Independent Reading Book List
Adams, Douglas Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Adams, Richard Watership Down
Adamson, Joy Born Free
Agee, James Death in the Family
Albom, Mitch Tuesdays with Morrie
Alcott, Louisa Inheritance
Alcott, Louisa May Little Men
Alexie, Sherman The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
Allende, Isabel City of the Beasts
Allende, Isabel Daughter of Fortune
Ambrose, Stephen Undaunted Courage
Anaya, Rudolfo Bless Me, Ultima
Angelou, Maya Heart of a Woman
Angelou, Maya I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Anonymous Beowulf
Armstrong, Lance It's Not About the Bike
Asimov, Isaac Foundation
Asimov, Isaac I, Robot
Austen, Jane Emma
Austen, Jane Pride and Prejudice
Austen, Jane Sense and Sensibility
Bagnold, Enid National Velvet
Baldwin, James Fire Next Time
Baldwin, James Giovanni's Room
Baldwin, James Go Tell It on the Mountain
Bardi, Abby Book of Fred
Barrett, William Lilies of the Field
Beckett, Samuel Waiting for Godot
Berendt, John Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
Bernstein / Woodward All the President's Men
Boas, Jacob We are Witnesses: 5 Diaries of Teenagers Who Died.. Holocaust
Borland, Hal When the Legends Die
Bowden, Mark Black Hawk Down
Boyd, James Drums
Bradbury, Ray Dandelion Wine
Bradbury, Ray Fahrenheit 451
Bradbury, Ray Martian Chronicles
Bradbury, Ray The Illustrated Man
Bradley, Marion Zimmer Mist of Avalon
Braithwaite, E.R. To Sir, With Love
Bronte, Charlotte Jane Eyre
Bronte, Emily Wuthering Heights
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Brown, Dan Angels and Demons
Brown, Dan Da Vinci Code
Brown, Dan Deception Point
Brown, Dee Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
Buck, Pearl Good Earth
Bunyan, John Pilgrim's Progress
Burns, Olive Cold Sassy Tree
Camus, Albert Stranger
Card, Orson Scott Children of the Mind
Card, Orson Scott Ender's Game
Card, Orson Scott Ender's Shadow
Card, Orson Scott Shadow of the Giant
Card, Orson Scott Shadow of the Hegemon
Card, Orson Scott Shadow Puppets
Card, Orson Scott Speaker for the Dead
Card, Orson Scott Xenocide
Cather, Willa Death Comes for the Archbishop
Cather, Willa My Antonia
Cather, Willa O Pioneers!
Cervantes-Saavedra,
Don Quixote
Miguel
Chambers, Aidan Postcards from No Man's Land
Chbosky, Stephen Perks of Being a Wallflower
Chevalier, Tracy Girl With A Pearl Earring
Chopin, Kate Awakening
Christie, Agatha ABC Murders
Christie, Agatha Mousetrap (and other plays)
Clancy, Tom Red Rabbit
Clancy, Tom Tears of the Tiger
Clark, Mary While My Pretty One Sleeps
Clark, Walter Ox-Bow Incident
Clarke, Arthur 2001: Space Odyssey
Clarke, Arthur 3001: The Final Odyssey
Clavell, James Shogun
Conrad, Joseph Heart of Darkness
Conrad, Joseph Lord Jim
Cooper, James Deerslayer
Cooper, James Last of the Mohicans
Cornwell, Patricia At Risk
Cornwell, Patricia Body Farm
Cornwell, Patricia Predator
Corso, Philip Day After Roswell
Crane, Stephen The Red Badge of Courage
Crichton, Michael Andromeda Strain
Crichton, Michael Prey
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Crichton, Michael Terminal Man
Crichton, Michael Rising Sun
Crichton, Michael Timeline
Crutcher, Chris King of the Mild Frontier
Dana, Richard Two Years Before the Mast
Danticat, Edwidge Farming of Bones
Deaver, Jeffrey Bone Collector
Dickens, Charles David Copperfield
Dickens, Charles Great Expectations
Dickens, Charles Nicholas Nickleby
Dickens, Charles Oliver Twist
Dickens, Charles Pickwick Papers
Dickens, Charles Tale of Two Cities
Dickinson, Peter Eva
Dostoevsky, Fyodor Brothers Karamazov
Dostoyevsky, Fyodor Crime and Punishment
