Your Reading Recommendations

A

“The Divine Comedy” by Dante Alighieri Nesserine B., London, United Kingdom

“Me and Earl and the Dying Girl” by Jesse Andrews Sindhu S., Newark, Delaware

“The Handmaid's Tale” by Margaret Atwood Lily D., Marquette, Michigan

"Why Nations Fail" by Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robinson A'zambek S., Fergana, Uzbekistan

“The Bloodstained Throne: Struggles for power in Nepal, 1775–1914” by Baburam Acharya.; translated by Madhav Acharya Swarup B., Rupandehi, Lumbini, Nepal

"An Image of Africa by Chinua Achebe" Thomas D., Kumasi, Ghana

“The Unfair Advantage” by Ash Ali Asher N., Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

“Soles of a Survivor: A Memoir” by Nhi Aronheim Ngoc Phuong Hong T., Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

“The Loss of Hindustan | The Invention of India” by Manan Ahmed Asif Saroosh Z., Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan

"Sense and Sensibility" by Jane Austen Alisa S., Kyiv, Ukraine

B

“Anxious People” by Fredrik Backman Grant B., Williamsburg, Virginia

“America Calling: A Foreign Student in a Country of Possibility” by Rajika Bhandari Aishik B., Kolkata, India

“I'm Traveling Alone” by Samuel Bjork Naavya S., Thane, Maharashtra, India 

“The Spirit of Science Fiction” by Roberto Bolaño Otto R., Santa Cruz, California 

“What's a Girl Gotta Do?” by Holly Bourne Morice S., Bremerhaven, Germany

“Three Weeks in Paris” by Barbara Taylor Bradford  Nova H., Wichita, Kansas

“The Da Vinci Code” by Dan Brown Sabrina M., Arapiraca, Alagoas, Brazil

“Lovely war” by Julie Berry Efrata B., Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

“Prisoner of night and fog” by Anne Blankman Efrata B., Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

“Wuthering Heights” by Emily Brontë Robert C., Sunnyvale, California, United States

C

“The Myth of Sisyphus” by Albert Camus Kaitlyn S., Unionville, Virginia 

“Meddling Kids” by Edgar Cantero Antonella G., Belo Horizonte, Brazil

“How to Win Friends & Influence People” Dale Carnegie Fozilkhon M., Toshkent, Sergeli, Uzbekistan

“Making It Home” by Kenneth Carroll III Amasa M., Arlington, Virginia

“The City of Brass” by S.A. Chakraborty Erica R., Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico

“Murder on the Orient Express” by Agatha Christie Cameron M., Circleville, Ohio

“Kiss Her Once for Me: A Novel” by Alison Cochrum Saramarie M., Lorain, Ohio

“Hopscotch” by Julio Cortazar Luc N., Arlington Hts, Illinois

"How to Win Friends & Influence People” by Dale Carnegie Belema D., Ambo, Oromia, Ethiopia

“Don Quixote de La Mancha” by Miguel de Cervantes Zephan K., Woodbridge, Virginia, United States

"Piranesi" by Susanne Clark Namuundari N., Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

D

“House of Leaves” by Mark Z. Danielewski Ellie F., Jakarta, Indonesia

“Devil House” by John Darnielle Emma B., Louisville, Kentucky

“De La Democratie en Amerique (Democracy in America)” by Alexis de Tocqueville Kaci L., Berry, Alabama

“Zama” by Antonio di Benedetto James W., Studio City, California

“Cloud Cuckoo Land” by Anthony Doerr Leo N., Denver, Colorado

“The Brothers Karamazov” by Fyodor Dostoevsky Susan H., Lawrence, Kansas

“Chronicles: Volume One” by Bob Dylan Sören P., Chapel Hill, North Carolina

"Principles" by Ray Dalio Sirak K., Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

E

“The Virgin Suicides” by Jeffrey Eugenides Susan H., Lawrence, Kansas

F

“The Great Gatsby” by F. Scott Fitzgerald Avery M., Southampton, Pennsylvania

“Gone Girl” by Gillian Flynn Lucas B., New Rochelle, New York

"So Big" by Edna Ferber Phoebe K., Greenfield, Massachusetts, United States

G

“Sphinx” by Anne F. Garréta Wyatt S., Haverford, Pennsylvania

“The Overcoat” by Nikolai Gogol Sezer K., Maltepe, Turkey

“The Lord of the Flies” by William Golding Xiangya D., Beijing, Beijing, China

“The 48 Laws of Power” by Robert Greene Sarah U., Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

“Shared Stories, Rival Tellings: Early Encounters of Jews, Christians, and Muslims” by Robert C. Gregg Gabriel R., Somonauk, Illinois

“Radium Girls: A Play in Two Acts” by D.W. Gregory Celina S., Oceanside, California

"Looking for Alaska" by John Green Samuel V., Huachuca City, Arizona, United States

H

“Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind” by Yuval Noah Harari Zhan A., Almaty, Kazakhstan, Andrew R., New York, New York

“The Ten Thousand Doors of January” by Alix E. Harrow Margaret E., Charlotte, Vermont

“We Are All the Same in the Dark: A Novel” by Julia Heaberlin Amina B., New York, New York

“The Year I Stopped Trying” by Katie Heaney Sindhu S., Newark, Delaware

“Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid” by Douglas R. Hofstadter Xiangya D., Beijing, China

“The Obstacle Is the Way: The Timeless Art of Turning Trials” by Ryan Holiday Verity N., Karu, Nasarawa, Nigeria

“Verity” by Colleen Hoover Pragati G., Faridabad, Haryana, India, Sokhibakhon M., Asaka, Andijan, Uzbekistan

"Think and Grow Rich" by Napoleon Hill Dewansh M., Siraha, Sagarmatha, Nepal

"Outting the Devil" by Napoleon Hill Giang D., Hanoi, Vietnam

J

"Dead At First Sight" by Peter James Yoseph T., Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

"The Fifth Season" by N.K. Jemisin Langelihle N., Bulawayo, Zimbabwe

"Rejection Proof: How I Beat Fear and Become Invincible Through 100 Days of Rejection" by Jia Jiang Ekaterina M., Moscow, Tsentral'niy federal'niy okrug, Russia

I

“The Remains of the Day” by Kazuo Ishiguro Julie H., Palo Alto, California

“Never Let Me Go” by Kazuo Ishiguro Elizabeth K., Vancouver, Washington

K

“The Metamorphosis” by Franz Kafka Jude M., Morristown, New Jersey

“The Sun and Her Flowers” by Rupi Kaur Jassreet K., Macedonia, Ohio

“Small Things Like These” by Claire Keegan Tanzil K., Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh

“On the Road” by Jack Kerouac Josef E., Carmel Valley, California

“The Dharma Bums” by Jack Kerouac Caeley S., Severna Park, Maryland

“Misery” by Stephen King Mary Rose R., Yorkville, Illinois

“The House in The Cerulean Sea” by TJ Klune Eva F., Dublin, Ohio

"The Jezebel Effect: Why the Slut Shaming of Famous Queens Still Matter" by Kyra Cornelius Kramer Min MinH., Yangon, Myanmar

“Babel: Or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution” by R.F. Kuang Chloe M., Camp Hill, Pennsylvania

"Illuminae" by Amie Kaufman, Jay Kristoff Efrata B., Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

L

“Reality: The Supreme Leader” by Hemshankar Laugi Hemshankar L., Birendra Bazaar, Madhesh Province, Nepal

“The Man Who Saw Everything” by Deborah Levy Syed Muhammad N., Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan

