Kootenai-Shoshone Area Libraries

BOOKLISTS


 

 

Adventure on the High Seas:

Bell, Ted
Hawke
Pirate
Benchley, Peter The Island
Burnett, John Dangerous Waters
Choundas, George The Pirate Primer: Mastering the Language of Swashbucklers and Rogues
Cordingly, David Under the Black Flag: the Romance and the Reality of Life Among the Pirates
Gold, Alan The Pirate Queen
Greiman, Lois Princess and her Pirate
Hart, J.V. Capt. Hook: the Adventures of a Notorisous Yourth
Konstam, Angus Blackbeard: America's Most Notorious Pirate
Lambdin, Dewey King's Privateer
Morris, Gilbert The Saintly Buccaneer

O’Brien, Patrick
Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin (series)
Perkins, Wilder Commander Bartholomew Hoare (series)
Preston, Diana A Pirate of Exquisite Mind
Staley, S.R. The Pirate of Panther Bay
Tyndall, Marylu Legacy of the King’s Pirates (series)

Woodward, Colin

Republic of Pirates: Being the True and Surprising Story of the Caribbean Pirates and the Man who Brought them Down
Zacks, Richard Pirate Coast
Pirate Hunter: the true Story of Captain Kidd

Alternate History:

Auel, Jean Earth’s Children (series)
Barnes, John Timeline Wars (series)
Brooks, Terry Armageddon’s Children
Card, Orson Scott Seventh Son
Chabon, Michael Yiddish Policeman’s Union

Cupelli, James
1864: an Alternate History
Dodd, May One Thousand White Women

Finney, Jack
Time and Again
From Time to Time
Flint, Eric 1634
1824
Fforde, Jasper The Eyre Affair
Harrison, Harry West of Eden
MacLeod, Ian Light Ages
The House of Storms
Novik, Naomi Throne of Jade
Park, Paul Princess of Roumaina
Rayner, Jac The Stone Rose
Roth, Phillip The War Against America
Stirling, S.M. Island in the Sea of Time
Turtledove, Harry Beyond the Gap
Settling Accounts Trilogy
Twain, Mark A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court
Weber, David Excalibur Alternative
1633
Whitfield, Kit Benighted

Belly Laugh Books:

Barry, Dave Boogers are my Beat
Dave Barry’s Money Secrets: Like, Why is there a Giant Eyeball on the Dollar?
Bathroom Rader’s Institute Uncle John’s Slightly Irregular Bathroom Reader
Bombeck, Erma All I Know About Animal Behavior I Learned in Lohman’s Dressing Room
Cahill, Tom (editor) Not so Funny When it Happened: the Best of Travel Humor and Misadventure
Dickens, Charles Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club
Hornby, Nick About a Boy
How to Be Good
Kellior, Garrison Lake Wobegon Days
Martin, Steve The Pleasure of my Company
Northcutt, Wendy The Darwin Awards (series)
O’Rourke, P.J. Age and Guile Beat Youth, Innocence, and a Bad Haircut
Renfroe, Anita The Purse Driven Life: it Really is all About me
If You Can’t Lose it, Decorate it
Streeter, Edward Father of the Bride

Toole, John
Kennedy A Confederacy of Dunces
Weisberger, Lauren The Devil Wears Prada
West, Jessamyn Except for me and Thee
Friendly Persuasion
Wodehouse, P.G. Jeeves and Wooster (series)

Chick Lit:

Andersen, Susan Hot & Bothered
Bank, Melissa Girls Guide to Hunting and Fishing
Wonder Spot
Bushnell, Candace Lipstick Jungle
Trading Up
Cabot, Meggin Boy Next Door
Crusie, Jennifer Don’t Look Down
Evanovich, Janet Hot Stuff
Gibson, Rachel Lola Carlyle Reveals All
Heller, Jane Best Enemies
Keyes, Marian Anybody Out There?
Krinsky, Natalie Chloe Does Yale
Lang, Adele Confessions of a Sociopathic Social Climber
Matthews, Carol Let’s Meet on Platform 8
McLaughlin, Emma and Nicole Kraus The Nanny Diaries
Dedication
Naylor, Clare Second Assistant
Templeton, Karen Loose Screws
Wells, Rebecca Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
Young, Elizabeth Asking for Trouble

