Raider
Reading Directory Young Adult selections added and noted with *
Defoe, Daniel Robinson Crusoe
Krakauer, Jon Into the Wild
Into
Thin Air
Martel, Yann The Life of Pi
McKernan, Victoria *Shackleton’s Stowaway
McMurtry, Larry Lonesome
Dove
Patchett, Ann Bel Canto
Stevenson, Robert Louis Treasure Island
Swift, Jonathan Gulliver’s Travels
Achebe, Chinua Man of the People
No Longer at Ease
Courtenay, Bryce The
Power of One
Gourevitchk, Philip We
Wish to Inform You that Tomorrow We Will Be Killed
with
Our Families
Kinsolver, Barbara The Poisonwood Bible
Melville, Herman Benito Sereno
Paton, Alan Cry the Beloved Country
Angelou, Maya I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Baldwin, James Go Tell It On the Mountain
Bambara,
Toni Cade Gorilla, My Love
Chestnut, Charles W. The Marrow of Tradition
Delany, Martin R. Blake, or The Huts of America Ellison, Ralph Invisible
Man
Gaines,
Ernest J. Gathering of Old Men
A
Lesson Before Dying
Hughes, Langston Short Stories
The
Ways of White Folks
Jones, Edward P. The Known World
Malcom X, Attallah
Shabazz, Alex Haley Autobiography
of Malcom X
McBride,
James The
Color of Water
Morrison,
Toni Jazz
Love, A Novel
Song of Solomon
Sula
Sapphire Push
Taylor, Mildred *Roll of Thurder, Hear My Cry
Twain, Mark Puddin’ Head
Wilson
Walker, Alice The Color
Purple
Wright, Richard Black
Boy
Native Son
The Asian and Asian-American Experience
Buck, Pearl S. The Good Earth
Clavel, James Shogun
Fadiman, Ann The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down
Ghosh, Amitav The Glass Palace
Golden, Arthur Memoirs of a Geisha
Houston & Houston *Farewell to Manzanar
Jen, Gish Typical
American
Jin, Ha Waiting
Lee, Chang-Rae Native
Speaker
Mishima, Yukio The Sound of Waves
Tan, Amy The Hundred Secret Senses
The Kitchen God’s Wife
Allison, Dorothy Bastard Out of Carolina
Lee, Harper To Kill a Mockingbird
McCourt, Frank Angela’s Ashes
Austen, Jane Emma
Pride and Prejudice
Baldwin,
James Go Tell
It On the Mountain
Bronte, Charlotte Jane Eyre
Bronte, Emily Wuthering Heights
Carroll, Lewis Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
Through the Looking Glass
Cervantes Don Quixote
Crane, Stephen The Red Badge of Courage
Fitzgerald, F. Scott Tender is the Night
Hardy, Thomas Tess
of the d’Urbervilles
Hemingway, Ernest The Sun Also Rises
Kafka, Franz The
Trial
Marquez, Gabriel Garcia One
Hundred Years of Solitude
Love in the Time of Cholera
Melville, Herman Moby Dick
Remarque,
Erich Maria All
Quiet on the Western Front
Swift, Jonathan Gulliver’s Travels
Twain, Mark Puddin’head Wilson
Verne, Jules Around the World in Eighty Days
Wharton, Edith The House of Mirth
Wilde, Oscar The
Picture of Dorian Gray
Coming of Age OR Smells Like Teen Angst
Allison, Dorothy Bastard Out of Carolina
Alvarez, Julia How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents
Anderson, Sherwood Winesburg, Ohio
Carroll, Jim Basketball Diaries
Chabon, Michael The
Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
Coelo, Paulo The Alchemist
Cormier,
Robert *The Chocolate War
Courtenay, Bryce The
Power of One
Dorris,
Michael A
Yellow Raft in Blue Water
Duncan, David James The Brothers K
Eugenides,
Jeffrey Middlesex
Finch, Janet White
Oleander
Goldberg, Myla Bee Season
Haddon, Mark The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time
Hinton, S.E. *The Outsiders
*Rumble
Fish
*That
Was Then, This Is Now
Irving, John Cider House Rules
A Prayer for Owen Meany
Joravsky, Ben Hoop Dreams
Kidd, Sue Monk The Secret Life of Bees
Lamb,
Wally I Know This Much Is True
She’s Come Undone
Mahfuz,
Najib
Fountain and Tomb
Martel, Yann The Life of Pi
McBride, James The Color of Water
McCourt, Frank Angela’s Ashes
‘Tis
McEwan, Ian Atonement
Morrison, Toni Sula
Salinger, JD Franny & Zooey
Sebold, Alice The Lovely Bones
Shriver, Lionel We Need to Talk About Kevin
Silko, Leslie Marmon Ceremony
Steinbeck, John East of Eden
For the Ladies OR “This One’s For the Girls”
Allison, Dorothy Bastard Out of Carolina
Atwood, Margaret The
Blind Assassin
The Handmaid’s Tale
Alvarez, Julia How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents
Bambara, Toni Cade Gorilla, My Love
Austin, Jane Emma
Pride and Prejudice
Chopin, Kate The Awakening
Diamant, Anita The Red Tent