Douglass, Frederick Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass: An American Slave
Doyle, Sir Hound of the Baskervilles
Dreider, Theodore American Tragedy
Duman, Alexander Three Musketeers
Dumas, Alexander Count of Monte Cristo
DuMaunier, Daphine Rebecca
Duncan, Lois Who Killed My Daughter
Edmonds, Walter Drums Along the Mohawk
Eliot, George Adam Bede
Eliot, George Silas Marner
Ellison, Ralph Invisible Man
Enger, Leif Peace Like A River
Faulkner, William As I Lay Dying
Faulkner, William Fable
Faulkner, William Sound and the Fury
Fitzgerald, F Scott Great Gatsby
Fitzgerald, F. Scott Tender is the Night
Flagg, Fannie Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe
Fleischmann, Paul Whirligig
Forster, E.M. Passage to India
Frank, Anne Diary of a Young Girl
Frank, Pat Alas, Babylon
Frazier, Charles Cold Mountain
Gaines, Ernest Autobiography of Miss Jane Pitman
Gaines, Ernest Lesson Before Dying
Galarza, Ernesto Barrio Boy
Gardner, John Grendel
Giblin, James Cross Life and Death of Adolf Hitler, The
Gibson, William Miracle Worker
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Gladwell, Malcolm Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking
Golabek, Mona Children of Willseden Lane
Golding, William Lord of the Flies
Greenberg, Joanne I Never Promised You A Rose Garden
Green, John An Abundance of Katherines
Green, John Looking for Alaska
Green, John Paper Towns
Greene, Graham Power and the Glory
Griffin, John Black Like Me
Grisham, John Chamber
Grisham, John Client
Grisham, John Firm
Grisham, John Last Juror
Grisham, John Painted House
Grisham, John Runaway Jury
Grisham, John Summons
Grisham, John Testament
Guest, Judith Ordinary People
Gunther, John Death Be Not Proud
Guterson, David Snow Falling on Cedars
Haddon, Mark A Spot of Bother
Haddon, Mark The Curious Case of the Dog in the Night-Time
Haley, Alex Roots
Hamilton, Edith Mythology
Hammett, Dashiell Maltese Falcon
Hammett, Dashiell The Thin Man
Hansbury, Lorraine Raisin in the Sun
Hardy, Thomas Far From the Madding Crowd
Hardy, Thomas Jude the Obscure
Hardy, Thomas Mayor of Casterbridge
Hardy, Thomas Return of the Native
Hardy, Thomas Tess of the D'Urbervilles
Hawthorne, Nathaniel The House of Seven Gables
Hawthorne, Nathaniel The Scarlet Letter
Hayden, Torey Ghost Girl
Hayden, Torey Somebody Else's Kids
Heinlein, Robert Stranger in a Strange Land
Heller, Joseph Catch-22
Hemingway, Ernest A Farewell to Arms
Hemingway, Ernest For Whom the Bell Tolls
Hemingway, Ernest Old Man and the Sea
Herbert, Frank Dune
Herriot, James All Creatures Great and Small
Herriot, James All Things Bright and Beautiful
Hersey, John Hiroshima
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Hesse, Hermann Siddartha
Heyerdahl, Thor Kon-Tiki
Hiaasen, Carl Flush
Hiaasen, Carl Hoot
Hijuelos, Oscar Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love
Hillenbrand, Laura Seabiscuit
Hilton, James Goodbye, Mr. Chips
Hilton, James Lost Horizon
Hinton, S.E. Taming the Star Runner
Hinton, S.E. That Was Then, This is Now
Hinton, S.E. The Outsiders
Hockenberry, John Moving Violations
Holliday, Laurel Children of Israel, Children of Palestine: Our Own True Stories
Homer Iliad
Homer Odyssey
Hudson, W.H. Green Mansions
Hugo, Victor Hunchback of Notre Dame
Hugo, Victor Les Miserables
Hurston, Zora Neale Their Eyes Were Watching God
Huxley, Aldous Brave New World
Huxley, Aldous Brave New World Revisited
Irving, John Cider House Rules
Irving, John Prayer for Owen Meany
Isben,Henrik Doll's House
Ishiguro, Kazuo Remains of the Day
Jackson, Helen Ramona
Jackson, Phil Sacred Hoops
James, Henry Turn of the Screw