“Where Reasons End: A Novel” by Yiyun Li Maya F., Princeton, New Jersey

“Zami: A New Spelling of My Name” by Audre Lorde Abigail D., Covington, Louisiana

“Unnatural Emotions” by Cathrine A. Lutz Min Min H., Yangon, Yangon, Myanmar

"To Kill A Mockingbird" by Haper Lee Chioma O., Port Harcourt, Rivers, Nigeria

M

“Vesper Flights” by Helen Macdonald Jacob H., Wooster, Ohio

“In the Dream House” by Carmen Maria Machado Elizabeth K., Vancouver, Washington

“The Porn Trap: The Essential Guide to Overcoming Problems Caused by Pornography” by Wendy and Larry Maltz Mehmet A., Izmir, Balcova, Turkey

“Seasons of Purgatory” by Shahriar Mandanipour Catharine L., Round Rock, Texas

“The Autumn of the Patriarch” by Gabriel García Márquez Ali A., Cliffside Pk, New Jersey

“Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Explain Everything About the World” by Tim Marshall Emil H., Cincinnati, Ohio

“The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother” by James McBride Zoe S., Brooklyn, New York

“Be Not Far from Me” by Mindy McGinnis Sindhu S., Newark, Delaware

“The Eastern Orthodox Church: A New History” by John Anthony McGuckin Gabriel R., Somonauk, Illinois

“The Silent Patient” by Alex Michaelides Naavya S., Thane, Maharashtra, India

“The Maidens: A Novel” by Alex Michaelides Nisha S., Brooklyn, New York

"The Song of Achilles” by Madeline Miller Mikaila S., Jakarta, DKI Jakarta, Indonesia

“Circe” by Madeline Miller Gianna C., Wellesley, Massachusetts

“On Trails: An Exploration” by Robert Moor Min Min H., Yangon, Yangon, Myanmar

“The Night Circus” by Erin Morgenstern Ava B., Silver Spring, Maryland

“Gideon The Ninth” by Tamsyn Muir Emily S., Woodbury, Connecticut

“After Dark” by Haruki Murakami Hannah S., Darien, Connecticut

“Kafka on the Shore” by Haruki Murakami Zahra B., Chicago, Illinois

"Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya Suheilee S., Wattala, Western Province, Sri Lanka

"Kafka on the Shore" by Haruki Murakami Ahsanur R., Gaibandha, Bangladesh

N

“Pale Fire” by Vladimir Nabokov Joe M., Esher, Surrey, United Kingdom

"Born A Crime" by Trevor Noah Efrata B., Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

O

“Revenge: Eleven Dark Tales” by Yoko Ogawa Jonah H., Seattle, Washington

“Animal Farm” by George Orwell Kofi A., Atwima, Ghana, Lual C., Asosa, Benishangul-Gumuz, Ethiopia

"Lolita" by Vladimir Nabokov Soumil K., Edmonton, Alabama, Canada

"Born A Crime" by Trevor Noah Efrata B., Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

P

“The Book of Mistakes: 9 Secrets to Creating a Successful Future” by Skip Prichard Recardoê R., Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis

“Eugene Onegin” by Alexander Pushkin Zhuoyi B., Shanghai, China

“Mason and Dixon: A Novel” by Thomas Pynchon Greyson G., New York City, New York

"Finding our lost happiness" by A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada Dewansh M.,Siraha, Sagarmatha, Nepal

R

“Normal People” by Sally Rooney Muhammad Affan A., Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan

“Insurgent (Divergent, 2)” by Veronica Roth Irene L., Málaga, Málaga, Spain

"Daisy Jones and the six" by Taylor Jenkins Reed Efrata B., Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

"The Four Agreements" by Don Miguel Ruiz Max R., Oakland, California, United States

S

“Me Talk Pretty One Day” by David Sedaris Julia P., Louisville, Kentucky

“Between Shades of Gray” by Ruth Sepetys Sadie O., Ann Arbor, Michigan

“The Priory of the Orange Tree” by Samantha Shannon Alea D., Laguna Beach, California

“Frankenstein” by Maya Shelley Selam S., Adiss Ababa, Tuludimtu, Ethiopia

“Here’s to Us” by Adam Silvera and Becky Albertalli Karen H., Los Angeles, California

“They Both Die at the End” by Adam Silvera Heide C., North Chicago, Illinois

“The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks” by Rebecca Skloot Molly S., Fairport, New York 

“Owls of the Eastern Ice” by Jonathan C. Slaght Robin B., St George, Utah

“The 57 Bus: A True Story of Two Teenagers and the Crime That Changed Their Lives” by Dashka Slater Cheyenne W., Lancaster, Ohio

“Separated:  Inside an American Tragedy” by Jacob Soboroff Matthew F., Sacramento, California

“Chronicles From the Land Of The Happiest People On Earth” by Wole Soyinka Annointing O., Lagos, Nigeria

"Sleeping Bear: A Thriller” by Connor Sullivan Yaell U., Denver, Colorado

“Gulliver's Travels” by Jonathan Swift Jack B., Granville, Ohio

"Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe" by Benjamin Alire Sa'enz Prashant G., Lamjung, Gandaki, Nepal

"Death" by Sadhguru Prasiddha A., Dhading, Nepal

"The Catcher in the Rye" by J.D. Salinger Namuundari N., Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

"Being and Nothingness" by Jean Paul Sartre Bariq O., Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan

"Orbiting Jupiter" by Gary D. Schmidt Efrata B., Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

"I Must Betray You" by Ruta Sepetys Efrata, B., Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

"The Wealth of Nations" by Adam Smith Devansh G., Vadodara, India

T

“The Secret History” by Donna Tartt Alexandra F., Winhall, Vermont, Michelle L., Middle Village, New York, Aaron S., Brooklyn, New York

“Life 3.0” by Max Tegmark Ayush S., Deoria, Uttar Pradesh, India

"On the Come Up" by Angie Thomas Lilia N., Arlington, Massachusetts

“The Kreutzer Sonata” by Leo Tolstoy Amelia S., San Diego, California

“The Samurai's Garden” by Gail Tsukiyama Cyris L., Haiku, Hawaii

U

“Honor” by Thrity Umrigar Ngoc T., Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

V

"The Ship of Hell" by Gil Vicente Rayssa B., São Paulo, Brazil

"John Dies At The End" by David Wong Zoë H., Arlington, Virginia, United States

W

“Infinite Jest” by David Foster Wallace Dylan S., Sherman Oaks, California

“We All Looked Up” by Tommy Wallach Ellie F., Jakarta, Indonesia

“Jakob von Gunten” by Robert Walser Alice H., Brooklyn, New York 

“Educated: A Memoir” by Tara Westover Jacob A., Grosse Point Shore, Michigan

“A Little Life” by Hanya Yanagihara Ana G., Houston, Texas, Bruna L., Piracicaba, Brazil

“We” by Yevgeny Zamyatin Edie A., Lake Oswego, Oregon

"Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott Deborah Z., Duluth, Georgia

"Northanger Abbey" Jane Austen Rewan E., Ayat, Giza, Egypt

"Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austin Zhanibek T., Almaty, Kazakhstan

"Sense & Sensibility" by Jane Austen Marlene B., Reston, Virginia

"Beartown" by Fredrik Backman Mihika T., Los Altos, California

"What's a Girl Gotta Do?" by Holly Bourne Muhammad Affan A., Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan

"The Idiot Brain" by Dean Burnett Rewan E., Ayat, Giza, Egypt

"A Doubter’s Almanac" by Ethan Canin Kathleen D., Montgomery, Alabama

"The Clocks" by Agatha Christie Parker G., Richardson, Texas

"The Hunt for Red October" by Tom Clancy Asher D., Los Angeles, California

"The Girl With The Louding Voice" by Abi Dare Munashe M., Harare, Zimbabwe

"The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner Emma J., San Francisco, California

"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!" by Richard Feynman Elina K., Kazan, Tatarstan, Russia

"Everything is Illuminated" by Jonathan Safran Foer Yael M., Brookline, Massachusetts

"Girl in Pieces" by Kathleen Glasgow Nicole K., Hugo, Minnesota

"The Anthropocene Reviewed" by John Green Willa H., Elkins Park, Pennsylvania

"12 Lessons for the 21st Century" by Yuval Noah Harari Liudmila F., Moscow, Russia

"A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini Linh D., Hanoi, Vietnam

“Running with the Buffaloes” by Chris Lear Ben L., New York, New York

“Mere Christianity” by CS Lewis Sarah D., Chicago, Illinois

"Warcross" by Marie Lu Hiral C., Woodmere, New York

"In the Dream House" by Carmen Maria Machado Catherine L., Portland, Oregon

"Sea of Tranquility" by Emily St. John Mandel Sari W., Foster City, California

"The Road" by Cormac McCarthy Teddy K., Saint Louis, Missouri

"Blood Meridian" by Cormac McCarthy Jordan D., Morristown, New Jersey

"First Love, Last Rites" by Ian McEwan Rose Y., Portsmouth, Rhode Island

"I Kissed Shara Wheeler" by Casey McQuiston Phoebe K., Saint Paul, Minnesota

"Lolita" by Vladimir Nabokov Alfiya A., Almaty, Kazakhstan

"Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng Ali E., Plainfield, Illinois

“The Sympathizer” by Viet Thanh Nguyen Joshua E., Decatur, Georgia

"Animal Farm" by George Orwell Rahul Ranjan S., Janakpur, Nepal

"The Museum of Innocence" by Orhan Pamuk Ramona P., Danville, Kentucky

"The Overstory" by Richard Powers Maya K., Watertown, Massachusetts

"All the Water I've Seen Is Running: A Novel" by Elias Rodriques Joseph K., Wayne, Pennsylvania

"Harry Potter Und Der Stein Der Weisen" by J.K. Rowling Curtis, N., Luckey, Ohio

"Cain" by José Saramago McKenna D., Powell, Ohio

"Tenth of December" by George Saunders Margaret M., Los Angeles, California

"The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue" by V.E. Schwab Erica M., Calexico, California

“An Actor Prepares” by Constantin Stanislavski Sarah D., Chicago, Illinois

"Around the World in 80 Days" by Jules Verne Lucas Jackson, B., Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil

"The Ice Palace" by Tarjei Vesaas Julian A., Madison, Wisconsin

"Educated" by Tara Westover Yael M., Brookline, Massachusetts

"Orlando" by Virginia Woolf Jane B., New York, New York

“Persuasion” by Jane Austen Madison D., Lexington, Kentucky

“They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us” by Hanif Abdurraqib Emma J., Charlottesvle, Virginia

“Alias Grace” by Margaret Atwood Emma P., Terre Haute, Indiana

“Call Me By Your Name” by Andre Aciman Asvena S., Columbus, Ohio

“Purple Hibiscus” by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Rebecca S., Suzhou, Ct, China

“Feed” by MT Anderson Sam U., Winnetka, Illinois

“Oryx and Crake” by Margaret Atwood Sam U., Winnetka, Illinois

“Americanah by Chimamanda” by Ngozi Adichie Alyssa M., Baton Rouge, Louisiana

“The Power” by Naomi Alderman Eva B., Columbus, Ohio

“Things Fall Apart” by Chinua Achebe Margaret E., Andover, Massachusetts

"Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou Emma I., Portland, Maine

“Nicomachean Ethics” by Aristotle Kagan K., Karabaglar, Turkey

“Things Fall Apart” by Chinua Achebe Tina V., Chula Vista, California

“Sons of Fortune” by Jeffrey Archer Gideon A., Atonsu, Ghana

“Braving the Wilderness: The Quest for True Belonging and the Courage to Stand Alone” by Brene Brown Michael B., Montgomery, Alabama

“High Performance Habits” by Brendon Buchard Monirul H., Dhaka, Bangladesh

“Wuthering Heights” by Emily Brontë Lydia L., Irvine, California

“Beartown” by Fredrik Backman William E., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

"The Idiot" by Elif Batuman Natalia P., Guilford, Connecticut

“Foundryside” by Robert Jackson Bennett Hena D., Westlake, Ohio

"Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Bronte Agnes H., Goyang-si, South Korea

“Wuthering Heights” by Emily Brontë Ojal K., Perrysburg, Ohio

“A Clockwork Orange” by Anthony Burgess Christian L., Akron, Ohio

“Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century” by Jessica Bruder Miranda M., Menlo Park, California

"Angel and Demons" by Dan Brown Madhav P., Indore, India

“Parable of the Sower” by Octavia Butler Ananya S., Flanders, New Jersey

“Seize the Day” by Saul Bellow Augustus K., Cincinnati, Ohio

“The Darkest Minds” by Alexandra Bracken Alyssa M., Baton Rouge, Louisiana

“​​The Death of Innocence” by Christopher Benson and Mamie Till Autumn M., Sewickley, Pennsylvania

"Art & Fear" by David Bayles and Ted Orland Thomas S., Arlington, Massachusetts

“The Plague” by Albert Camus Becca G., Kensington, Maryland

“We Were Eight Years in Power” by Ta-Nehisi Coates Danielle J., Carteret, New Jersey

“Gone with the Wind” by Margaret Mitchell Mallory B., Indianapolis, Indiana

“Hippie” by Paulo Coelho Ella D., Swampscott, Massachusetts

“The House on Mango Street” by Sandra Cisneros Sophia E., Dripping Spgs, Texas

"And Then There Were None" by Agatha Christie Joshua E., Los Angeles, California

"The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay" by Michael Chabon Paige K., Park Ridge, Illinois

“The Zahir” by Paulo Coelho Chi V., Hanoi, Vietnam

“The Power of One” by Bryce Courtenay Jonathan R., Barrington, Rhode Island

“The Richest Man in Babylon” by George S. Clason Mallory B., Indianapolis, Indiana

“The Girl With All the Gifts” by Mike Carey Harper M.

“Wenham in Pictures and Prose” by Benjamin H. Conant and Wellington Pool  Wenhan S., Leawood, Kansas

"What We Lose" by Zinzi Clemmons Anthea W.

“All The Light We Cannot See” by Anthony Doerr Carolyn S., Los Angeles, California

“A Tale of Two Cities” by Charles Dickens Michelle H., Youngstown, Ohio

"Guns, Germs, and Steel" by Jared Diamond Autumn M., Sewickley, Pennsylvania

"The Miseducation of Cameron Post" by Emily M. Danforth Gabriella B., Glen Rock, New Jersey

"Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens Kashvi K., Aurora, Colorado

“All the Light We Cannot See” by Anthony Doerr Julia W., Georgetown, MA; Alyssa M., Baton Rouge, Louisiana

“American Psycho” by Bret Easton Ellis Sam E., Austin, Texas

“The Invisible Man” by Ralph Ellison Halle N., Burlington, Vermont

"Deng Xiaoping and the Making of Modern China" by Richard Evans Liam W., Mclean, Virginia

“The Black Penguin” by Andrew Evans Maggie E., Andover, Massachusetts

"The Man From St. Petersburg" by Kent Follett Laura D., Chandler, Arizona

“Capitalist Realism: Is There No Alternative?” by Mark Fisher Manon M., Dallas, Texas

"War on Peace" by Ronan Farrow Alexandra F., Boca Raton, Florida

“The Great Gatsby” by F. Scott Fitzgerald George A., Charlotte, North Carolina

“The Petrified Flesh” (Reckless series, 1) by Cornelia Funke Minh P., Hanoi, Vietnam

"The Fabric of The Cosmos" by Brian Greene Benjamin C., Brooklyn, New York

“Blink” by Malcolm Gladwell Cassi C., Stuart, Florida

“American Gods” by Neil Gaiman Natalie K., Hong Kong, Hong Kong S.A.R.

