By Any Other Name
By: Santha Rama Rau
3.89
Format: 7 pages, None
In this memoir, Santha recounts her childhood experience of attending an Anglo-Indian school in a p…
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1. A Rose for Emily
By: William Faulkner
3.83
Format: 36 pages, Paperback
Emily is a member of a family in the antebellum Southern aristocracy; after the Civil War, the fami… read more
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- short stories
"So the next day we all said, “She will kill herself"-William Faulkner, A Rose for Emily
"She died in one of the downstairs rooms, in a heavy walnut bed with a curtain, her gray head propped on a pillow yellow and moldy with age and lack of sunlight."-William Faulkner, A Rose for Emily
"When the Negro opened the blinds of one window, they could see that the leather was cracked; and when they sat down, a faint dust rose sluggishly about their thighs, spinning with slow motes in the s…"-William Faulkner, A Rose for Emily
"We did not say she was crazy then. We believed she had to do that. We remembered all the young men her father had driven away, and we knew that with nothing left, she would have to cling to that whic…"-William Faulkner, A Rose for Emily
2. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
By: Frederick Douglass
4.11
Format: 158 pages, Paperback
Born a slave circa 1818 (slaves weren't told when they were born) on a plantation in Maryland, Doug… read more
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- nonfiction
"For my part, I should prefer death to hopeless bondage."-Frederick Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
"You will be free as soon as you are twenty-one, but I am a slave for life! Have not I as good a right to be free as you have?"-Frederick Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
"I say , this picture sometimes appalled us, and made us rather bear those ills we had. Than fly to others, that we knew not of."-Frederick Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
"They attend with Pharisaical strictness to the outward forms of religion, and at the same time neglect the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith."-Frederick Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
3. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
By: Sherman Alexie , Ellen Forney
3.70
Format: 186 pages, Hardcover
Bestselling author Sherman Alexie tells the story of Junior, a budding cartoonist growing up on the… read more
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4. Julius Caesar
By: William Shakespeare , Roma Gill
3.70
Format: 175 pages, Paperback
The Oxford School Shakespeare has become the preferred introduction to the literary legacy of the g… read more
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"Et tu, Brute?"-William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar
"Beware the ides of March."-William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar
"Cry havoc and let slip the dogs of war!"-William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar
"Death, a necessary end, will come when it will come"-William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar
5. Harrison Bergeron
By: Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
3.93
Format: None pages, ebook
It is the year 2081. Because of Amendments 211, 212, and 213 to the Constitution, every American is… read more
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- short stories
6. The Tell-Tale Heart
By: Edgar Allan Poe , Byron Glaser , None
4.24
Format: 31 pages, Library Binding
A man confronts himself and an unknown listener with his desire to murder an old man. In this cl… read more
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"would a madman have been so wise as this?"-Edgar Allan Poe, The Tell-Tale Heart
"And have I not told you that what you mistake for madness is but over-acuteness of the sense?"-Edgar Allan Poe, The Tell-Tale Heart
"If you still think me mad, you will think so no longer when I describe the wise precautions I took for the concealment of the body."-Edgar Allan Poe, The Tell-Tale Heart
"Basta ya de fingir, malvados! -aullé-. ¡Confieso que lo maté! ¡Levanten esos tablones! ¡Ahí… ahí! ¡Donde está latiendo su horrible corazón!"-Edgar Allan Poe, The Tell-Tale Heart
7. Everyday Use
By: Alice Walker , Barbara T. Christian
3.74
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
Alice Walker's early story, "Everyday Use," has remained a cornerstone of her work. Her use of quil… read more
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- short stories
8. Letter from the Birmingham Jail
By: Martin Luther King Jr.
