Adult Non-Fiction
Abbey, Edward: Desert Solitaire
Abdul-Jabbar, Kareem: On the Shoulders of Giants
Babyak, Jolene: Birdman: The Many Faces of Robert Stroud
Barr, Colin and Steve Katai: Complete Idiot's Guide to Triathlon Training
Bingham, John and Jenny Hadfield: Marathoning for Mortals
Brooks, Michael: 13 Things that Don't Make Sense
Bryson, Bill: Shakespeare and A Short History to Nearly Everything
Caron, Marnie: Marathon and Half Marathon: The Beginner's Guide
Carr, Nicholas: Shallows: What the Internet is Doing to Our Brains
Eggars, Dave: Zeitoun
Esquith, Rafe: Teach Like Your Hair's On Fire and There Are No Shortcuts
Babyak, Jolene: Birdman: The Many Faces of Robert Stroud
Barr, Colin and Steve Katai: Complete Idiot's Guide to Triathlon Training
Bingham, John and Jenny Hadfield: Marathoning for Mortals
Brooks, Michael: 13 Things that Don't Make Sense
Bryson, Bill: Shakespeare and A Short History to Nearly Everything
Caron, Marnie: Marathon and Half Marathon: The Beginner's Guide
Carr, Nicholas: Shallows: What the Internet is Doing to Our Brains
Eggars, Dave: Zeitoun
Esquith, Rafe: Teach Like Your Hair's On Fire and There Are No Shortcuts
Fishman, Charles: The Wal-Mart Effect
Flinn, Kathleen: The Sharper the Knife, the Less You Cry
Florida, Richard: The Rise of the Creative Class
Friedman, Thomas: Hot, Flat, and Crowded
Florida, Richard: The Rise of the Creative Class
Friedman, Thomas: Hot, Flat, and Crowded
Friel, Joe: Your First Triathlon and The Triathlete's Training Bible
Ghiglieri, Michael and Thomas Myers: Over the Edge: Death in Grand Canyon
Ghiglieri, Michael and Thomas Myers: Over the Edge: Death in Grand Canyon
Gilbert, Elizabeth: Eat, Pray, Love and The Last American Man
Gladwell, Malcolm: Outliers
Grennan, Conor: Little Princes: One Man's Promise to Bring Home the Lost Children of Nepal
Griffith-Joyner, Florence and John Hanc: Running for Dummies
Halpern, Justin: Sh*t My Dad Says
Handler, Chelsea: My Horizontal Life
Gladwell, Malcolm: Outliers
Grennan, Conor: Little Princes: One Man's Promise to Bring Home the Lost Children of Nepal
Griffith-Joyner, Florence and John Hanc: Running for Dummies
Halpern, Justin: Sh*t My Dad Says
Handler, Chelsea: My Horizontal Life
Higdon, Hal: Marathon: The Ultimate Training Guide
Hillenbrand, Laura: Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption
Isaacson, Rupert: The Horse Boy
Jackson Brown, Jr, J.: Christmas Joys
Hillenbrand, Laura: Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption
Isaacson, Rupert: The Horse Boy
Jackson Brown, Jr, J.: Christmas Joys
Kidder, Tracy: Strength in What Remains and My Detachment
Krakauer, Jon: Into Thin Air, Under the Banner of Heaven, and Where Men Win Glory: The Odyssey of Pat Tillman
Levitt, Steven and Stephen Dubner: Superfreakinomics
Levitt, Steven and Stephen Dubner: Superfreakinomics
McCullough, David: Mornings on Horseback: The Story Of An Extraordinary Family And The Unique Child Who Became Theodore Roosevelt
Meyerowitz, Steve: Juice Fasting and Detoxification
Meyerowitz, Steve: Juice Fasting and Detoxification
Michaels, Jillian: Master Your Metabolism
Nafisi, Azar: Reading Lolita in Tehran
Nester, Tony: Desert Survival: Tips, Tricks, and Skills
O'Brien, Stacy: Wesley the Owl
Pink, Daniel: Drive
Pitney, Deirdre and Donna Dourney: Triathlon Training for Dummies
Pollan, Michael and Richie Chevat: The Omnivore's Dilemma: Young Reader's Edition
Rediker, Marcus: The Slave Ship
Pitney, Deirdre and Donna Dourney: Triathlon Training for Dummies
Pollan, Michael and Richie Chevat: The Omnivore's Dilemma: Young Reader's Edition
Rediker, Marcus: The Slave Ship
Ryan, R.G.: Snapshots at St. Arbucks
Shenkman, Rick: Just How Stupid Are We?