Curl up With a Good Book:

FICTION

 
Barrett, Andrea The Air We Breathe

Cornwell, Patricia
Book of the Dead
Diaz, Junot The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
Grafton, Sue T is for Trespass
Grisham, John Playing for Pizza
Horan, Nancy Loving Frank
Johnson, Denis Tree of Smoke
Ha, Jin A Free Life
Keillor, Garrison Pontoon

Nemirovsky, Irene
Fire in the Blood
Packer, Ann Songs Without Words
Patchett, Ann Run
Roth, Philip Exit Ghost
Russo, Richard Bridge of Sighs
Trevor, William Cheating at Canasta

NONFICTION

 
Ackerman, Diane The Zookeeper’s Wife
Atkinson, Rick The Day of Battle
Brokaw, Tom Boom!
Burns, Ken The War
Clapton, Eric Clapton
Clinton, Bill Giving
Colbert, Stephen I am America (and so can You!)
Ellis, Joseph J. American Creation
Faludi, Susan The Terror Dream
Greenspan, Alan The Age of Turbulence
Halberstam, David The Coldest Winter
Jones, Judith The Tenth Muse
Martin, Steve Born Standing Up
Toobin, Jeffrey The Nine
Wood, Ron Ron Wood

Don’t Know Much About History:

Ambrose, Stephen Band of Brothers
Undaunted Courage: Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the Opening of the American West
Bathroom Reader’s Institute Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader Plunges into History
Bauer, Susan History of the Ancient World: from the Earliest Accounts to the Fall of Rome

Clark, Tessa
The Russian Chronicles

Davis, Kenneth C.

Don’t Know Much About History
Fleming, Thomas Liberty!
Furgurson, Ernest Ashes of Glory: Richmond at War
Jennings, Peter The Century
Krauss, Erich Wave of Destruction: the Stories of Four Families and History’s Deadliest
Tsunami
McCaffrey, Carmel In Search of Ancient Ireland
In Search of Ireland's Heroes: The Story of the Irish from the English Invasion to the Present Day

Menzies, Gavin

1421: the Year China Discovered America
Meyer, Michael (editor) The Oxford History of Mexico
Nerburn, Kent Chief Joseph and the Flight of the Nez Perce
Schama, Simon A History of Britain: at the Edge of the World?
A History of Britain: the Wars of the British
Sorel, Nancy The Women Who Wrote the War

Speigelman, Art

Maus I: My Father Bleeds History

Tyldesley, Joyce

Chronicle of the Queens of Egypt
Weir, Allison Eleanor of Aquitaine: a Life
The Six Wives of Henry VIII
Woodward, Colin Republic of Pirates

Fantasy:

Beagle, Peter Line Between
Bradley, Marion Zimmer The Mists of Avalon
Britain, Kristen Green Rider
Brooks, Terry Armageddon’s Children
Card, Orson Scott Enchanted
Magic Street
Clarke, Arthur C. Sunstorm
Donohue, Keith The Stolen Child

Gabaldon, Diana

Outlander (series)
Haydon, Elizabeth Assasin King

Lackey, Mercedes

Brightly Burning / Fortune’s Fool
Lewis, C.S. Chronicles of Narnia (series)
McCaffrey, Ann Changelings
Maelstrom
Lawhead, Stephen Hood
Celtic Crusades (series)
Mariller, Juliet Foxmask
Sevenwaters Trilogy

Martin, George R.R.
Song of Ice and Fire (series)
McKinley, Robin Spindle’s End
Tolkein, J.R.R. The Lord of the Rings (series)

For Book Lovers:

Brandeis, Gayle

Self Storage
Basbanes, Nicholas A. A Gentle Madness: Bibliophiles, Bibliomanes and the Eternal Passion for Books
Connolly, John Book of Lost Things

Dunning, John

Bookman (series)
Eco, Umberto The Name of the Rose
Fforde, Jasper Thursday Next (series)
Fowler, Karen Joy The Jane Austen Book Club
Goldman, William The Princess Bride
Green, Jane Bookends

Hamilton, Masha

The Camel Bookmobile
Hanff, Helen 84 Charing Cross Road
Hay, Sheridan The Secret of Lost Things
Kaewert, Julie Booklover’s Mysteries (series)
Kaufman, Jennifer Literacy and Longing in L.A.

