(YA) = Young Adult
Animal Stories
Where the Red Fern Grows by Jon Rawls (YA)
Old Yeller by Fred Gipson (YA)
Sounder by William H. Armstrong (YA)
Water for Elephants by Sarah Gruen
Marley and Me by John Grogan
All My Patients are Under the Bed by Dr. Louis J. Camuti
Boris by Cynthia Rylant (YA)
Because of Winn Dixie by Kate DiCamillo
Dewey by Vicki Myron
A Touch of Magic/Fantasy
The Wish Giver by Bill Brittain (YA)
Ice Magic by Matt Christopher (YA)
James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl (YA)
Snow in August by Pete Hamill
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquirel
Reservation Blues by Sherman Alexie
Doctor Sleep by Stephen King
11/22/63 by Stephen King
Once Upon a River by Diane Setterfield
Where the Red Fern Grows by Jon Rawls (YA)
Old Yeller by Fred Gipson (YA)
Sounder by William H. Armstrong (YA)
Water for Elephants by Sarah Gruen
Marley and Me by John Grogan
All My Patients are Under the Bed by Dr. Louis J. Camuti
Boris by Cynthia Rylant (YA)
Because of Winn Dixie by Kate DiCamillo
Dewey by Vicki Myron
A Touch of Magic/Fantasy
The Wish Giver by Bill Brittain (YA)
Ice Magic by Matt Christopher (YA)
James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl (YA)
Snow in August by Pete Hamill
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquirel
Reservation Blues by Sherman Alexie
Doctor Sleep by Stephen King
11/22/63 by Stephen King
Once Upon a River by Diane Setterfield
The Terror by Dan Simmons
The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman
Holocaust Books
Number the Stars by Lois Lowry (YA)
The Man on the Other Side by Uri Orlev (YA)
The Big Lie by Isabella Leither (YA)
Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank (YA)
When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit by Judith Kerr (YA)
Gentlehands by M.E. Kerr (YA)
Night by Elie Wiesel
Holocaust Books
Number the Stars by Lois Lowry (YA)
The Man on the Other Side by Uri Orlev (YA)
The Big Lie by Isabella Leither (YA)
Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank (YA)
When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit by Judith Kerr (YA)
Gentlehands by M.E. Kerr (YA)
Night by Elie Wiesel
The Reader by Bernard Schlinkg
Those Who Save Us by Jenna Blum
Memory by Philippe Gimbert
Everything is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer
The Boy in the Stripped Pajamas by John Boyne (YA)
Survival in Auschwitz by Primo Levi
Not Me by Michael Levine
Sarah's Key by Tatiana De Rosnay
Maus I and II: A Survivor's Tale by Art Spiegelman
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
All the Light We Can Not See by Anthony Doerr
Echoes by Danielle Steel
The Mascot by Mark Kurzem
Those Who Save Us by Jenna Blum
Memory by Philippe Gimbert
Everything is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer
The Boy in the Stripped Pajamas by John Boyne (YA)
Survival in Auschwitz by Primo Levi
Not Me by Michael Levine
Sarah's Key by Tatiana De Rosnay
Maus I and II: A Survivor's Tale by Art Spiegelman
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
All the Light We Can Not See by Anthony Doerr
Echoes by Danielle Steel
The Mascot by Mark Kurzem
The True Story of Hansel and Gretal by Louise Murphy
The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris
Jewish Books (non-holocaust)
In the Beginning by Chaim Potok
Snow in August by Pete Hamill
The Chosen by Chaim Potok
My Name is Asher Lev by Chaim Potok
Sweet and Low by Rich Cohen
The Fixer by Bernard Malamud
The Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon
Last Girl Before Freeway by Leslie Bennetts
The Promise by Chaim Potok
The Ice Cream Queen of Orchard Street by Susan Jane Gilman
The History of Love by Nicole Krauss
The Gift of Asher Lev by Chaim Potok
All About Me! by Mel Brooks
The Fixer by Bernard Malamud
Southern Books
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
The Liar's Club by Mary Karr
The Last Picture Show by Larry McMurtry
Daisy Fay and the Miracle Man by Fannie Flagg
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt
The Heart is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers
Black Boy by Richard Wright
Black Like Me by James Holding Jr.
All Over But the Shoutin' by Rick Bragg
The Hottest State by Ethan Hawke
Ellen Foster by Kaye Gibbons
The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
Growing Up by Russell Baker
Jim the Boy by Tony Earley
Paris Trout by Peter Dexter
A Virtuous Woman by Kaye Gibbons
Sights Unseen by Kaye Gibbons
Mrs. Kimble by Jennifer Haigh
The Help by Kathryn Stockett
Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg
The Undertaker's Daughter by Kate Mayfield
A Southern Family by Gail Godwin
Run With the Horsemen by Ferrol Sams
Ava's Man by Rick Bragg
Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
Black Boy by Richard Wright
Black Like Me by James Holding Jr.
All Over But the Shoutin' by Rick Bragg
The Hottest State by Ethan Hawke
Ellen Foster by Kaye Gibbons
The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
Growing Up by Russell Baker
Jim the Boy by Tony Earley
Paris Trout by Peter Dexter
A Virtuous Woman by Kaye Gibbons
Sights Unseen by Kaye Gibbons
Mrs. Kimble by Jennifer Haigh
The Help by Kathryn Stockett
Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg
The Undertaker's Daughter by Kate Mayfield
A Southern Family by Gail Godwin
Run With the Horsemen by Ferrol Sams
Ava's Man by Rick Bragg
Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
My Extraordinary Ordinary Life by Sissy Spacek
Call Your Daughter Home by Deb Spera
The Prince of Frogtown by Rick Bragg
The Tobacco Wives by Adele Meyers
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Look Up for Yes by Julia Tavalaro
Requiem for a Dream by Herbert Selby Jr.
