Modern Literature

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Shadowlands Please Note: These reading selections have been chosen for their literary merit and age appropriateness. A number of works are literary award winners, and all are recognized by the educated public as among the best literature written in the past century. Due to the realistic nature of quality, literary stories, some of these works contain language, situations, or viewpoints which may conflict with some peoples value systems; therefore, I encourage you to use discretion in selecting books from the list provided. You may even want to consult with your parents as you make your selections. If you would like information about any of the recommendations, please communicate and I will be happy to help. Read On!

So Many Books, So Little Time!

I. Classics: Catcher in the Rye Franny and Zoey The Grapes of Wrath* 1984* Animal Farm* Catch-22 One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest* A Clockwork Orange Ordinary People Second Heaven Invisible Man* Fahrenheit 451 The Martian Chronicles Dandelion Wine The Illustrated Man Brave New World The Great Gatsby Tender is the Night This Side of Paradise Short Stories A Farewell to Arms The Old Man and the Sea* The Sun Also Rises For Whom the Bell Tolls Short Stories (espec. Nick Adams, etc.) The Sound and the Fury Light in August Short Stories (esp. The Bear) The Pearl Travels with Charley Winter of Our Discontent East of Eden Cannery Row Call of the Wild To Build a Fire and Other Stories* by J.D. Salinger by J.D. Salinger by John Steinbeck by George Orwell by George Orwell by Joseph Heller by Ken Kesey by Anthony Burgess by Judith Guest by Judith Guest by Ralph Ellison by Ray Bradbury by Ray Bradbury by Ray Bradbury by Ray Bradbury by Aldous Huxley by F.Scott Fitzgerald by F. Scott Fitzgerald by F. Scott Fitzgerald by F. Scott Fitzgerald by Ernest Hemingway by Ernest Hemingway by Ernest Hemingway by Ernest Hemingway by Ernest Hemingway by William Faulkner by William Faulkner by William Faulkner by John Steinbeck by John Steinbeck by John Steinbeck by John Steinbeck by John Steinbeck by Jack London by Jack London

The Caine Mutiny Slaughterhouse-Five Breakfast of Champions On the Road* Dharma Bums Dalva Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test* Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas The Screwtape Letters Sons and Lovers Lady Chatterlys Lover The Fountainhead Anthem Beloved Song of Solomon Jazz Sula Bluest Eye The Handmaids Tale The Andromeda Strain The Heart of Darkness Lord Jim The Jungle* Lake Wobegon Days Gather Together in My Name The Natural Diceys Song Homecoming Izzy, Willy Nilly When She Hollers Obasan The Bridge of San Luis Rey Snow Falling On Cedars The Bean Trees* Cold, Sassy Tree* Miss Lonelyhearts Schindlers List Middlesex* Lord of the Rings Trilogy (Pick one) A Lesson Before Dying Pull of the Moon The Hearing Trumpet Blue Highways Jonathan Livingston Seagul The Heart is a Lonely Hunter All the Pretty Horses Montana 1948 This Boys Life One Hundred Years of Solitude Love in a Time of Cholera White Noise A River Runs Through It The River Why Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance Neuromancer Bladerunner (or Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?) Meat on the Hoof

by Herman Wouk by Kurt Vonnegut by Kurt Vonnegut by Jack Kerouac by Jack Kerouac by Jim Harrison by Tom Wolfe by Hunter S. Thompson by C.S. Lewis by D.H. Lawrence by D.H. Lawrence by Ayn Rand by Ayn Rand by Toni Morrison by Toni Morrison by Toni Morrison by Toni Morrison by Toni Morrison by Margaret Atwood by Michael Crichton by Joseph Conrad by Joseph Conrad by Upton Sinclair by Garrison Keillor by Maya Angelou by Bernard Malamud by Cynthia Voigt by Cynthia Voigt by Cynthia Voigt by Cynthia Voigt by Joy Kogawa by Thornton Wilder by David Guterson by Barbara Kingsolver by Olive Ann Burns by Nathaniel West by Thomas Keneally by Jeffrey Eugenides by J.R.R. Tolkien by Ernest J. Gaines by Elizabeth Berg by Leonora Carrington by William Least-Heat-Moon by Richard Bach by Carson McCullers by Cormic McCarthy by Larry Watson by Tobias Wolf by Gabriel Garcia Marquez by Gabriel Garcia Marquez by Don Dillio by Norman MacClean by David James Duncan by Robert M. Pirsig by William Gibson by Phil K. Dick by Gary Shaw

