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The Goldfinch by Donna TarttAll the Light We Cannot See by Anthony DoerrThe Invention of Wings by Sue Monk KiddThe Circle by Dave EggersThe Bone Clocks by David Mitchell
Man Booker Prize Eligible 2014
164 books — 694 voters
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood1984 by George OrwellThe New Jim Crow by Michelle AlexanderFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyBetween the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
The Post-Trump Big Questions Canon
524 books — 276 voters

新世界より [Shinsekai Yori] by Yusuke Kishi氷菓 [Hyouka] by Honobu YonezawaNo.6, Vol. 1 by Atsuko Asano境界の彼方 [Kyoukai no Kanata] by Torii Nagomuしろくまカフェ [Shirokuma Cafe] by Higaaroha
USA Release Wishlist
439 books — 145 voters
Pachinko by Min Jin LeeTomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle ZevinMemoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenA Gentleman in Moscow by Amor TowlesAngels & Demons by Dan Brown
52 Book Club 2025: #49 Set In A Country With An Active Volcano
252 books — 112 voters

Spin Doctor by M.C. LewisThird Party by Steven NemerovskiThieves Emporium by Max HernándezLiberté by Gary FloydThird Party by Steven Nemerovski
Fiction That Explores American Politics / American Political Thought
116 books — 110 voters
The Raven Boys by Maggie StiefvaterThe Dream Thieves by Maggie StiefvaterThe Casquette Girls by Alys ArdenBeautiful Creatures by Kami GarciaCompulsion by Martina Boone
Southern Paranormal YAs
102 books — 109 voters

The Summer of Jordi Perez by Amy SpaldingAna of California by Andi TeranEverything Leads to You by Nina LaCourOne of Us Is Lying by Karen M. McManusLaura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me by Mariko Tamaki
Young Adult Fiction set in California
361 books — 88 voters
Mountains on Fire by Aram YardumianRules of Civility by Amor TowlesThe Second Mrs. Astor by Shana AbeTrust by Hernan DiazThe Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker
Historical Fiction - New York
174 books — 70 voters

Farewell to Manzanar by Jeanne Wakatsuki HoustonThey Called Us Enemy by George TakeiWishful Drinking by Carrie FisherA Stolen Life by Jaycee DugardFunny in Farsi by Firoozeh Dumas
California Memoirs
200 books — 64 voters
A Year Down Yonder by Richard PeckMoon Over Manifest by Clare VanderpoolEsperanza Rising by Pam Muñoz RyanA Long Way from Chicago by Richard PeckBlue Willow by Doris Gates
The Great Depression in YA & Middle Grade Fiction
135 books — 51 voters

The Call of the Wild by Jack LondonThe Year of Miss Agnes by Kirkpatrick HillJulie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead GeorgeTouching Spirit Bear by Ben MikaelsenThe Smell of Other People's Houses by Bonnie-Sue Hitchcock
Alaska in YA & Middle Grade Fiction
167 books — 50 voters
Chains by Laurie Halse AndersonJohnny Tremain by Esther ForbesForge by Laurie Halse AndersonThe Fifth of March by Ann RinaldiToliver's Secret by Esther Wood Brady
The American Revolution in YA & Middle Grade Fiction
157 books — 48 voters

Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuistonAll-American Girl by Meg CabotThe President's Daughter by Ellen Emerson WhiteValor on the Move by Keira AndrewsBedmates by Nichole Chase
Fiction featuring a First Son or Daughter of the United States
87 books — 39 voters
Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'DellEsperanza Rising by Pam Muñoz RyanBy the Great Horn Spoon! by Sid FleischmanOne Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-GarciaSeeds of Hope by Kristiana Gregory
Children's Historical Fiction set in California
193 books — 34 voters

California by Edan LepuckiLucifer's Hammer by Larry NivenEarth Abides by George R. StewartThe Wild Shore by Kim Stanley RobinsonThe City, Not Long After by Pat Murphy
Post-Apocalyptic Fiction Set in California
81 books — 29 voters
Stars Over Clear Lake by Loretta EllsworthMy Ántonia by Willa CatherThis I Know by Eldonna EdwardsThe Women of the Copper Country by Mary Doria RussellMary, Everything by Cassandra Yorke
Historical Fiction - The American Midwest
95 books — 29 voters

