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Students must read a minimun
of five books from the suggested author list.
- Books that are taught in the S-E English Curriculum are not
acceptable extra reading choices.
- You may choose any book by the listed
authors. You may also add authors of literary quality
available from your public library recommended by your librarian.
Remember this list is not all inclusive. There are many
fine choices not listed here.
Students must turn in a list
of their books by the first Friday in September to
their English teacher with student and parent signatures stating that the student
honestly met the challenge.
Students who meet the challenge
will have a letter attached to their official school transcript
to be sent to prospective colleges. This declaration will
include the list of titles read and a statement that the program
is a voluntary challenge above and beyond the standard high school
curriculum. If at any time it is ascertained that a student has
cheated, this information will also be noted in the student transcript.
Our objective as an English
Department is not only to encourage reading outside the classroom
but also to give our students an opportunity to distinguish themselves
from the norm.
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AMERICAN AUTHORS
American authors are listed alphabetically, with a description
of each one's typical subject matter to the right of the name.
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| Abbey, Edward |
The West |
| Agee, James |
Southern |
| Alcott, Louisa May |
19th Century Family |
| Alexie, Sherman |
Native American Themes |
| Angelou, Maya |
Black Woman's Memoir |
| Ansay, Manette |
Family Relationships |
| Arnow, Harriet |
Personal Triumph |
| Asimov, Isaac |
Science Fiction |
| Auchincolss, Louis |
Upper Class Society |
| Auel, Joan |
Prehistoric Humans |
| Bambara, Toni Cade |
African-American |
| Banks, Russell |
Generation X |
| Beattie, Ann |
Contemporary |
| Bell, Madison Smartt |
Contemporary Life |
| Borland, Hal |
Indian Themes |
| Bradbury, Ray |
Science Fiction |
| Busch, Frederick |
Rural Central New York |
| Caldwell, Erskine |
1930's |
| Cambar, Kathleen |
Family Relationships |
| Capote, Truman |
Murder |
| Cary, Lorene |
Memoir/Black Student |
| Cather, Willa |
Nebraska Pioneer |
| Chabon, Michael |
Coming of Age |
| Chandler, Ray |
1940's Mystery |
| Chopin, Kate |
Individual and Society |
| Chute, Carolyn |
Rural Poverty in Maine |
| Clark, Walter van Tilberg |
Classic Western |
| Conroy, Frank |
Gifted Musician |
| Cooper, James Fenimore |
Early Central New York |
| Cormier, Robert |
Peer Pressure |
| Crutcher, Chris |
Importance of Friendship |
| Dickey, James |
Rural South |
| Didion, Joan |
Contemporary California |
| Doctorow, E.L. |
Historical Fiction |
| Dorris, Michael |
American Indian Themes |
| Dreiser, Theodore |
Early 20th Century |
| Edmunds, Walter D. |
Early Mohawk Valley |
| Ellison, Ralph |
Black Concerns |
| Fast, Howard |
1920's |
| Flagg, Fannie |
Southern Coming of Age |
| Ford, Richard |
Contmeporary Life |
| Gaines, Ernest J. |
Black Themes |
| Gibbons, Kaye |
Southern/Women |
| Gilman, Charlotte Perkins |
Early Feminist |
| Glasgow, Ellen |
Southern Themes |
| Godwin, Gail |
Father/Daughter |
| Greene, Bette |
Family Disapproval |
| Grisham, John |
Law/Justice |
| Guest, Judith |
Suicide |
| Guterson, David |
Prejudice and Murder |
| Haley, Alex |
Biography |
| Hamilton, Virginia |
Importance of Family |
| Hansen, Ron |
Father/Son Relationship |
| Heinlein, Robert |
Science Fiction |
| Heller, Joseph |
Absurdity of War |
| Herbert, Frank |
World War II |
| Hillerman, Tony |
Contemporary Mystery |
| Hoffman, Alice |
Contemporary |
| Hogan, Linda |
Indian Themes |
| Hull, Helen |
Pioneer Woman's Life |
| Hurston, Zora Neale |
Black Women |
| James, Henry |
Americans in Europe |
| Jen, Gish |
Asian American Themes |