In the Beginning by Chaim Potok
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
Snow in August by Pete Hamill
The Chosen by Chaim Potok
Ashes of Roses by Mary Jane Auch
North River by Pete Hamill
My Name is Asher Lev by Chaim Potok
Miles From Nowhere by Nami Mun
The Five Towns by Leslie Tonner
Manhattan Country Doctor by Dr. Milton Jonathan Slocum
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer
Teacher Man by Frank McCourt
Sutton by J.R. Moehringer
Can't We Talk About Something More Pleasant? by Roz Chast
Sweet and Low by Rich Cohen
Brooklyn by Colm Toibin
Too Close to the Falls by Catherine Gildiner
Just Kids by Patti Smith
The Gold Coast by Nelson DeMille
The Ice Cream Queen of Orchard Street by Susan Jane Gilman
The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
Westerns/Native American/Rural Climates
True Grit by Charles Portis
Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry
Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry
Plainsong by Kent Haruf
Eventide by Kent Haruf
In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer
Drowning Ruth by Christina Schwarz
A Yellow Raft in Blue Water by Michael Dorris
Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
River, Cross My Heart by Breena Clarke
Montana, 1948 by Larry Watson
Reservation Blues by Sherman Alexie
The Teacher's Funeral by Richard Peck (YA)
The Blizzard Year by Gretel Ehrlich
Baker Tower by Jennifer Haigh
Big Stone Gap by Adriana Trigiani
Charms For the Easy Life by Kaye Gibbons
Leaving Cheyenne by Larry McMurtry
California Books
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
East of Eden by John Steinbeck
White Oleander by Janet Fitch
The Valley of the Dolls by Jacqueline Susann
McTeague by Frank Norris
Women by Charles Bukowski
Post Office by Charles Bukowski
Ham on Rye by Charles Bukowski
Factotum by Charles Bukowski
Ask the Dust by John Fante
Hollywood by Charles Bukowski
Tales of the City by Armistead Maupin
Then Again by Diane Keaton
Watch Me by Anjelica Huston
Name Drop by Ross Mathews
You'll Never Eat Lunch in This Town Again by Julia Phillips
Eventide by Kent Haruf
In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer
Drowning Ruth by Christina Schwarz
A Yellow Raft in Blue Water by Michael Dorris
Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
River, Cross My Heart by Breena Clarke
Montana, 1948 by Larry Watson
Reservation Blues by Sherman Alexie
The Teacher's Funeral by Richard Peck (YA)
The Blizzard Year by Gretel Ehrlich
Baker Tower by Jennifer Haigh
Big Stone Gap by Adriana Trigiani
Charms For the Easy Life by Kaye Gibbons
Leaving Cheyenne by Larry McMurtry
The Honk and Holler Opening Soon by Billie Letts
The Round House by Louise Erdrich
Dalva by Jim Harrison
Where You Once Belonged by Kent Haruf
The Moonflower Vine by Jetta Carleton
Telegraph Days by Larry McMurtry
The Egg and I by Betty MacDonald
Riders of the Purple Sage by Zane Grey
You Don't Have to Say You Love Me by Sherman Alexie
Hillbilly Elegy by J.D. Vance
The Round House by Louise Erdrich
Dalva by Jim Harrison
Where You Once Belonged by Kent Haruf
The Moonflower Vine by Jetta Carleton
Telegraph Days by Larry McMurtry
The Egg and I by Betty MacDonald
Riders of the Purple Sage by Zane Grey
You Don't Have to Say You Love Me by Sherman Alexie
Hillbilly Elegy by J.D. Vance
The Night Watchman by Louise Erdrich
An Unfinished Life by Mark Spragg
Heart Earth by Ivan Doig
The Beans of Egypt, Maine by Carolyn Chute
The Beginning of Sorrows by David Martin
Heart Berries by Terese Marie Mailhot
Little Heathens by Mildred Armstrong Kalish
On the Black Hill by Bruce Chatwin
California Books
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
East of Eden by John Steinbeck
White Oleander by Janet Fitch
The Valley of the Dolls by Jacqueline Susann
McTeague by Frank Norris
Women by Charles Bukowski
Post Office by Charles Bukowski
Ham on Rye by Charles Bukowski
Factotum by Charles Bukowski
Ask the Dust by John Fante
Hollywood by Charles Bukowski
Tales of the City by Armistead Maupin
Then Again by Diane Keaton
Watch Me by Anjelica Huston
Name Drop by Ross Mathews
You'll Never Eat Lunch in This Town Again by Julia Phillips
My Extraordinary Ordinary Life by Sissy Spacek
A Hell of a Life by Maureen Stapleton
The Movies, Mr. Griffith and Me by Lillian Gish
Sunshine and Shadow by Mary Pickford
In the Frame by Helen Mirren
Daughter of Fortune by Isabel Allende
The Day of the Locust by Nathanael West
The Chinchilla Farm by Judith Freeman
The Kid Stays in the Picture by Robert Evans
Oscar Wars by Michael Schulman
The Guncle by Steven Rowley
New York Books
New York Books
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Look Up for Yes by Julia Tavalaro
Requiem for a Dream by Herbert Selby Jr.
