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Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
(FIC FOL)
Historical
The construction of a cathedral involves a story of betrayal, revenge and love in twelfth-century England.
Life of Pi by Yann Martel
(FIC MAR) Adventure
Pi Patel, sixteen-year-old son of a zookeeper in Pondicherry, India, sets off with his family to Canada, but his life takes a dramatic turn when their ship sinks in the Pacific leaving him adrift on a raft with a Bengal tiger for company.
Empire Falls by Richard Russo
(FIC RUS)
Realistic
Miles Roby, called back from college to the small town of Empire Falls in Dexter County, Maine to take care of his ailing mother, falls into a rut that keeps him trapped until years later when a series of revelations and tragedies jolts him back into an awareness of his life.
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Marquez
(FIC MAR) Fantasy
The rise and fall, birth and death of the mythical town of Macondo through the history of the Buendia family.
Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond (303.4 DIA)
Traces the development of primitive societies showing why some groups advanced more rapidly than others.
Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho by Jon Katz (338.7 KAT)
Tells the true story of Jesse and Eric, nineteen-year-old roommates in the small town of Caldwell, Idaho who changed their lives and built a new future for themselves with the power of the Internet.
Endurance by Alfred Lansing (910.4 LAN)
Provides an account of the voyage undertaken by polar explorer Ernest Shackleton and his crew aboard the Endurance in 1914-15, telling how the men survived after their ship became locked inside an island of ice and drifted for ten months before being crushed.
Hiroshima by John Hersey (940.54 HER)
An account of the dropping of an atomic bomb on Hiroshima in 1945, from the viewpoint of the people who lived through it.

Left for Dead by Peter Nelson (940.54 NEL)
Recalls the sinking of the U.S.S. Indianapolis at the end of World War II, the Navy cover-up and unfair court martial of the ship's captain, and how a young boy helped the survivors set the record straight fifty-five years later.
Smoke and Ashes by Barbara Rogasky (940.53 ROG)
Tells the story of the Holocaust, tracing the origins of Nazi anti-Semitism; following the development of plans for the extermination of the Jews, with discussion of the ghettos, the final solution, deportations, the camps, resistance, rescuers, and other topics; and including responses to claims that the Holocaust never happened.
Triangle: by Dave Von Drehle (974.7 DRE)
Chronicles the events surrounding the fire at the Triangle shirtwaist factory which broke out on March 25, 1911, killing more than one hundred factory workers who were trapped after the fire broke out, and discusses how the fire changed the work force in America.
And the Dead Shall Rise by Steve Oney (364.15 ONE)
Presents an account of the case of Leo Frank, a Jewish man who moved to Georgia in the early 1900s to run a pencil factory, discussing his trial for the 1913 murder of a young teenage worker, the controversy over his conviction, the governor's commutation of his death sentence, and his lynching by a mob in 1915.
The Demon in the Freezer by Richard Preston (616.9 PRE)
Chronicles the reaction of the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID) to the September 11 attacks and the October 2001 anthrax attacks, focusing on USAMRIID's top virologist, Peter Jahrling, and his work to combat the possible development of a superpox virus by terrorists worldwide.
Mein Kampf by Adolf Hitler (B HIT)
Tells the story of Hitler's life and his social and political philosophy.

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In the Time of the Butterflies, Julia Alvarez (FIC ALV)
Historical
Gives a fictionalized account of four sisters in the Dominican Republic under the dictatorship of General Trujillo.
Prelude to Foundation, Isaac Asmov (FIC ASI)
Sci-Fi
When young Hari Seldon arrives on Trantor, he is unaware of the perilous politics that are brewing. After he presents his paper on psychohistory, he becomes the most wanted man in the Empire.
The Yokota Officers Club, Sarah Bird (FIC BIR)
Historical
Air Force brat Bernie Root embarks on a tour of Japanese bases in 1968 in search of answers about what is tearing her parents’ marriage apart and destroying the rest of her family.
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay (FIC KAV)
Adventure
Joe Kavalier has managed to escape from Nazi-occupied Prague, and now he must use his cunning wits to help rescue his family from Hitler's evil plans.
Childhood’s End, Arthur Charles Clarke (FIC CLA)
Sci-Fi
When the Overlords first came to Earth, they brought peace and prosperity with them, but it soon became apparent that their purpose was the elimination of the human race.
The Lords of the Discipline, Pat Conroy (FIC CON)
Realistic
In 1966, Will, a senior at the Carolina Military Institute, finds his views conflicting with those of his conservative, gung-ho classmates.
Sister of my Heart, Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni (FIC DIV)
Realistic
Two young women grow up as sisters of the heart, close despite the differences between their beauty and social positions. But when a family secret threatens their connection, a tragedy brings them together across time and space.
Crime and Punishment Fyodor Doestoevsky (FIC DOS)
Mystery
Raskolnikov, a former Russian student, murders an old pawnbroker and her sister. The subsequent guilt with which he struggles results in a tragedy of tension and terror.