“Love Poems & A Good Cry: What We Learn from Tears and Laughter” by Nikki Giovanni Zoe N., Raleigh, North Carolina

“Suicide of the West” by Jonah Goldberg Barry G., Minneapolis, Minnesota

"The Origin of Language" by Eric Gans Kyle P., San Carlos, California

“Black Like Me” by John Howard Griffin Lina L., Louisville, Kentucky

“Love Does” by Bob Goff Jacob H., Sarasota, Florida

"Homegoing" by Yaa Gyasi Vivian H., Buffalo, New York

“Trigger Warning” by Neil Gaiman Natalie K., Hong Kong, Hong Kong S.A.R.

"The Long Gaze Back: An Anthology of Irish Women Writers" edited by Sinéad Gleeson Olivia L., Chesterfield, Missouri

"Fates and Furies" by Lauren Groff Anastasia L., San Jose, California

“Sophie's World” by Jostein Gaarder Bohan L., Nanjing, China

"The Island of Knowledge" by Marcelo Gleiser Fiona M., Portland, Oregon

“Homegoing” by Yaa Gyasi Letícia M., São Paulo, Brazil

“Outliers” by Malcolm Gladwell Connor S., St Petersburg, Florida

“Lethal White” by Robert Galbraith Christian L., Akron, Ohio

“Outliers” by Malcolm Gladwell Alyssa M., Baton Rouge, Louisiana

“Dune” by Frank Herbert Richard S., Glencoe,  Illinois

"The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini Anvitha C., Fairfax, Virginia

"Tess of the D'Urbervilles" by Thomas Hardy Konrad O., Aurora, Illinois

"A Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley Mariah S., Annapolis, Maryland

"American Sonnets for My Past and Future Assassin" by Terrance Hayes Diana T., Zion, Illinois

"Catch-22" by Joseph Heller Cody P., Centreville, Maryland

“Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind” by Yuval N. Harari Niki W., Phoenix, Arizona

“The Coddling of the American: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure” by Jonathan Haidt and Greg Lukianoff Kayla M., Rio Rancho, New Mexico

“The Horse Boy” by Rupert Isaacson Kate H., Sebastopol, California

“The Ghost Map” by Steven Johnson Elliot M., Portland, Oregon

"The Woman Who Had Two Navels and Tales of the Tropical Gothic" by Nick Joaquín Tekla C., Burlingame, California

“Captains Courageous” by Ruyard Kipling Benjamin M., Edwardsville, Illinois

"Angels in America" by Tony Kushner Lucy O., Portland, Maine

“When Breath Becomes Air” by Paul Kalanithi Hajera N., Westmont, Illinois

"Luckiest Girl Alive" by Jessica Knoll Katrina C., Haverford, Pennsylvania

“Rouge” by Julie Kagawa Vaughn H., Ann Arbor, Michigan

"On the Road" by Jack Kerouac Yaru H., Zhengzhou, China

“Into the Wild” by Jon Krakuer Molly M., Fairfield, Connecticut

“Misery” by Stephen King Daniel P., Powell, Ohio

"Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer Jiyu S., Seoul, South Korea

“The Poisonwood Bible” by Barbara Kingsolver Lucy V., Palo Alto, California

“One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” by Ken Kesey John F., Evergreen, Colorado

"Human Acts" by Han Kang Anastasia L., San Jose, California

“In the Shadow of Statues: A White Southerner Confronts History” by Mitch Landrieu Tatum H., Danville, California

“Pachinko” by Min Jin Lee Lily H., Naperville, Illinois

“The Dunwich Horror” by H.P Lovecraft Jack N., Grand Rapids, Michigan

“Hawk Quest” by Robert Lyndon Benjamin S., San Jose, California

“The Fifth Risk” by Michael Lewis William T., Glencoe, Illinois

“Elmet” by Fiona Mozley Lang C., Medford, Massachusetts

“A Prayer for Owen Meany” by John Irving Samantha G., Wellesley, Massachusetts

“The Kindness of Strangers: Penniless Across America” by Mike McIntyre Param V., Fullerton, California

“Both Ways Is The Only Way I Want It” by Maile Meloy Hana W., Milton, Massachusetts

“Song Of Solomon” by Toni Morrison Gabriel A., Brookline, Massachusetts; Sonya D., Silver Spring, Maryland

“1Q84” by Haruki Murakami Kathryn Y., Burke, Virginia

“Kafka on the Shore” by Haruki Murakami Brooke B., Royal Oak, Michigan

"The Soul of an Octopus" by Sy Montgomery Thomas S., Arlington, Massachusetts

"Moby Dick" by Herman Melville Patricia T., Bedford, New Hampshire

“Since You’ve Been Gone” by Morgan Matson Kaitlyn C., La Grange., Illinois

“Dear Nobody: The True Diary of Mary Rose” by Gillian McCain, Legs McNeil Katherine C., Ramsey, New Jersey

“Inferno” by Eileen Miles Jasmine D., Bridgewater, New Jersey

“Runaway Horses” by Yukio Mishima Gregory G., Valley Village, California

“The Tattooist of Auschwitz” by Heather Morris Rachel H., Darien, Connecticut

“Paradise” by Toni Morrison Kayla K., Southfield, Michigan

“Cloud Atlas” by David Mitchell Julian N., Houston, Texas

"The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck." by Mark Manson Siddhanta P., Bhaktapur, Nepal

“The Temple of Dawn” by Yukio Mishima Hong Jing Y., Shanghai, China

"In Evil Hour“ by Gabriel García Márquez HongJing Y., Shanghai, China

"Big Sur and the Oranges of Hieronymus Bosch" by Henry Miller Chloe Z., Hidden Hills, California

“The Strange Death of Europe” by Douglas Murray Mallory B., Indianapolis, Indiana

“The Red Parts” by Maggie Nelson Aidan A., Athelstane, Wisconsin

“The Sympathizer” by Viet Thanh Nguyen Ryan W., Dallas, Texas

"Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng Kathryn Z., Tenafly, New Jersey

“A Tale for the Time Being” by Ruth Ozeki Wendy B., Alexandria, Virginia

“Animal Farm” by George Orwell Ian C., Arlington, Massachusetts

“The Things They Carried” by Tim O’Brien Ariel L., Croton on Hudson, New York

“Mrs. Fletcher” by Tom Perotta Olivia T., San Francisco, California

“Reincarnation Blues” by Michael Poore Ever C., Bexley, Ohio

"Mason & Dixon" by Thomas Pynchon Prathik G., Bloomington, Illinois

"12 Rules for Life" by Jordan Peterson Daniel M., Redwood City, California

“Doctor Zhivago” by Boris Pasternak Lara P., Rochester, Minnesota

"Out Stealing Horses" by Per Petterson Thalia P., New Haven, Connecticut

“Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance” by Robert M. Pirsig Addison S., Kansas City, Missouri