In the Beginning by Chaim Potok
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
Snow in August by Pete Hamill
The Chosen by Chaim Potok
Ashes of Roses by Mary Jane Auch
North River by Pete Hamill
My Name is Asher Lev by Chaim Potok
Miles From Nowhere by Nami Mun
The Five Towns by Leslie Tonner
Manhattan Country Doctor by Dr. Milton Jonathan Slocum
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer
Teacher Man by Frank McCourt
Sutton by J.R. Moehringer
Can't We Talk About Something More Pleasant? by Roz Chast
Sweet and Low by Rich Cohen
Brooklyn by Colm Toibin
Too Close to the Falls by Catherine Gildiner
Just Kids by Patti Smith
The Gold Coast by Nelson DeMille
The Ice Cream Queen of Orchard Street by Susan Jane Gilman
The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
Ellis Island by Fred Mustard Stewart
The Two Mrs. Grenvilles by Dominick Dunne
Capote's Women by Laurence Leamer
Capote's Women by Laurence Leamer
Washington Square by Henry James
My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh
The Dakota Winters by Tom Barbash
Motherless Brookyn by Jonathan Lethem
A Bright Ray of Darkness by Ethan Hawke
The Haunted Bookshop by Christopher Morley
Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
Journey to Jo'Burg by Beverly Naidoo (YA)
Disgrace by J.M. Coetzee
Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan Patton
The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
When the Crocodile Eats the Sun by Peter Godwin
The No. 1 Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith
Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight by Alexander Fuller
Green City in the Sun by Barbara Wood
Irish Books
The Woman Who Walked into Doors by Roddy Doyle
A Star Called Henry by Roddy Doyle
Patty Clarke Ha Ha Ha by Roddy Doyle
Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt
The Commitments by Roddy Doyle
The Van by Roddy Doyle
The Snapper by Roddy Doyle
Paula Spencer by Roddy Doyle
'Tis by Frank McCourt
Elegy for Iris by John Bayley
The Country Girls by Edna O'Brien
The Mammy by Brendan O'Carroll
The Chisellers by Brendan O'Carroll
The Granny by Brendan O'Carroll
The Young Wan by Brendan O'Carroll
The Scrapper by Brendan O'Carroll
Big Girl, Small Town by Michelle Gallen
The Mermaids Singing by Lisa Carey
The Mermaids Singing by Lisa Carey
Foster by Claire Keegan
Spanish Books
Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquirel
How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents by Julia Alvarez
The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros
The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
In the Time of the Butterflies by Julia Alvarez
The Book of Unknown Americans by Cristina Henriquez
Spanish Books
Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquirel
How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents by Julia Alvarez
The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros
The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
In the Time of the Butterflies by Julia Alvarez
The Book of Unknown Americans by Cristina Henriquez
For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway
The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway
American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins
Daughter of Fortune by Isabel Allende
Eating Chinese Food Naked by Mei Ng
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Black Boy by Richard Wright
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
The Color of Water by James McBride
Black Like Me by James Holding Jr.
Paris Trout by Peter Dexter
The Help by Kathryn Stockett
The Undertaker's Daughter by Kate Mayfield
Asian Books
Eating Chinese Food Naked by Mei Ng
Sadako and the 1,000 Paper Cranes by Eleanor Coerr (YA)
The House of 60 Fathers by Meindert Dejong (YA)
Water Buffalo Days by Quang Nhuong Huynh (YA)
The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck
The Samurai's Garden by Gail Tsukiyama
Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
When the Emperor was Devine by Julia Otsuka
The Big Wave by Pearl S. Buck
The Woman Warrior by Maxine Hong Kingston
Falling Leaves by Yen Mah
War Trash by Ha Jin
The Rice Mother by Rani Manicka
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See
The Distant Land of My Father by Bo Caldwell
Miles From Nowhere by Nami Mun
China Dog by Judy Fong Bates
A Cab Called Reliable by Patti Kim
Ties that Bind, Ties that Break by Lensey Namioka
Rickshaw Boy by Lao She
A Hundred Flowers by Gail Tsukiyama
Midnight at the Dragon Cafe by Judy Fong Bates
The Valley of Amazement by Amy Tan
The Samurai's Garden by Gail Tsukiyama
Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
When the Emperor was Devine by Julia Otsuka
The Big Wave by Pearl S. Buck
The Woman Warrior by Maxine Hong Kingston
Falling Leaves by Yen Mah
War Trash by Ha Jin
The Rice Mother by Rani Manicka
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See
The Distant Land of My Father by Bo Caldwell
Miles From Nowhere by Nami Mun
China Dog by Judy Fong Bates
A Cab Called Reliable by Patti Kim
Ties that Bind, Ties that Break by Lensey Namioka
Rickshaw Boy by Lao She
A Hundred Flowers by Gail Tsukiyama
Midnight at the Dragon Cafe by Judy Fong Bates
The Valley of Amazement by Amy Tan
The Buddha in the Attic by Julie Otsuka
A Pale View of Hill by Kazuo Ishiguro
Russian Books
We the Living by Ayn Rand
Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
The Death of Ivan Ilych by Leo Tolstoy
The Kitchen Boy by Robert Alexander
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
The Death of Ivan Ilych by Leo Tolstoy
The Kitchen Boy by Robert Alexander
The Fixer by Bernard Malamud
A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
Middle East/India Books
Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri
1,000 Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
The Seduction of Silence by Bem Le Hunte
The Space Between Us by Thrity Umrigar
Sold by Patricia McCormick
And the Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini
Persepolis 1 & 2 by Marjane Satrapi
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri
1,000 Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
The Seduction of Silence by Bem Le Hunte
The Space Between Us by Thrity Umrigar
Sold by Patricia McCormick
And the Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini
Persepolis 1 & 2 by Marjane Satrapi
Septembers of Shiraz by Dalia Sofer
The Secrets Between Us by Thrity Umrigar
Civil Rights Books/RacismTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Black Boy by Richard Wright
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
The Color of Water by James McBride
Black Like Me by James Holding Jr.
