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C = Classic
COA = Coming-of-Age
COA = Coming-of-Age
D = Disabilities and Mental Illness
F = Family
Fa = Fantasy
Fr = Friendship
H = Historical
Hu = Humor
Hu = Humor
I = International
L = Love/romantic
M = Mystery
Me = Memoir/autobiography
NF = Nonfiction
NF = Nonfiction
S/T = Suspense/Thriller
SF = Science Fiction
SH/I = Self-help/Inspirational
SS = Short stories
Fiction
Anatomy of a Miracle by Jonathan Miles (D, F)
* And the Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini (F, H, I)And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie (M)
The
Art of Hearing Heartbeats by Jan-Philipp
Sendker (F, I, L)
The
Art Thief by Noah Charney (I, M, S/T)
Before She Knew Him by Peter Swanson (M, S/T)
Before She Knew Him by Peter Swanson (M, S/T)
Before We Were Yours by Lisa Wingate (F, H)
* The Blinds by Adam Sternbergh (M, S/T, SF)
The Book of M by Peng Shepherd (Fa, Fr, L, SF, S/T)
* The Blinds by Adam Sternbergh (M, S/T, SF)
The Book of M by Peng Shepherd (Fa, Fr, L, SF, S/T)
The
Book That Matters Most by Ann Hood (F, L)
The Census by Jesse Ball (F, Fa)
* The Child Finder by Rene Denfeld (M, S/T)
The Census by Jesse Ball (F, Fa)
* The Child Finder by Rene Denfeld (M, S/T)
Close Your Eyes, Hold Hands by Chris Bohjalian (COA, D, F,
Fr)
* A Constellation of Vital Phenomena by Anthony Marra (F, H)
Crimes Against a Book Club by Kathy Cooperman (F, Fr, Hu)
Crimes Against a Book Club by Kathy Cooperman (F, Fr, Hu)
Dark Saturday by Nicci French (M, S/T)
The Den by Abi Maxwell (COA, F, M)
The Desert Sky Before Us by Anne Valente (F)
Devil in a Blue Dress by Walter Mosley (M, S/T)
The Den by Abi Maxwell (COA, F, M)
The Desert Sky Before Us by Anne Valente (F)
Devil in a Blue Dress by Walter Mosley (M, S/T)
The Dogs of Littlefield by Suzanne Berne (F, Fr)
* Dragonfly in Amber by Diana Gabaldon (F, H, L, SF)
* Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman (F, D, Fr, L)
* Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman (F, D, Fr, L)
Ellis Island by Kate Kerrigan (F, I, L)
* Everyone Brave is Forgiven by Chris Cleave (Fr, H, L)
* Evvie Drake Starts Over by Linda Holmes (F, L)
* Evvie Drake Starts Over by Linda Holmes (F, L)
The Fold by Peter Clines (SF, S/T)
Future Home of the Living God by Louise Erdrich (F, SF)
Get in Trouble by Kelly Link (SF, SS)
The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins (I, M, S/T)
Girls
on Fire by Robin Wasserman (COA, Fr, S/T)
* A God in Ruins by Kate Atkinson (F, H, I, L)
* Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell (F, Fr, H, L)
* Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell (F, Fr, H, L)
* Great Expectations by Charles Dickens (C, COA, F, Fr, H)
The Guest Book by Sarah Blake (F, H)
Harry's Trees by Jon Cohen (F, Fr, L)
The Guest Book by Sarah Blake (F, H)
Harry's Trees by Jon Cohen (F, Fr, L)
Heart
of Darkness by Joseph Conrad (C, I)
* Hereand Now and Then by Mike Chen (F, SF)
* Hum If You Don't Know the Words by Bianca Marais (F, H, I)
* If You Want to Make God Laugh by Bianca Marais (F, H, I)
* Hum If You Don't Know the Words by Bianca Marais (F, H, I)
* If You Want to Make God Laugh by Bianca Marais (F, H, I)
The Immortalists by Chloe Benjamin (F, L)
Is This Tomorrow by Caroline Leavitt (F, Fr, M)
Isra Isle
by Nava Semel (H, L, M)
* The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey by Walter Mosley (D, F)
Leading Men by Christopher Castellani (Fr, L, H, I)
