These are books faculty and students have called their favorite books. We hope you will enjoy them!
Student Favorite Books:
Fiction
From 2009-10 Sophomores:
The Pearl by John Steinbeck Shemeika McLaren
Postcards From No Man’s Land by Aidan Chambers “”
1000 Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini “”
The Giver by Lois Lowry Ashley Arana
A Tree Grows In Brooklyn by Betty Smith Ja’Naya Stacey
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee Ashley Arana
The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrsion “”
The Merlin Trilogy by Mary Stewart Chris Zakrewski
Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas Min Young Jeong
Don Quixote by Miguel Cervantes “”
The Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny Han Ana Valentina Garcia
Go Ask Alice by Anonymous Alison Poirier
Call of The Wild by Jack London Victoria Rice
Q&A: A Novel by Vikas Swarup Noah Sayres
From 2009-10 Juniors
The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury Eddie O’Donnell
The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy “”
From 2009-10 Seniors:
We The Living by Ayn Rand Sara Schultz
The Electric KoolAid Acid Test by Tom Wolfe “”
My Sister’s Keeper by Jodi Picoult Perrin Herman, Cynthia Clark
Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk “”
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck Brandon Joseph
A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry “”
Old Man and The Sea by Ernest Hemingway Ian Niskala
The Iliad by Homer Richard Thackston
The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkein “”
Cat’s Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut “”
Breakfast of Champions “” “”
Slaughterhouse Five “” “”
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald Ryan Limero
Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka “”
Mephisto by Klaus Mann and Robin Smyth “”
The Crucible by Arthur Miller “”
The Hours by Michael Cunningham “”
Zorro by Isabel Allende “”
The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai “”
13 Reasons Why by Jay Asher Katherine Dudley
Blue Is for Nightmare by Laurie Faria Stolarz “”
Fat Kids Rule the World by K.l. Going “”
Daughters of the Moon by Lynne Ewing “”
Night by Elie Wiesel Mary Connors
Candide by Voltaire Allen Ford
Non-Fiction
Pay It Forward by Catherine Ryan Hyde Dean Kang
Memoirs of a Boy Soldier by Ishmael Beah Emily Rueggeberg
Faculty Favorite Books:
Fiction
Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe suggested by Mr. Bates
Life of Pi by Yann Martel “”
Cry, The Beloved Country By Alan Patton Ms. Bradford
The Far Pavilions by MM Kaye “”
Quo Vadis by Henryk Sienkiewicz “”
The Scottish Chieftains by Jane Porter “”
Jane Ey re by Charlotte Bronte
Sold by Patricia McCormick Ms. Beauzay
Euclid’s Window by Leonad Mlodinov Mr. Cox
Midnight’s Children by Salman Rushdie “”
Animal Summer by Barbara Kingsolver Ms. Doenmez
Lord of the Flies by William Golding “”
Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White “”
The Enchantrss of Florence by Salman Rushdie “”
Wuthering Heights by Charlotte Bronte “”
The Quiet American by Graham Greene “”
What Is the What by Dave Eggers Ms. Knapp
The Translator by John Crowley “”
Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides Ms. Robbins
One Day in the Life of by Alexander Solzhenitsyn
Ivan Denisovich Mr. Weis
Non-Fiction
Royal Babylon by Karl Shaw suggested by Ms. Bouton
Salt by Mark Kurlansky “”
Six Frigates by Ian Toll Mr. Davis
Saigon by Anthony Grey “”
Working Girls by Lesley T. Chang Ms. Doenmez
Banker To The Poor by Mohammed Yunus “”
Dreams of My Father by Barack Obama “”
Gang Leader For A Day by Sudhir Venketsch “”
1000 Chestnut Trees by Mira Stout “”
Pope Joan by Donna Cross “”
The Birth of Venus by Sarah Dunant “”
Taking On The Trust by Steve Weinberg Mr. Marino
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