Paris Trout by Peter Dexter
The Help by Kathryn Stockett
The Undertaker's Daughter by Kate Mayfield
Call Your Daughter Home by Deb Spera
Having Our Say The Delany Sisters
Books Dealing with Greed
The Pearl by John Steinbeck
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
If Tomorrow Comes by Sidney Sheldon
In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
The Bottled Imp by R.L. Stevenson
Valley of the Dolls by Jacqueline Susann
The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand
As the Crow Flies by Jeffrey Archer
Kane and Abel by Jeffrey Archer
Sweet and Low by Rich Cohen
The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
Books Dealing with Greed
The Pearl by John Steinbeck
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
If Tomorrow Comes by Sidney Sheldon
In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
The Bottled Imp by R.L. Stevenson
Valley of the Dolls by Jacqueline Susann
The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand
As the Crow Flies by Jeffrey Archer
Kane and Abel by Jeffrey Archer
Sweet and Low by Rich Cohen
The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
Ellis Island by Fred Mustard Stewart
The Two Mrs. Grenvilles by Dominick Dunne
Washington Square by Henry James
Daughter of Fortune by Isabel Allende
Family Stories or Sagas
Cheaper by the Dozen By Fred Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey
We are Water by Wally Lamb
Augusta, Gone by Martha Tod Dudman
The Color of Water by James McBride
East of Eden by John Steinbeck
The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck
I Know This Much is True by Wally Lamb
The Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough
Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
Gap Creek by Robert Morgan
Crow Lake by Mary Lawson
The Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls
A Yellow Raft in Blue Water by Michael Dorris
The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio by Terry Ryan
The Rice Mother by Rani Manicka
All Over But the Shoutin' by Rick Bragg
The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
The Tender Bar by J.R. Moehringer
Growing Up by Russell Baker
Sights Unseen by Kaye Gibbons
Mrs. Kimble by Jennifer Haigh
A Loss For Words by Lou Ann Walker
Snow Angels by Stewart O'Nan
My Name is Asher Lev by Chaim Potok
Half Broke Horses by Jeanette Walls
The Ghost at the Table by Suzanne Berne
The Silver Star by Jeanette Walls
Baker Tower by Jennifer Haigh
Can't We Talk About Something More Pleasant? by Roz Chast
Midnight at the Dragon Cafe by Judy Fong Bates
Sweet and Low by Rich Cohen
The Round House by Louise Erdrich
Dalva by Jim Harrison
The Nest by Cynthia D'Aprix
The Lemon Jelly Cake by Madeline Babcock Smith
The Undertaker's Daughter by Kate Mayfield
The Mammy by Brendan O'Carroll
The Chisellers by Brendan O'Carroll
The Granny by Brendan O'Carroll
The Young Wan by Brendan O'Carroll
Don't Sing at the Table by Adriana Trigiani
My American Unhappiness by Dean Bakopoulos
You Don't Have to Say You Love Me by Sherman Alexie
The Sleepy Hollow Family Almanac by Kris D'Agostino
A Southern Family by Gail Godwin
Run With the Horsemen by Ferrol Sams
Family Stories or Sagas
Cheaper by the Dozen By Fred Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey
We are Water by Wally Lamb
Augusta, Gone by Martha Tod Dudman
The Color of Water by James McBride
East of Eden by John Steinbeck
The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck
I Know This Much is True by Wally Lamb
The Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough
Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
Gap Creek by Robert Morgan
Crow Lake by Mary Lawson
The Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls
A Yellow Raft in Blue Water by Michael Dorris
The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio by Terry Ryan
The Rice Mother by Rani Manicka
All Over But the Shoutin' by Rick Bragg
The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
The Tender Bar by J.R. Moehringer
Growing Up by Russell Baker
Sights Unseen by Kaye Gibbons
Mrs. Kimble by Jennifer Haigh
A Loss For Words by Lou Ann Walker
Snow Angels by Stewart O'Nan
My Name is Asher Lev by Chaim Potok
Half Broke Horses by Jeanette Walls
The Ghost at the Table by Suzanne Berne
The Silver Star by Jeanette Walls
Baker Tower by Jennifer Haigh
Can't We Talk About Something More Pleasant? by Roz Chast
Midnight at the Dragon Cafe by Judy Fong Bates
Sweet and Low by Rich Cohen
The Round House by Louise Erdrich
Dalva by Jim Harrison
The Nest by Cynthia D'Aprix
The Lemon Jelly Cake by Madeline Babcock Smith
The Undertaker's Daughter by Kate Mayfield
The Mammy by Brendan O'Carroll
The Chisellers by Brendan O'Carroll
The Granny by Brendan O'Carroll
The Young Wan by Brendan O'Carroll
Don't Sing at the Table by Adriana Trigiani
My American Unhappiness by Dean Bakopoulos
You Don't Have to Say You Love Me by Sherman Alexie
The Sleepy Hollow Family Almanac by Kris D'Agostino
A Southern Family by Gail Godwin
Run With the Horsemen by Ferrol Sams
Life Among the Savages by Shirley Jackson
Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
An Unfinished Life by Mark Spragg
Call Your Daughter Home by Deb Spera
Home is Burning by Dan Marshall
The Two Mrs. Grenvilles by Dominick Dunne
The Prince of Frogtown by Rick Bragg
The Beans of Egypt, Maine by Carolyn Chute
The Beginning of Sorrows by David Martin
The Mermaids Singing by Lisa Carey
Little Men by Louisa May Alcott
Little Men by Louisa May Alcott
The Dakota Winters by Tom Barbash
Having Our Say The Delany Sisters
The Secrets Between Us by Thrity Umrigar
The Other Side of the Bridge by Mary Lawson
Little Heathens by Mildred Armstrong Kalish
On the Black Hill by Bruce Chatwin
A Girl From Yamhill by Beverly Cleary
Great Mysteries/Suspense
The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
If Tomorrow Comes by Sidney Sheldon
Remember Me by Mary Higgens Clark
Native Son by Richard Wright
An American Tragedy by Theodore Dreiser
