American Literature
Book List for Month 5 (1951-1990)
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Alex Haley – Roots
Arthur Miller – The Crucible
Catherine Marshall – Christy
Chaim Potok – The Chosen
Gore Vidal – Lincoln
Gwendolyn Brooks – selected poems
Harper Lee – To Kill a Mockingbird
John Knowles – A Separate Peace
Kurt Vonnegut – Player Piano
Lois Lowry – The Giver
Madeleine L’Engle - A Wrinkle in Time
Mary Higgins Clark – Mount Vernon Love Story
O.A. Bushnell – The Return of Lono
Olive Ann Burns – Cold Sassy Tree
Orson Scott Card – Ender’s Game
Peter Jenkins – A Walk Across America
Ray Bradbury – Fahrenheit 451
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Richard Bach – Jonathan Livingston Seagull
Saul Bellow – The Bellarosa Connection
SE Hinton – The Outsiders
“Literature is the safe and traditional vehicle through which we learn about the world and pass on values from on generation to the next. Books save lives.”
— Laurie Anderson