Jenkins, Peter Walk Across America
Kafka, Franz Metamorphosis
Kantor, MacKinley Andersonville
Kaufman, Bel Up the Down Staircase
Keneally, Thomas Schindler's List
Kennedy, John Profiles in Courage
Kennedy, William Ironweed
Kesey, Ken One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
Keyes, Daniel Flowers for Algernon
Kidd, Sue Monk Secret Life of Bees
Killilea, Marie Karen
Kingsolver, Barbara Bean Trees
Kingsolver, Barbara Poisonwood Bible
Kinsella, W.P. Shoeless Joe
Kipling, Rudyard Captains Courageous
Knowles, John A Separate Peace
Kotlowitz, Alex There Are No Children Here: The Story of Two Boys Growing
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Krakauer, Jon Into Thin Air
L'Amour, Louis Last of the Breed
Lawrence / Lee Night Thoreau Spent in Jail
Lederer, William Ugly American
Lee, Harper To Kill a Mockingbird
Leroux, Gaston Phatom of the Opera
Lester, Julius To Be A Slave
Letts, Billie Where the Heart Is
Lewis, C.S. Screwtape Letters
Lewis, C.S. Til We Have Faces
Lewis, Sinclair Babbitt
Lewis, Sinclair Main Street
Llewellyn, Richard How Green Was My Valley
London, Jack Sea Wolf
London, Jack The Call of the Wild
Lord, Walter Night to Remember
MacLean, Alistair Ice Station Zebra
Maclean, Norman River Runs Through It
Mailer, Norman Executioner's Song
Malcolm / Haley Autobiography of Malcolm X
Marshall, Catherine Christy
Martel, Yann Life of Pi
Mathabane, Mark Kaffir Boy
Maugham, Somerset Of Human Bondage
McBride, James Color of Water
McCall, Nathan Makes Me Wanna Holler: A Young Black Man in America
McCourt, Frank Angela's Ashes
McCullers, Carson Heart is a Lonely Hunter
McCullers, Carson Member of the Wedding
McLaren, Clemence Waiting for Odysseus
Meltzer, Milton Rescue
Meltzer, Milton There Comes A Time: The Struggle for Civil Rights
Melville, Herman Moby Dick
Miller, Arthur Death of a Salesman
Mitchell, Margaret Gone With the Wind
Morgan, Robert Gap Creek
Morrison, Toni Beloved
Mowat, Farley Never Cry Wolf
Naidoo, Beverly Other Side of Truth
Neimark, Anne Myth Maker: J.R.R. Tolkien
Left for Dead: A Young Man's Search for Justice for the USS
Nelson, Pete
Indianapolis
Neufeld, John Lisa Bright and Dark
Newman / Sawyer Everybody Say Freedom: …...African American History
Nix, Garth Lirael
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Nix, Garth Sabriel
Nordhoff/Hall Mutiny on the Bounty
Oates, Joyce Carol Sexy
Oates, Joyce Carol We Were the Mulvaneys
O'Brien, Tim Going After Cacciate
O'Brien, Tim The Things They Carried
Ondaatje, Michael English Patient
Orczy, Baroness Scarlet Pimpernel
Orwell, George Animal Farm
Otto, Whitney How to make an American Quilt
Oufkir, Mailka Stolen Lives: Twenty Years in a Desert Jail
Parkman, Francis Oregon Trail
Pasternak, Boris Doctor Zhivago
Paton, Alan Cry, The Beloved Country
Patterson, James Pop Goes the Weasel
Pelzer, Dave Child Called It
Pelzer, Dave Lost Boy
Pelzer, Dave Man Named Dave
Philbrick, Nathaniel In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex
Picoult, Jodi My Sister's Keeper: A Novel
Pipher, Mary Reviving Ophelia: Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls
Plath, Sylvia The Bell Jar
Portman, Frank King Dork
Potok, Chaim Chosen
Preston, James Hot Zone
Proulx, Annie Shipping News
Rand, Ayn The Fountainhead
Rawlings, Marjorie Yearling
Read, Piers Alive
Remarque, Erich All Quiet on the Western Front
Roach, Mary Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers
Rogasky, Barbara Smoke and Ashes
Rolvaag, O.E. Giants in the Earth
Rostand, Edmund Cyrano de Bergerac
Rowlings, J.K. Harry Potter (series)
Rushdie, Salman Haroun and the Sea of Stories
Saint-Exupery, Antoine
Little Prince
