. complete form is in library in fiction	Buck, Pearl.   The Good Earth. a classic novel and a selection for the Oprah Book Club 1530L Be the first to read it!$ full version in library in fiction	Burroughs, Edgar Rice Tarzan of the Apes  1270L Be the first to read it! in our library in fiction
Camus, Albert. The Stranger.  A Classic 123 pgs, 880L J In English Room.	Capote,  Truman. In Cold Blood.  A Classic of journalism 384 pgs, 1040L J  In English Room.	Casey, John  Spartina National Book Award Most Honored National Book Award Be the first to read it! in our library in fiction	Cather,  Willa.  My Antonia.  1010L Be the first to read it! In School library in fiction	Cather,  Willa.  O Pioneers! 161 pgs, 930L Be the first to read it!$ In English Room
Conrad,  Joseph  Heart of Darkness. (Apocalypse Now) A Classic Novel 162 pgs, 1050L Be the first to read it!$  In English Room.	Conrad,  Joseph The Secret Sharer. A Classic Novella 64 pgs, 1110L Be the first to read it!$ In English Room.	Conroy, Pat.  Lords of Discipline. 560 pgs, 970L Be the first to read it!$  In English Room.	Cooper, James F.  The Last of the Mohicans. A Classic Novel 1350L  Be the first to read it!$ In school library in fiction	Crane,  Stephen.   Red Badge of Courage.   A Classic Novel  204 pgs, 920L Be the first to read it!$  In English Room.
DeFoe, Daniel. Robinson Crusoe. Classic novel 1370L JJ $ In our school library in fiction	Dickens, Charles.  David Copperfield. Classic novel 800 pgs, 1070L Be the first to read it!$ in library in fiction	Dickens, Charles.  Great Expectations.  380 pgs, 1230L Classic novel Be the first to read it!$ In English Room.	Dickens, Charles.  Tale of Two Cities. Classic novel 367 pgs,  1130L $ In English Room.	Dickens, Charles.  Oliver Twist. 1060L Be the first to read it! In our school library in fiction
Dineson,  Isak. Out of Africa.  A Classic Memoir Be the first to read it!$  In our library at 967.6	Douglas,  Frederick.  My Bondage and My Freedom. A Classic Autobiography 1210L Be the first to read it!  in our school library under biography	Du Maurier.  Rebecca. A Classic Novel 380 pgs, 880L J $  In the English Room	Ellison,  Ralph  Invisible Man. National Book Award Winner Be the first to read it! In English Room	Eugenides, Jeffrey.  Middlesex.  Pulitzer Prize, Oprah Book Club 529 pgs Be the first to read it! in English Room
Fargo, Ladislas. Patton: Ordeal and Triumph Be the first to read it!  in our school library under biography	Faulkner,  William As I Lay Dying  A Classic Novel $ In English Room.	Fitch, Janet. White Oleander. An Oprah's Book Club Selection mature themes J in our library in fiction	Frazier, Charles  Cold Mountain. National Book Award 356 pgs, 1210L Be the first to read it!$ in our library in fiction	Gibbons, Kaye. Ellen Foster 126 pgs Be the first to read it! in our library in fiction
Gibbons, Kaye. A Virtuous Woman. An Oprah Book Club Selection 165 pgs Be the first to read it! in our library in fiction	Golden, Arthur. Memoirs of a Geisha.   434 pgs, 1000L Be the first to read it!$ In English Room.	Graves,  Robert I,  Claudius.   432 pgs Be the first to read it!  In English Room.	Greene,  Graham  Power and the Glory.  221 pgs, 710L Be the first to read it!$  In English Room.	Grisham, John.   The Broker.   422 pgs, L Be the first to read it! In English Room    The Chamber.   676 pgs, 810L Be the first to read it! In English Room    The Firm. 500 pgs, 680L Be the first to read it! In English Room
Grisham, John. The Last Juror. 486 pgs Be the first to read it! In English Room	Grisham, John. Runaway Jury. 550  pgs, 910L Be the first to read it! In English Room      Grisham, John. The Street Lawyer. 449 pgs, 790L Be the first to read it! In English Room	Grisham, John. A Time to Kill.   pgs, L Be the first to read it! In English Room	Guest, Judith. Ordinary People. 245 pgs, 600L Be the first to read it!  In English Room.	Guterson, David Snow Falling on Cedars PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction Be the first to read it! in our library in fiction