Magic America by C.E. MedfordAre You There God? It’s Me, Margaret by Judy BlumeThe Outsiders by S.E. HintonForever... by Judy BlumeFast Times At Ridgemont High by Cameron Crowe
We're the Kids in America
24 books — 27 voters
Anastasia by Carolyn MeyerElizabeth I by Kathryn LaskyVoyage on the Great Titanic by Ellen Emerson WhiteMarie Antoinette by Kathryn LaskyA Journey to the New World by Kathryn Lasky
Scholastic Diaries
281 books — 25 voters

Johnny Tremain by Esther ForbesThe Crucible by Arthur MillerThe Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George SpeareThe Boston Girl by Anita DiamantThe Physick Book of Deliverance Dane by Katherine Howe
Historical Fiction - New England
112 books — 25 voters
Kira-Kira by Cynthia KadohataThey Called Us Enemy by George TakeiMy Year of Meats by Ruth OzekiThe Floating World by Cynthia KadohataA Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki
Japanese American Authors
70 books — 13 voters

Light Changes Everything by Nancy E. TurnerInland by Téa ObrehtAll Things Left Wild by James WadeAll the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthyThe Bulls of Bashan by Jodi Lea Stewart
Historical Fiction - American Southwest
24 books — 13 voters
Once on This Island by Gloria WhelanWhispers of War by Kit PearsonOn Tide Mill Lane by Melissa WileyThe Smuggler's Treasure by Sarah Masters BuckeyThe Bully Boys by Eric Walters
War of 1812 in YA & Middle Grade Fiction
40 books — 10 voters

The Crossing by Gary PaulsenCrossing the Wire by Will HobbsUntil I Find Julian by Patricia Reilly GiffIllegal by Bettina RestrepoLeft Across the Border by Patrice M. Foster
YA & Middle Grade Border Crossing
14 books — 8 voters
The Gettysburg Address by Abraham LincolnI Have a Dream by Martin Luther King Jr.What to the Slave is the Fourth of July by Frederick DouglassGive Me Liberty Or Give Me Death by Patrick HenryMalcolm X by Malcolm X
Great Speeches in History
31 books — 8 voters

PaperQuake by Kathryn ReissEarthquake in the Early Morning by Mary Pope OsborneEarthquake at Dawn Rev Pa by Kristiana GregoryAftershocks by William LavenderThe Wakefield Legacy by Francine Pascal
1906 San Francisco Earthquake in YA & Middle Grade Fiction
27 books — 7 voters
Oedipus Rex by SophoclesThe Odyssey by HomerFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyManifesto of the Free People's Union by Jakub LasakHeart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
Books - required at top US colleges
79 books — 6 voters

Hamilton and Peggy! by L.M. ElliottAlex and Eliza by Melissa de la CruzLove & War by Melissa de la CruzAll For One by Melissa de la CruzAlexander Hamilton by Helen Boyd Higgins
Hamilton in YA
9 books — 6 voters
An Acquaintance with Darkness by Ann RinaldiA Ride into Morning by Ann RinaldiBehind Rebel Lines by Seymour ReitA Break with Charity by Ann RinaldiThe Ever-After Bird by Ann Rinaldi
Great Episodes
34 books — 4 voters

Inherit the Wind by Jerome LawrenceMonkey Town by Ronald KiddThe Natural Selection by Ona RussellRingside, 1925 by Jen BryantReaping the Whirlwind by Rosey Dow
Scopes "Monkey" Trial in Fiction
5 books — 2 voters
Girl About Town by Adam ShankmanDead to Me by Mary McCoyStarstruck by Rachel ShukertGolden Girl by Sarah ZettelThe Notorious Pagan Jones by Nina Berry
Hollywood in YA & Middle Grade Historical Fiction
11 books — 2 voters

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