| Kennedy, William |
Albany 1930's |
| Kesey, Ken |
Contemporary |
| Keyes, Daniel |
Retardation to Genius |
| Kingsolver, Barbara |
Southwest |
| Kingston, Maxine Hong |
Asian Themes |
| L'Amour, Louis |
Westerns |
| LeGuin, Ursula |
Science Fiction |
| Lewis, Sinclair |
Small Town USA |
| London, Jack |
Survival/Naturalism |
| MacDonald, Ross |
Mysteries |
| Maclean, Norman |
Brothers' Relationship |
| Mailer, Norman |
World War II |
| Malamud, Bernard |
Baseball |
| Mason, Bobbie Ann |
Effects of Viet Nam |
| Matthiessen, Peter |
American Missionary |
| Mazer, Harry |
Youth in World War II |
| McCarthy, Cormac |
The West |
| McCullers, Carson |
Southern/Growing Up |
| McFarland, Dennis |
Brothers' Relationship |
| McMillan, Terry |
Black Themes |
| McMurtry, Larry |
Western |
| Mitchell, Margaret |
Historical Fiction |
| Morrison, Tony |
Black Themes |
| Mosely, Walter |
Black Mysteries |
| Myers, Walter Dean |
Viet Nam |
| Naylor, Gloria |
Black Themes |
| Norris, Frank |
Naturalism/The West |
| O'Brien, Tim |
Viet Nam War |
| Paterson, Katherine |
Sister Rivalry |
| Percy, Walker |
Hollywood |
| Petry, Ann |
Harlem 1940's |
| Plath, Sylvia |
Mental Illness/Depression |
| Potok, Chaim |
Jewish Concerns |
| Price, Reynolds |
The South |
| Proulx, E. Annie |
Contemporary |
| Rand, Ayn |
Radical Capitalism |
| Richter, Conrad |
Indian Themes |
| Robinson, Marilyn |
Coming of Age |
| Roiphe, Anne |
Mother/Daughter |
| Salzman, Mark |
Comtemporary |
| Shange, Ntozake |
Black Themes |
| Shaw, Irwin |
Post World War |
| Shields, Carol |
One Woman's Life |
| Silko, Leslie Marmon |
Native American |
| Simpson, Mona |
Contemporary |
| Sinclair, Upton |
Naturalism |
| Smiley, Jane |
Midwest Farm Family |
| Smith, Lee |
Southern Themes |
| Spencer, Scott |
Contemporary Life |
| Stegner, William |
Western Pioneer |
| Steinbeck, John |
California |
| Stone, Irving |
Historical Fiction |
| Stowe, Harriet Beecher |
Abolitionist Themes |
| Styron, William |
Holocaust |
| Styron, William |
Slave Revolt |
| Tan, Amy |
American/Asian Themes |
| Tarkington, Booth |
Early 20th Century |
| Theroux, Paul |
Looking for a Utopia |
| Tyler, Anne |
Comtemporary Themes |
| Updike, John |
Contemporary Themes |
| Voigt, Cynthia |
Importance of Family |
| Walker, Alice |
Black Concerns |
| Warren, Robert Penn |
Southern Politics |
| Welty, Eudora |
Southern |
| Wharton, Edith |
Entrapment of Women |
| Wharton, William |
Effects of Viet Nam War |
| Wiggins, Marianne |
Female Lord of the Flies |
| Wilder, Thornton |
Disaster and Fate |
| Wister, Owen |
Classic Western |
| Wolfe, Tom |
Contemporary Themes |
| Wolff, Geoffrey |
Memoir of Tobias' Brother |
| Wolff, Tobias |
Syracuse Memoir |
| Wouk, Herman |
World War II Naval Mutiny |
| Wright, Richard |
Coming of Age |
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WORLD AUTHORS
World Authors are listed alphabetically by nationality and typical
subject matter with the authors' names to the right.
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| African – Apartheid |
Gordimer, Nadine |
| African – Apartheid |
Paton, Alan |
| African - Tribalism |
Achebe, Chinua |
| Australian - Memoirs |
Conway, Jill Ker |
| Australian - Romance |
McCullouth, Colleen |
| Canadian - Contemporary |
Atwood, Margaret |
| Canadian - Contemporary |
Davies, Robertson |
| Canadian - Family Issues |
Norman, Howard |
| Canadian - Naturalist |
Mowat, Farley |
| Chinese - Peasant Life |
Buck, Pearl |
| Eastern European - Poetry |
Szymborska, Wislawa |
| Eastern European - Political |
Havel, Vaclav |
| Eastern European - Bizarre |
Kafka, Franz |
| English - Adventure |
DeFoe, Daniel |
| English - Bizarre |
Fowles, John |
| English - Catholicism |
Greene, Graham |
| English - Colonial Life |
Kipling, Rudyard |
| English - Epic Novels |
Dickens, Charles |
| English - Fantasy |
Pullman, Phillip |
| English - Fantasy |
Tolkien, J.R.R. |