Landvik, Lorna

Angry Housewives Eating Bon-Bons
Monroe, Mary Alice The Book Club
Pearl, Nancy Book Lust
More Book Lust
Rosenthal, Pam The Bookseller’s Daughter
Sansom, Ian Case of the Missing Books

From the Page to the Screen:

Barrie, J.M. Peter Pan

Begley, Louis

About Schmidt
Bradley, James Flags of Our Fathers
Fielding, Helen Bridget Jones’s Diary
Foer, Jonathan Everything is Illuminated
Frazier, Charles Cold Mountain

Frost, Mark

The Greatest Game Ever Played
Goldberg, Myla Bee Season
Harris, Joanne Chocolat
Hornby, Nick About a Boy

Kanon, Joseph

Good German
Le Carre, John The Constant Gardener
Leonard, Elmore Be Cool
Get Shorty
McCarthy, Cormac All the Pretty Horses

Mitchell, Margaret

Gone with the Wind
Peretti, Frank Hangman’s Curse
Puzo, Mario The Godfather
Schlosser, Eric Fast Food Nation
Sparks, Nicholas A Walk to Remember
Spragg, Mark And Unfinished Life
Thompson, Hunter S. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Verne, Jules Around the World in 80 Days
Weisberger, Lauren The Devil Wears Prada

Gothic Greats:

Atherton, Nancy

Aunt Dimity Beats the Devil
Austen, Jane Northanger Abbey
Bronte, Charlotte Jane Eyre
Bronte, Emily Wuthering Heights
Collins, Wilkie Moonstone
Woman in White
Curtiss, Huston Sins of the Seventh Sister
Dekker, Ted and Frank Peretti House
Du Maurier, Daphne Rebecca

Egan, Jennifer

The Keep
Feehan, Christine Dark Celebration
Dark Demon
Kenyon, Sherrilyn Sins of the Night
Lindsey, Johanna Heir
Oates, Joyce Carol First Love
Collector of Hearts
Perry, Anne Bedford Square
Seton, Anya Dragonwyck
Shelley, Mary Frankenstein
Small, Bertrice Distant Tomorrow
Dragon Lord’s Daughters
Stewart, Mary Ivy Tree
Stoker, Bram Dracula
Whitney, Phyllis Hunter’s Green

Wilde, Oscar

Picture of Dorian Gray
Wood, Barbara Dreaming
Woodiwiss, Kathleen Season Beyond a Kiss

Great Guy Reads:

Cornwell, Bernard Sharpe (series)

Cotzee, J.M.

Slow Man
Cussler, Clive Dirk Pitt Adventures (series)
Dekker, Ted Saint
Showdown
Eggers, Dave A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
Ellis, Joseph Founding Brothers
Griffin, W.E.B. Badge of Honor (series)

Haggard, H.

Rider King Solomon’s Mines
Heller, Joseph Catch-22
Hemingway, Ernest For Whom the Bell Tolls
Old Man and the Sea
Jakes, John On Secret Service
Koepf, Michael Fisherman’s Son
Ludlum, Robert The Ambler Warning
The Bourne Identity
McCarthy, Cormac No Country for Old Men
Perez, Richard Loser’s Club
Riordan, Rick Mission Road
Silva, Daniel Unlikely Spy
Wilson, F. Paul Repairman Jack (series)
Wister, Owen The Virginian
Wright, Richard Black Boy

Yarbrough, Steve

Oxygen Man

If you Like CSI:

Abbot, Megan The Song is You
Andrews, Sarah Dead Dry
Earth Colors
Cohen, Mark Bluetick Revenge
Collins, Wilkie The Moonstone

Connor, Beverly

Dead Past
Constantine, K.C. Grievance
Cornwell, Patricia Kay Scarpetta (series)

Deaver, Jeffrey

Cold Moon
Dekker, Ted Sleeping Doll
Ephron, G.H. Unnatural Selection
George, Elizabeth Amnesia
Goldberg, Leonard Great Deliverance