Even Cowgirls Get the Blues Out West Harry Potter Series The Magus* The French Lieutenants Woman* II. Plays: Our Town The Crucible Death of a Salesman Zoot Suit and Other Plays Galileo Buried Child Equus III. Young Adult: I Am the Cheese Coraline The Chocolate War A Day No Pigs Would Die Binge The Wave Rumble Fish That Was Then, This is Now Bless the Beasts and Children The Giver IV. Native American: The Powwow Highway The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven* The Toughest Indian in the World* Ceremony Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee Yellow Raft in Blue Water In the Spirit of Crazy Horse Crazy Horse Love Medicine The Wind Is My Mother V. Nonfiction: Girl Interrupted I Never Promised You A Rose Garden I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings The Bell Jar A Room of Ones Own Angelas Ashes Into Thin Air The Way We Never Were The Great Religions of the World Zen Mind, Beginners Mind The Hero With a Thousand Faces Myths to Live By Mere Christianity Why I Am Not A Christian The God Delusion The Purpose-Driven Life

by Tom Robbins by Dayton Duncan by J.K. Rowling by John Fowles by John Fowles

by Thornton Wilder by Arthur Miller by Arthur Miller by Luis Valdez by Bertold Brecht by Sam Shepard by Peter Shaffer

by Robert Cormier by Neil Gaiman* by Robert Cormier by M. Scott Peck by Charles Ferry by Todd Strasser by S.E. Hinton by S.E. Hinton by Glendon Swarthout by Lois Lowry

by David Seals by Sherman Alexie by Sherman Alexie by Leslie Marmon Silko by Dee Alexander Brown by Michael Dorris by Peter Matthison by Larry McMurtry by Louise Erdrich by Bear Heart and Molly Larkin

by Susana Kaysen by Joanna Greenberg (Hannah Green) by Maya Angelou by Sylvia Plath by Virginia Woolf by Frank McCormick by Jon Krakauer by Stephanie Coontz by Floyd H. Ross and Tynnette Hills by Shunryu Suzuki by Joseph Campbell by Joseph Campbell and J.E. Fairchild* by C.S. Lewis by Bertrand Russell by Richard Dawkins by Rick Warren

Freudian Psychology The Undiscovered Self Death Be Not Proud Tuesdays With Morrie I Am Third 100 Banned Books Lies My Teacher Told Me* VI. Poetry: ---T.S. Eliot ---Langston Hughes ---Alan Ginsberg* ---Robert Pinsky ---Gary Snyder ---Quincy Troupe ---e.e. cummings VII. Essays: Living by the Word Pilgrim at Tinkers Creek Undertaking Myths to Live By* Why I Am Not A Christian VIII. Popular Psychology: Living, Loving & Learning Loving Each Other Love The Way of The Bull Personhood Being the Best The Psychology of Winning How to Win Friends and Influence People Seven Habits of Highly Effective Teens Seven Habits of Highly Effective People Flow : The Psychology of Optimal Experience How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci Wherever You Go, There You Are The Power of Positive Thinking IX. Ground Zero: Morte dArthur Mythology Plutarchs Lives of Ancient Greeks and Romans The Bible (esp. Genesis & Revelations) Tao Te Ching Bhagavad Gita The Koran X. Idiosyncracies: The Sandman Collections The Watchmen Sin City Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art

by Sigmund Freud by C.G. Jung by John Gunther by Mitch Albom by Gale Sayers by Karolides, Bald, and Sova by James W. Loewen

---Robert Frost ---Sylvia Plath ---Maya Angelou ---Pablo Neruda ---Annie Dillard ---William Carlos Williams* ---Mark Doty

by Alice Walker by Annie Dillard by Thomas Lynch by Joseph Campbell by Bertrand Russell

by Leo Buscaglia by Leo Buscaglia by Leo Buscaglia by Leo Buscaglia by Leo Buscaglia by Denis Waitley by Denis Waitley by Dale Carnegie by Sean Covey by Stephen Covey by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi by Michael J. Gelb by Jon Kabat-Zinn by Norman Vincent Peale

by Thomas Malory by Edith Hamilton by Plutarch by Lao Tsu

by Neil Gaiman* by Alan Moore* by Frank Miller* by Scott McCloud*