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CollegeBoundReadingList

CollegeBoundReadingList

CompiledbyArrowheadLibrarySystem

AmericanLiterature

Agee,James

ADeathintheFamily

Storyoflossandheartbreakfeltwhenayoungfatherdies.

Anderson,Sherwood

Winesburg,Ohio

AcollectionofshortstorieslaysbarethelifeofasmalltownintheMidwest.

Baldwin,James

GoTellItOntheMountain

Semi-autobiographicalnovelabouta14-year-oldblackyouth'sreligiousconversion.

Bellamy,Edward

LookingBackward:

2000-1887

Writtenin1887aboutayoungmanwhotravelsintimetoautopianyear2000,whereeconomicsecurityandahealthymoralenvironmenthavereducedcrime.

Bellow,Saul

SeizetheDay

Asongrappleswithhisloveandhateforanunworthyfather.

Bradbury,Ray

Fahrenheit451

Readingisacrimeandfiremenburnbooksinthisfuturisticsociety.

Cather,Willa

MyAntonia

ImmigrantpioneersstrivetoadapttotheNebraskaprairies.

Chopin,Kate

TheAwakening

ThestoryofaNewOrleanswomanwhoabandonsherhusbandandchildrentosearchforloveandself-understanding.

Clark,WalterVanTilburg

TheOx-BowIncident

Whenagroupofcitizensdiscoversoneoftheirmembershasbeenmurderedbycattlerustlers,theyformanillegalposse,pursuethemurderers,andlynchthem.

Cormier,Robert

TheChocolateWar

JerryRenaultchallengesthepowerstructureofhisschoolwhenherefusestosellchocolatesfortheannualfundraiser.

Crane,Stephen

TheRedBadgeofCourage

DuringtheCivilWar,HenryFlemingjoinsthearmyfullofromanticvisionsofbattlewhichareshatteredbycombat.

Dorris,Michael

AYellowRaftinBlueWater

ThreegenerationsofNativeAmericanwomenrecounttheirsearchesforidentityandlove.

Ellison,Ralph

InvisibleMan

Ablackman'ssearchforhimselfasanindividualandasamemberofhisraceandhissociety.

Faulkner,William

AsILayDying

TheBundrenfamilytakestheripeningcorpseofAddie,wifeandmother,onagruesomelycomicjourney.

Fitzgerald,F.Scott

TheGreatGatsby

AyoungmancorruptshimselfandtheAmericanDreamtoregainalostlove.

Gaines,Ernest

TheAutobiographyofMissJanePittman

Inher100years,MissJanePittmanexperiencesitall,fromslaverytothecivilrightsmovement.

Hawthorne,Nathaniel

TheScarletLetter

AnadulterousPuritanwomankeepssecrettheidentityofthefatherofherillegitimatechild.

Heller,Joseph

Catch-22

AbroadcomedyaboutaWWIIbombardierbasedinItalyandhiseffortstoavoidbombingmissions.

Hemingway,Ernest

AFarewelltoArms

DuringWorldWarI,anAmericanlieutenantrunsawaywiththewomanwhonurseshimbacktohealth.

Hurston,ZoraNeale

TheirEyesWereWatchingGod

Janierepudiatesmanyrolesinherquestforself-fulfillment.

Kesey,Ken

OneFlewOvertheCuckoo'sNest

Anovelaboutapowerstrugglebetweentheheadnurseandoneofthemalepatientsinamentalinstitution.

Lee,Harper

ToKillaMockingbird

Atgreatperiltohimselfandhischildren,lawyerAtticusFinchdefendsanAfrican-AmericanmanaccusedofrapingawhitewomaninasmallAlabamatown.

Lewis,Sinclair

MainStreet

Ayoungdoctor'swifetriestochangetheugliness,dullnessandignorancewhichprevailinGopherPrairie,Minn.

London,Jack

CalloftheWild

BuckisaloyalpetdoguntilcruelmenmakehimapawnintheirsearchforKlondikegold.

McCullers,Carson

TheMemberoftheWedding

Ayoungsoutherngirlisdeterminedtobethethirdpartyonahoneymoon,despitealltheadviceagainstitfromfriendsandfamily.

Melville,Herman

Moby-Dick

Acomplexnovelaboutamadseacaptain'spursuitoftheWhiteWhale.

Morrison,Toni

Sula

Thelifelongfriendshipoftwowomenbecomesstrainedwhenonecausestheother'shusbandtoabandonher.

O'Connor,Flannery

AGoodManisHardtoFind

Socialawareness,thegrotesque,andtheneedforfaithcharacterizethesestoriesofthecontemporarySouth.

Parks,Gordon

TheLearningTree

AfictionalstudyofablackfamilyinasmallKansastowninthe1920s.

Plath,Sylvia

TheBellJar

Theheartbreakingstoryofatalentedyoungwoman'sdescentintomadness.

Poe,EdgarAllan

GreatTalesandPoems

Poeisconsideredthefatherofdetectivestoriesandamasterofsupernaturaltales.

Potok,Chaim

TheChosen

FriendshipbetweentwoJewishboys,oneHasidicandtheotherOrthodox,beginsatabaseballgameandflourishesdespitetheirdifferentbackgroundsandbeliefs.

Salinger,J.D.

TheCatcherintheRye

Aprepschooldropoutrejectsthe"phoniness"heseesallabouthim.

Sinclair,Upton

TheJungle

ThedeplorableconditionsoftheChicagostockyardsareexposedinthisturn-of-the-centurynovel.