11/22/63 by Stephen King
11/22/63 by Stephen King
The Terror by Dan Simmons
The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler
The Fixer by Bernard Malamud
The Shining by Stephen King
Needful Things by Stephen King
Verity by Colleen Hoover
The 39 Steps by John Buchan
Motherless Brookyn by Jonathan Lethem
A Bullet For Cinderella by Jame D. MacDonald
The Haunted Bookshop by Christopher Morley
Mick Hart was Here by Barbara Park (YA)
Tuesdays With Morrie by Mitch Albom
Sadako and the 1,000 Paper Cranes by Eleanor Coerr (YA)
Death Be Not Proud by John Gunther
Truth and Beauty by Ann Patchett
Final Drafts by Mark Seinfelt
Famous Last Words compiled by Ray Robinson
The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
Sleep Towards Heaven by Amanda Eyre Ward
Can't We Talk About Something More Pleasant? by Roz Chast
A Necessary End by Nick Taylor
Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng
The End of Your Life Book Club by Will Schwalbe
Mom's Cancer by Brain Fries
The Undertaker's Daughter by Kate Mayfield
You Don't Have to Say You Love Me by Sherman Alexie
An Unfinished Life by Mark Spragg
Home is Burning by Dan Marshall
The Two Mrs. Grenvilles by Dominick Dunne
The Beginning of Sorrows by David Martin
The Mermaids Singing by Lisa Carey
On the Black Hill by Bruce Chatwin
The Guncle by Steven Rowley
They Went That-A-Way by Malcolm Forbes
The 100 Years of Lenni and Margot by Marianne Cronin
Books Dealing with Depression
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
The Virgin Suicides by Jeffery Eugenides
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey
The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
The Heart is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers
She's Come Undone by Wally Lamb
The Hours by Michael Cunningham
My Name is Asher Lev by Chaim Potok
Sights Unseen by Kaye Gibbons
Looking for Alaska by John Green
It's Kind of a Funny Story by Ned Vizzini
Down Came the Rain by Brooke Shields
The Sleepy Hollow Family Almanac by Kris D'Agostino
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
The Virgin Suicides by Jeffery Eugenides
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey
The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
The Heart is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers
She's Come Undone by Wally Lamb
The Hours by Michael Cunningham
My Name is Asher Lev by Chaim Potok
Sights Unseen by Kaye Gibbons
Looking for Alaska by John Green
It's Kind of a Funny Story by Ned Vizzini
Down Came the Rain by Brooke Shields
The Sleepy Hollow Family Almanac by Kris D'Agostino
The Hilarious World of Depression by John Moe
The Beginning of Sorrows by David Martin
My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh
Books Involving a Trial
To Kill a Mocking bird by Harper Lee
The Crucible by Arthur Miller
In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by by John Berendt
Native Son by Richard Wright
Paris Trout by Peter Dexter
An American Tragedy by Theodore Dreiser
Snow Falling on Cedars by David Gutherson
Sweet and Low by Rich Cohen
Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
Books Involving a Trial
To Kill a Mocking bird by Harper Lee
The Crucible by Arthur Miller
In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by by John Berendt
Native Son by Richard Wright
Paris Trout by Peter Dexter
An American Tragedy by Theodore Dreiser
Snow Falling on Cedars by David Gutherson
Sweet and Low by Rich Cohen
Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
The Two Mrs. Grenvilles by Dominick Dunne
The Fixer by Bernard Malamud
Books on Woman Issues
The Vagina Monologues by Eve Ensler
Beauty Fades, Dumb is Forever by Judge Judith Sheindlin
We Are Water by Wally Lamb
White Oleander by Janet Finch
The Woman Who Walked into Doors by Roddy Doyle
Nickel and Dimed by Barbara Ehrenreich
Couldn't Keep it to Myself by Wally Lamb
I'll Fly Away by Wally Lamb
Midwives by Chris Bojalian
Margaret Sanger by Elyse Topalian
The Woman Warrior by Maxine Hong Kingston
1,000 Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
Truth and Beauty by Ann Patchett
Sleep Towards Heaven by Amanda Eyre Ward
Then Again by Diane Keaton
Watch Me by Angelica Huston
This 'N That by Bette Davis
My Life on the Road by Gloria Steinem
The Girl With the Lower Back Tattoo by Amy Schumer
Down Came the Rain by Brooke Shields
The Egg and I by Betty MacDonald
It's my F_ _ _ _ing Birthday by Merrill Markoe
Hypocrite in a Pouffy White Dress by Susan Jane Gilman
Books on Woman Issues
The Vagina Monologues by Eve Ensler
Beauty Fades, Dumb is Forever by Judge Judith Sheindlin
We Are Water by Wally Lamb
White Oleander by Janet Finch
The Woman Who Walked into Doors by Roddy Doyle
Nickel and Dimed by Barbara Ehrenreich
Couldn't Keep it to Myself by Wally Lamb
I'll Fly Away by Wally Lamb
Midwives by Chris Bojalian
Margaret Sanger by Elyse Topalian
The Woman Warrior by Maxine Hong Kingston
1,000 Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
Truth and Beauty by Ann Patchett
Sleep Towards Heaven by Amanda Eyre Ward
Then Again by Diane Keaton
Watch Me by Angelica Huston
This 'N That by Bette Davis
My Life on the Road by Gloria Steinem
The Girl With the Lower Back Tattoo by Amy Schumer
Down Came the Rain by Brooke Shields
The Egg and I by Betty MacDonald
It's my F_ _ _ _ing Birthday by Merrill Markoe
Hypocrite in a Pouffy White Dress by Susan Jane Gilman
The Mars Room by Rachel Kushner
This is Going to Hurt by Adam Kay
The Beans of Egypt, Maine by Carolyn Chute
The Mermaids Singing by Lisa Carey
My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh
Having Our Say The Delany Sisters
The Secrets Between Us by Thrity Umrigar
The Chinchilla Farm by Judith Freeman
The 100 Years of Lenni and Margot by Marianne Cronin
A Girl From Yamhill by Beverly Cleary
Books With A Female Lead Character
Daisy Fay and the Miracle Man by Fannie Flagg
Look Up For Yes by Julia Tavalaro
The Body Spoken by Janice Deaner