de
Salinger, J.D. The Catcher in the Rye
Sandoz, Mari Cheyenne Autumn
Saroyan, William Human Comedy
Satrapi, Marjane Persepolis
Satrapi, Marjane Persepolis 2
Schaefer, Jack Shane
Scott, Sir Ivanhoe
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Sebold, Alice Lucky
Shaara, Michael Killer Angels
Shakespeare, William Hamlet
Shakespeare, William Henry V
Shakespeare, William Julius Caesar
Shakespeare, William Midsummer Night's Dream
Shaw, George Bernard Pygmalion
Shaw, George Bernard Saint Joan
Shelley, Mary Frankenstein
Shields, Carol Stone Diaries
Shreve, Anita Pilot's Wife
Shute, Nevil On the Beach
Sinclair, Upton Jungle
Smiley, Jane Thousand Acres
Smith, Alexander Mccall No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
Smith, Betty Joy in the Morning
Smith, Betty Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Solzhenitsyn, Alexander One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
Sparks, Nicholas At First Sight
Sparks, Nicholas Message in a Bottle
Sparks, Nicholas Nights in Rodanthe
Sparks, Nicholas The Notebook
Sparks, Nicholas True Believer
Sparks, Nicholas Walk To Remember
Spiegelman, Art Maus 1: A Survivor's Tale
Spiegelman, Art Maus II: And Here My Troubles Began
Staples, Suzanne Shabanu
Stein, Joseph Fiddler on the Roof
Steinbeck, John Cannery Row
Steinbeck, John East of Eden
Steinbeck, John Grapes of Wrath
Steinbeck, John Of Mice and Men
Steinbeck, John The Pearl
Steinbeck, John Tortilla Flat
Steinbeck, John Travels with Charley
Steinbeck, John Winter of Our Discontent
Stevenson, Robert Louis Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Stewart, Mary Crystal Cave
Stoker, Bram Dracula
Stowe, Harriet Uncle Tom's Cabin
Stuart, Jesse Thread That Runs So True
Swarthout, Gwen Bless the Beast and Children
Swift, Jonathan Gulliver's Travels
Tademy, Lalita Cane River
Tan, Amy Joy Luck Club
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TenBoom, Corrie Hiding Place
Thackeray, William Vanity Fair
Thoreau, Henry Walden
Toffler, Alvin Future Shock
Tolkien, J.R. Hobbit
Tolkien, J.R.R Fellowship of the Ring
Tolstoy, Leo Anna Karenina
Tolstoy, Leo War and Peace
Trumbo, Dalton Johnny Got His Gun
Twain, Mark Adventures of Huck Finn
Twain, Mark Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
Twain, Mark Life on the Mississippi
Twain, Mark Prince and the Pauper
Twain, Mark Pudd'nhead Wilson
Ung, Loung First They Killed My Father
Updike, John Rabbit is Rich
Uris, Leon Exodus
Uris, Leon OB VII
Verdelle, A.J. Good Negress
Verne, Jules Around the World in Eighty Days
Verne, Jules Journey to the Center of the Earth
Vonnegut, Kurt Slaughterhouse -Five
Walker, Alice Color Purple
Walker, Alice Temple of My Familiar
Washington, Booker T. Up from Slavery
Watson, Larry White Crosses
Webster, Jean Daddy-Long-Legs
Wells, H.G. Invisible Man, The
Wells, H.G. Time Machine
Wells, H.G. War of the Worlds
Werlin, Nancy Black Mirror
West, Jessamyn Friendly Persuasion
Wharton, Edith Ethan Frome
White, T.H. Once and Future King
Wiesel, Elie After the Darkness: Reflections on the Holocaust
Wiesel, Elie Dawn
Wilde, Oscar Picture of Dorian Gray
Wilder, Thornton Bridge of San Luis Rey
Wilder, Thorton Our Town
Wilkerson, David Cross and the Switchblade
Williams, Tennessee Glass Menagene
Williams, Tennessee Streetcar Named Desire
Wister, Owen Virginian
Wouk, Herman War and Remembrance
Wouk, Herman Winds of War
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Wright, Richard Black Boy
Wright, Richard Native Son
Yang, Gene Luan American Born Chinese
Zindel, Paul Effect of Gamma Rays on Man in the Moon
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