Awards search:ALA Outstanding Books for the College Bound

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave

by Frederick Douglass
Paperback, 1982
Tags
Penguin Classics, Penguin black 2, African-American, slavery, autobiography, slave narrative, abolition
Collection
Your library
Status
Available
Call number
326.0924

A People's History of the United States

by Howard Zinn
Paperback, 2015
Tags
American history, history
Collection
Your library
Series
A People's History
Status
Available
Call number
973

Catch-22

by Joseph Heller
Paperback, 1963
Tags
American literature, fiction, military, dark humor, absurdism, historical fiction, existentialism, satire, World War II, history, pacifism
Collection
Your library
Series
Catch-22 (1)
Status
Available
Call number
813

The Odyssey

by Homer
Paperback, 1981
Tags
Penguin Classics, Penguin black 1, Greek literature, fiction, adventure, epic, mythology
Collection
Your library
Series
Homer's Epic Cycle (2)
Status
Available
Call number
808

The Odyssey

by Homer
Paperback, 1981
Tags
Oxford World's Classics, Oxford WC 3, Greek literature, fiction, adventure, epic, mythology
Collection
Your library
Series
Homer's Epic Cycle (2)
Status
Available
Call number
883.01

The Odyssey

by Homer
Paperback, 1963
Tags
Greek literature, fiction, adventure, epic, mythology, Anchor books
Collection
Your library
Series
Homer's Epic Cycle (2)
Status
Available
Call number
883.01

The Odyssey

by Homer
Paperback, 1937
Tags
Greek literature, fiction, adventure, epic, mythology, Mentor book
Collection
Your library
Series
Homer's Epic Cycle (2)
Status
Available
Call number
883.01

The Odyssey

by Homer
Paperback, 1967
Tags
Greek literature, fiction, epic, poetry, adventure, mythology
Collection
Your library
Series
Homer's Epic Cycle (2)
Status
Available
Call number
883.01

The Odyssey

by Homer
Hardcover, 1944
Tags
Greek literature, fiction, epic, Classics Club
Collection
Your library
Series
Homer's Epic Cycle (2)
Status
Available
Call number
883.01

Brave New World

by Aldous Huxley
Paperback, 1969
Tags
dystopia, speculative fiction, English literature, fiction, Perennial Classic, science fiction, social psychology, satire, totalitarianism, futurism, sleep learning
Collection
Your library
Status
Available
Call number
823.912

Brave New World

by Aldous Huxley
Hardcover, 1946
Tags
English literature, fiction, science fiction, speculative fiction, dystopia, totalitarianism, International Collectors Library, {rscn}
Collection
Your library
Status
Available
Call number
823.912

The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference

by Malcolm Gladwell
Paperback, 2002
Tags
economics, psychology, sociology, social psychology, business, marketing, change management
Collection
Your library
Status
Available
Call number
302

Invisible Man

by Ralph Ellison
Paperback, 1972
Tags
American literature, fiction, racism, African-American, coming of age, existentialism, Harlem Renaissance, doppelganger
Collection
Your library
Status
Available
Call number
813

Cold Mountain

by Charles Frazier
Hardcover, 1997
Tags
American literature, fiction, American Civil War, historical fiction, American South
Collection
Your library
Status
Available
Call number
813.54

Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies

by Jared M. Diamond
Paperback, 1999
Tags
civilization, sociology, ethnology, ecology, geography, agriculture, world history, history, anthropology, evolution, weapons
Collection
Your library
Series
Civilizations Rise and Fall (1)
Status
Available
Call number
303.4

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

by Mark Haddon
Paperback, 2004
Tags
English literature, fiction, mystery, coming of age, mental illness, autism
Collection
Your library
Status
Available
Call number
813

To Kill a Mockingbird

by Harper Lee
Paperback, 1988
Tags
American literature, fiction, juvenile literature, coming of age, racism, American South, Great Depression
Collection
Your library
Series
To Kill a Mockingbird (1)
Status
Available
Call number
813.54

Farewell to Arms

by Ernest Hemingway
Paperback, 1982
Tags
other classics series, American literature, fiction, military, World War I, modernism
Collection
Your library
Status
Available
Call number
813.52

No Exit and Three Other Plays

by Jean-Paul Sartre
Paperback, 1961
Tags
French literature, fiction, drama, existentialism, philosophy
Collection
Your library
Status
Available
Call number
842.914

Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal

by Eric Schlosser
Paperback, 2002
Tags
nutrition, health, sociology, gastronomy, food politics, consumerism, cultural studies, medicine
Collection
Your library
Status
Available
Call number
394.10973

Death of a Salesman: Certain Private Conversations in Two Acts and a Requiem

by Arthur Miller
Paperback, 1998
Tags
Penguin Classics, Penguin black 3, American literature, drama
Collection
Your library
Status
Available
Call number
812.52

The Eyre Affair

by Jasper Fforde
Paperback, 2003
Tags
English literature, fiction, fantasy, speculative fiction, metafiction, alternate history, humor, mystery, time travel, detective
Collection
Your library
Series
Thursday Next (1)
Status
Available
Call number
823.92

Angela's Ashes: A Memoir

by Frank McCourt
Paperback, 1999
Tags
Ireland, poverty, memoir, addiction
Collection
Your library
Series
Frank McCourt's Memoirs (1)
Status
Available
Call number
929.20899162073

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

by Maya Angelou
Paperback, 1971
Tags
memoir, African-American, American literature, autobiography, coming of age, racism
Collection
Your library
Series
Maya Angelou's Autobiographies (1)
Status
Available
Call number
818.54092

