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Koenigsbauer English: Book Lists by Genre

Popular Fiction

  • Americanah by Chimamanda Adichie
  • Another Brooklyn by Jacqueline Woodson
  • The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver
  • Behold the Dreamers by Imbolo Mbue
  • The Book of Unknown Americans by Cristina Henriquez
  • A Children's Bible by Lydia Millet
  • Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan
  • Disappearing Earth by Julia Phillips
  • Fiona and Jane by Jean Chen Ho
  • The Girl With the Louding Voice by Abi Dare
  • The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah
  • Home or Away by Kathleen West
  • Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
  • House of Sand and Fog by Andre Dubus
  • How Not To Drown In A Glass of Water by Angie Cruz
  • Infinite Country by Patricia Engel
  • The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan
  • Kitchens of the Great Midwest by J. Ryan Stradal
  • Lawn Boy by Jonathan Evison
  • Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
  • Life of Pi by Yann Martel
  • Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
  • Nettle and Bone by T. Kingfisher
  • The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead
  • The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory
  • Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
  • Red Rising by Pierce Brown
  • The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Ahmed
  • Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates
  • Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
  • The Turner House by Angela Flournoy
  • The Twelve Tribes of Hattie by Ayana Mathis
  • The Violin Conspiracy by Brendan Slocumb
  • What Happened to Ruthy Ramirez by Claire Jimenez
  • The White Tiger by Nancy Isenberg

Narrative Non-Fiction

  • The 57 Bus by Dashka Slater
  • The Blind Side by Michael Lewis
  • The Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown
  • Endurance: Shackelton's Incredible Voyage by Alfred Lansing
  • Friday Night Lights by H.G. Bissinger
  • The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee by David Truer
  • Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly
  • Hillbilly Elegy by J.D. Vance
  • How Far the Light Reaches by Sabrina Imbler
  • How The Word Is Passed by Clint Smith
  • Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann
  • Never Cry Wolf by Farley Mowat
  • Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell
  • The Right Stuff by Tom Wolfe
  • White Trash by Nancy Isenberg
  • Valiant Ambition by Nathaniel Philbrick

Memoirs/Biographies

  • Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt
  • Autobiography of Malcolm X
  • Born a Crime by Trevor Noah
  • Crying in H-Mart by Michelle Zauner
  • Heartberries by Terese Marie Mailhot
  • Hunger by Roxane Gay
  • I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
  • The Liar's Club by Mary Karr
  • Sojourner Truth: Ain't I a Woman by Patricia C. McKissack & Fredrick McKissack
  • Spirit Run by Noe Alvarez
  • Turning 15 on the Road to Freedom by Lynda Blackmon Lowery
  • Up From Slavery by Booker T. Washington
  • Wild by Cheryl Strayed

YA (Young Adult)

  • All American Boys by Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely
  • American Street by Ibi Zobo
  • Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Saenz
  • Be More Chill by Ned Vizini
  • Bitter by Akwaeki Emezi
  • The Black Kids by Christina Hammonds Reed
  • The Book of Unknown Americans by Cristina Henriquez
  • Boy 21 by Matthew Quick
  • Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson
  • Concrete Rose by Angie Thomas
  • Darius the Great is Not OK by Adib Khorram
  • Dear Martin by Nic Stone
  • Divergent by Veronica Roth
  • Dread Nation by Justina Ireland
  • Eleanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell
  • Far From the Tree by Robin Benway
  • Funeral Songs for Dying Girls by Cherie Dimaline
  • The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
  • How It All Blew Up by Arvin Ahmadi
  • The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros
  • The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
  • Little Brother by Cory Doctorow
  • Love, Hate and Other Filters by Samira Ahmed
  • The Lunar Chronicles by Marissa Meyer
  • Maze Runner by Jason Dashner
  • Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
  • Mexican Whiteboy by Matt de la Pena
  • The Miseducation of Cameron Post
  • Monster by Walter Dean Myers
  • Mosquitoland by David Arnold
  • Noteworthy by Riley Redgate
  • One of Us Is Lying by Karen McManus
  • Punching the Air by Ibi Aanu Zoboi
  • Sadie by Courtney Summers
  • Scythe by Neal Shusterman
  • Solo by Kwame Alexander
  • Stupid Fast by Geoff Herbach
  • The Sun is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon
  • The Uglies by Scott Westerley
  • The Upside of Unrequited by Becky Albertalli
  • We Are Not From Here by Jenny Torres Sanchez
  • Wilder Girls by Rory Power

Classics

  • 1984 by George Orwell
  • Animal Farm by George Orwell
  • Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
  • Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson
  • The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
  • Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
  • The Jungle by Upton Sinclair
  • Killer Angels by Michael Shaara
  • Lord of the Flies by William Golding
  • My Antonia by Willa Cather
  • Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
  • A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry​
  • Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison

Graphic Novels

 

  • American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang
  • The Best We Could Do by Thi Bui
  • Blankets by Craig Thompson
  • Fun Home by Alison Bechdel
  • Hey, Kiddo by Jarrett J. Krosoczak
  • Lena Finkle's Magic Barrel by Anya Ulinich
  • Maus by Art Spiegelman
  • March by John Lewis
  • The Secret to Superhuman Strength by Alison Bechdel
  • This One Summer by Mariko Tamaki

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