Strausse, William and Neil Howe: The Fourth Turning
Takei, George: To the Stars
Tapscott, Dan and Anthony Williams: Wikinomics
Takei, George: To the Stars
Tapscott, Dan and Anthony Williams: Wikinomics
Venkatesh, Sudhir: Gang Leader for a Day
Warnock Fernea, Elizabeth: Guests of the Sheik: An Ethnography of an Iraqi Village
Wilker, Benjamin: 10 Books That Screwed Up the World
Zigler, Zig: How to Be a Winner, Better Than Good, and How to Stay Motivated: Developing the Qualities of Success
Warnock Fernea, Elizabeth: Guests of the Sheik: An Ethnography of an Iraqi Village
Wilker, Benjamin: 10 Books That Screwed Up the World
Zigler, Zig: How to Be a Winner, Better Than Good, and How to Stay Motivated: Developing the Qualities of Success
Zinn, Howard: A People's History of the United States
Adult Fiction
Abbey, Edward: The Monkey Wrench Gang
Beecher Stowe, Harriet: Uncle Tom's Cabin
Beecher Stowe, Harriet: Uncle Tom's Cabin
Chaon, Dan: Await Your Reply
Chevalier, Tracy: Girl with a Pearl Earring
Coehlo, Paulo: Alchemist
Cussler, Clive: The Silent Sea
de Rosnay, Tatian: Sarah's Key
Gruen, Sara: Water for Elephants and Ape House
Harris, Charlaine: Dead Until Dark, Living Dead in Dallas, Club Dead, Dead to the World, Dead as a Doornail, Definitely Dead, All Together Dead, From Dead to Worse, Dead and Gone, Many Bloody Returns, and Dead in the Family
Kent, Kathleen: The Heretic's Daughter
Koontz, Dean: Odd Thomas and Odd Hours
Chevalier, Tracy: Girl with a Pearl Earring
Coehlo, Paulo: Alchemist
Cussler, Clive: The Silent Sea
de Rosnay, Tatian: Sarah's Key
Gruen, Sara: Water for Elephants and Ape House
Harris, Charlaine: Dead Until Dark, Living Dead in Dallas, Club Dead, Dead to the World, Dead as a Doornail, Definitely Dead, All Together Dead, From Dead to Worse, Dead and Gone, Many Bloody Returns, and Dead in the Family
Kent, Kathleen: The Heretic's Daughter
Koontz, Dean: Odd Thomas and Odd Hours
Larsson, Stieg: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Girl Who Played with Fire, and The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
Martel, Yann: The Life of Pi
Martel, Yann: The Life of Pi
Sinclair, Upton: The Jungle
Sparks, Nicholas: The Last Song
Stockett, Kathryn: The Help
Adult Religious
Countryman, J. (ed.): God's Tender Promises for Mothers
Giglio, Louie: The Air I Breathe
Kendrick, Stephen and Alec: Love Dare
Lewis, C.S.: The Screwtape Letters and Mere Christianity
Littlefair, Duncan: The Principle of Non-Intrusion
Lucado, Max: Outlive Your Life: You Were Made to Make a Difference, When God Whispers Your Name, One Incredible Moment, and Come Thirsty
MacArthur, John: Twelve Ordinary Men
Moore, Beth: So Long, Insecurity, Esther: It's Tough Being a Woman and Daniel: Lives of Integrity, Words of Prophesy
MOPS: Mommy Dreams
Ortburg, John: The Me I Want to Be
Osteen, Joel: Become a Better You
Redman, Matt: Face Down
Wilkinson, Bruce: The Prayer of Jabez
Giglio, Louie: The Air I Breathe
Kendrick, Stephen and Alec: Love Dare
Lewis, C.S.: The Screwtape Letters and Mere Christianity
Littlefair, Duncan: The Principle of Non-Intrusion
Lucado, Max: Outlive Your Life: You Were Made to Make a Difference, When God Whispers Your Name, One Incredible Moment, and Come Thirsty
MacArthur, John: Twelve Ordinary Men
Moore, Beth: So Long, Insecurity, Esther: It's Tough Being a Woman and Daniel: Lives of Integrity, Words of Prophesy
MOPS: Mommy Dreams
Ortburg, John: The Me I Want to Be
Osteen, Joel: Become a Better You
Redman, Matt: Face Down
Wilkinson, Bruce: The Prayer of Jabez
Young Adult [Note: These titles vary greatly in recommended grade levels. Review carefully before assigning to students.]