The Souls of Black Folk

by W. E. B. Du Bois
Paperback, 1982
Tags
Signet Classics 2, Signet Classics, American history, history, African-American, racism, essays
Collection
Your library
Status
Available
Call number
301.45196073

The Souls of Black Folk

by W. E. B. Du Bois
Paperback, 1989
Tags
Penguin Classics, Penguin black 2, American history, history, African-American, essays, racism, sociology
Collection
Your library
Status
Available
Call number
973.0496073

Kafka on the Shore

by Haruki Murakami
Paperback, 2005
Tags
Japanese literature, fiction, magical realism, speculative fiction, surrealism, fantasy
Collection
Your library
Status
Available
Call number
895.635

The Chosen

by Chaim Potok
Paperback, 1967
Tags
American literature, fiction, coming of age, Judaica, New York
Collection
Your library
Series
The Chosen (1)
Status
Available
Call number
813.54

A Brief History of Time: from the big bang to black holes

by Stephen Hawking
Paperback, 1989
Tags
astronomy, cosmology, quantum mechanics, time, relativity, science
Collection
Your library
Status
Available
Call number
523.1

The Power of Myth

by Joseph Campbell
Paperback, 1990
Tags
mythology, anthropology, comparative religion, folklore, hero
Collection
Your library
Series
Power of Myth (companion book)
Status
Available
Call number
291.13

Never Let Me Go

by Kazuo Ishiguro
Paperback, 2006
Tags
English literature, fiction, science fiction, speculative fiction, dystopia, boarding school, genetic engineering
Collection
Your library
Status
Available
Call number
823.914

Native Son: And How Bigger Was Born

by Richard Wright
Paperback, 1993
Tags
American literature, fiction, African-American, crime, racism, Chicago, Harlem Renaissance
Collection
Your library
Status
Available
Call number
813.52

The Grapes of Wrath

by John Steinbeck
Paperback, 1978
Tags
Penguin Classics, American literature, fiction, agriculture, historical fiction, immigrants, poverty, California, Great Depression
Collection
Your library
Status
Available
Call number
813.52

The Grapes of Wrath

by John Steinbeck
Hardcover, 1939
Tags
Modern Library Classics, American literature, fiction, agriculture, historical fiction, immigrants, poverty, California, Great Depression
Collection
Your library
Status
Available
Call number
813.52

The Grapes of Wrath (Facsimile edition)

by John Steinbeck
Hardcover, 1990
Tags
American literature, fiction, agriculture, historical fiction, poverty, California, Great Depression
Collection
Your library
Status
Available
Call number
813.52

What to Listen for in Music

by Aaron Copland
Paperback, 1963
Tags
music, music theory, music appreciation, classical music, Mentor book
Collection
Your library
Status
Available
Call number
781.17

- The Works of Fyodor Dostoyevsky: Crime and Punishment

by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Hardcover, 1950
Tags
Russian literature, fiction, Black's Readers Service
Collection
Wishlist
Status
Available
Call number
891.733

Crime and Punishment

by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Paperback, 1969
Tags
Penguin Classics, Penguin black 1, Russian literature, fiction, crime, existentialism
Collection
Your library
Status
Available
Call number
813

Siddhartha

by Hermann Hesse
Paperback, 1971
Tags
German literature, fiction, Buddhism, coming of age, spirituality, historical fiction
Collection
Your library
Status
Available
Call number
833.912

King Lear

by William Shakespeare
Paperback, 1963
Tags
Signet Classics, Signet Classics 1, Shakespeare, English literature, fiction, drama, aging, tragedy, Signet Shakespeare
Collection
Your library
Status
Available
Call number
822.33

King Lear

by William Shakespeare
Paperback, 1970
Tags
Shakespeare, English literature, fiction, drama, aging, tragedy
Collection
Your library
Status
Available
Call number
822.33

The Double Helix

by James D. Watson
Paperback, 1969
Tags
biology, biography, history of science, history, evolution, genetics, chemistry, Mentor book
Collection
Your library
Status
Available
Call number
576

Pygmalion

by George Bernard Shaw
Paperback, 2000
Tags
Penguin Classics, Penguin black 2, English literature, fiction, drama, Irish literature
Collection
Your library
Status
Available
Call number
822.912

Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead

by Tom Stoppard
Paperback, 1968
Tags
English literature, fiction, drama, postmodernism, existentialism, satire, absurdism, comedy, metafiction, Shakespeare
Collection
Your library
Status
Available
Call number
822.914

The Story of Art

by E. H. Gombrich
Paperback, 1989
Tags
art history, history, art criticism, painting, sculpture, art, art theory
Collection
Your library
Status
Available
Call number
709

Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America

by Barbara Ehrenreich
Paperback, 2002
Tags
journalism, poverty, American culture, economics, sociology, labor, social class
Collection
Your library
Status
Available
Call number
305.569092

The Fixer

by Bernard Malamud
Paperback, 1994
Tags
Penguin 20th-century Classics, Penguin Classics, American literature, fiction, Judaica, crime, historical fiction, antisemitism
Collection
Your library
Status
Available
Call number
813.54

Parable of the Sower

by Octavia E. Butler
Paperback, 1995
Tags
American literature, fiction, speculative fiction, post-apocalyptic, African-American, science fiction, dystopia
Collection
Your library
Series
Earthseed (1)
Status
Available
Call number
813.54

Silent Spring

by Rachel Carson
Paperback, 1999
Tags
Penguin Classics, Penguin 20th-century Classics, natural history, ecology, sustainability, environment
Collection
Your library
Status
Available
Call number
363.7384

How to Read Literature Like a Professor: A Lively and Entertaining Guide to Reading Between the Lines

by Thomas C. Foster
Paperback, 2003
Tags
literature, literary criticism
Collection
Your library
Status
Available
Call number
808
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