“Midnight's Children” by Salman Rushdie Mahesh A., South Berwick, Maine

“Gilead” by Marilynn Robinson Noah C., West Chicago, Illinois

“Housekeeping” by Marilynne Robinson Isabel K., Los Angeles, California

“All Quiet on the Western Front” by Erich Maria Remarque Nolan B., Cincinnati, Ohio

“The Iguana Killer” by Alberto Alvaro Rios Jonathan L., Oakland, New Jersey

“The Fountainhead” by Ayn Rand Aanji S., S Pasadena, California

“Grapes of Wrath” by John Steinbeck Sara A., Windsor, Colorado

“The Catcher in the Rye” by J.D. Salinger Crandall K., Concord, North Carolina

“Just Mercy” by Bryan Stevenson Solomon P., Washington, District of Columbia

“Raise High the Roofbeam, Carpenter and Seymour: an Introduction” by J.D. Salinger Elisabeth S., Georgetown, Kentucky

“A Tree Grows in Brooklyn” by Betty Smith Niki W., Phoenix, Arizona

“The Alchemist” by Michael Scott Alexis E., Brentwood, Tennessee

“Skyward” by Brandon Sanderson Anthony M., Birmingham, Michigan

"Essays In Existentialism" by Jean-Paul Sartre Juan M., Houston, Texas

“Travels with Charley” by John Steinbeck Sarah S., Paradise Vly, Arizona

"Story-Wallah" edited by Shyam Selvadurai Thomas S., Arlington, Massachusetts

“Discourses Concerning Government” by Algernon Sidney Sundari U., Gilbert, Arizona

“REAMDE” by Neal Stephenson Nolan B., Cincinnati, Ohio

"Frankenstein in Baghdad" by Ahmed Sadaawi Thalia P., New Haven, Connecticut

"Burnt Shadows" by Kamila Shamsie Thalia P., New Haven, Connecticut

"Humans Dark with Sugar" by Brenda Shaughnessy Anastasia L., San Jose, California

"Caucasia" by Danzy Senna Julia S.

“Tao Te Ching” by Lao Tzu Iris W., Plainfield, Illinois

“The Hellfire Club” by Jake Tapper Molly M., Fairfield, Connecticut

“The Joy Luck Club” by Amy Tan Somya P., Acton, Massachusetts

“The Goldfinch” by Donna Tartt Charles B., Charlotte, North Carolina

“The Secret History” by Donna Tartt Catherine C., Encino, California

“Breakfast of Champions” by Kurt Vonnegut Caroline B., Cohasset, Massachusetts

“Slaughterhouse-Five” by Kurt Vonnegut Israa S., Avon Lake, Ohio

“In Order to Live” by Maryanne Vollers and Park Yeon-mi Jane A., Weston, Connecticut

“Educated” by Tara Westover Breana A., San Jose, California

“The Underground Railroad” by Whitehead Alexandra V., Hingham, Massachusetts

“The Glass Castle” by Jeannette Walls Maya G., Flagstaff, Arizona

“The Interestings” by Meg Wolitzer Sylvia C., Lake Stevens, Washington

"The Conscience of a Liberal" by Paul Wellstone Jerrett A., Bloomington, Indiana

“The Color Purple” by Alice Walker Maia K., Minneapolis, Minnesota

"Artemis" by Andy Weir Benjamin M., Owings Mills, Maryland

“The Female Persuasion” by Meg Wolitzer Wendy B., Alexandria,Virginia

"Pray Me Stay Eager" by Ellen Doré Watson Anastasia L., San Jose, California

"Hungry Hearts" by Anzia Yezierska Thalia P., New Haven, Connecticut; Rachel H., Darien, Connecticut

"Sense and Sensibility" by Jane Austen Cecilia G., San Lorenzo, Paraguay

"Witching Moon" by K.E. Bonner Wyatt B., Atlanta, Georgia

"Fahrenheit 451" by Ray Bradbury Ethan M., Santa Fe, New Mexico

"The Power Broker" by Robert Caro Megan H., San Gabriel, California

"Trust No One" by Paul Cleave Grace C., Quezon City, Philippines

"You Never Forget Your First" by Alex Coe Lizzie D., Arlington, Virginia

"No Longer Human" by Osamu Dazai Caroline C., St. Paul, Minnesota

“Slouching Towards Bethlehem” by Joan Didion Julia K., Belleville, Illinois

"All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr Veronica C., Charlotte, North Carolina

"Crime and Punishment" by Fyodor Dostoevsky Sarah V., Pepper Pike, Ohio

"Manhattan Beach" by Jennifer Egan Caroline J., Charlottesville, Virginia

"This Is How You Lose The Time War" by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone Katherine C., New York, New York

"Not Necessarily Rocket Science" by Kellie Gerardi Caroline H., Hockessin, Delaware

"The Prophet" by Kahlil Gibran Christopher T., Dallas, Texas

“The Anthropocene Reviewed” by John Green Meagan M., Bothell, WashingtonEva M., Franklin Square, New York

"Like Streams to the Ocean" by Jedediah Jenkins Reyah D., Naperville, Illinois

"The Eye of the World" by Robert Jordan Cole L., Austin, Texas

"Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes Tehya T., Longview, Washington

"The Book of Longings" by Sue Monk Kidd Emily G., Minneapolis, Minnesota

"The Chronicles of Narnia" by C.S. Lewis Lizzie D., Arlington, VirginiaCamile S., Jaboatão Dos Guararapes, Brazil

“House of Earth and Blood” by Sarah J. Maas Amanda F., Deerfield, Illinois

"Her Body and Other Parties" by Carmen Maria Machado Isabelle R., Arlington, Virginia

"Falter: Has the Human Game Begun to Play Itself Out?" by Bill McKibben Sarah C., Tunkhannock, Pennsylvania

“The Silent Patient” by Alex Michaelides Mary K., Milwaukee, Wisconsin

“The Other Wes Moore” by Wes Moore Rowan B., Matthews, North Carolina

"Big Little Lies" by Liane Moriarty Sophie S., Corte Madera, California

“In the Miso Soup” by Ryu Murakami Fiona H., Marietta, Goergia

"Kafka on the Shore" by Haruki Murakami Mohammed S., Bhilai, India

"The Elephant Vanishes" by Haruki Murakami Adrian C., Irvine, California

"The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien Noah R., North Hampton, New Hampshire

"At Home in the Heart of Appalachia" by John O'Brien John O., San Francisco, California

"The Imitation Game" by Jim Ottaviani Greece G., Dallas, Texas

"Blue Mimosa" by Parijat Sandip P., Kathmandu, Nepal

"The Chosen" by Chiam Potok Natalie F., Zionsville, Indiana

“The Seven Husbands are of Evelyn Hugo” by Taylor Jenkins Reid Bridget M., East Amherst, New York

"Housekeeping" by Marilynne Robinson Daniel Z., Edison, New Jersey

"The Way of Kings" by Brandon Sanderson Clinton N., Manchester, Michigan

"The Invisible Life of Addie Larue" by V.E. Schwab Maddie L., Lincolnshire, Illinois

“Me Talk Pretty One Day” by David Sedaris Noah K., Brookline, Massachusetts

"The Dinner List" by Rebecca Serle Lauren B., Ada, Michigan

"Killer Angels" by Michael Shaara Joe M., Charlotte, North Carolina

“King Lear” by William Shakespeare Sacha F., New York, New York

"Beautiful Boy" by David Sheff Madison M., Needham, Massachusetts

“Swing Time” by Zadie Smith Tess F., Charlotte, Vermont

"The Best of Me" by Nicholas Sparks Osama Abdullah Bin S., Chittagong, Bangladesh