Armstrong, Perry: Call It Courage
Avi: The Traitor's Gate
Barakat, Ibtisam: Tasting the Sky: A Palestinian Childhood
Avi: The Traitor's Gate
Barakat, Ibtisam: Tasting the Sky: A Palestinian Childhood
Beah, Ishmael: A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier
Blume, Judy: Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing
Brittain, Bill: The Wish Giver
Blume, Judy: Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing
Brittain, Bill: The Wish Giver
Carmen, Patrick: 39 Clues: The Black Circle
Catanese, P.W.: The Mirror's Tale, The Eye of the Warlock, Riddle of the Gnome, The Thief and the Beanstalk, The Brave Apprentice, and Happenstance Found: The Books of Umber
Catanese, P.W.: The Mirror's Tale, The Eye of the Warlock, Riddle of the Gnome, The Thief and the Beanstalk, The Brave Apprentice, and Happenstance Found: The Books of Umber
Choldenko, Gennifer: Al Capone Does My Shirts and Al Capone Shines My Shoes
Cleary, Beverly: Ribsy
Clements, Andrew: Lost and FoundCollins, Suzanne: Hunger Games, Catching Fire , and Mockingjay
Colfer, Eoin: Artemis Fowl, Artemis Fowl: The Arctic Incident, Artemis Fowl: The Lost Colony, and Half-Moon Investigations
Collier, James Lincoln: My Brother Sam is Dead
Cleary, Beverly: Ribsy
Clements, Andrew: Lost and FoundCollins, Suzanne: Hunger Games, Catching Fire , and Mockingjay
Colfer, Eoin: Artemis Fowl, Artemis Fowl: The Arctic Incident, Artemis Fowl: The Lost Colony, and Half-Moon Investigations
Collier, James Lincoln: My Brother Sam is Dead
Collins, Suzanne: Gregor the Overlander
Cormier, Robert: The Chocolate War
Craighead George, Jean: My Side of the Mountain and On the Far Side of the Mountain
Curtis, Christopher Paul: Elijah of Buxton
Craighead George, Jean: My Side of the Mountain and On the Far Side of the Mountain
Curtis, Christopher Paul: Elijah of Buxton
Daneshvari, Gitty: School of Fear
Dashner, James: Maze Runner and Scorch Trials
Dean Meyers, Walter: Sunrise over Fallujah and Fallen Angels
DiCamillo, Kate: Mercy Watson: Princess in Disguise
Dean Meyers, Walter: Sunrise over Fallujah and Fallen Angels
DiCamillo, Kate: Mercy Watson: Princess in Disguise
Dobkin, Bonnie: Neptune's Children
Doctorow, Cory: Little Brother
Dubois, Wiliiam Pene: The Twenty-One Balloons
Eggertsen Sorensen, Virginia: Miracles on Maple Hill
Doctorow, Cory: Little Brother
Dubois, Wiliiam Pene: The Twenty-One Balloons
Eggertsen Sorensen, Virginia: Miracles on Maple Hill
Falls, Kat: Dark Life
Fleischman, Paul: Seedfolks
Funke, Cornelia: Igraine the Brave, The Thief Lord, Inkheart, and Ghosthunters and the Muddy Monsters of Doom!
Fleischman, Paul: Seedfolks
Funke, Cornelia: Igraine the Brave, The Thief Lord, Inkheart, and Ghosthunters and the Muddy Monsters of Doom!
Gaiman, Neil: The Graveyard Book
Gilbert Murdock, Catherine: Dairy Queen
Grisham, John: Theodore Boone: Kid Lawyer
Halse, Anderson: Fever 1793
Horowitz, Anthony: Ark Angel and Stormbreaker
Gilbert Murdock, Catherine: Dairy Queen
Grisham, John: Theodore Boone: Kid Lawyer
Halse, Anderson: Fever 1793
Horowitz, Anthony: Ark Angel and Stormbreaker
Horvath, Polly: Everything on a Waffle
Ingalls Wilder, Linda: The Long Winter, The First Four Years, These Happy Golden Years, Little Town on the Prairie, and By the Shores of Silver Lake
Ingalls Wilder, Linda: The Long Winter, The First Four Years, These Happy Golden Years, Little Town on the Prairie, and By the Shores of Silver Lake
Johnson, Louanne: Muchacho
Jurmain, Suzanne: Secret of the Yellow Death: A True Story of Medical Sleuthing
Keith, Harold: Rifles for Watie
Jurmain, Suzanne: Secret of the Yellow Death: A True Story of Medical Sleuthing
Keith, Harold: Rifles for Watie
Ketchum, Liza: Newsgirl
Kinney, Jeff: Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Ugly Truth
Korman, Gordon: The 39 Clues Book 2: One False Note
Kuklin, Susan: No Choirboy
Kinney, Jeff: Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Ugly Truth
Korman, Gordon: The 39 Clues Book 2: One False Note
Kuklin, Susan: No Choirboy
L’Engle, Madeleine: A Wrinkle in Time
Lerangis, Peter: The 39 Clues Book 3: The Sword Thief
Lerangis, Peter: The 39 Clues Book 3: The Sword Thief