The Virgin Suicides by Jeffery Eugenides
What Looks Like Crazy on an Ordinary Day by Pearl Cleage
Eating Chinese Food Naked by Mei Ng
If Tomorrow Comes by Sidney Sheldon
Amy and Isabelle by Elizabeth Strout
Augusta, Gone by Martha Tod Dudman
White Oleander by Janet Finch
She's Come Undone by Wally Lamb
The Woman Who Walked into Doors by Roddy Doyle
Veronika Decides to Die by Paulo Coelho
The Liar's Club by Mary Karr
Valley of the Dolls by Jacqueline Susann
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
We the Living by Ayn Rand
The Girl with the Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier
Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
The Girls' Guide to Fishing and Hunting by Melissa Bank
One Child by Torey Hayden
Limbo by A. Manette Ansay
The Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls
The Woman Warrior by Maxine Hong Kingston
The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio by Terry Ryan
Falling Leaves by Yen Mah
Blackbird by Jennifer Lauck
The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand
The Rice Mother by Rani Manicka
Ellen Foster by Kaye Gibbons
The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
1,000 Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
Those Who Save Us by Jenna Blum
Looking for Alaska by John Green
A Loss For Words by Lou Ann Walker
Story of My Life by Helen Keller
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
Truth and Beauty by Ann Patchett
The Space Between Us by Thrity Umrigar
Sights Unseen by Kaye Gibbons
The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
Half Broke Horses by Jeanette Walls
She Always Knew How: Mae West by Charlotte Chandler
Sleep Towards Heaven by Amanda Eyre Ward
Too Close to the Falls by Catherine Gildiner
Dalva by Jim Harrison
The Undertaker's Daughter by Kate Mayfield
Where the Heart Is by Billie Letts
The Mammy by Brendan O'Carroll
The Ice Cream Queen of Orchard Street by Susan Jane Gilman
You Don't Have to Say You Love Me by Sherman Alexie
Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman
Mama's Bank Account by Kathryn Forbes
Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
Call Your Daughter Home by Deb Spera
The Beans of Egypt, Maine by Carolyn Chute
American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins
Ladder of Years by Anne Tyler
Eileen by Otessa Moshfegh
The Mermaids Singing by Lisa Carey
My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh
Writers and Lovers by Lilly King
Foster by Claire Keegan
Having Our Say The Delany Sisters
The Secrets Between Us by Thrity Umrigar
The Chinchilla Farm by Judith Freeman
Little Heathens by Mildred Armstrong Kalish
The 100 Years of Lenni and Margot by Marianne Cronin
A Girl From Yamhill by Beverly Cleary
Books Starring Outcasts
Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
Anthem by Ayn Rand
Feast of Love by Charles Baxter
The Virgin Suicides by Jeffery Eugenides
Augusta, Gone by Martha Tod Dudman
Daisy Fay and the Miracle Man by Fannie Flagg
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
She's Come Undone by Wally Lamb
Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
White Oleander by Janet Finch
The Heart is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers
Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
One Child by Torey Hayden
The Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls
Falling Leaves by Yen Mah
Blackbird by Jennifer Lauck
Molokai by Alan Brennert
Ellen Foster by Kaye Gibbons
1,000 Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
Water for Elephants by Sarah Gruen
Looking for Alaska by John Green
The Absolutely True Story of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
Sights Unseen by Kaye Gibbons
Truth and Beauty by Ann Patchett
The Memory of Running by Ron McLarty
Snow Angels by Stewart O'Nan
Everything is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer
Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
Wonder When You'll Miss Me by Amanda Davis
Of Human Bondage by W. Somerset Maugham
It's Kind of a Funny Story by Ned Vizzini
The Starboard Sea by Amber Dermont
Reservation Blues by Sherman Alexie
The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
Sleep Towards Heaven by Amanda Eyre Ward
On the Road by Jack Kerouac
Where the Heart Is by Billie Letts
The Sleepy Hollow Family Almanac by Kris D'Agostino
Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman
Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
Books Starring Outcasts
Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
Anthem by Ayn Rand
Feast of Love by Charles Baxter
The Virgin Suicides by Jeffery Eugenides
Augusta, Gone by Martha Tod Dudman
Daisy Fay and the Miracle Man by Fannie Flagg
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
She's Come Undone by Wally Lamb
Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
White Oleander by Janet Finch
The Heart is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers
Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
One Child by Torey Hayden
The Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls
Falling Leaves by Yen Mah
Blackbird by Jennifer Lauck
Molokai by Alan Brennert
Ellen Foster by Kaye Gibbons
1,000 Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
Water for Elephants by Sarah Gruen
Looking for Alaska by John Green
The Absolutely True Story of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
Sights Unseen by Kaye Gibbons
Truth and Beauty by Ann Patchett
The Memory of Running by Ron McLarty
Snow Angels by Stewart O'Nan
Everything is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer
Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
Wonder When You'll Miss Me by Amanda Davis
Of Human Bondage by W. Somerset Maugham
It's Kind of a Funny Story by Ned Vizzini
The Starboard Sea by Amber Dermont
Reservation Blues by Sherman Alexie
The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
Sleep Towards Heaven by Amanda Eyre Ward
