March's CHALLENGE IS BOOK #3
** Please note the Mature Reads are only recommended with parent permission
1. 100 years before your birth
Here are some suggestions:
Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
The Yellow Wallpaper and Other Stories by Charlotte Perkins Gilmore
Dracula by Bram Stoker
The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne (Mature Read) **
The Invisible Man by H.G. Wells
Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
The Yellow Wallpaper and Other Stories by Charlotte Perkins Gilmore
Dracula by Bram Stoker
The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne (Mature Read) **
The Invisible Man by H.G. Wells
Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
2. A new genre for you
Here are some suggestions:
Silent Spring by Rachel Carson (environmental non-fiction)
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot (scientific non-fiction)
Bloodwork: A tale of medicine and murder in the scientific revolution by Holly Tucker (scientific non-fiction)
The 6th Extinction by Elizabeth Kolbert (scientific non-fiction)
Stiff: the curious lives of human cadavers by Mary Roach (Mature Read) ** (scientific non-fiction)
The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien (fantasy)
American Gods by Neill Gaiman (Mature Read) ** (fantasy/mythology)
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie (Mature Read) ** (fiction/comic)
Maus: My father bleeds history by Art Speigelman (Mature Read) ** (non-fiction/comic)
The Help by Kathryn Stockett (Mature Read) ** (fiction)
Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys (historical fiction)
Silent Spring by Rachel Carson (environmental non-fiction)
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot (scientific non-fiction)
Bloodwork: A tale of medicine and murder in the scientific revolution by Holly Tucker (scientific non-fiction)
The 6th Extinction by Elizabeth Kolbert (scientific non-fiction)
Stiff: the curious lives of human cadavers by Mary Roach (Mature Read) ** (scientific non-fiction)
The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien (fantasy)
American Gods by Neill Gaiman (Mature Read) ** (fantasy/mythology)
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie (Mature Read) ** (fiction/comic)
Maus: My father bleeds history by Art Speigelman (Mature Read) ** (non-fiction/comic)
The Help by Kathryn Stockett (Mature Read) ** (fiction)
Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys (historical fiction)
3. A modern retelling of a classic
Here are some suggestions:
Cinder by Marissa Meyer
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Seth Grahame-Smith
The Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier
Dorthy must Die by Danielle Paige
Great by Sara Benincasa
Wicked: The life and times of the wicked witch of the west by Gregory Maguire
Cinder by Marissa Meyer
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Seth Grahame-Smith
The Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier
Dorthy must Die by Danielle Paige
Great by Sara Benincasa
Wicked: The life and times of the wicked witch of the west by Gregory Maguire
4. A popular author's first published novel
Here are some suggestions:
Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
Looking for Alaska by John Greene (Mature Read) **
The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
A Door in the Woods by James Dasher
Gregor the Overlander by Susanne Collins
The Underdog by Markus Zusak
Night by Elie Weisel
The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan
Carrie by Stephen King (Mature Read) **
Catch 22 by Joseph Heller
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Heat by Mike Lupica
Ruffians by Tim Green
That Summer by Sarah Dessen
5. A dead author's last published novel
Here are some suggestions:
Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
1984 by George Orwell
The Old Man and the Sea/A Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingway
A man without a country by Kurt Vonnegut (mature read) **
A confederacy of dunces by John Kennedy Toole
The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Franke
The Heart is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers
Go Ask Alice by Author Unknown (Mature Read) **
Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
1984 by George Orwell
The Old Man and the Sea/A Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingway
A man without a country by Kurt Vonnegut (mature read) **
A confederacy of dunces by John Kennedy Toole
The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Franke
The Heart is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers
Go Ask Alice by Author Unknown (Mature Read) **
6. A novel in which an animal plays a significant role
Here are some suggestions:
A day no pigs would die by Robert Newton Peck
Marley and Me by John Grogan
The Call of the Wild by Jack London
Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen (Mature Read) **
The Yearling by Marjorie Kinnian Rawlings
Watership Down by Richard Adams
Animal Farm by George Orwell
Moby Dick by Herman Melville
Why did the chicken cross the world? by Andrew Lawler
Hoot by Carl Hiaasan
Wolves, Boys, and Other Things That Might Kill Me by Kristen Chandler
Flush by Carl Hiaasan
Never Cry Wolf by Farley Mowat
Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls
Elephant Run by Roland Smith
A Million Shades of Gray by Cynthia Kadohata
A day no pigs would die by Robert Newton Peck
Marley and Me by John Grogan
The Call of the Wild by Jack London
Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen (Mature Read) **
The Yearling by Marjorie Kinnian Rawlings
Watership Down by Richard Adams
Animal Farm by George Orwell
Moby Dick by Herman Melville
Why did the chicken cross the world? by Andrew Lawler
Hoot by Carl Hiaasan
Wolves, Boys, and Other Things That Might Kill Me by Kristen Chandler
Flush by Carl Hiaasan
Never Cry Wolf by Farley Mowat
Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls
Elephant Run by Roland Smith
A Million Shades of Gray by Cynthia Kadohata