Steinbeck,John

TheGrapesofWrath

ThedesperateflightoftenantfarmersfromOklahomaduringtheDepression.

Stowe,HarrietBeecher

UncleTom'sCabin

Theclassictalethatawakenedanationabouttheslavesystem.

Twain,Mark

TheAdventuresofHuckleberryFinn

HuckandJim,arunawayslave,traveldowntheMississippiinsearchoffreedom.

Vonnegut,Kurt

Slaughterhouse-Five

BillyPilgrim,anoptometristfromIlium,NewYork,shuttlesbetweenWorldWarIIDresdenandaluxuriouszooontheplanetTralfamadore.

Walker,Alice

TheColorPurple

Ayoungwomanseesherselfaspropertyuntilanotherwomanteacheshertovalueherself.

Wells,H.G.

TheTimeMachine

Ascientistinventsamachinethattransportshimintothefuture.

Welty,Eudora

ThirteenStories

AcollectionofshortstoriesaboutpeopleandlifeinthedeepSouth.

Wolfe,Thomas

LookHomeward,Angel

AnoveldepictingthecomingofageofEugeneGantandhispassiontoexperiencelife.

Wright,Richard

NativeSon

BiggerThomas,ayoungmanfromtheChicagoslums,lashesoutagainstahostilesocietybycommittingtwomurders.

WorldLiterature

Achebe,Chinua

ThingsFallApart

Okonkwo,aproudvillageleader,isdriventomurderandsuicidebyEuropeanchangestohistraditionalIbosociety.

Allende,Isabel

HouseoftheSpirits

ThestoryoftheTruebafamilyinChile,fromtheturnofthecenturytotheviolentdaysoftheoverthrowoftheSalvadorAllendegovernmentin1973.

Austen,Jane

PrideandPrejudice

LoveandmarriageamongtheEnglishcountrygentryofAusten'sday.

Balzac,Honorede

PereGoriot

Afatherisreducedtopovertyaftergivingmoneytohisdaughters.

Borges,JorgeLuis

Labyrinths

AnanthologyofliteraryfireworksbasedonBorges'favoritesymbol.

Bronte,Charlotte

JaneEyre

Anintelligentandpassionategovernessfallsinlovewithastrange,moodymantormentedbydarksecrets.

Bronte,Emily

WutheringHeights

OneofthemasterpiecesofEnglishromanticism,thisisanovelofHeathcliffandCatherine,loveandrevenge.

Camus,Albert

TheStranger

Amanwhoisvirtuallyunknowntobothhimselfandotherscommitsapointlessmurderforwhichhehasnoexplanation.

Carroll,Lewis

Alice'sAdventuresinWonderland

AfantasyinwhichAlicefollowstheWhiteRabbittoadreamworld.

Cervantes,Miguelde

DonQuixote

Aneccentricoldgentlemansetsoutasaknight"tiltingatwindmills"torightthewrongsoftheworld.

Conrad,Joseph

HeartofDarkness

Thenovel'snarratorjourneysintotheCongowherehediscoverstheextenttowhichgreedcancorruptagoodman.

Defoe,Daniel

RobinsonCrusoe

Theadventuresofamanwhospends24yearsonanisolatedisland.

Dickens,Charles

GreatExpectations

Themovingstoryoftherise,fall,andriseagainofahumbly-bornyoungorphan.

Dostoevski,Feodor

CrimeandPunishment

Apsychologicalnovelaboutapoorstudentwhomurdersanoldwomanpawnbrokerandhersister.

Eliot,George

TheMillontheFloss

Maggieismiserablebecauseherbrotherdisapprovesofherchoicesofromances.

Esquivel,Laura

LikeWaterforChocolate

Astheyoungestofthreedaughtersinaturn-of-the-centuryMexicanfamily,Titamaynotmarrybutmustremainathometocareforhermother.

Flaubert,Gustave

MadameBovary

Inherextramaritalaffairs,aboredyoungwifeseeksunsuccessfullytofindtheemotionalexperiencesshecraves.

Forster,E.M.

APassagetoIndia

AyoungEnglishwomaninBritish-ruledIndiaaccusesanIndiandoctorofsexualassault.

Fuentes,Carlos

TheDeathofArtemioCruz

ApowerfulMexicannewspaperpublisherrecallshislifeasheliesdyingatage71.

GarciaMarquez,Gabriel

OneHundredYearsofSolitude

AtechniquecalledmagicalrealismisusedinthisportraitofsevengenerationsinthelivesoftheBuendiafamily.

Gogol,Nikolai

TheOvercoat

Russiantalesofgoodandevil.

Golding,William

LordoftheFlies

Englishschoolboysmaroonedonanuninhabitedislandtestthevaluesofcivilizationwhentheyattempttosetupasocietyoftheirown.

Grass,Gunter

TheTinDrum

OskardescribestheamoralconditionsthroughwhichhehaslivedinGermany,bothduringandaftertheHitlerregime.

Hardy,Thomas

TessoftheD'Urbervilles

ThehappinessofTessandherhusbandisdestroyedwhensheconfessesthatsheboreachildastheresultofaforcedsexualrelationshipwithheremployer'sson.

Hesse,Hermann

Siddhartha

Emergingfromakaleidoscopeofexperiencesandpleasures,ayoungBrahminascendstoastateofpeaceandmysticholiness.

Huxley,Aldous

BraveNewWorld

Abittersatireofthefuture,inwhichtheworldiscontrolledbyadvancesinscienceandsocia