2.96
Format: 7 pages, Hardcover
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9. Aurora Rising (The Aurora Cycle, #1)
By: Amie Kaufman , Jay Kristoff
4.10
Format: 473 pages, Hardcover
From the internationally bestselling authors of THE ILLUMINAE FILES comes an epic new science ficti… read more
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"No-hopers?"-Amie Kaufman, Aurora Rising (The Aurora Cycle, #1)
"There is no love in violence. There is. No love. In violence."-Amie Kaufman, Aurora Rising (The Aurora Cycle, #1)
"His loss is like my loss. It's a story about losing people who aren't yet gone."-Amie Kaufman, Aurora Rising (The Aurora Cycle, #1)
"« ket’ma indayoma be’t at.on ne marche pas seul quand on suit sa voie véritable »"-Amie Kaufman, Aurora Rising (The Aurora Cycle, #1)
10. Aurora Burning (The Aurora Cycle, #2)
By: Amie Kaufman
4.26
Format: 495 pages, Hardcover
Our heroes are back… kind of. From the bestselling co-authors of the Illuminae Files comes the seco… read more
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11. Speak
By: Laurie Halse Anderson
4.05
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
The first ten lies they tell you in high school. "Speak up for yourself—we want to know what you… read more
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"Gym should be illegal. It's humiliating."-Laurie Halse Anderson, Speak
"I have never heard a more eloquent silence."-Laurie Halse Anderson, Speak
"To keep up appearances, I stomp my room and slam the door."-Laurie Halse Anderson, Speak
"Censorship is the child of fear and the father of ignorance."-Laurie Halse Anderson, Speak
12. Not Here to Be Liked
By: Michelle Quach
3.66
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
Emergency Contact meets Moxie in this cheeky and searing novel that unpacks just how complicated ne… read more
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"You can’t not submit it,"-Michelle Quach, Not Here to Be Liked
"Is it possible to be hungover from too much boba?"-Michelle Quach, Not Here to Be Liked
"To be human is hard enough. Don’t make it harder for yourself."-Michelle Quach, Not Here to Be Liked
"everyone loves a girlboss until she tries to tell you what to do."-Michelle Quach, Not Here to Be Liked
13. XOXO
By: Axie Oh
3.82
Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition
Cello prodigy Jenny has one goal: to get into a prestigious music conservatory. When she meets myst… read more
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"It’s important to take time for yourself, even with responsibilities. You can’t be there for other people if you’re not first there for yourself."-Axie Oh, XOXO
"My girlfriend that I was in love with who broke up with me on a hospital rooftop three months ago in Seoul shows up right before my concert in New York City. Yeah, I forgot about it."-Axie Oh, XOXO
"People do strange things to protect their hearts. But when you're afraid, your heart is closed, and it's never the right time, but when your heart is open, and you're willing to be brave enough to ta…"-Axie Oh, XOXO
"I'm saying, people do strange things to protect their hearts. But when you're afraid, your heart is closed, and it's never the right time, but when your heart is open, and you're willing to be brave …"-Axie Oh, XOXO
14. Date Me, Bryson Keller
By: Kevin van Whye
3.91
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
What If It's Us meets To All the Boys I've Loved Before in this upbeat and heartfelt boy-meets-boy … read more
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15. Only Mostly Devastated
By: Sophie Gonzales
3.95
Format: 281 pages, Hardcover
Will Tavares is the dream summer fling ― he's fun, affectionate, kind ― but just when Ollie thinks … read more
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"Apathy is incompatible with hate. Love works okay."-Sophie Gonzales, Only Mostly Devastated
"Mama, Ollie taught me how to play ‘Let It Go’ on guitar,"-Sophie Gonzales, Only Mostly Devastated
"you mean you would've never let me dribble your basketballs"-Sophie Gonzales, Only Mostly Devastated
"I fled. I fled like a bigot dodging the concept of equality."-Sophie Gonzales, Only Mostly Devastated
16. The Wife's Story
By: Ursula K. Le Guin
3.85
Format: None pages, None
first published in The Compass Rose, 1982 read more
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17. By Any Other Name
By: Santha Rama Rau
3.89
Format: 7 pages, None
In this memoir, Santha recounts her childhood experience of attending an Anglo-Indian school in a p… read more
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- nonfiction
18. What, of this Goldfish, Would You Wish?
By: Etgar Keret
3.71
Format: 5 pages, Hardcover
A Hebrew filmmaker goes door to door, filming residents' responses to one question: "If you found a… read more
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19. The Book of the Dead
By: Edwidge Danticat
3.42
Format: None pages, None
Short story about a Haitian sculptor and her father who travel south from Brooklyn to Florida to dr… read more
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