Come to the Library to see the display of books suggested by our wonderful Middle and Upper School English teachers. You can't go wrong in choosing one of these to check out!
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The Age of Innocence, Edith Wharton
(Mr. Metsopoulos)
Wharton paints New York high society as a Game of Thrones - romantic
and (at least metaphorically) deadly.
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Atonement, Ian McKewan (Ms. Summers)
This is a WWII love story that also contemplates the nature of truth,
fiction, storytelling, and regret.
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Bel Canto, Ann Patchett
(Ms. Jansen)
I thought about this book before the Paris bombings and then almost
didn’t recommend it because its main plot focuses on a hostage situation.
But I decided to recommend it because I think it offers hope and
connection in a world of violence and division.
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Birds of a Feather : a Maisie Dobbs Novel (Ms. Katie Walsh)
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The Bluest Eye, Toni Morrison (Ms. Katie Walsh)
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Brooklyn, Colm Toibin (Ms. Rickert-Wilbur, Mr. Waters,
Ms. Jansen)
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A Civil Action, Jonathon Harr (Ms. Weijer)
This is an incredible, true story of a lawyer’s struggle to get
justice for families whose children got cancer from contaminated water. It’s
creative nonfiction at its best. Was also made into a movie in 1998 starring
John Travolta and Robert Duvall; Duvall’s performance earned him an Oscar
nomination.
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Captain Corelli's Mandolin, Louis de Bernieres (Mr.
Metsopoulos)
Fiction story about the Greek civil war, love, and tragedy. I
won’t say more, but it’s a moving tale.
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Crime and Punishment, Fyordor Dostoyevsky
(Ms. Feiss)
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Einstein's Dreams, Alan Lightman (Ms. Schaffner)
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The Golden Compass, Philip Pullman (Ms. Weijer)
This is my long-standing favorite fantasy book. Pullman does a
masterful job of creating a magical world for the reader.
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The Handmaid's Tale, Margaret Atwood (Ms. Katie
Walsh)
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The Haunting of Hill House, Shirley Jackson (Mr.
Metsopoulos)
A classic haunted house book, it’s also about society tells us we
shouldn’t admit regarding our dreams and desires.
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The History of Love, Nichol Krauss (Ms.
Schaffner, Dr. Waters)
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Jane Eyre, Charlotte Bronte (Ms. McDonald)
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Krik? Krak!, Edwidge Danticat (Ms. Jansen)
This is a moving collection of short stories that will challenge your
ideas about love and struggle. Many of the stories offer both the
struggle and triumph of being a woman.
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Lila, Marilyn Robinson (Ms. McDonald)
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Maisie Dobbs : a novel, Jacqueline Winspear
(Ms. Feiss)
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The Namesake, Jhumpa Lahiri (Ms. Jansen, Ms. Feiss)
It’s a story about identity, immigration, homeland, new beginnings,
America, India, and literature. What else is there?!
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Peace Like a River, Leif Enger (Ms. McDonald)
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A Prayer for Owen Meany, John Irving (Ms.
Summers)
I love this book so much I named my cat after the protagonist.
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Prodigal Summer, Barbara Kingsolver (Ms. Katie Walsh)
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A Tale of Two Cities, Charles Dickens
(Ms. Katie Walsh)
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To the Lighthouse, Virginia Woolf (Mr. Metsopoulos)
Virginia Woolf: Woolf’s novel about a marriage and a family is a
stream-of-consciousness tour-de-force that takes place over a decade of
visits to a family summer home.
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A Visit from the Goon Squad, Jennifer Egan
(Mr. Metsopoulos) A fractured-time narrative that resolves in ways
unexpected and resonant
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Waterland, Graham Swift (Mr. Metsopoulos) A lyrical story
about the history of the English fenlands and a history professor’s last
lecture: his own secret history of love and madness entwined with that of
England’s.
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Migration : New & Selected Poems, W.S. Merwin (Mr.
Waters)
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Paddy Clarke, Ha-Ha-Ha, Roddy Doyle (Mr.
Waters)
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Someone, Alice McDermott (Mr. Waters)
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