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Author Title Genre Year

21st century: Contemporary Literature
Asher, Jay Thirteen Reasons Why Young Adult, drama 4
Barr, Damian Maggie & Me Biography/memoir 4
Brown, Eleanor The Weird Sisters Drama 4
Collins, Suzanne The Hunger Games Adventure 4
Dashner, James The Maze Runner Sci-Fi 4
Green, John The Fault in Our Stars Drama 4
Paper Towns Young Adult 4
An Abundance of Katherines Romance 4
Haddon, Mark The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time Young Adult 4
McManus, Karen M. One of Us is Lying Young adult, mystery 4
Niven, Jennifer All the Bright Places Young Adult 4
Oliver, Lauren Before I Fall Young Adult 4
Palacio, Raquel Jaramillo Wonder Young Adult 4
Roth, Veronica Divergent Sci-Fi 4
Shepard, Sara The Lying Game Young adult, mystery 4
Shreve, Anita Rescue Romance 4
Silvera, Adam They Both Die At The End Romance, young adult 4
Thomas, Angie The Hate U Give Young adult, urban 4
Yoon, Nicola Everything, Everything Young adult 4
Zusak, Mark The Book Thief Historical novel, drama 4

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20th century: Modern Literature

Adams, Douglas The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Sci-Fi 4
Dunne, Dominick The Two Mrs. Grenvilles Drama, mystery 4
Pratchett, Terry Going Postal Comedy, fantasy 4
Guards! Guards! Comedy, fantasy 4
Hogfather Comedy, fantasy 4
Nightwatch Comedy, fantasy 4
Small Gods Comedy, fantasy 4
Tolkien, J.R.R. The Hobbit Adventure, fantasy 4
Townsend, Sue The Queen and I Comedy 4
20th century: Graphic novels
Moore, Alan Watchmen Drama, superheroes 4
O’Malley, Bryan Lee Scott Prilgrim (books 1-4) Young adult, fantasy 4
Spiegelmann, Art Maus Drama, holocaust 4

21st century: Contemporary Literature

Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher [4]

Clay Jensen returns home from school to find a strange package with his name on it lying on his porch. Inside he discovers several
cassette tapes recorded by Hannah Baker–his classmate and crush–who committed suicide two weeks earlier. Hannah’s voice tells
him that there are thirteen reasons why she decided to end her life. Clay is one of them. If he listens, he’ll find out why.
Maggie & Me by Damian Barr [4]
This is Barr's touching and darkly witty memoir of growing up gay in the tough of streets small town Scotland during Margaret Thatcher's
1980s Britain. Despite the hatred for Thatcher in his community, Barr took inspiration from her, worked hard, escaped and came out. A story
of growing up gay in a straight world and coming out the other side in spite of, and maybe because of, the iron lady.
The Postmistress by Sarah Blake [5]
“The Postmistress” is set in the years 1940-41, both on Cape Cod and in Europe. The reader follows the paths of three women –
Emma, Iris, and Frankie – as Europe experiences Hitler’s fury and Americans wonder if they will enter the war.
What would happen if someone did the unthinkable-and didn't deliver a letter? Filled with stunning parallels to today, The
Postmistress is a sweeping novel about the loss of innocence of two extraordinary women-and of two countries torn apart by war.

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The Weird Sisters by Elenaor Brown [4]