Hamilton, Jane A Map of the World. An Oprah Book Club Selection 389 pgs Be the first to read it! in English Room and  in our library in fiction	Hamilton, Jane.  The Book of Ruth. An Oprah Book Club Selection 950L Be the first to read it! in our library in fiction	Hardy, Thomas. Return of the Native.  A Classic Novel 1040L Be the first to read it! In the English Room	Harr, Jonathan. A Civil Action.  492 pgs  Be the first to read it! in our library at 346.73	Hawking, Stephen.  A Brief History of Time. 182 pgs, 1290L Be the first to read it!$  In English Room.
Hawthorne,  Nathaniel.  The Scarlet Letter.  Classic novel 244 pgs, 1400L  Be the first to read it!$  In English Room.	Haynes, Melinda. Mother of Pearl.   An Oprah Book Club Selection 900L Be the first to read it! in our library in fiction	Hemingway,  Ernest.  For Whom The Bell Tolls. A Classic Novel 471 pgs, 840L J $ In English Room	Herbert,  Frank  Dune.  Nebula Award,  Hugo Award 488 pgs, 800L Be the first to read it!$  In English Room.	Homer & Richard Lattimore.   The Odyssey.  A Classic of Epic Poetry  pgs Be the first to read it!  In English Room.
Hosseini, Khaled. The Kite Runner.  840L Be the first to read it!$ In English Room	Hugo, Victor.  The Hunchback of Notre Dame. An Abridged Classic Novel 497 pgs, 1340L Be the first to read it!$  In English Room.	Hugo, Victor.  Les Miserables.  An Abridged Classic Novel 333 pgs Be the first to read it!  In English Room.	Huxley,  Aldous Brave New World. A Classic Novel 870L Be the first to read it! In our school library in fiction	Howawrth, David and Stephen. Nelson: The Immortal Memory. 371 pgs Be the first to read it!  in our school library under biography
Jones,  James  From Here to Eternity.  A Classic Novel; National Book Award 850 pgs Be the first to read it! In English Room	Johnson, Charles Middle Passage  National Book Award Most Honored National Book Award Finalist 207 pgs, 1150L Be the first to read it! In our school library in fiction	Joyce,  James. Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man. A Classic Autobiography 252 pgs, 1120L Be the first to read it!  In English Room.	Kafka, Franz.  The Metamorphosis. A Classic in graphic form. J    $  In English Room.	Kennedy,  John.   Profiles in Courage. Pulitzer Prize.  133 pgs Be the first to read it!$ In our school library at 920K
Koestler,  Arthur.   Darkness at Noon. 215 pgs Be the first to read it!$  In English Room.	Kostova, Elizabeth.  The Historian. J    $  In English Room.	Krakauer, Jon Into Thin Air. nonfiction 378 pgs, 1320L J in our library, 796.52	Larson, Erik Devil in the White City. National Book Award Finalist;   On the New York Times Best-Seller List since February of 2003.   432 pgs, 1170L Be the first to read it!$  In English Room.	LeGuin, Ursula. The Left Hand of Darkness. Hugo and Nebula Awards. 172 pgs, 970L Be the first to read it!$ In English Room
LeGuin, Ursula.   A Wizard of Earthsea. Its sequels have won the Newberry Medal and the National Book Award 183 pgs, 1150L Be the first to read it!$  In English Room.	Lewis, C.S. The Screwtape Letters. 172 pgs Be the first to read it!$ In our library at 220.	Linenger, Jerry. Off the Planet: Surviving Five Perilous Months Aboard the Space Station Mir Be the first to read it! in our library under biography	Maraniss, David. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize. When Pride Still Mattered:  A Live of Vince Lombari. 500 Pgs Be the first to read it! in our library under biography	Marquez,  Gabriel. 100 Years of Solitude. Nobel Prize Winner An Oprah Book Club Selection 417 pgs, 1410L Be the first to read it! In English Room