Grimes, Martha

Fever Cell
Grisham, John Man with a Load of Mischief
Innocent Man
Last Juror
Hart, Erin Haunted Ground
Lake of Sorrows
Innes, Michael Inspector Appleby (series)
McCrumb, Sharyn Lovely in Her Bones
O’Connell, Carol Find Me

Ondaatje, Michael

Anil’s Ghost
Robb, J.D. Eve Dallas (series)
Slaughter, Karin Triptych

Terry, Mark

Serpent’s Kiss
Walker, Robert Fatal Instinct
Westermann, John Honor Farm
Wright, Eric Death of a Hired Man

Inspirational:

Alcorn, Randy

Deception
Blackstock, Terri The Listener

Cavanaugh, Jack
Above all Earthly Powers
His Watchful Eye
Grant, Natalie The Real Me: Being the Girl God Sees
Jackson, Neta Yada yada Prayer Group (Series)
Jakes, T.D. Maximize the Moment: God’s Action Plan for Your Life
Kingsbury, Karen Sunrise
LaHaye, Tim and Jerry B. Jenkins Left Behind (Series)
Lewis, Beverly Abram’s Daughters (Series)
Annie’s People (Series)
Lewis, C.S. Mere Christianity
Screwtape Letters
McGraw, Robin Inside My Heart

Meyer, Joyce

In Pursuit of Peace: 21 Ways to Conquer Anxiety, Fear and Discontentment
Moore, Beth Get out of that Pit!
Patti, Sandy Broken on the Back Row
Peretti, Frank House
Rivers, Francine Redeeming Love

Smalley, Gary

DNA of Relationships
Walsh, Sheila Honestly

Medieval Memories:

Chaikin, Linda The Royal Pavilions (Series)
Chevalier, Tracy Lady and the Unicorn

Connell, Evan S.

Deus lo Volt!: Chronicle of the Crusades
Cornwell, Bernard The Archer’s Tale
Lords of the North
Dunant, Sarah The Birth of Venus
Dunnet, Dorothy House of Niccolo (Series)
Eco, Umberto Baudolino
Name of the Rose
Follett, Ken Pillars of the Earth
World Without End
Healey, Judith The Canterbury Papers
Kalogridis, Jeanne The Burning Times
Lawhead, Stephen Byzantium
Pendragon Cycle (Series)

Llywelyn, Morgan

Lion of Ireland
McKinley, Robin The Outlaws of Sherwood
Micklem, Sarah Firethorn

Monroe, Katherine

The Barefoot Girl
Penman, Sharon Kay The Sunn in Splendour
Peters, Ellis Brother Cadfael (Series)

Scott, Sir Walter

Ivanhoe
Seton, Anya Katherine
Smiley, Jane The Greenlanders
White, T.H. The Sword in the Stone

Mystery:

Chesterson, G.K.

Father Brown (series)
Christie, Agatha Murder on the Orient Express
Partners in Crime
Davidson, Diane Mott Goldy Bear Culinary Mysteries (series)
Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan Study in Scarlet
Hound of the Baskervilles

Evanovich, Janet

Stephanie Plum Novels (series)
Grafton, Sue Kinsey Millhone Mysteries (series)
Hillerman, Tony Joe Leaphorn/Jim Chee Novels (series)
James, P.D. Lighthouse
Unsuitable Job for a Woman
Jance, J.A. Edge of Evil
Day of the Dead
Kaminsky, Stuart M. Always Say Goodbye
Kellerman, Faye Garden of Eden and Other Criminal Delights
Ritual Bath

King, Laurie R.

Locked Rooms
McBain, Ed Fiddlers
Alice in Jeopardy
Fat Ollie’s Book

Muller, Marcia

Cyanide Wells
Parker, Robert B. High Profile
Reichs, Kathy Break No Bones
Bare Bones
Cross Bones
Rendell, Ruth End in Tears
Simenon, Georges Babes in the Wood
Stabenow, Dana Maigret (series)
Tapply, William G. Bitter to Rest
Woods, Stuart Gray Ghost
New York Dead
Fresh Disasters

Northwest Authors:

Alexie, Sherman Flight
Ashenhurst, Noah Comfort Food
Barnes, Kim Finding Caruso
Hungry for the World
Daheim, Mary Alpine Recluse
Alpine Quilt
Doig, Ivan Prairie Nocturne
Egan, Timothy Good Rain: Across Time and Terrain in the Pacific Northwest
Emerson, Earl Firetrap
Fisher, Karen Sudden Country

Garth, Stein

Raven Stole the Moon
Guterson, David Our Lady of the Forest
Hegi, Ursula Sacred Time
Vision of Emma Blau
Hemingway, Ernest Old Man and the Sea
Jance, J.A Dead Wrong
Long Time Gone
Kallos, Stephanie Broken for You
Lynch, Jim Highest Tide
McManus, Patrick Avalanche: a Sheriff Bo Tully Mystery

Pearson, Ridley

Killer Weekend
Peretti, Frank House
Monster
Robbins, Tom Wild Ducks Flying Backward
Fierce Invalids Home From Hot Climates
Rule, Ann Too Late to Say Goodbye

Seagraves, Anne

Roses of the West

Psychological and Medical Suspense:

Ablow, Keith Architect
Atwood, Margaret Alias Grace
Brookner, Anita Fraud
Clement, Peter Inquisitor
Crichton, Michael Next
Cook, Robin Andromeda Strain
Crisis
Marker

Fielding, Joy

See Jane Run
Gerritsen, Tess Mephisto Club
Goldberg, Leonard Vanish
Fever Cell
Lethal Measures

Kalla, Daniel

Pandemic
King, Stephen Black House
Four Past Midnight
Koontz, Dean Odd Thomas (series)
Masters, Priscilla Plea of Insanity
Merkel, Earl Final Epidemic
Palmer, Michael Fifth Vial
Peretti, Frank Monster
Prophet
Rendell, Ruth Rottweiler
Water’s Lovely
Saul, John Black Creek Crossing
In the Dark of Night

Straub, Peter

In the Night Room
Theroux, Michael Confessions of Mycroft Holmes
Vanderbes, Jennifer Easter Island
Wiesel, Elie The Judges
Dawn

Regency Romance:

Aiken, Joan Smile of the Stranger

Austen, Jane

Pride and Prejudice
Balogh, Mary Simply Love
Berdoll, Linda Darcy and Elizabeth: Days and Nights at Pemberly
Chesney, Marion Lessons in Love
Cookson, Catherine Desert Crop
Upstart
Graham, Winston Four Swans

Gulland, Sandra

Many Lives and Secret Sorrows of Josephine B.
Hart, Avril Historical Fashion in Detail: the 17th and 18th Centuries
Heyer, Georgette Grand Sophy
Lady of Quality
Holman, Sheri The Dress Loedger
Johnston, Lucy Nineteenth Century Fashion in Detail
Morgan, Jude Indiscretion
Murray, Venetia High Society in the Regency Period
Orczy, Emmuska The Scarlet Pimpernel

Parissien, Steven

Regency Style
Quick, Amanda I Thee Wed
Sales, Rogers Jane Austen and Representations of Regency England
Veryan, Patricia Lanterns
Riddle of the Reluctant Rake
Willig, Lauren Pink Carnation (series)

Romantic Reads:

Cameron, Stella Yes is Forever
Coulter, Catherine Born to be Wild
Deveraux, Jude Carolina Isle

Evanovich, Janet
Rocky Road to Romance
Back to the Bedroom
Feather, Jane Wicked Gentleman
Almost a Bride

Garlock, Dorothy

On Tall Pine Lake
Garwood, Julie Shadow Dance
Slow Burn
Johansen, Iris Unexpected Song
Magnificent Rogue
Lindsey, Johanna Captive of my Desires
McNaught, Judith Every Breath you Take
Michaels, Fern Fool me Once
Hey, Good Looking
Oke, Janette Seasons of the Heart (series)
Love Comes Softly (series)
Plain, Belva Red Leaves

Rivers, Francine

Redeeming Love
Siddons, Anne Rivers Sweetwater Creek
Small, Bertrice Twilight Lord
Spencer, LaVyrle Promise to Cherish
Steel, Danielle Sisters
Wick, Lori Leave a Candle Burning

The Royals:

Algrant, Christine

Pevitt Madame de Pompadour: Mistress of France
Anderson, Christopher Diana’s Boys
Barnes, Margaret Campbell A Brief Gaudy Tour
Buckley, Fiona Pawn for a Queen
Queen of Ambition
George, Margaret The Autobiography of Henry VIII
Gregory, Phillippa The Constant Princess
Hope, Anthony Prisoner of Zenda
Mann, Paul Britannia Contract
Maxwell, Robin To the Tower Born
Paxman, Jeremy On Royalty: a Very Polite Inquiry into Some Strangely Related Families
Tibballs, Geoff Royalty's Strangest Characters: Extraordinary but True Tales from 2,000 Years of Mad Monarchs and Raving Rulers

Tillyard, Stella

Royal Affair: George III and his Scandalous Siblings
Townend, Carol Royal Russia: The Private Albums of the Russian Imperial Family
Tyldesley, Joyce Private Lives of the Pharaohs: Unlocking the Secrets of Egyptian Royalty
Weir, Allison Eleanor of Aquitaine
Mary, Queen of Scots and the Murder of Lord Darnley

Science Fiction:

Adams, Douglas Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (series)
Asimov, Isaac Foundations (series)
Bear, Greg Darwin’s Children
Rogue Planet
BeauSinger, James In His Image
Bova, Ben Jupiter
Venus
Bradbury, Ray Fahrenheit 451
Card, Orson Scott Empire
Ender’s (series)
Clarke, Arthur C. Sunstorm
2001: a Space Odyssey
Crichton, Michael Timeline
Jurassic Park
Andromeda Strain

Czerneda, Julie

Survival
Heinlein, Robert To the Stars
For Us, the Living: a Comedy of Customs
Herbert, Frank Dune
Hellstrom’s Hive
Lewis, C.S. Out of the Silent Planet
That Hideous Strength

Niven, Larry

Building Harlequin’s Moon
Pratchett, Terry Ringworld (series)
Saberhagen, Fred Going Postal
Shatner, William Berserker Kill
Captain’s Peril
Beyond the Stars
Simmons, Dan Hyperion

Turtledove, Harry

World War: Tilting the Balance
Vance, Jack Demon Princes
Willis, Connie To Say Nothing of the Dog

Westerns:

Bly, Stephen Fortunes of the Black Hills (Series)

Bonham, Frank

Last Mustang: Western Stories
Braun, Matt Wyatt Earp
Doc Holliday, the Gunfighter
Cotton, Ralph Hell’s Riders
Gunman’s Song
Bad Day at Willow Creek
 
Estleman, Loren D. Adventures of Johnny Vermillion
Black Powder, White Smoke
Jakes, John (editor) Century of Great Western Stories
Johnstone, William Last Gunfighter (Series)
First Mountain Man (Series)
L’Amour, Louis Collected Short Stories of Louis L’Amour
The Sacketts (Series)
McMurtry, Larry Sin Killer
Streets of Laredo

Morris, Gilbert

Deep in the Heart
Norris, Chuck Justice Riders
Overholser, Stephen Fire in the Rainbow
Chasing Destiny
Night Hawk
Overholser, Wayne D. Danger Patrol
Law at Miles City
Roderus, Frank Cowboy
Wallis, Michael Billy the Kid: the Endless Ride
West, Joseph Shootout at Picture Rock
Wheeler, Richard S. Bounty Trail
Skye’s West (Series)









Sci-Fi for Teens

 

Adams, Douglas

THE HITCHHIKERS GUIDE TO THE GALAXY
Arthur Dent is your normal human being, and so he naturally is more concerned about his house being knocked down than facing the fact that the world is about to end. His friend Ford Prefect, he comes to learn, is actually a researcher from a planet somewhere in the vicinity of Betelgeuse, but before he can even begin to comprehend this fact, he finds himself zipped up into the confines of the Vogon space cruiser that has just destroyed the planet Earth.
 

Barker, Clive

ABARAT
Candy Quackenbush hates her life as the daughter of an alcoholic father and a depressed mother. One day, after being humiliated by her teacher, Candy skips out of school and heads for the prairie, where she stumbles on a derelict lighthouse and a creature with eight heads, with whom she begins an adventure to a mysterious archipelago called Abarat.
 

