Choose Palatine Library's Great American Read

Question Title

* What is your favorite title from the PBS's Great American Read list of 100 novels?

1984 Orwell, George 1949 Sci-Fi/Fantasy

A Confederacy of Dunces Toole, John Kennedy 1980 Literary

A Prayer for Owen Meany Irving, John 1989 Literary

A Separate Peace Knowles, John 1959 Young Adult

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn Smith, Betty 1943 Classic

Adventures of Tom Sawyer Twain, Mark 1876 Classic

Alchemist Coelho, Paulo 1988 Inspirational

Alex Cross Mysteries (series) Patterson, James 1993 Mystery/Crime/Thriller

Alice in Wonderland Carroll, Lewis 1865 Classic

Americanah Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi 2013 Literary

And Then There Were None Christie, Agatha 1939 Mystery/Crime/Thriller

Anne of Green Gables Montgomery, Lucy Maud 1908 Young Adult

Another Country Baldwin, James 1962 Classic

Atlas Shrugged Rand, Ayn 1957 Classic

Beloved Morrison, Toni 1987 Classic

Bless Me Ultima Anaya, Rudolfo 1972 Classic

Book Thief Zusak, Markus 2005 Young Adult, Historical

Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao Diaz, Junot 2007 Literary

Call of the Wild London, Jack 1903 Young Adult, Adventure

Catch 22 Heller, Joseph 1961 Classic

Catcher in the Rye Salinger, J.D. 1951 Classic

Charlotte's Web White, E. B. 1952 Classic

Chronicles of Narnia (series) Lewis, C.S. 1950 Classic, Adventure

Clan of the Cave Bear Auel, Jean M. 1980 Historical

Coldest Winter Ever Sister Soulja 1999 Literary

Color Purple Walker, Alice 1982 Classic

Count of Monte Cristo Dumas, Alexandre 1844 Classic

Crime and Punishment Dostoyevsky, Fyodor 1866 Classic

Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nightime Haddon, Mark 2003 Young Adult

Da Vinci Code Brown, Dan 2003 Mystery/Crime/Thriller

Don Quixote de Cervantes, Miguel 1605 Classic

Doña Bárbara Gallegos, Romulo 1929 Classic

Dune Herbert, Frank 1965 Sci-Fi/Fantasy

Fifty Shades of Grey (series) James, E.L. 2011 Romance

Flowers in the Attic Andrews, V.C. 1979 Horror

Foundation (series) Asimov, Issac 1951 Sci-Fi/Fantasy

Frankenstein Shelley, Mary 1818 Classic, Horror

Game of Thrones (series) Martin, George R. R. 1996 Sci-Fi/Fantasy, Adventure

Ghost Reynolds, Jason 2016 Young Adult

Gilead Robinson, Marilyn 2004 Literary

Giver Lowry, Lois 1993 Young Adult

Godfather Puzo, Mario 1969 Mystery/Crime/Thriller

Gone Girl Flynn, Gillian 2012 Mystery/Crime/Thriller

Gone With the Wind Mitchell, Margaret 1936 Classic

Grapes of Wrath Steinbeck, John 1939 Classic

Great Expectations Dickens, Charles 1861 Classic

Great Gatsby Fitzgerald, F. Scott 1925 Classic

Gulliver's Travels Swift, Jonathan 1726 Classic, Adventure

Handmaid's Tale Atwood, Margaret 1985 Literary

Harry Potter (series) Rowling, J.K. 1997 Young Adult, Sci-Fi/Fantasy

Hatchet (series) Paulsen, Gary 1987 Young Adult, Adventure

Heart of Darkness Conrad, Joseph 1902 Classic

The Help Stockett, Kathryn 2009 Historical

Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Adams, Douglas 1979 Sci-Fi/Fantasy

Hunger Games (series) Collins, Suzanne 2008 Sci-Fi/Fantasy, Young Adult

Hunt for Red October Clancy, Tom 1984 Mystery/Crime/Thriller/

Intuitionist Whitehead, Colson 1999 Literary

Invisible Man Ellison, Ralph 1953 Classic

Jane Eyre Bronte, Charlotte 1847 Classic, Romance

Joy Luck Club Tan, Amy 1989 Literary

Jurassic Park Crichton, Michael 1990 Sci-Fi/Fantasy

Left Behind (series) LaHaye, Tim / Jenkins, Jerry B. 1995 Inspirational, Mystery/Crime/Thriller

Little Prince de Saint-Exupery, Antoine 1943 Classic

Little Women Alcott, Louisa May 1868 Classic

Lonesome Dove McMurtry, Larry 1985 Adventure

Looking for Alaska Green, John 2005 Young Adult

Lord of the Rings (series) Tolkien, J.R.R. 1954 Sci-Fi/Fantasy

Lovely Bones Sebold, Alice 2002 Literary

The Martian Weir, Andy 2014 Sci-Fi/Fantasy

Memoirs of a Geisha Golden, Arthur 1997 Literary

Mind Invaders Hunt, Dave 1989 Sci-Fi/Fantasy, Inspirational

Moby Dick Melville, Herman 1851 Classic

The Notebook Sparks, Nicholas 1996 Romance

One Hundred Years of Solitude Garcia Marquez, Gabriel 1967 Classic

Outlander (series) Gabaldon, Diana 1991 Sci-Fi/Fantasy

The Outsiders Hinton, S.E. 1967 Young Adult

Picture of Dorian Gray Wilde, Oscar 1890 Classic

Pilgrim's Progress Bunyan, John 1678 Classic

Pillars of the Earth Follett, Ken 1989 Historical

Pride and Prejudice Austen, Jane 1813 Classic

Ready Player One Cline, Ernest 2011 Sci-Fi/Fantasy

Rebecca du Maurier, Daphne 1938 Mystery/Crime/Thriller

The Shack Young, William P. 2007 Inspirational, Mystery/Crime/Thriller

Siddhartha Hesse, Hermann 1922 Classic

Sirens of Titan Vonnegut, Kurt 1959 Sci-Fi/Fantasy

The Stand King, Stephen 1978 Sci-Fi/Fantasy, Horror

The Sun Also Rises Hemingway, Ernest 1926 Classic

Swan Song McCammon, Robert R. 1987 Horror, Sci-Fi/Fantasy

Tales of the City (series) Maupin, Armistead 1978 Literary

Their Eyes Were Watching God Hurston, Zora Neale 1937 Classic

Things Fall Apart Achebe, Chinua 1958 Classic

This Present Darkness Peretti, Frank E. 1986 Inspirational, Mystery/Crime/Thriller

To Kill a Mockingbird Lee, Harper 1960 Classic

Twilight Saga (series) Meyer, Stephanie 2005 Young Adult, Sci-Fi/Fantasy, Romance

War and Peace Tolstoy, Leo 1869 Classic

The Watchers Koontz, Dean 1987 Mystery

The Wheel of Time (series) Jordan, Robert 1990 Sci-Fi/Fantasy

Where the Red Fern Grows Rawls, Wilson 1961 Young Adult

White Teeth Smith, Zadie 2000 Literary

Wuthering Heights Bronte, Emily 1847 Classic

Question Title

* What is your favorite title from the PBS's Great American Read list of 100 novels?

Question Title

* What is your favorite book not on the Great American Read list?