McCarthy, Cormac.    All the Pretty Horses  National Book Award Most Honored National Book Award  301 pgs, 940L J     $ in the English Room	McCarthy, Cormac.  The Road. Pulitzer Prize; Oprah Book Club  287 pgs J                        $ In English Room	Melville,  Herman. Billy Budd.  A Classic Novel 114 pgs, 1450L Be the first to read it!  In English Room.	Morris, Mary McGarry. Songs in Ordinary Time.   An Oprah Book Club Selection Be the first to read it! in our library in fiction	Oates, Joyce Carol.  We Were the Mulvaneys. An Oprah's Book Club Selection 454 pgs  Be the first to read it! In English Room
Paton,  Alan.   Cry, The Beloved Country. A Classic Novel and a selection for the Oprah Book Club 312 pgs, 860L Be the first to read it!$ in our library in fiction	Pullman,  Phillip.  The Golden Compass. Carnegie Medal 340 pgs, 930L JJ  $  In English Room.	Quindlen, Anna. Black and Blue.  An Oprah Book Club Selection 1060L Be the first to read it! in our library in fiction	Rand, Ayn.  Atlas Shrugged. 1069 pgs, 1070L Be the first to read it! In English Room	Rawles, James Wesley Patriots: A Novel of Survival in the Coming Collapse.   385 pgs  Be the first to read it! In English Room
Rawicz, Slavomir. The Long Walk:  The True Story of a Trek to Freedom.    242 pgs Be the first to read it! $  In English Room.	Read, Piers Paul Alive:  The Story of the Andes Survivors. 318 pgs, 1160L Be the first to read it! In English Room	Reynolds, Alastair. Redemption Ark.  694 pg Be the first to read it!$  In English Room.	Reynolds, Alastair. Revelation Space.  pg Be the first to read it!  In English Room.	Roberts, Kenneth. Northwest Passage.  636 pg Be the first to read it!  In English Room.
Roberts, Craig. Kill Zone. 212 pgs, incl documents & photos Be the first to read it! In library 973.8	Rolvaag,  Oleg. Giants in the Earth.  452 pgs, 830L Be the first to read it! $  In English Room.	Schwarz, Christina. Drowning Ruth. An Oprah Book Club Selection J In our library in fiction	Smiley, Jane. A Thousand Acres. Pulitzer Prize. 398 pgs Be the first to read it! In the English Room.	Smith, Martin Cruz. Gorky Park. 433 pgs Be the first to read it! In the English Room.
Steinbeck,  John. East of  Eden. A Classic Novel 600 pgs, 700L Be the first to read it!  In English Room.	Stevenson,  Robert Louis.   Dr. Jeckyll and Mr. Hyde. A Classic Novel 114 pgs, 1110L Be the first to read it!$  In English Room.	Stevenson, Robert Louis.   Kidnapped.   A Classic Novel 221 pgs, 990L Be the first to read it!$ In English Room	Styron, William  Confessions of Nat Turner   Pulitzer Prize 1450L Be the first to read it! in our library in fiction	Volsky, Paula. Illusions. 577 pgs Be the first to read it!$ In English Room.
Warren,  Robert Penn.   All the King's Men. Pulitzer Prize 661 pgs, 1130L Be the first to read it!$  In English Room.	Wolfe, Tom. The Right Stuff. 367 pgs, 1110L J in our library 629.109	Wouk, Herman. The Caine Mutiny. Pulitzer Prize Winner 537 pgs, 910L Be the first to read it! In English Room	Wright,  Richard.  Native Son.   A Classic Autobiography 392 pgs, 700L Be the first to read it! In English Room.	Wright,  Richard.  Black Boy.  A Classic Autobiography 383 pgs, 950L Be the first to read it! In English Room