Max, Wendy: Every Soul a Star
Meyer, Stephenie: Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse, and Breaking Dawn, and The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner
Mortensen, Greg: Three Cups of Tea (The Young Reader’s Edition)
Mull, Brandon: Candy Shop War and Fablehaven: Rise of the Evening Star
Munoz Ryan, Pam: Esperanza's Rising
Murphy, Jim: An American Plague
Nimmo, Jenny: Midnight for Charlie Bone
Owen, James: Here There Be Dragons
Paolini, Christopher: Eragon
Meyer, Stephenie: Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse, and Breaking Dawn, and The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner
Mortensen, Greg: Three Cups of Tea (The Young Reader’s Edition)
Mull, Brandon: Candy Shop War and Fablehaven: Rise of the Evening Star
Munoz Ryan, Pam: Esperanza's Rising
Murphy, Jim: An American Plague
Nimmo, Jenny: Midnight for Charlie Bone
Owen, James: Here There Be Dragons
Paolini, Christopher: Eragon
Patron, Susan: Higher Power of Lucky
Patterson, James: Max, The Angel Experiment, School's Out, Forever, Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports, Fang, and Witch and Wizard and Witch and Wizard: The Gift
Paulsen, Gary: Nightjohn, Hatchet, Lawn Boy, and The Winter Room
Pearson, Mary E.: The Adoration of Jenna Fox
Peck, Richard: Here Lies the Librarian and On the Wings of Heroes
Patterson, James: Max, The Angel Experiment, School's Out, Forever, Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports, Fang, and Witch and Wizard and Witch and Wizard: The Gift
Paulsen, Gary: Nightjohn, Hatchet, Lawn Boy, and The Winter Room
Pearson, Mary E.: The Adoration of Jenna Fox
Peck, Richard: Here Lies the Librarian and On the Wings of Heroes
Philbrick, Rodman: The Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figg
Rae Perkins, Lynne: Criss Cross
Raleigh Baskin, Nora: Anything But Typical
Ransom, Candice: Time Spies: Secret in the Tower
Rae Perkins, Lynne: Criss Cross
Raleigh Baskin, Nora: Anything But Typical
Ransom, Candice: Time Spies: Secret in the Tower
Riordan, Rick: Lightening Thief, Sea of Monsters, The Titan's Curse, Battle of the Labyrinth, The Last Olympian, and The 39 Clues Book 1: The Maze of Bones
Robinson, Barbara: The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
Rowling, J.K.: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, #7
Sage, Angie: Magyk
Schlitz, Laura Amy: Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!
Robinson, Barbara: The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
Rowling, J.K.: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, #7
Sage, Angie: Magyk
Schlitz, Laura Amy: Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!
Schmidt, Gary: The Wednesday Wars
Schusterman, Neal: Unwind
Scott, Michael: The Alchemyst
Selznick, Brian: The Invention of Hugo Cabret
Smelcer, John: The Great Death
Speare, Elizabeth George: The Sign of the Beaver
Spinelli, Jerry: Smiles to Go and There's a Girl in My Hammerlock
Stead, Rebecca: When You Reach Me
Stewart, Trenton Lee: Mysterious Benedict Society
Schusterman, Neal: Unwind
Scott, Michael: The Alchemyst
Selznick, Brian: The Invention of Hugo Cabret
Smelcer, John: The Great Death
Speare, Elizabeth George: The Sign of the Beaver
Spinelli, Jerry: Smiles to Go and There's a Girl in My Hammerlock
Stead, Rebecca: When You Reach Me
Stewart, Trenton Lee: Mysterious Benedict Society
Stork, Francisco: Marcelo in the Real World
Taylor, Theodore: The Cay
Twain, Mark: Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Watson, Jude: The 39 Clues Book 4: Beyond the Grave
Taylor, Theodore: The Cay
Twain, Mark: Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Watson, Jude: The 39 Clues Book 4: Beyond the Grave
Westerfeld, Scott: Leviathan, Uglies, and Pretties, Specials, and Extras
Wilson, N.D.: Leepike Ridge
Woodruff, Elvira: Dear Austin: Letters from the Underground Railroad
Yates, Elizabeth: Amos Fortune, Free Man
Zevin, Gabrielle: Elsewhere
Wilson, N.D.: Leepike Ridge
Woodruff, Elvira: Dear Austin: Letters from the Underground Railroad
Yates, Elizabeth: Amos Fortune, Free Man
Zevin, Gabrielle: Elsewhere