Leading Men by Christopher Castellani (Fr, L, H, I)
* Life After Life by Kate Atkinson (F, Fa, H)
* The
Life We Bury by Allen Eskens (M, S/T)
The Lightkeeper's Daughter by Jean E. Pendziwol (F, Fr, H, L)
* The Likeness by Tana French (M, S/T)
Lives Laid Away by Stephen Mack Jones (M, S/T)
The Lost Ones by Sheena Kamal (M, S/T)
* The Likeness by Tana French (M, S/T)
Lives Laid Away by Stephen Mack Jones (M, S/T)
The Lost Ones by Sheena Kamal (M, S/T)
The
Love Song of Miss Queenie Hennessy by Rachel Joyce (Fr, I, L)
Macbeth by William Shakespeare (C)
* Marriage
on the Street Corners of Tehran by Nadia Shahram (COA, F, Fr, I, L)
The
Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka (C, F, Fa, I)
Miracle Creek by Angie Kim (F, M, S/T)
Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf (C, Fr, H)
* Mudbound by Hillary Jordan (F, Fr, H)
* My Dear Hamilton by Stephanie Dray and Laura Kamoie (F, Fr, H, L)
* The Nest by Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney (F)
Never Have I Ever by Joshilyn Jackson (F, Fr, M, S/T)
Miracle Creek by Angie Kim (F, M, S/T)
Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf (C, Fr, H)
* Mudbound by Hillary Jordan (F, Fr, H)
* My Dear Hamilton by Stephanie Dray and Laura Kamoie (F, Fr, H, L)
* The Nest by Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney (F)
Never Have I Ever by Joshilyn Jackson (F, Fr, M, S/T)
* The News At the End of the World
by Emily Jeanne Miller (COA, F)
* One Thousand White Women: The Journals of May Dodd by Jim
Fergus (Fr, H, L)
The Optimistic Decade by Heather Abel (F, Fr, H, L)
The Outsider by Stephen King (M, Fa, S/T)
* Pachinko by Min Jin Lee (F, H, I)
* A Paper Son by Jason Buchholz (F, Fr, I, L, M)
Paul Takes the Form of a Mortal Girl by Andrea Lawlor (COA, Fa, Fr, L)
Paul Takes the Form of a Mortal Girl by Andrea Lawlor (COA, Fa, Fr, L)
Perfect Little World by Kevin Wilson (F, Fr, L)
Rainey Royal by Dylan Landis (COA, F, Fr, SS)
* The River of Kings
by Taylor Brown (COA, F, H)
The
Rosie Effect by Graeme Simsion (D, F, Hu, L)
* The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion (D, Fr, Hu, L)
The
Secret History by Donna Tartt (COA, Fr, M)
The
Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes (COA, F, Fr)
* Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon (COA, F, I, M)
* The Silver Star by Jeannette Walls (F)
Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward (F, H)
* The Silver Star by Jeannette Walls (F)
Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward (F, H)
* Song Yet Sung by James McBride (F, Fr, H)
Soon the Light Will Be Perfect by Dave Patterson (COA, F)
Soon the Light Will Be Perfect by Dave Patterson (COA, F)
* Speak No Evil by Uzodinma Iweala (COA, F, Fr, I)
* The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin (F, Fr,
L)
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis
Stevenson (C, SF)
They Are Trying to Break Your Heart
by David Savill (COA, F, Fr, H, I, M)
To
Say Nothing of the Dog by
Connie Willis (H, Hu, SF)
True Enough by Stephen McCauley (F, Hu, L)
* True Grit by Charles Portis (F, H)
True Enough by Stephen McCauley (F, Hu, L)
* True Grit by Charles Portis (F, H)
The
Two-Family House by Lynda Cohen Loigman (F)
* The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead (Fa, H)
* Unsheltered by Barbara Kingsolver (F, H)
* The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead (Fa, H)
* Unsheltered by Barbara Kingsolver (F, H)
* The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce (F,