In addition, you may choose  any of these books below - if you can find them. (these are book that are recognized classics or have been awarded  The Nobel Prize, The Pulitzer Prize, The National Book Award (excluding the children's), The National Book Critic's Circle Award, Or any book that has been selected for the Oprah Book Club.)
Austen, Jane. Persuasion. A Classic Novel 1100L Not yet available in our school   Austen Jane. Mansfield Park. A Classic Novel Not yet available in our school    Austen Jane. Northanger Abbey.   A Classic Novel Not yet available in our school	Conrad,  Joseph  Lord Jim. A Classic Novel 307 pgs, 1110L Not yet available in our school	Dexter, Pete  Paris Trout Be the first to read it! National Book Award Most Honored National Book Award Finalist Be the first to read it! Not yet available in our school	Dickens, Charles.  Bleak House.   Classic novel 1180L Be the first to read it! Not yet available in our school	Dickens, Charles.  Nicholas Nickleby.   Classic novel 1270L Be the first to read it! Not yet available in our school
Dickens, Charles.  The Old Curiosity Shop.  Classic novel 1320L Be the first to read it! Not yet available in our school	Dickens, Charles.  Hard Times.  Classic novel 1070L Be the first to read it! Not yet available in our school	Doctorow,  E.L.  Billy Bathgate  Most Honored National Book Award Finalist Be the first to read it! Not yet available in our school	Doctorow,  E.L.  Loon Lake  Most Honored National Book Award Finalist Be the first to read it! Not yet available in our school	E.L. Doctorow  The March Pulitzer Prize Most Honored National Book Award Finalist Be the first to read it! Not yet available in our school
Dubus, Andre, III  House of Sand and Fog  Most Honored National Book Award Finalist 1170L Be the first to read it! Not yet available in our school	Faulkner,  William Sound and the Fury.  A Classic Novel 870L $ Not yet available	Faulkner,  William Light In August  A Classic Novel Not yet available in our school     Faulkner,  William Absalom,  Absalom!   A Classic Novel Not yet available in our school   Faulkner,  William The Unvanquished A Classic Novel Not yet available in our school	Haley, Alex.  Roots. 1330L  Be the first to read it! Not yet available in our school	Hansen, Ron  Atticus Most Honored National Book Award Finalist Be the first to read it! Not yet available in our school
Hardy, Thomas. Far From the Madding Crowd.  A Classic Novel.   1110L Be the first to read it! Not yet available in our school	Hazzard, Shirley  The Great Fire  National Book Award 2003, Most Honored National Book Award Finalist Be the first to read it! Not yet available in our school	Hemingway,  Ernest  A Farewell to Arms.  A Classic Novel 336 pgs, 730L Not yet available in our school	James,  Henry  The Turn of the Screw.  A Classic Novella 1140L Be the first to read it!$ Not yet available in our school	Jones, Edward P. The Known World  Pulitzer Prize 2004, Most Honored National Book Award Finalist Be the first to read it! Not yet available in our school
Kafka,  Franz  Metamorphosis. A Classic Novel 1320L $ Not yet available in our school	Kantor,  MacKinlay  Andersonville   Pulitzer Prize 980L Be the first to read it! Not yet available in our school	McMurtry, Larry  Lonesome Dove   Pulitzer Prize Be the first to read it! Not yet available in our school	Mitchell, Margaret  Gone With the Wind. A Classic Novel 947 pgs, 1100L Be the first to read it! available in the public library	Morris, Wright Plains Song.  National Book Award Most Honored National Book Award Finalist Be the first to read it!
Proulx, E. Annie.  Shipping News. Pulitzer Prize National Book Award  Most Honored 730L Be the first to read it! Not yet available in our school	Shaara, Michael  Killer Angels   Pulitzer Prize 610L Be the first to read it! Not yet available in our school	Solzhenitsyn, Ivan. One Day in the Life. 900L Be the first to read it! Not yet available in our school	Styron, William  Sophie's Choice  National Book Award  Most Honored National Book Award Finalist Be the first to read it! Not yet available in our school
Swift,  Jonathan.  Gulliver’s Travels. A Classic Novel Be the first to read it!$ Not yet available in our school	Tyler, Anne Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant  Most Honored National Book Award Finalist 720L Be the first to read it! Not yet available in our school	Tyler, Anne Breathing Lessons  Pulitzer Prize National Book Winner / Most Honored 830L Be the first to read it! Not yet available in our school	Washington,  Booker T. Up From Slavery.   A Classic Autobiography 1320L Be the first to read it!$ Not yet available in our school	Jin, Ha  Waiting,  National Book Award Winner Not yet available in our school