"The Raven Boys" by Maggie Stiefvater Mariam S., Spring, Texas

"The Hellfire Club" by Jake Tapper Jacob F., Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania

"The Secret History" by Donna Tartt Veronica C., Charlotte, North Carolina

"Johnny Got His Gun" by Dalton Trumbo Liam S., Suwanee, Georgia

“God Bless You Mr. Rosewater” by Kurt Vonnegut Willa S., Basalt, Colorado

"Just So" by Alan Watts Jay P., Winchester, Massachusetts

"Project Hail Mary" by Andy Weir Annabelle L., Foster City, California

"Mrs. Dalloway" by Virginia Woolf Kate M., Brooklyn, New York

"A People's History of the United States" by Howard Zinn Ilana L., Rockville, Maryland

"Rivers of London" by Ben Aaronovitch Rowan M., Boxford, Massachusetts

"Desert Solitaire" by Edward Abbey Kendall B., Weston, Massachusetts

"Tuesdays with Morrie" by Mitch Albom Kun L., Palmetto Bay, Florida

"The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander Allison G., Pleasanton, California, Bella K., View Park, California, Caroline N., Lost Angeles, California

"I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou Bianca C., Plainfield, Indiana, Matthew F., Beachwood, Ohio

"Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza" by Gloria Anzaldúa Luke K., Midvale, Utah

"Kids of Appetite" by David Arnold Lily B., Montclair, New Jersey

"Alias Grace" by Margaret Atwood Ella S., State College, Pennsylvania

"Believer" by David Axelrod Emma R., Jupiter, Florida

"The Poetics of Space" by Gaston Bachelard Isabel K., Brooklyn, New York

"Regeneration" by Pat Barker Connor S., Asheville, North Carolina

"The Idiot" by Elif Batuman Sophie K., Jupiter, Florida

"Fahrenheit 451" by Ray Bradbury Roman S., Moskva, Russia

"Humankind: A Hopeful History" by Rutger Bregman Andrew J., Austin, Texas, JaQ L., Hong Kong

"Wuthering Heights" by Emily Brontë Gabriella S., York, Maine

"Black Girl Unlimited" by Echo Brown Margaret O., Green Springs, Ohio

"Red Rising" by Pierce Brown Siddhi S., Pickerington, Ohio

"The Stranger" by Albert Camus Jonny V., Brookfield, Connecticut

"In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote Emma C., San Francisco, California

"Hamilton" by Ron Chernow Stephen C., Needham, Massachusetts

"And Then There Were None" by Agatha Christie Rowan M., Boxford, Massachusetts

"Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell" by Susanna Clarke Bennett M., Henderson, Nevada

"Between The World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates Xi'an B., Fuchu, Japan, Olivia H., Danbury, Connecticut, Caroline M., Washington, D.C.

"Heart of Darkness" by Joseph Conrad Jacob M., Whitmore Lake, Michigan

“The Alchemist” by Paul Coelho Gayathri S., Macedonia, Ohio

"The Human, The Orchid, and the Octopus" by Jacques Cousteau Myka R., Bethesda, Maryland

"Parkland" by David Cullen Emma R., Jupiter, Florida

"Bud, Not Buddy" by Christopher Paul Curtis Zizheng L., Sugar Land, Texas

"Loitering" by Charles D'Ambrosio Owen F., San Francisco, California

"Foundations of Freedom" by Angela Davis Ainsley B., Orland Park, Illinois

"Freedom is a Constant Struggle" by Angela Davis Shelby G., Mount Kisco, New York

"The Ancestor's Tale" by Richard Dawkins Noah P., Downers Grove, Illinois

"White Fragility" by Robin DiAngelo Anna B., Seattle, Washington, Ellis H., Mountain Brook, Alabama

"The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao" by Junot Díaz Ananda W., Brooklyn, New York

"All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr Estlin M., Los Angeles, California

"Crime and Punishment" by Fyodor Dostoyevsky Helen M., Stamford, Connecticut, Jackie S., Riverwoods, Illinois, Roman S., Moskva, Russia

"Notes from a Dead House" by Fyodor Dostoevsky Camryn L., Lafayette, California

"Untamed" by Glennon Doyle Ollie S., West Chester, Pennsylvania

"A Stolen Life" by Jaycee Dugard Sydney L., Branchland, West Virginia

"Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison Jonathan L., Charlottesville, Virginia

"The Virgin Suicides" by Jeffrey Eugenides Leila K., Calabasas, California

"The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner Pritish D., Columbia, South Carolina

"The Wretched of the Earth" by Frantz Fanon Mina Z., New York, New York

"The Stranger in the Woods" by Michael Finkel Raquel R., Encino, California

"Tender is the Night" by F. Scott Fitzgerald Emma K., Chapel Hill, North Carolina

"Locking Up Our Own" by James Forman Jr. Yasmine C., Brooklyn, New York

"Bad Feminist" by Roxanne Gay Katherine W., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

"The Epic of Gilgamesh" (translated by Andrew George) Gabriella S., York, Maine

"Outliers" by Malcom Gladwell Christo M., Park Ridge, Illinois

"Other Minds" by Peter Godfrey-Smith Griffin C., San Antonio, Texas

"Lord of the Flies" by William Golding Angel A., Mesquite, Texas

"Leadership in Turbulent Times" by Doris Kearns Goodwin Christo M., Park Ridge, Illinois

"Turtles All The Way Down" by John Green Arya S., Avon, Ohio

"The Fabric of the Cosmos" by Brian Greene Auden W., Brooklyn, New York

"The Laws of Human Nature" by Robert Greene Sami A., Glendale, Arizona

"Fates and Furies" by Lauren Groff Ellie G., Rockville, Maryland

"The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime" by Mark Haddon" Katherine W., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

"21 Lessons for the 21st Century" by Yuval Noah Harari Kevin W., Lansdale, Pennsylvania

"The Art of Fielding" by Chris Harbach JJ Y., New York, New York

"The Undercover Economist" by Tim Harford Tim H., Weston, Florida

"War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning" by Chris Hedges Katherine W., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

"Siddhartha" by Herman Hesse Leah W., Atlanta, Georgia

"Minor Feelings" by Cathy Park Hong Hazel K., Irvine, California

"A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini Clara L., Oakwood, Ohio

"Le Dernier Jour d'un condamné" by Victor Hugo Rania H., Berrechid, Morocco

"Les Misérables" by Victor Hugo Lora J., Montclair, New Jersey

"Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston Kate L., Glenwood, Maryland, Olivia S., Mars, Pennsylvania

"Season of Crimson Blossoms" by Abubakar Adam Ibrahim Cliffe O., Nairobi, Kenya

"Monday’s Not Coming" by Tiffany Jackson Victoria K., Boca Raton, Florida

"The Obelisk Gate" by N.K. Jemisin Emily H., Belton, South Carolina

"The Stone Sky" by N.K. Jemisin Makenna P., O'Fallon, Illinois

"All Boys Aren't Blue" by George M. Johnson Rowan M., Boxford, Massachusetts

"Truly Devious" by Maureen Johnson Emme P., Iowa City, Iowa

"The Boy who Harnessed the Wind" by William Kamkwamba and Bryan Mealer Tasnimul Fahim T., Narayanganj, Bangladesh

"Stamped from the Beginning" by Ibram X. Kendi Mina Z., New York, New York

"When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir" by Patrisse Khan-Cullors Josie G., Trenton, Ohio, Lucie M., Bloomfield Hills, Michigan

"Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Terry Kidder Katherine W., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft" by Stephen King Daniel B., Short Hills, New Jersey

"The Memories of Tomorrow" by Dean Koontz Antonio B., Union City, California

"We Are Okay" by Nina LaCour Rowan M., Boxford, Massachusetts

"Go Set a Watchman" by Harper Lee Ellen D., Atlanta, Georgia

"Sister Outsider" by Audre Lorde Mina Z., New York, New York

"Real American" by Julie Lythcott-Haims Annabelle F., Seattle, Washington

"Unbowed" by Wagnari Maathi Crew J., San Diego, California

"A Burning" by Megha Majumdar Gayathri S., Macedonia, Ohio

"1491" by Charles C. Mann Margaret O., Green Springs, Ohio

"The Mirror and the Light" by Hilary Mantel William B., Chevy Chase, Maryland

"Wolf Hall" by Hilary Mantel Jonathan L., Charlottesville, Virginia

"The Bethrothed (I Promessi Sposi)" by Alessandro Manzoni Alejandro G., Chicago, Illinois

"Deacon King Kong: A Novel" by James McBride Heath M., Ann Arbor, Michigan

"The Road" by Cormac McCarthy Aiden N., Princeton Junction, New Jersey

"Angela's Ashes" by Frank McCourt Anchal S., Sunnyvale, California

"Post-Truth" by Lee McIntyre Bianca Denise L., Manila, Philippines

"Moby Dick" by Herman Melville Morgan P., Twinsburg, Ohio

"Circe" by Madeline Miller Zhao Gu G., Elkins Park, Pennsylvania

"The Song of Achilles" by Madeline Miller Leah W., Atlanta, Georgia

"Beloved" by Toni Morrison Nandini L., Mason, Ohio

"After Dark" by Haruki Murakami Sajid K., Dhaka, Bangladesh

"Kafka by the Shore" by Haruki Murakami Evelyn M., New York, New York, Abram R., Arcata, California

"The Wind Up Bird" Haruki Murakami Praagya K., Kathmandu, Nepal

"Like A Love Story" by Abdi Nazeman Victoria T., St. Clairsville, Ohio

"Deep: Freediving, Renegade Science, and what the Ocean Tells Us about Ourselves" by James Nestor Christo M., Park Ridge, Illinois

"Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng Addie E., San Francisco, California

"Born A Crime" by Trevor Noah Bruce D., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Mahder T., Swampscott, Massachusetts

"Sweat" by Lynn Nottage Bianca Denise L., Manila, Philippines

"Dreams From my Father" by Barack Obama Emma R., Jupiter, Florida

"So You Want to Talk About Race" by Ijeoma Oluo Rowan M., Boxford, Massachusetts

"Long Day’s Journey into Night" by Eugene O'Neill Katie G., Norwich, Vermont

"There There" by Tommy Orange JJ Y., New York, New York

"1984" by George Orwell Bessy A., San Pedro Sula, Cortes, Honduras, Rahul M., South Windsor, Connecticut, Connor R., Poolesville, Maryland

"Where the Crawdads Sing" by Delia Owens Kibriyanut A., Almaty, Kazakhstan

"Becoming Kim Jong Un" by Jung H. Pak Hayden H., Scottsdale, Arizona

"Cry, the Beloved Country" by Alan Paton Keaton M., Versailles, Kentucky

"Pillow Thoughts" by Courtney Peppernell Anderson C., Miami, Florida

"Walking The Way Together" by Mark Phillips Gavin B., Butler, Missouri

"A Spark of Light" by Jodi Picoult Chloe D., Lake Forest, Illinois

"Republic" by Plato Rachel S., Rye, New York

"The Education of an Idealist" by Samantha Power Michaela C., Birmingham, Michigan, Isabel M., Houston, Texas

"Citizen: An American Lyric" by Claudia Rankine Amelie G., Santa Cruz, California, Alex K., San Francisco, California

"Such a Fun Age" Kiley Reid Naiyara Aayman N., Uttara, Dhaka Bangladesh

"Three Cups of Tea" by David Oliver Relin and Greg Mortenson Emma R., Jupiter, Florida

"Three Comrades" ("Drei Kameraden") by Erich Maria Remarque Mane H., Kapan, Armenia

"Juliet Takes A Breath" by Gabby Rivera Emma O., Lakewood, Ohio

"Normal People" by Sally Rooney Patricia T., Bedford, New Hampshire, Leah W., Atlanta, Georgia

"American Pastoral" by Phillip Roth Thomas B., Colchester, Vermont

"The Color of Law" by Richard Rothstein Hannah F., North Potomac, Maryland, Leah W., Atlanta, Georgia

"The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat" by Oliver Sacks Caroline M., Washington, D.C.

"Orientalism" by Edward Said Luke K., Midvale, Utah

"Oathbringer" by Brandon Sanderson Siddhi S., Pickerington, Ohio

"Vicious" by Victoria Schwab Colby P., Chapel Hill, North Carolina

"The Yale Shakespeare: King Henry IV-VIII" by William Shakespeare Emme P., Iowa City, Iowa

"Frankenstein by" Mary Shelley Gabriella S., York, Maine

"Rodham" by Curtis Sittenfeld Leah W., Atlanta, Georgia

"The Naked Communist" by W. Cleon Skousen Lewis S., Athens, Georgia

"Marilou is Everywhere" by Sarah Elaine Smith Bianca Denise L., Manila, Philippines

"Disgruntled" by Asali Solomon Madison B., Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania

"Maus" and "Maus 2" by Art Spiegelman Imogen F., New York, New York

"Outrageous Acts and Everyday Rebellions" by Gloria Steinem Kendall B., Weston, Massachusetts

"Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson Lucy H., Cheshire, Connecticut, Emily L., Bethesda, Maryland, Athena S., St. Petersburg, Florida, Zelda S., Los Angeles California

"No Visible Bruises: What We Don’t Know About Domestic Violence Can Kill Us" by Rachel Louise Snyder Genevieve R., Brooklyn, New York

"Wild" by Cheryl Strayed Sydney W., Huntersville, North Carolina

"Beneath a Scarlet Sky" by Mark Sullivan Joseph F., Bethesda, Maryland

"The Secret History" by Donna Tartt Sadie K., San Anselmo, California, Anna P., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

"Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?" by Beverly Daniel Tatum Emelia G., Brookline, Massachusetts

"The Hate U Give" by Angie Thomas Maddie B., Andover, Massachusetts, Atiqua P., Dinajpur, Bangladesh

"Anna Karenina" by Leo Tolstoy Alexander H., Gilbert, Arizona, Quinn W., Dayton, Ohio

"Cane" by Jean Toomer Roman S., Moskva, Russia

"The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle" by Stuart Turton Anchal S., Sunnyvale, California

"Slaughterhouse Five" by Kurt Vonnegut Rahul M., South Windsor, Connecticut

"On Earth, We're Briefly Gorgeous" by Ocean Vuong Lishan C., Stanford, California

"Men We Reaped: A Memoir" by Jesmyn Ward Alex A., New York, New York

"Ontological Terror: Blackness, Nihilism, and Emancipation" by Calvin L. Warren Hannah S., Glencoe, Illinois

"Most Likely" by Sarah Watson Stella T., Juneau, Alaska

"Become What You Are" by Alan Watts Raghav D., Hisar, India

"Educated" by Tara Westover Kibriyanut A., Almaty, Kazakhstan

"The Portrait Of Dorian Gray" by Oscar Wilde John E., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Madalyn S., Saint Louis, Missouri