A Farewell to Arms, Ernest Hemingway (FIC HEM)
Historical
An American officer serving on the Austro-Italian front deserts to join an English nurse.
The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Victor Hugo (FIC HUG)
Historical
In fifteenth-century Paris, a disfigured man named Quasimodo, who was abandoned as an infant in the cathedral of Notre-Dame and now lives in its bell tower, must come to the aid of a beautiful gypsy girl named Esmeralda after she repels the advances of the cruel archdeacon Don Claude Frollo.
The Cider House Rules, John Irving (FIC IRV)
Realistic
Set in rural Maine in the first half of this century, it tells the story of Dr. Wilbur Larch--obstetrician and director of the orphanage in the town of St. Clouds. It is also the story of his favorite orphan, Homer, who is never adopted.
Out of the Silent Planet, C.S. Lewis (FIC LEW)
Sci-Fi
A philologist is kidnapped and taken via spaceship from England to Malacandra where he escapes and goes on the run.
The Bounty Trilogy, Charles Nordhoff (FIC NOR)
Adventure
Fictionalized account in three parts of the Mutiny on the Bounty and the lives of Capt. Bligh and Mutineer Christian following and revolt.
Anthem, Ayn Rand (FIC RAN)
Sci-Fi
In a future world, only one man dares to think, strive, and love as an individual in the midst of a paralyzing collective humanity.
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Betty Smith (FIC SMI)
Realistic
Francie Nolan experiences the problems of growing up in a Brooklyn slum.
Fair and Tender Ladies, Lee Smith (FIC SMI)
Historical
The story of Ivy Rowe, born near the turn of the century in the Virginia Mountain enclave of Sugar Fork, is told completely through the letters that Ivy is forever writing to family and friends.
Montana, 1948, Lawrence Watson (FIC WAT)
Realistic
David’s life is changed when his Uncle Frank is accused of sexual abuse and murder, and his father. The sheriff, must deal with the consequences.

The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath (FIC PLA)
Realistic
Chronicles the mental breakdown of Esther Greenwood--a brilliant, beautiful, talented, and successful young woman.
Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen (FIC GRU)
Hisrorical
Ninety-year-old Jacob Jankowski finds himself haunted by memories of his past in the circus and the freaks, exotic animals, and other people he encountered as a performer.
The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfess (FIC ROT)
Fantasy
Kvothe spends his life fighting hidden and familiar foes while struggling to master his magical powers and battle ancient evils that threaten his world.
East of Eden by John Steinbeck (FIC STE)
Historical
This sprawling and often brutal novel, set in the rich farmlands of California's Salinas Valley, follows the intertwined destinies of two families--the Trasks and the Hamiltons--whose generations helplessly reenact the fall of Adam and Eve and the poisonous rivalry of Cain and Abel.
Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy (FIC TOL)
Romance
In nineteenth-century Russia, the wife of an important government official loses her family and social status when she chooses the love of Count Vronsky over a passionless marriage.
The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver (FIC KIN)
Historical
Nathan Price and his family move to the Belgian Congo in 1959, and the experiences they have while living in Africa affect each member of the family in a different way.
The Water is Wide by Pat Conroy (372.9 CON)
Based on the true story of a man who gave a year of his life to give the families of Yamacraw Island a new way of life.
The Little Friend, Donna Tartt (FIC TAR)
Realistic
Harriet, just a baby when her nine-year-old brother was murdered, decides at the age of twelve she is tired of living with the repercussions of his death and sets out to exact revenge on the man she believes to be the killer.