Favorite Books

Fantasy
Harry Potter Series by J.K. Rowling 
The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
LOTR Trilogy by J.R.R. Tolkien
Bartimaeus Trilogy by Jonathan Stroud 
The Ring of Solomon by Jonathan Stroud
His Dark Materials Trilogy by Philip Pullman
Queen of Attolia by Megan Whalen Turner
American Gods by Neil Gaiman
Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norell by Susanna Clarke 
In Hero Years Im...Dead by Michael Stackpole
A Song of Ice and Fire Series 1-4 by George R.R. Martin
Tigana by Guy Gavriel Kay
Perdido Street Station by China Mieville

Dystopia
The Hunger Games Trilogy by Suzanne Collins
Chaos Walking 1-3 by Patrick Ness

Historical Fiction
A Northern Light by Jennifer Donnely
The Book Thief by Marcus Zusak 
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon
Bud, not Buddy by Christopher Curtis Smith 
Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein

Sci-Fi
Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
Speaker for the Dead by Orson Scott Card
Ubik by Philip K. Dick

 Literary Fiction
Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell
The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes

Contemporary YA
Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson
True Believer by Virginia Euwer Wolff
Dash and Lily's Book of Dares by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan
Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver
Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
The 10 PM Question by Kate De Goldi
Dr. Bird's Advice for Sad Poets by Evan Roskos
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian by Sherman Alexie

Short Story Collection
Tenth of December by George Saunders
Smoke and Mirrors by Neil Gaiman
We Live in Water by Jess Walter

Non Fiction
The Lost City of Z by David Grann
We Learn Nothing by Tim Kreider

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