Fr, I)
Work
Like Any Other by Virginia Reeves (F, H)
The Woman I Was Before by Kerry Fisher (F, Fr, M)
The Woman I Was Before by Kerry Fisher (F, Fr, M)
The Woman in the Window by A.J. Finn (M, S/T)
Wuthering
Heights by Emily Bronte (C, F)
Nonfiction (see also Graphic Novels/Memoirs)
* Becoming by Michelle Obama (Me, H, NF)
* Behind the Beautiful Forevers by Katherine Boo (COA, D, F, H, I)
* Being Mortal by Atul Gawande (D, F, Me, NF)
* Behind the Beautiful Forevers by Katherine Boo (COA, D, F, H, I)
* Being Mortal by Atul Gawande (D, F, Me, NF)
Blog,
Inc. by Joy Deangdeelert Cho (SH/I)
* The Devil's Highway by Luis Alberto Urrea
Hallelujah Anyway: Rediscovering Mercy by Anne Lamott (Me, SH/I)
* How
to Live Well with Chronic Pain and Illness: A Mindful Guide
by
Toni Bernhard (SH/I)
* The Devil's Highway by Luis Alberto Urrea
Hallelujah Anyway: Rediscovering Mercy by Anne Lamott (Me, SH/I)
How To Wake Up by Toni Bernhard (SH/I)
If the Oceans Were Ink by Carla Power (Me, SH/I)
In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin by Erik Larson (H, I, NF)
Inheritance by Dani Shapiro (F, Me, NF))
Lost Child: The True Story of a Girl Who Couldn't Ask for Help by Torey Hayden (D, F, Me, NF)
* Making Toast by Roger Rosenblatt (Me)
In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin by Erik Larson (H, I, NF)
Inheritance by Dani Shapiro (F, Me, NF))
Lost Child: The True Story of a Girl Who Couldn't Ask for Help by Torey Hayden (D, F, Me, NF)
* Making Toast by Roger Rosenblatt (Me)
Nathaniel's
Nutmeg by Giles Milton (H, I)
The
New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
by Michelle Alexander (H)
* Orange
is the New Black by Piper Kerman (Hu, Me)
* An Ordinary Man: An Autobiography by Paul Rusesabagina, with Tom Zoellner (Me, H, I, NF)
* An Ordinary Man: An Autobiography by Paul Rusesabagina, with Tom Zoellner (Me, H, I, NF)
Personal History by Katharine Graham (Me)
* Through a Window: My Thirty Years with the Chimpanzees of Gombe by Jane Goodall (Me, I, NF)
* Through a Window: My Thirty Years with the Chimpanzees of Gombe by Jane Goodall (Me, I, NF)
Graphic Novels/Memoirs
Asterios Polyp by David Mazzucchelli (F, L)
Black Hole by Charles Burns (COA, SF)
Deogratias by J.P. Stassen (H)
Form of a Question by Andrew Rostan and Kate Kasenow (F, Fr, L, Me)
Deogratias by J.P. Stassen (H)
Form of a Question by Andrew Rostan and Kate Kasenow (F, Fr, L, Me)
French Milk by Lucy Knisley (I, Me, NF)
* Fun Home by Allison Bechtel (Hu, Me, NF)
Here by Richard McGuire (F, H)
* Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi (Me, H, I, NF)
* Persepolis
2: The Story of a Return by Marjane Satrapi (Me, H, I, NF)
The Seventh Voyage by Jon J. Muth
The Seventh Voyage by Jon J. Muth
Something
New: Tales from a Makeshift Bride by Lucy Knisley (Hu, Me, NF)
Tales from the Inner City by Shaun Tan (Fa)
Tales from the Inner City by Shaun Tan (Fa)
Teen/YA
All the Crooked Saints by Maggie Stiefvater (Fa)
* Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe
by Benjamin Alire Saenz (COA, F, Fr)
Ask the Dark by Henry Turner (F, M, S/T)
* Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl (Fa, L)
The Beautiful Lost by Luanne Rice (D, F, Fr, L)
The Beautiful Lost by Luanne Rice (D, F, Fr, L)
Blue Lily, Lily Blue by Maggie Stiefvater (Fr, L, SF)
Bone Gap by Laura Ruby (Fa, Fr, L, M)
The Cemetery Boys by Heather (Zac) Brewer (COA, F, Fr, S/T)
* Challenger Deep by Neal Schusterman (D, F)