"Two Trains Running" by August Wilson Michael W., Shoreline, Washington

"Look Homeward, Angel" by Thomas Wolfe Omar M., Nyack, New York

"The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Malcolm X with Alex Haley Amanda P., Lawrenceville, New Jersey, Luis P., Caracas, Venezuela, Mina Z., New York, New York

"The Time Paradox" by Philip Zimbardo David G., San Francisco, California

"Forbidden Scrollery" by ZUN John L., Reno, Nevada

Tao Te Ching Leopoldo P., Albany, California

"Divine Comedy" by Dante Alighieri Emme P., Iowa City, Iowa

"Ripper" by Isabel Allende Mendaka A., Oakland Gardens, New York

"The Handmaid’s Tale" by Margaret Atwood Emma R., Jupiter, Florida

"Giovanni’s Room" by James Baldwin Mina Z., New York, New York

"Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo Isabella R., San Francisco, California

"Operation Nemesis" by Eric Bogosian Haig S., Rego Park, New York

"Detox Your Thoughts: Quit Negative Self-Talk for Good and Discover the Life You've Always Wanted" by Andrea Bonior Mohammad F., Tyre, Lebanon

"Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë Griffin G., Birmingham, Michigan, Mehri S., San Diego, California

"Wuthering Heights" by Emily Brontë Emme P., Iowa City, Iowa

"The Myth Of Sisyphus" by Albert Camus Daisy S., Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India

“Don Quixote” by Miguel de Cervantes Claire P., Corinth, Texas, Amanda W., Olmsted Twp, Ohio

"Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates Silvia C., Renton, Washington

“The Alchemist” by Paul Coelho Dhruv C., Kolkata, West Bengal, India, Mahesh Y., Siraha, Province-02, Nepal

"Notes on a Silencing" by Lacy Crawford Kathryn M., Chesterfield, Missouri

"The Anarchy: The Relentless Rise of the East India Company" by William Dalrymple Atiyk A.,  Jamaica, New York

"Wolf in White Van" by John Darnielle Mairyn M., Little Rock, Arkansas

"A Tale of Two Cities" by Charles Dickens Silvia C., Renton, Washington

"Little Dorrit" by Charles Dickens Clara L., Oakwood, Ohio

"Play It As It Lays" by Joan Didion Ella N., Ocean Grove, New Jersey

"Crime and Punishment" by Fyodor Dostoevsky Grace K.,  Rochester, New York, Oliver S., Fort Collins, Colorado

"The Count of Monte Cristo" by Alexandre Dumas Luke W., Bowling Green, Kentucky

"Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison Halle P., Chagrin Falls, Ohio, Emma R., Jupiter, Florida

“Suicide Notes” by Micheal Thomas Ford Tatiana B., Bayside, New York

"Mr. Midshipman Hornblower" by C. S. Forester Theresa P., Westminster, California

"American Gods" by Neil Gaiman Quinn K.,  Zionsville, Indiana

"The Open Veins of Latin America" by Eduardo Galeano Giuliano R., Rio Cuarto, Córdoba, Argentina

"Systemantics: How Systems Work and Especially How They Fail" by John Gall Talha C., Gopalganj, Bangladesh

"Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell Luis P., Caracas, Miranda, Venezuela

"Homegoing" by Yaa Gyasi Lacy N., Medina, Ohio

"For Whom the Bell Tolls" by Ernest Hemingway Bradford K.,  Maumee, Ohio

"Siddhartha" by Hermann Hesse Mahir A.,  Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India

"Still Standing" by Larry Hogan Jeremy F., Potomac, Maryland

"A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini Silvia C., Renton, Washington

"Barracoon" by Zora Neale Hurston Grace K., Rochester, New York

"The Shining" by Stephen King Matthew J., Memphis, Tennessee

"Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston Xian B., Fuchu-shi, Tokyo, Japan

"All But My Life" by Gerda Weissmann Klein Meadow W., New York, New York

"The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest" by Stieg Larsson Dylan R., Murfreesboro, Tennessee

"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee Siam S., Dhaka City Corporation, Dhaka Division, Bangladesh

"Near to the Wild Heart" by Clarice Lispector Ella C., Brooklyn, New York

"One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel García Márquez Akshat S., Patna, Bihar, India

"Blood Meridian" by Cormac McCarthy Teidrick B., Saint Ann, Missouri, Sally F., Richmond, Virginia

"The Pine Barrens" by John McPhee Aaron Z., E Brunswick, New Jersey

"Circe" by Madeline Miller Ella J., Seattle, Washington

"Feral" by George Monbiot Ryan S., Torrance, California

"Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison Emily W., Charlotte, North Carolina

"Sula" by Toni Morrison Emme P., Iowa City, Iowa

"The Rape of Europa: The Fate of Europe's Treasures in the Third Reich and the Second World War" by Lynn H. Nicholas Emma R.,  Jupiter, Florida

"A Promised Land" by Barack Obama Annie S., Los Altos, California

"Running in the Family" by Michael Ondaatje Rowan K.,  Columbus, Ohio

"1984" by George Orwell Margaret S., Atlanta, Georgia

"Where the Crawdads Sing" by Delia Owens Michaela S., Mount Laurel, New Jersey

"La Gloire de mon père" by Marcel Pagnol Xanthe M.,  Short Hills, New Jersey

"The Complete Works of Edgar Allan Poe" Madeline L., Buffalo, New York

"Geekerella" by Ashley Poston Margeurite G., Lake Villa, Illinois

"The Overstory" by Richard Powers Evan B., Memphis, Tennessee

"Jitterbug Perfume" by Tom Robbins Sadie K.,  San Anselmo, California

"The Unlikely Disciple" by Kevin Roose Maya S., Menlo Park, California

"The God Of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy Parthib C., Suri, West Bengal, India

"The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat" by Oliver Sacks Pedro B., São Paulo, Brazil

"Rhythm of War" by Brandon Sanderson Kaavya M.,  Tampa, Florida

"The Bridge of Beyond" by Simone Schwarz-Bart Ciara M.,  Harrison, New York

"Choose Your Own Disaster" by Dana Schwartz Anna R., Forest Hills, New York

"Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris Abigail D., Westlake, Ohio, Bezawitt L., Inglewood, California

"Girl Waits with Gun" by Amy Stewart Enkhkhuslen B., Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

"Dracula" by Bram Stoker Marcie C., New York, New York 

"The Secret History" by Donna Tartt Margaret C., N Ridgeville, Ohio, Anna T., Oakland, New Jersey

"Vanity Fair" by William Makepeace Thackeray Kaylee A., Preston, Minnesota

"The Silmarillion" by J. R. R. Tolkien Emme P., Iowa City, Iowa

"Anna Karenina" by Leo Tolstoy Ava A., Newburyport, Massachusetts

"Eat That Frog!: 21 Great Ways to Stop Procrastinating and Get More Done in Less Time" by Brian Tracy Bishoy M., Al Haram, Giza, Egypt

"To End A Presidency" by Laurence Tribe and Joshua Matz Leah W., Atlanta, Georgia

"It's Kind of a Funny Story" by Ned Vizzini Theodora M., Chappaqua, New York

"Slaughterhouse Five" by Kurt Vonnegut Ella N., Ocean Grove, New Jersey

"On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous" by Ocean Vuong Gayathri S., Niles, Illinois

"Solitary" by Albert Woodfox Atiyk A., Jamaica, New York

"Black Boy" by Richard Wright Silvia C., Renton, Washington