About three sisters who love each other, but just don't happen to like each other very much. They have returned to their childhood
home, reuniting the eccentric Andreas family. Here, books are a passion and TV is something other people watch. Their father
named them after the Shakespeare´s heroines. The sisters each have a hard time communicating with their parents and their
lovers, but especially with one another. What can the shy homebody eldest sister, the fast-living middle child, and the bohemian
youngest sibling have in common?
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins [4]
In a place once known as North America, now known as Panem, is a very rich City, known as The Capitol, surrounded by twelve
Districts. Every year, one boy and one girl from each district have to leave their families and compete in The Hunger Games, a live
event that is aired on TV's all over Panem. When Katniss Everdeen has to volunteer to take the place of her sister Prim to compete
in The 74th Hunger Games, she promises to Prim that she will win.
The Maze Runner by James Dashner [4]
The story is set in a distant future, where a group of teen boys are mysteriously teleported into a giant, stone maze. Not only has
their memory been cleared, but they also have no idea why they have ended up in this position and what means they must take to
escape. Enter Thomas, a new “Grover” arriving in the maze. One night, as he crosses into the outer layer of the maze, his world is
turned inside out. Over time, Thomas must confront these struggles, while also attempting to solve the grand puzzle of the maze.
The Fault in Our Stars by John Green [4]
"I fell in love the way you fall asleep: slowly, then all at once." Despite the tumour-shrinking medical miracle that has bought her a few
years, Hazel has never been anything but terminal, her final chapter inscribed upon diagnosis. But when a gorgeous plot twist named
Augustus Waters suddenly appears at Cancer Kid Support Group, Hazel's story is about to be completely rewritten.
Paper Towns by John Green [4]
Quentin Jacobsen has spent a lifetime loving the magnificently adventurous Margo Roth Spiegelman from afar. So when she cracks
open a window and climbs back into his life–dressed like a ninja and summoning him for an ingenious campaign of revenge–he
follows. The next day, Q arrives at school to discover that Margo has now become a mystery. But Q soon learns that there are
clues–and they’re for him. Urged down a disconnected path, the closer he gets, the less Q sees of the girl he thought he knew.
An Abundance of Katherines by John Green [4]
When it comes to relationships, everyone has a type. Colin Singleton’s type is girls named Katherine. He has dated–and been
dumped by–19 Katherines. Colin–an anagram-obsessed washed-up child prodigy–heads out on a road trip with his overweight,
Judge Judy- loving friend Hassan. With 10,000 dollars in his pocket and a feral hog on his trail, Colin is on a mission to prove a
mathematical theorem he hopes will predict the future of any relationship (and conceivably win the girl).

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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon [4]
A murder mystery novel like no other. The detective, and narrator, is Christopher Boone. He is fifteen and has Asperger's, a form of
autism. He knows a very great deal about maths and very little about human beings. He loves lists, patterns and the truth. He hates
the colours yellow and brown and being touched. He has never gone further than the end of the road on his own, but when he finds
a neighbour's dog murdered he sets out on a terrifying journey which will turn his whole world upside down.
Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver [4]
For popular high school senior Samantha Kingston, February 12 Cupid Day should be one big party, a day of valentines and roses
and the privileges that come with being at the top of the social pyramid. And it is until she dies in a terrible accident that night.
However, she still wakes up the next morning. In fact, Sam lives the last day of her life seven times, until she realizes that by making
even the slightest changes, she may hold more power than she ever imagined.
Wonder by Raquel Jaramillo Palacio [4]
Ten-year-old August Pullman wants to be ordinary. He does ordinary things. He eats ice-cream. He plays on his Xbox. He feels
ordinary - inside. But Auggie is far from ordinary. Born with a terrible facial abnormality, he has been home-schooled by his parents
his entire life, in an attempt to protect him from the cruelty of the outside world. Now, Auggie's parents are sending him to a real
school. Can he convince his new classmates that he's just like them, underneath it all?
Divergent by Veronica Roth [4]
In Beatrice Prior’s dystopian Chicago world, society is divided into five factions: Candor (the honest), Abnegation (the selfless),
Dauntless (the brave), Amity (the peaceful), and Erudite (the intelligent). On an appointed day of every year, all sixteen-year-olds
must select the faction to which they will devote the rest of their lives. For Beatrice, the decision is between staying with her family
and being who she really is—she can’t have both. So she makes a choice that surprises everyone, including herself.
Causal Vacancy by J.K Rowling [5]
When Barry Fairbrother dies in his early forties, the town of Pagford is left in shock. Pagford is, seemingly, an English idyll, with a
cobbled market square and an ancient abbey, but what lies behind the pretty façade is a town at war. Rich at war with poor,
teenagers at war with their parents, wives at war with their husbands, teachers at war with their pupils...Pagford is not what it first
seems. And the empty seat left by Barry on the parish council soon becomes the catalyst for the biggest war the town has yet seen.
The Lying Game by Sara Shepard [4]
A series about secret, lies and consequences. Emma Paxton recently discovered she had a long-lost twin sister names Sutton
Mercer. As Emma went into foster care, Sutton was adopted by a wealthy family. Their life and personality couldn’t be more
different. Sutton Mercer had a life anyone would kill for. Then someone did. Now, it’s up to Emma to discover who could have
wanted her sister gone… and the list of suspect is quite long.
Rescue by Anita Shreve [4]
A rookie paramedic pulls a young woman alive from her totalled car, a first rescue that begins a lifelong tangle of love and wreckage.
Sheila Arsenault is streetwise and tough-talking, with haunted eyes, fierce desires, and has a never-look-back determination. Peter
Webster, as straight an arrow as they come, falls for her instantly and entirely. Soon Sheila and Peter are embroiled in an intense
love affair, married, and parents to a baby daughter. Like the crash that brought them together, it all happened so fast.

