The Outsiders
Author:
S. E. Hinton
“The Outsiders” is a novel written by S.E. Hinton, first published in 1967. It’s a coming-of-age story set in the 1960s in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and follows the struggles of Ponyboy Curtis, a member of a group of young ...
In Cold Blood
A True Account of a Multiple Murder and its Consequences
Author:
Truman Capote
On November 15, 1959, in the small town of Holcomb, Kansas, four members of the Clutter family were savagely murdered by blasts from a shotgun held a few inches from their faces. There was no apparent motive for the crime, and there...
All Quiet on the Western Front
Author:
Erich Maria Remarque
All Quiet on the Western Front is a novel by Erich Maria Remarque, published in 1929, that takes place during World War I. The story revolves around a 20-year-old German boy named Paul Baumer, who is serving in the war. The novel is...
A Long Walk To Water
Author:
Linda Sue Park
A Long Walk to Water begins as two stories, told in alternating sections, about two eleven-year-olds in Sudan, a girl in 2008 and a boy in 1985. The girl, Nya, is fetching water from a pond that is two hours’ walk from her home: She...
War And Peace
Author:
Leo Tolstoy
“War and Peace” by Leo Tolstoy is a literary work set during the Napoleonic Wars, mixing fictional narrative with chapters discussing history and philosophy. It is regarded as one of Tolstoy’s finest literary achie...
The Poisonwood Bible
Author:
Barbara Kingsolver
“The Poisonwood Bible” by Barbara Kingsolver follows the Price family, led by evangelical Baptist preacher Nathan Price, who moves from Georgia to the Congo in the 1960s. The story is narrated through the perspectives of...
The Bean Trees
Author:
Barbara Kingsolver
“The Bean Trees” by Barbara Kingsolver is a captivating novel that follows the journey of Taylor Greer, a young woman from rural Kentucky who sets out to escape her small-town life and find her own path. Taylor’s l...
