Choice Book List of Recommendations from Current Students

Author

Title

Genre

Level of Difficulty

George Martin

A Game of Thrones

Fantasy

 

John Knowles

A Separate Peace

 

 

Orson Scott Card

Enders Game

 

 

James Hilton

Lost Horizon

 

 

James Frey

A Million Little Pieces

Fictional Autobiography

 

Patricia McCormick

Cut

 

 

Yasunari Kawabata

Snow Country

Fiction: Chinese

 

Augusten Burroughs

Running with Scissors

Memoir

 

Lori Gottlieb

Stick Figure

Diary

 

Mark Haddon

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night

 

 

Robert Cormier

We all Fall Down

 

 

Dave Pelzer

A Child Called It

Fictional Autobiography

 

Garth Nix

Keys to the Kingdom

 

 

Stephen King

The Shining

 

 

 

Friday Night Lights

 

 

Bram Stokar

Dracula

Horror

 

Mary Shelley

Frankenstein

Horror

 

Sarah Dessens

This Lullabye

Fiction: Teenage Drama

 

Sarah Dessens

Truth About Forever

Fiction: Teenage Drama

 

Sarah Dessens

Dreamland

Fiction: Teenage Drama

 

Walter Dean Myers

Fallen Angels

Fiction: War

 

Cornelia Funke

Ink Heart

Fantasy

 

Stephen King

The Green Mile

Horror

 

Clive Cussler

 

 

 

Mario Puzo

The Godfather

Gangster

 

Michael Crichton

Sphere

 

 

Mitch Albom

Five People You Meet in Heaven

Fiction: Feel Good

 

Mitch Albom

Tuesdays with Morrie

Fiction: Feel Good

 

John Grisham

A Time to Kill

Fiction: Law Drama

 

Jules Verne

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

Classic: Sci Fi

 

Sue Monk Kidd

The Secret Life of Bees

Fiction: Coming of Age

 

Christopher Paolini

Eldest

Fantasy

 

Stephen King

Cell

Horror

 

Stephen King

Carrie

Horror

 

Yann Martel

Life of Pi

Adventure

 

Gordon Korman

Son of the Mob

 

 

CS Freedman

In Conquest Born

 

 

James Patterson

Judge and Jury

 

 

Anthony Kiedis

Scar Tissue

 

 

 

Revenge of the 47 Samurai

 

 

 

Magic Kingdom for Sale

 

 

Khaled Hosseini

Kite Runner

 

 

Pat Conroy

Great Santini

 

 

 

A Face First

 

 

Anthony Swofford

Jarhead

Military Autobiography