Code
of Honor by Alan Gratz (Fa, S/T)
The Conspiracy of Us by Maggie Hall (L, S/T)
The
Cost of All Things by Maggie Lehrman (COA, F, Fa, Fr)
Drag
Teen by Jeffrey Self (COA, Fr, Hu)
Dreamology
by Lucy Keating (Fa, Fr, L)
The
Drowning by Rachel Ward (Fa, Fr, L, S/T)
Grimoire Noir by Vera Greentea and Yana Bogatch (Fa, Fr)
Grimoire Noir by Vera Greentea and Yana Bogatch (Fa, Fr)
I Was Here by Gayle Forman (D, Fr, L, M)
The Infinite Sea by Rick Yancey (SF, S/T)
The Knowing by Sharon Cameron (Fa, L, SF)
The Infinite Sea by Rick Yancey (SF, S/T)
The Knowing by Sharon Cameron (Fa, L, SF)
The Law of Loving Others by Kate Axelrod (D, F, Fr, L)
* Looking for Alaska by John Green (COA, D, Fr, Hu)
The
Many Lives of John Stone by Linda
Buckley-Archer (F, Fa, H, I)
Miss
Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs (F, Fa, Fr, S/T)
* Mosquitoland by David Arnold (D, F, Fr)
The
Mystery of Hollow Places by Rebecca Podos (COA, F, Fr, M)
On a Sunbeam by Tillie Walden (Fa, Fr, SF)
* On the Come Up by Angie Thomas (COA, F, Fr)
On a Sunbeam by Tillie Walden (Fa, Fr, SF)
* On the Come Up by Angie Thomas (COA, F, Fr)
The
Raven King by Maggie Stiefvater (Fa, Fr, S/T)
* Say What You Will by Cammie McGovern (D, L)
The
Secret Language of Sisters by Luanne Rice (D, F, Fr)
* Solitaire
by Alice Oseman (COA, D, Fa, Fr, L)
* A Study in Charlotte by Brittany Cavallaro (Fr, L, M, S/T)
* Threatened by Eliot Schrefer
* A Study in Charlotte by Brittany Cavallaro (Fr, L, M, S/T)
* Threatened by Eliot Schrefer
What Waits in the Woods by Kieran Scott (S/T)
Middle-Grade
The Baby-Sitter's Club: Kristy's Great Idea by Ann M. Martin and Raina Telgmeier
(Fr, graphic novel)
Bera
the One-Headed Troll by Eric Orchard (graphic novel) (Fa)
* The
Big Dark by Rodman Philbrick (F, Fr, SF, S/T)
* The Creepy Case Files of Margo Maloo: The Monster Mall by Drew Weing (Fr, Hu, M, S/T)
* The Creepy Case Files of Margo Maloo: The Monster Mall by Drew Weing (Fr, Hu, M, S/T)
Crows and Cards by Joseph Helgerson (H)
* The Danger Box by Blue Balliett (D, F, Fr, M)
* Doll Bones by Holly Black (Fr, M, S/T)
* Echo by Pamela Munoz Ryan (F, Fr, H)
* Finding the Worm by Mark Goldblatt (D, Fr)
George by Alex Gino (F, Fr)
* Listen, Slowly by Thanhha Lai (F, Fr, I, M)
Magnificent
Mya Tibbs by Crystal Allen (F, Fr)
* Masterminds by Gordon Korman (Fr, SF, S/T)
Masterminds:
Criminal Destiny by Gordon Korman (Fr, SF, S/T)
The Midwinter Witch by Molly Knox Ostertag (F, Fa, Fr)
Mighty Jack and Zita the Spacegirl by Ben Hatke (Fa, Fr)
The Midwinter Witch by Molly Knox Ostertag (F, Fa, Fr)
Mighty Jack and Zita the Spacegirl by Ben Hatke (Fa, Fr)
* Nest by Esther Ehrlich (D, Fa, Fr)
* A
Night Divided by Jennifer Nielsen (F, Fr, H, I, S/T)
The One Safe Place by Tania Unsworth (SF, S/T)
The Parker Inheritance by Varian Johnson (F, Fr, M)
The One Safe Place by Tania Unsworth (SF, S/T)
The Parker Inheritance by Varian Johnson (F, Fr, M)
* Revolution by Deborah Wiles (F, Fr, H)
Smile by Raina Telgemeier (F, graphic novel, Hu)
Some
Kind of Courage by Dan Gemeinhart (F, Fr, H)
* Stargazing by Jen Wang (F, Fr)
* Sunny Rolls the Dice by Jennifer L. Holm and Matthew Holm (Fr, Hu)
* Stargazing by Jen Wang (F, Fr)
* Sunny Rolls the Dice by Jennifer L. Holm and Matthew Holm (Fr, Hu)
Sunny Side Up by Jennifer L. Holm and Matthew Holm (F, Fr,
graphic novel, Hu)
The Unwanteds by Lisa McMann (Fa, Fr)
When Marnie Was Here by Joan G. Robinson (Fr)
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