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They Both Die At The End by Adam Silvera [4]

On September 5th, a little after midnight, Death-Cast calls Mateo Torrez and Rufus Emeterio to give them some bad news: they're
going to die today. Mateo and Rufus are total strangers, but, for different reasons, they're both looking to make a new friend on
their End Day. The good news: there's an app for that. It's called the Last Friend, and through it, Rufus and Mateo are about to
meet up for one last great adventure - to live a lifetime in a single day.
Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon [4]
What if you couldn’t touch anything in the outside world? Never breathe in the fresh air, feel the sun warm your face, or kiss the boy
next door? In Everything, Everything, Maddy is a girl who’s literally allergic to the outside world, and Olly is the boy who moves in
next door and becomes the greatest risk she’s ever taken.
The Book Thief by Mark Zusak [5]
When Death has a story to tell, you listen. It is 1939. Nazi Germany. The country is holding its breath. Death has never been
busier, and will become busier still. Liesel Meminger is a foster girl living outside of Munich, who scratches out a meagre
existence for herself by stealing books. With the help of her accordion-playing foster father, she learns to read and shares her
stolen books with her neighbours during bombing raids as well as with the Jewish man hidden in her basement.

20th century: Modern Literature

The Two Mrs. Grenvilles by Dominick Dunne [4]

When Navy ensign Billy Grenville, heir to a vast New York fortune, sees showgirl Ann Arden on the dance floor, it is love at first sight. And
much to the horror of Alice Grenville—the indomitable family matriarch—he marries her. Ann wants desperately to be accepted by high
society and become the well-bred woman of her fantasies. But a gunshot one rainy night propels Ann into a notorious spotlight—as the two
Mrs. Grenvilles enter into a conspiracy of silence that will bind them together for as long as they live. . . .
The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien [4]
Bilbo Baggins is a hobbit who enjoys a comfortable, unambitious life, rarely traveling any farther than his pantry or cellar. But his
contentment is disturbed when the wizard Gandalf and a company of dwarves arrive on his doorstep one day to whisk him away on
an adventure. They have launched a plot to raid the treasure hoard guarded by Smaug the Magnificent, a large and very dangerous
dragon. Bilbo reluctantly joins their quest, the start of a grand adventure…

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The Queen and I by Sue Townsend [4]

When a Republican party wins the General Election, their first act in power is to strip the royal family of their assets and titles and
send them to live on a housing estate in the Midlands. Exchanging Buckingham Palace for a two-bedroomed semi in Hell Close (as
the locals dub it), caviar for boiled eggs, servants for a social worker named Trish, the Queen and her family learn what it means to
be poor. Deep down, are they really just like everyone else?