The Honk and Holler Opening Soon by Billie Letts
Then Again by Diane Keaton
Too Close to the Falls by Catherine Gildiner
The Book of Unknown Americans by Cristina Henriquez
The Museum of Extraordinary Things by Alice Hoffman
A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Bachman
The Undertaker's Daughter by Kate MayfieldThen Again by Diane Keaton
Too Close to the Falls by Catherine Gildiner
The Book of Unknown Americans by Cristina Henriquez
The Museum of Extraordinary Things by Alice Hoffman
A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Bachman
On the Road by Jack Kerouac
Where the Heart Is by Billie Letts
The Sleepy Hollow Family Almanac by Kris D'Agostino
Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman
Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
The Trouble With Goats and Sheep by Joanna Cannon
The Secret Diary of Hendrik Groen by himself
2 a.m. at the Cat's Pajamas by Marie-Helene Bertino
The Prince of Frogtown by Rick Bragg
The Beans of Egypt, Maine by Carolyn Chute
The Beginning of Sorrows by David Martin
The Fixer by Bernard Malamud
The Fixer by Bernard Malamud
Peyton Place by Grace Metalious
Eileen by Otessa Moshfegh
The Authenticity Project by Clare Pooley
My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh
Writers and Lovers by Lilly King
The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
The Dakota Winters by Tom Barbash
The Giant's House by Elizabeth McCracken
The Secrets Between Us by Thrity Umrigar
The Other Side of the Bridge by Mary Lawson
Motherless Brookyn by Jonathan Lethem
The Chinchilla Farm by Judith Freeman
On the Black Hill by Bruce Chatwin
The 100 Years of Lenni and Margot by Marianne Cronin
Post-Apocalyptic Books
The Girl Who Owned a City by O.T. Nelson (YA)
Anthem by Ayn Rand
The Giver by Lois Lowry
The Road by Cormac McCarthy
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
How I Live Now by Meg Rosoff
Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
WWI Books
All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque
A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway
WWII Books
Sadako and the 1,000 Paper Cranes by Eleanor Coerr (YA)
The House of 60 Fathers by Meindert Dejong (YA)
Hiroshima by John Hersey
When the Emperor was Devine by Julia Otsuka
War Trash by Ha Jin
Snow Falling on Cedars by David Gutherson
Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand
Sarah's Key by Tatiana de Rosnay
The Lilac Girls by Martha Hall Kelly
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford
The Buddha in the Attic by Julie Otsuka
The Story of a Marriage by Andrew Sean Greer
The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien
Fallen Angels by Walter Dean Myers
First/Forbidden Love Books
The Hottest State by Ethan Hawke
Amazing Gracie by A.E. Cannon (YA)
Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
Romeo and Juliet by Shakespeare
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Reader by Bernard Schlink
Water for Elephants by Sarah Gruen
Looking for Alaska by John Green
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
Of Human Bondage by W. Somerset Maugham
Rabbit, Run by John Updike
The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
The Book of Unknown Americans by Cristina Henriquez
Vietnam War Books
The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien
Fallen Angels by Walter Dean Myers
First/Forbidden Love Books
The Hottest State by Ethan Hawke
Amazing Gracie by A.E. Cannon (YA)
Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
Romeo and Juliet by Shakespeare
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Reader by Bernard Schlink
Water for Elephants by Sarah Gruen
Looking for Alaska by John Green
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
Of Human Bondage by W. Somerset Maugham
Rabbit, Run by John Updike
The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
The Book of Unknown Americans by Cristina Henriquez
The Story of a Marriage by Andrew Sean Greer
The 100 Years of Lenni and Margot by Marianne Cronin
Books Involving Suicide
Romeo and Juliet by Shakespeare
The Virgin Suicides by Jeffery Eugenides
Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller
Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
Veronika Decides to Die by Paulo Coelho
The Awakening by Kate Chopin
Valley of the Dolls by Jacqueline Susann
The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
She's Come Undone by Wally Lamb
Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
The Heart is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers
Truth and Beauty by Ann Patchett
Snow Angels by Stewart O'Nan
Me Before You by Jojo Moyes
Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng
Drug Laced Books
Go Ask Alice by Anonymous (YA)
Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Caroll
Augusta, Gone by Martha Tod Dudman
Valley of the Dolls by Jacqueline Susann
Requiem For a Dream by Herbert Selby Jr.
Shoot the Moon by Billie Letts
The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
You'll Never Eat Lunch in This Town Again by Julia Phillips
Books Involving Suicide
Romeo and Juliet by Shakespeare
The Virgin Suicides by Jeffery Eugenides
Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller
Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
Veronika Decides to Die by Paulo Coelho
The Awakening by Kate Chopin
Valley of the Dolls by Jacqueline Susann
The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
She's Come Undone by Wally Lamb
Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
The Heart is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers
Truth and Beauty by Ann Patchett
Snow Angels by Stewart O'Nan
Me Before You by Jojo Moyes
Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng
Drug Laced Books
Go Ask Alice by Anonymous (YA)
Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Caroll
Augusta, Gone by Martha Tod Dudman
Valley of the Dolls by Jacqueline Susann
Requiem For a Dream by Herbert Selby Jr.