Agee, James Death in the Family, Pulitzer Prize

Algren, Nelson, The Man with the Golden Arm, National Book Award Winner

Allende, Isabel.  Daughter of Fortune, Oprah Book Club Selection

Angelou, Maya.  The Heart of a Woman, Oprah Book Club Selection

Anonymous.  Sir Gawain & the Green Knight.  A Classic.  Not yet available in our school

Ansay, A.  Manette.  Vinegar Hill, Oprah Book Club Selection

Asimov, Isaac.  Gods Themselves, The, Hugo and Nebula Awards

Baldwin , James Just Above My Head, National Book Award Most Honored Finalist

Barth, John, Chimera, National Book Award Winner

Begley, Louis Wartime Lies, National Book Award Most Honored Finalist

Bell , Madison Smartt All Souls' Rising, National Book Award Most Honored Finalist

Bellow, Saul, The Adventures of Augie March, National Book Award Winner

Bellow, Saul, Herzog, National Book Award Winner

Bellow, Saul Humboldt's Gift, Pulitzer Prize

Bellow, Saul, Mr.  Sammler's Planet, National Book Award Winner

Benedict,  Elizabeth Slow Dancing, National Book Award Most Honored Finalist

Berg, Elizabeth.  Open , Oprah Book Club Selection

Berriault, Gina, Women in Their Beds, National Book Critics Circle Award

Bloom, Amy Come to Me, National Book Award Most Honored Finalist

Bohjalian, Chris.  Midwives, Oprah Book Club Selection

Bowles, Paul: The Sheltering Sky.  A Classic Novel.  Not yet available in our school

Bowles, Paul: The Spider’s House.  A Classic Novel.  Not yet available in our school

Bradley, David Chaneysville Incident, National Book Award Most Honored Finalist

Brooks, Geraldine, March, Pulitzer Prize

Burgess, Anthony.  Clockwork  Orange.This volume must be obtained  from the city library.1310L

Butler , Samuel: Erewhon.  A Classic Novel.  Not yet available in our school

Butler, Robert Olen Good Scent from a Strange Mountain, Pulitzer Prize

Card, Orson Scott Speaker For the Dead, Hugo and Nebula Awards

Chabon, Michael Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, Pulitzer Prize

Cheever, John Wapshot , National Book Award Winner

Clark, Authur C.  Rendezvous with Rama, Hugo and Nebula Awards

Clarke, Arthur C.  Fountains of Paradise, Hugo and Nebula Awards

Clarke, Breena.  River, Cross My Heart, Oprah Book Club Selection

Cleage, Pearl.  What Looks Like Crazy on an Ordinary Day, Oprah Book Club Selection

Collins, Wilkie: Armadale.  A Classic Novel.  Not yet available in our school

Collins, Wilkie: No .  A Classic Novel.  Not yet available in our school

Collins, Wilkie: The .  A Classic Novel.  Not yet available in our school

Collins, Wilkie: The Woman in White.  A Classic Novel.  Not yet available in our school

Cosby, Bill.  The Best Way to Play, Oprah Book Club Selection

Cosby, Bill.  The Meanest Thing To Say, Oprah Book Club Selection

Cosby, Bill.  The Treasure Hunt, Oprah Book Club Selection

Cozzens, James Gould Guard of Honor, Pulitzer Prize

Crace, Jim, Being Dead, National Book Critics Circle Award

Cunningham, Michael The Hours, Pulitzer Prize

DeLillo, Don Libra, National Book Award Most Honored Finalist

DeLillo, Don Underworld, National Book Award Most Honored Finalist

DeLillo, Don White Noise, National Book Award Winner.  Not yet available in our school

Desai, Kiran, The Inheritance of Loss, National Book Critics Circle Award

Dixon , Stephen Frog, National Book Award Most Honored Finalist

Doctorow, E.L. World's Fair, National Book Award Winner

Dostoevski, Fedor:  The Idiot.  A Classic Novel.  Not yet available in our school

Dostoevski, Fedor: Brothers Karamazov.  A Classic Novel.  Not yet available in our school

Dostoevski, Fedor:  Crime and Punishment.  A Classic Novel.  Not yet available in our school

Dreiser, Theodore: Sister .  A Classic Novel.  Not yet available in our school

Dreiser, Theodore:  An American Tragedy.  A Classic Novel.  Not yet available in our school

Drury, Allen Advise and Consent, Pulitzer Prize

Dunn, Katherine Geek Love, National Book Award Most Honored Finalist

Eco, Umberto: Focault’s Pendulum.  A Classic Novel.  Not yet available in our school

Eco, Umberto: The Name of the Rose.  A Classic Novel.  Not yet available in our school

Eliot, George: Adam Bede.  A Classic Novel.  Ask Mr. Greenlee

Eliot, George: Middlemarch.  A Classic Novel.  Not yet available in our school

Eliot, George: Mill on the Floss.  A Classic Novel.  Not yet available in our school

Eliot, George: Silas Marner.  A Classic Novel.  Not yet available in our school

Eliot, George:  Daniel Deronda.  A Classic Novel.  Not yet available in our school