| English - Futurist |
Burgess, Anthony |
| English - Futurist |
Huxley, Aldous |
| English - Futurist |
Orwell, George |
| English - Horror |
Shelley, Mary |
| English - Horror |
Stoker, Bram |
| English - Modernist |
Woolf, Virginia |
| English - Mystery |
Christie, Agatha |
| English - Mystery |
Doyle, Arthur Conan |
| English - Plays |
Shakespeare |
| English - Plays |
Shaw, George Bernard |
| English - Poetry/Plays |
Eliot, T.S. |
| English - Romance |
Bronte, Charlotte |
| English - Romance |
Bronte, Emily |
| English - Romance |
DuMaurier, Daphne |
| English - Romance |
Hardy, Thomas |
| English - Rural Life |
Eliot, George |
| English - Science Fiction |
Clarke, Arthur |
| English - Science Fiction |
Wells, H.G. |
| English - Seafaring |
Conrad, Joseph |
| English - Seafaring |
Nordhoff, Charles |
| English - Social Commentary |
Forster, E.M. |
| English - Social Commentary |
Golding, William |
| English - Social Satire |
Austen, Jane |
| English - Spy Thriller |
LeCarre, John |
| English - Women's Issues |
Pym, Barbara |
| French - Fantasy/Flying |
de St.-Exupery, Antoine |
| French - Adventure |
Dumas, Alexander |
| French - Autobiography |
Maugham, Somerset |
| French - Epic Novels |
Hugo, Victor |
| French - Horror |
Leroux, Gaston |
| French - Memoir |
Pagnol, Marcel |
| French - Modern Civilization |
Balzac, Honore |
| French - Naturalism |
Zola, Emile |
| French - Plays |
Anouilh, Jean |
| French - Romance |
Flaubert, Gustov |
| French - Science Fiction |
Verne, Jules |
| French - Social Satire |
de Maupassant, Guy |
| French - Time and Memory |
Proust, Marcel |
| German - Epic Poetry |
Goethe |
| German - Plays |
Brecht, Bertolt |
| German - Spiritual |
Hesse, Hermann |
| German - WW II |
Grass, Gunter |
| German - WW II |
Hegi, Ursula |
| Greek - Epics |
Homer |
| Greek - Plays |
Aeschylus |
| Greek - Plays |
Aristophanes |
| Greek - Plays |
Sophocles |
| Greek - Plays |
Euripides |
| Greek - Variety |
Kazantzakis, Nikos |
| Indian - Colonial Issues |
Thackery, William |
| Indian - Colonial Issues |
Lessing, Loris |
| Indian - Social Commentary |
Rushdie, Salmon |
| Indian - Women's Issues |
Markandaya, Kamala |
| Indian - Women's Issues |
Mukherjee, Bharati |
| Irish - Comedies |
Wilde, Oscar |
| Scandinavian - Coming of Age |
Jonsson, Reidar |
| Scandinavian - Immigrant |
Rolvaag, R.E |
| Scandinavian - Immigrant |
Undset, Sigrid |
| Scandinavian - Medieval |
Sturlson, Snorri |
| Scandinavian - Memoirs |
Dinesen, Isak |
| Scandinavian - Plays |
Ibsen, Henrik |
| Scandinavian - Plays |
Strindberg, August |
| Scotch - Adventure |
Stevenson, Robert L. |
| Scotch - Adventure/Romance |
Scott, Sir Walter |
| Spanish - Chivalry |
Cervantes, Miguel |
| Welsh - Memoir |
Thomas, Dylan |
| Japanese - Coming of Age |
Mishima, Yukio |
| Japanese - Contemporary |
Yoshimoto, Banana |
| Japanese - Handicaps |
Oe, Kenzaburo |
| Japanese - Relationships |
Kawabata, Yasunari |
| Jewish - Holocaust |
Wiesel, Elie |
| Jewish - WW II |
Jacot, Michael |
| Jewish - Yiddish |
Aleichem, Sholom |
| Jewish - Yiddish |
Singer, Isaac Bashevis |
| Latin American - Family |
Esquoval, Laura |
| Latin American - Family |
Allende, Isabel |
| Latin American - Family |
Alvarez, Julia |
| Latin American - Immigrant |
Anaya, Rudolpho |
| Latin American - |
Rodriguez, Richard |
| Latin American - Family |
Kincaid, Jamaica |
| Latin American - Mystical |
Marquez, Gabriel Garcia |
| Russian - Epic Novels |
Dostoevsky, Theodor |
| Russian - Epic Novels |
Tolstoy, Leo |
| Russian - Epic Poetry |
Pushkin |
| Russian - Plays |
Chekov, Anton |
| Russian - Political |
Rand, Ayn |
| Russian - Political |
Solzhenitsyn, Alexander |
| Russian - Political |
Zamiatin, Eugene |
| Russian - Revolution |
Turgenev, Ivan |
| Russian - Romance |
Nabokov, Vladimir |
| Russian - Romance |
Pasternak, Boris |
| Russian - Social Satire |
Gogol, Nikolai |
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