Esquivel, Laura Like Water for Chocolate
Finch, Janet White
Oleander
Golden, Arthur Memoirs of a Geisha
Hemingway, Ernest A Farewell to Arms
Kingston, Maxine Hong Woman
Warrior
Kincaid, Jamaica Annie John
Lucy
Kidd, Sue Monk The Secret Life of Bees
Lamb,
Wally I Know This Much Is True
She’s Come Undone
Markandaya,Kamala Nectar
in a Sieve
Morrison, Toni Sula
Robbins, Tom Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
Sapphire Push
Sebold, Alice The Lovely Bones
Tan, Amy The Hundred Secret Senses
Walker, Alice The Color Purple
Wharton, Edith The House of Mirth
Alvarez, Julia In the Time of the Butterfiles
Chabon, Michael The
Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
Chestnut, Charles W. The Marrow of Tradition
Crane, Stephen The Red Badge of Courage
Esquivel
, Laura Like Water for Chocolate
Frazier, Charles Cold Mountain
Ghosh, Amitav The Glass Palace
Hegi, Ursulu Stones from the River
Hemingway, Ernest A Farewell to Arms
The Sun Also Rises
The Old Man and the Sea
Jin, Ha Waiting
Kinsolver, Barbara The Poisonwood Bible
McMurtry, Larry Lonesome
Dove
Shaara, Michael Killer Angels
Latino/Chicano and Latin American Experience
Allende, Isabele *City of the Beasts
*Kingdom of the Golden Dragon
*Forrest of the Pygmies
Alvarez, Julia How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents
Anaya, Rudolfo Bless Me, Ultima
Esquivel,
Laura Like Water for Chocolate
Alexie, Sherman Reservation Blues
The Toughest Indian in the World
Alvarez, Julia How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents
Atwood, Margaret The
Blind Assassin
Austen, Jane Emma
Pride and Prejudice
Bronte, Charlotte Jane Eyre
Bronte, Emily Wuthering
Heights
Esquivel, Laura Like Water for Chocolate
Frazier, Charles Cold Mountain
Harrix, Joanne The Five Quarters of the Orange
Helprin, Mark Winter’s Tale
Hemingway, Ernest The Sun Also Rises
Irving, John Cider House Rules
Krauss, Nicole The History of Love
McBride, James The Color of Water
McMurtry, Larry Lonesome
Dove
Morrison, Toni Sula
Mishima, Yukio The Sound of Waves
Robbins, Tom Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
Manly Reads OR This One’s For (or about) the Boys
Anaya, Rudolfo Bless Me, Ultima
Carroll, Jim Basketball Diaries
Chabon, Michael The
Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
Dickey, James Deliverance
Duncan, David James The Brothers K
Gaiman, Neil American Gods
Kesey, Ken One
Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest
Sometimes a Great Notion
Joravsky, Ben Hoop Dreams
L’Amour, Louis The Lonesome Gods
The Walking Drum
Lethem, Jonathan Motherless Brooklyn
Obama, Barak Dreams of My Father
Patchett, Ann Bel Canto
Puzo, Mario The Godfather
Roth, Phillip The Plot Against Amerca
Saks, Oliver Awakenings
The Man who
Mistook His Wife for a Hat
Solzhenitsyn, Aleksandr One
Day in the Life of Ivan
Denisovich
Steinbeck, John East of Eden
The Pearl
Tortilla Flat
Middle East and Indian
Lapierre, Dominique The City of Joy
Lahiri, Jhumpa The
Interpreter of Maladies
Mahfuz,
Najib Fountain and Tomb
Markandaya,Kamala Nectar
in a Sieve
Roy, Arundhati The God of Small Things
Rushdie, Salman Midnight’s
Children
Staples, Suzanne *Shabanu
*Haveli
Suli, Manil The Death of Vishnu
Haddon, Mark The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time
Lethem, Jonathan Motherless Brooklyn
Science
Fiction and Fantasy
Adams, Richard Watership Down
Asimov, Isaac Foundation
Atwood, Margaret The Handmaid’s Tale
Oryx and Crake
Bradbury, Ray Fahrenheit 451
Burgess, Anthony A Clockwork Orange
Card, Orson Scott Enders
Game
Carroll, Lewis Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
Through the Looking Glass
Cervantes Don Quixote
Clarke, Arthur
C. 2001 A Space Odyssey
Childhood’s
End
DeLillo, Don White Noise
Dick, Philip Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
Gibson, William Neuromancer
Heinlein, Robert Starship Troopers
Helprin, Mark Winter’s Tale
Herbert, Frank Dune
LeGuinn, Ursula The Left Hand of Darkness
Maguire, Gregory Wicked: The
Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West
Niven, Larry Ringworld
Orwell, George 1984
Rand, Ayn Anthem
Russel, Mary Doria The Sparrow
Tolkein, JRR The Fellowship of the Ring
Two Towers
The Return of the King
Vonn