Shoot the Moon by Billie Letts
The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
You'll Never Eat Lunch in This Town Again by Julia Phillips
The Night Always Comes by Willy Vlautin
Ghost Eaters by Clay McLeod Chappman
Friendship Books
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
Snow in August by Pete Hamill
Where the Red Fern Grows by Jon Rawls (YA)
Tuesdays With Morrie by Mitch Albom
Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
The Heart is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers
The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
1,000 Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
Looking for Alaska by John Green
Truth and Beauty by Ann Patchett
Friendship Books
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
Snow in August by Pete Hamill
Where the Red Fern Grows by Jon Rawls (YA)
Tuesdays With Morrie by Mitch Albom
Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
The Heart is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers
The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
1,000 Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
Looking for Alaska by John Green
Truth and Beauty by Ann Patchett
The Trouble With Goats and Sheep by Joanna Cannon
A Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingway
The Authenticity Project by Clare Pooley
The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
The Story of Arthur Truluv by Elizabeth Berg
The Dakota Winters by Tom Barbash
The Secrets Between Us by Thrity Umrigar
The Secrets Between Us by Thrity Umrigar
The Other Side of the Bridge by Mary Lawson
The 100 Years of Lenni and Margot by Marianne Cronin
Disaster/Tragedy Books
Burden of Desire by Robert MacNeil
In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
Hiroshima by John Hersey
Molokai by Alan Brennert
Ashes of Roses by Mary Jane Auch (YA)
The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson
A Father's Story by Lionel Dahmer
Against Her Will by Ronald J. Watkins
Lizzie Borden by Edward D. Radin
Close Your Eyes, Hold Hands by Chris Bohjalian
The Terror by Dan Simmons
Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer
Books About Disabilities or Diseases
Look Up for Yes by Julia Tavalaro
What Looks Like Crazy on an Ordinary Day by Pearl Cleage
Tuesdays With Morrie by Mitch Albom
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
Elegy for Iris by John Bayley
The Heart is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers
I Know This Much is True by Wally Lamb
Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
One Child by Torey Hayden
The Ha-Ha by Dave King
Limbo by A. Manette Ansay
Molokai by Alan Brennert
A Loss For Words by Lou Ann Walker
Story of My Life by Helen Keller
Truth and Beauty by Ann Patchett
The Painted Veil by W. Somerset Maugham
Of Human Bondage by W. Somerset Maugham
My Lobotomy by Howard Dully
The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
Brushing Mom's Hair by Andrea Cheng
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
Me Before You by Jojo Moyes
All the Light We Can Not See by Anthony Doerr
The Book of Unknown Americans by Cristina Henriquez
The Museum of Extraordinary Things by Alice Hoffman
The Promise by Chaim Potok
Books About Disabilities or Diseases
Look Up for Yes by Julia Tavalaro
What Looks Like Crazy on an Ordinary Day by Pearl Cleage
Tuesdays With Morrie by Mitch Albom
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
Elegy for Iris by John Bayley
The Heart is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers
I Know This Much is True by Wally Lamb
Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
One Child by Torey Hayden
The Ha-Ha by Dave King
Limbo by A. Manette Ansay
Molokai by Alan Brennert
A Loss For Words by Lou Ann Walker
Story of My Life by Helen Keller
Truth and Beauty by Ann Patchett
The Painted Veil by W. Somerset Maugham
Of Human Bondage by W. Somerset Maugham
My Lobotomy by Howard Dully
The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
Brushing Mom's Hair by Andrea Cheng
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
Me Before You by Jojo Moyes
All the Light We Can Not See by Anthony Doerr
The Book of Unknown Americans by Cristina Henriquez
The Museum of Extraordinary Things by Alice Hoffman
The Promise by Chaim Potok
Home is Burning by Dan Marshall
The Hilarious World of Depression by John Moe
Nemesis Philip Roth
This is Going to Hurt by Adam Kay
Hands of My Father by Myron Uhlberg
Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart
The Secrets Between Us by Thrity Umrigar
The 100 Years of Lenni and Margot by Marianne Cronin
Books That Will Make You Laugh
Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren (YA)
Seinlanguage by Jerry Seinfeld
Daisy Fay and the Miracle Man by Fannie Flagg
Beauty Fades, Dumb is Forever by Judge Judith Scheindlin
Holidays on Ice by David Sedaris
Skipping Christmas by John Grisham
Fired! by Annabelle Gurwitch
Wishin' and Hopin' by Wally Lamb
Last Night at the Lobster by Stewart O'Nan
The Shepherd, the Angel and Walter the Christmas Dog by Dave Barry
Bossypants by Tina Fey
Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? by Mindy Kaling
Different Dances by Shel Silverstein
Uncle Shelby's A B Z Book by Shel Silverstein
Yes Please by Amy Poehler
Official Book Club Selection by Kathy Griffin
My Mother was Nuts by Penny Marshall
The Greatest Love Story Ever Told by Megan Mullally and Nick Offerman
It's my F_ _ _ _ing Birthday by Merrill Markoe
Spending the Holidays With People I Want to Punch in the Face by Jen Mann
Name Drop by Ross Mathews
Books That Will Make You Laugh
Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren (YA)
Seinlanguage by Jerry Seinfeld
Daisy Fay and the Miracle Man by Fannie Flagg
Beauty Fades, Dumb is Forever by Judge Judith Scheindlin
Holidays on Ice by David Sedaris
Skipping Christmas by John Grisham
Fired! by Annabelle Gurwitch
Wishin' and Hopin' by Wally Lamb
Last Night at the Lobster by Stewart O'Nan
The Shepherd, the Angel and Walter the Christmas Dog by Dave Barry
Bossypants by Tina Fey
Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? by Mindy Kaling
Different Dances by Shel Silverstein
Uncle Shelby's A B Z Book by Shel Silverstein
Yes Please by Amy Poehler
Official Book Club Selection by Kathy Griffin
My Mother was Nuts by Penny Marshall
The Greatest Love Story Ever Told by Megan Mullally and Nick Offerman
It's my F_ _ _ _ing Birthday by Merrill Markoe
Spending the Holidays With People I Want to Punch in the Face by Jen Mann
Name Drop by Ross Mathews
The Secret Diary of Hendrik Groen by himself
Let's Pretend This Never Happened by Jenny Lawson
Such Good Company by Carol Burnett
All About Me! by Mel Brooks
This is Going to Hurt by Adam Kay
The 100 Years of Lenni and Margot by Marianne Cronin
A Girl From Yamhill by Beverly Cleary
Christmas Books
Holidays on Ice by David Sedaris
updated 11/2023
Skipping Christmas by John Grisham
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
Wishin' and Hopin' by Wally Lamb
Last Night at the Lobster by Stewart O'Nan
Christmas Train by David Baldacci
The Shepard, the Angel and Walter the Christmas Miracle Dog by Dave Barry
Seven Stories of Christmas Love by Leo Buscaglia
The Christmas Jars by Jason F. Wright
Spending the Holidays With People I Want to Punch in the Throat by Jen Mann
Christmas Gift by Ferrol Sams
Dashing Through the Snow by Mary Higgins Clark
All Through the Night by Mary Higgins Clark
Silent Night by Mary Higgins Clark
The Paper Bag Christmas by Kevin Alan Milne
The Hired Man's Christmas by George Givens
The Christmas Joy Ride by Melody Carlson
2 a.m. at the Cat's Pajamas by Marie-Helene Bertino
updated 11/2023