Brooks, Terry

ARMEGEDDON'S CHILDREN
In a postapocalyptic America, legions of demons and mutants known as "once-men" roam the landscape. Two teens, Logan Tom and Angel Perez, are the last surviving Knights of the Word, and may be humanity's last hope against the forces of darkness.
 

Cabot, Meg

SHADOWLAND
Suze is a mediator - a liaison between the living and the dead, who won't leave her alone until she helps them resolve their unfinished business with the living. Suze has just moved to California and plans to start fresh, with trips to the mall instead of the cemetery, and surfing instead of spectral visitations. But the very first day at her new school, Suze realizes it's not that easy. There's a ghost with revenge on her mind and Suze happens to be in the way.
 

Carman, Patrick

THE DARK HILLS DIVIDE
Elyon is a land of dark hills, enchanted forests, and great walls that connect four cities. Having lived within the walls all of her life, Alexa Daley wants nothing more than to explore the wilderness beyond. But the walls are guarded, and legends suggest that the forests and hills are no place for a child. When a way outside the wall is put into reach, she must decide - heed the warnings of her elders, or satisfy her curiosity and unravel the mysteries of Elyon.
 

Chima, Cinda Williams

THE WARRIOR HEIR
Sixteen-year-old Jack forgets to take his medicine one morning, and discovers he is no ordinary teen. Since the secret insertion of a warrior stone in his chest at infancy, Jack has been dosed with a suppressant designed to hold his powers as a Warrior Heir in check until his wizard sponsor can retrieve him and prepare him to fight in a death tournament for supremacy. With the aid of an aunt, old and new friends, and a magical sword, Jack fights to retain his     identity and choose his own path.
 

Collins, Suzanne

GREGOR THE OVERLANDER
Eleven-year-old Gregor expects a long, boring summer of baby-sitting his two-year-old sister, Boots. Distracted with thoughts about his father, Gregor has to go after Boots, who has crawled into an air vent in the laundry room. The two are sucked downward into the Underland, a subterranean world of translucent-skinned, violet-eyed humans, giant talking cockroaches, bats, spiders, and rats.
 

Cooper, Susan

THE DARK IS RISING
On his 11th birthday, Will Stanton discovers that he is no mere boy. He is the Sign-Seeker, last of the immortal Old Ones, destined to battle the powers of evil that trouble the land. His task is monumental: he must find and guard the six great Signs of the Light, which, when joined, will create a force strong enough to match and perhaps overcome that of the Dark. Will must work within a continuum of time and space much broader than he ever imagined.
 

Dean, Pamela

TAM LIN
Janet Carter enters college as an English major. She falls in with an eccentric group of students who circle around Professor Medeous, an enigmatic redheaded woman. The ghost of a student who committed suicide, mysterious late-night horseback forays led by Professor Medeous and the appearance of the names of three of the Classics Department scholars in a list of  Shakespearian-era actors of urge Janet on a dangerous quest to save her lover.
 

Delaney, Joseph

REVENGE OF THE WITCH
Twelve-year-old Thomas Ward has no inheritance and is bored with farm work, so when he learns he has been apprenticed to a tall, hooded man called the Spook, he is eager to go off on an adventure. His new job will mean the superstitious villagers will forever shun him, even though it will be his job to protect them from witches, boggarts, and ghosts in the English countryside. 
 

DuPrau, Jeanne

THE CITY OF EMBER
The city of Ember was built as a last refuge for the human race. Beyond are the pitch-black unknown regions, which no living person has ever explored. Two hundred years later, the great lamps that light the city are beginning to flicker. When Lina finds part of an ancient message, she's sure it holds a secret that will save the city. She and her friend Doon must decipher the message before the lights go out on Ember forever.
 

Flanagan, John

THE RUINS OF GORLAN
Like the other 15-year-old wards of Castle Redmont, Will is nervous about Choosing Day, when each of them will be assigned to a different master for training. Will is apprenticed to a grim-faced, mysterious ranger. Soon Will learns that becoming a ranger is more difficult, dangerous, and worthwhile than he had imagined.
 

Funke, Cornelia

INKHEART
Meggie's father, Mo, has a wonderful and sometimes terrible ability. When he reads aloud from books, he brings the characters to life - literally. Meggie knows nothing of her father's bizarre and powerful talent, only that Mo refuses to read to her. The evil Capricorn has searched for Meggie's father for years, wanting to twist Mo's powerful talent to his own dark means. He realizes that the best way to lure Mo to his remote mountain hideaway is to use his        beloved, oblivious daughter Meggie as bait!
 

Gaiman, Neil

CORALINE
After Coraline and her parents move into an old house, Coraline asks her mother about a mysterious locked door. Her mother unlocks it to reveal that it leads nowhere. But something about the door attracts the girl, and when she later unlocks it herself, the bricks have disappeared. Through the door, she finds a world that eerily mimics her own, but with sinister differences. 
 

Hoffman, Mary

CITY OF MASKS
In modern-day London, Lucien Mulholland undergoes chemotherapy treatments. When he falls asleep clutching a mysterious book his father has given him, he is transported to an enchanting 16th-century Venice-like city called Bellezza, in the country Talia. Lucien can return only if he can get hold of the book again. But his progress is hampered by an evil brotherhood dedicated to keeping the two worlds separate.
 

Jacques, Brian

CASTAWAYS OF THE FLYING DUTCHMAN
Pure-hearted enough to escape the curse that befalls the rest of the crew of the Flying Dutchman, a boy and his dog are instead granted immortality. Two  centuries later, in 1896, they land in Chapelvale, a quaint village threatened with industrialization. With the help of the villagers, the duo conducts a search for the ancient land title that will save Chapelvale from its grim fate.
 

Jones, Diana Wynne

CHARMED LIFE
Cat Chant and his sister Gwendolen are orphaned and adopted by the mysterious sorcerer Chrestomanci. Cat begins to settle in at Chrestomanci Castle, but Gwendolen hates it. No one appreciates her magical powers, so she leaves by going into a parallel world and replaces herself in Cat's world with a double called Janet. Cat and Janet eventually find the way to set the worlds right again, with some help from unexpected friends.
 

Lackey, Mercedes

THE FAIRY GODMOTHER
The land of the Five Hundred Kingdoms holds the promise of happily-ever-after for all deserving young maidens and courteous princes charming. Feisty 19-year-old Elena Klovis becomes apprentice to Madame Bella, who is doing her best to ensure that evil does not subvert tradition. It's up to Elena, who has vowed to reform a wayward prince, to tease out the threads of a new tradition.
 

LeGuin, Ursula

A WIZARD OF EARTHSEA
Ged was the greatest sorcerer in all Earthsea, but once he was called Sparrowhawk, a reckless youth, hungry for power and knowledge, who tampered with long-held secrets and let loose a terrible shadow upon the world. This is the tale of his testing, how he mastered the mighty words of power, tamed an ancient dragon, and crossed death's threshold to restore the balance.
 

Levine, Gail Carson

ELLA ENCHANTED
At birth, Ella is inadvertently cursed by an imprudent fairy named Lucinda, who bestows on her the "gift" of obedience. Anything anyone tells her to do, Ella must obey. When her beloved mother dies, leaving her in the care of a mostly absent father, Ella's life and well-being seem in grave peril. But her intelligence keeps her in good stead as she sets out on a quest for freedom and self-discovery, trying to track down Lucinda to undo the curse, fending off ogres, befriending elves, and falling in love with a prince along the way.
 

Marillier, Juliet

DAUGHTER OF THE FOREST
Sorcha is the seventh child and only daughter of Irish Lord Colum of  Sevenwaters. Colum brings home a new wife who ensorces everyone she can't otherwise manipulate. By her spell Sorcha's brothers are cursed to become swans. Only Sorcha, hiding deep in the forest, can break the spell by painfully weaving shirts of starwort nettle - but then Sorcha is captured by Britons and taken away across the sea.
 

McCaffrey, Anne

DRAGONFLIGHT
The planet Pern has been colonized for centuries by humans. Silver "threads" fall from its sister planet in a destructive wave once every 200 years, destroying all life they encounter. Centuries have passed between threadfalls, and the danger of the thread is considered a myth. However, a dragon rider named F'lar knows that he may be needed once again.