Publication year 1950
Genre Play, Fiction
Themes Conflict, Truth & Lies, Community, Justice, Loyalty & Betrayal
Tags Classic Fiction, Drama, Health
Community
A community can come together for the common good or be torn apart by disagreement and strife. This collection explores what makes a community and how individuals struggle or succeed in finding their place within it.
An Enemy of the People
Angela Davis
Angel Of Greenwood
An Hour Before Daylight
A Night to Remember
Animal Farm
An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States
An Invisible Thread
Annabel Lee
Anne of Avonlea
Annihilation of Caste
A Novel Love Story
Anthem
anyone lived in a pretty how town
Any Small Goodness
Anything Is Possible
A People’s History of the United States
Apex Hides the Hurt
A Photo Finish
A Place to Hang the Moon
Publication year 1950
Genre Play, Fiction
Themes Conflict, Truth & Lies, Community, Justice, Loyalty & Betrayal
Tags Classic Fiction, Drama, Health
Publication year 1974
Genre Autobiography / Memoir, Nonfiction
Themes Race, Community, Equality
Tags Gender & Feminism, Social Justice, Race & Racism, Politics & Government, Civil Rights & Jim Crow South
Angela Davis: An Autobiography, originally published in 1974, is a political autobiography focused on the imprisonment and trial of activist and scholar Angela Davis in the early 1970s. In 1970, after guns belonging to Davis were used in an uprising at the Marin County Courthouse in California, Davis was accused and convicted of conspiracy, kidnapping, and murder. A jury acquitted Davis of all charges in 1972. She published her autobiography two years later to center... Read Angela Davis Summary
Publication year 2021
Genre Novel, Fiction
Themes Conflict, Emotions/Behavior: Courage, Perseverance, Love, Race, Family, Friendship, Community, Equality, Good & Evil, Justice, Order & Chaos, Power & Greed, Safety & Danger
Tags Race & Racism, Social Justice, World History, Historical Fiction, Romance
Publication year 2000
Genre Autobiography / Memoir, Nonfiction
Themes Childhood & Youth, Community, Race, The Past, Family, Politics & Government
Tags Memoir & Autobiography, Southern Literature, US History, Politics & Government
Publication year 1955
Genre Biography, Nonfiction
Themes Emotions/Behavior: Courage, Fear, Conflict, Memory, Social Class, Community, Science & Technology
Tags World History, Dramatic Literature, Technology, US History, Biography, Action & Adventure, Classic Fiction
Publication year 1945
Genre Novel, Fiction
Themes Equality, Power & Greed, Community
Tags Satirical Literature, European History, Politics & Government, Philosophy, Animals, Post-War Era, Symbolic Narrative, British Literature, Science Fiction, Education, Education, Fantasy, Classic Fiction
Published in 1945, Animal Farm by George Orwell (1903-1950) achieved immediate success and remains one of Orwell’s most popular works. A political satire in the guise of a moving and whimsical animal fable, the novella is about a group of farm animals who overthrow their owner, Mr. Jones, and establish animal rule. Although the animals start with high hopes for Animal Farm as a harmonious and just utopia where “all animals are equal” (19), it... Read Animal Farm Summary
Publication year 2014
Genre Book, Nonfiction
Themes Conflict, Perseverance, Nation, Politics & Government, Power & Greed, War, Equality, Education, Race, The Past, Future, Community, Place, Colonialism
Tags US History, Race & Racism, Social Justice, Politics & Government, Education, Military & War, Anthropology, Colonial America, Social Class, Colonialism & Postcolonialism, World History
Publication year 2010
Genre Autobiography / Memoir, Nonfiction
Themes Family, Fate, Community
Tags Trauma & Abuse, Coming of Age, Poverty, Addiction & Substance Abuse, Children`s Literature, Biography
Author Laura Schroff’s 2012 New York Times bestseller An Invisible Thread: The True Story of an 11-Year-Old Panhandler, a Busy Sales Executive, and an Unlikely Meeting with Destiny recounts a fateful meeting between two vastly different individuals: Maurice, a young boy living in poverty and a broken home, and Schroff, a successful ad executive enjoying a fast-paced career. In the memoir, the author posits that an invisible thread joins their lives. It is beyond her... Read An Invisible Thread Summary
Publication year 1849
Genre Poem, Fiction
Themes Love, Death, Community
Tags Lyric Poem, Grief & Death, Love & Sexuality, Education, Education, Horror & Suspense, American Literature, Gothic Literature, Romance, Classic Fiction
The last poem Edgar Allan Poe—infamous poet and fiction author of the macabre—completed during his tumultuous life, “Annabel Lee,” was first published in the New York Tribune in 1849, two days after Poe’s death. Displaying the melodic lyricism, gothic overtones, and memorable imagery which informed so much of Poe’s work, “Annabel Lee” is considered one of the defining entries in his canon, and a classic of 19th century American poetry.The poem concerns the death of... Read Annabel Lee Summary
Publication year 1909
Genre Novel, Fiction
Themes Coming of Age, Community, Friendship, Love, Education, Hope
Tags Classic Fiction, Historical Fiction
Anne of Avonlea, the second novel in the Anne of Green Gables series, is the heralded sequel that brings readers back to the second chapter in Anne Shirley’s life from age 16 to 18. First published in 1909 by Canadian author L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Avonlea is set in the latter part of the 19th century in fictional Avonlea, a small town on Prince Edward Island, Canada. Filled with many familiar characters from the first... Read Anne of Avonlea Summary
Publication year 1936
Genre Book, Nonfiction
Themes Religion & Spirituality, Equality, Social Class, Community
Tags Philosophy, Politics & Government, Social Justice, Asian Literature, Sociology, World History, Philosophy, Indian Literature, Classic Fiction, Religion & Spirituality
Publication year 2024
Genre Novel, Fiction
Themes Mental Health, Self Discovery, Community, Literature
Tags Modern Classic Fiction, Magical Realism, Fantasy, Romance
Publication year 1938
Genre Novella, Fiction
Themes Good & Evil, Equality, Politics & Government, Community, Self Discovery
Tags Science Fiction, Classic Fiction, Psychological Fiction, Philosophy, Education, Education, Philosophy, Politics & Government
Anthem is a short novella written by Ayn Rand and published in 1938. Rand is known for her polarizing fiction, which includes the well-known novels Atlas Shrugged and The Fountainhead. She is also known as the founder of a controversial philosophy known as Objectivism. In 1987, Anthem won the Libertarian Futurist Society’s Hall of Fame Award. Since its publication, the novella has been met with mixed reviews due to the controversy around its Objectivist themes... Read Anthem Summary
Publication year 1940
Genre Poem, Fiction
Themes Community, Apathy
Tags Modernism, The Lost Generation, Relationships
Publication year 1991
Genre Novel, Fiction
Themes Good & Evil, Family, Immigration, Race, Coming of Age, Community
Tags Realistic Fiction, Children`s Literature, Education, Education, Arts & Culture
Tony Johnston’s Any Small Goodness: A Novel of the Barrio is a young adult novel originally published in 2001 by Scholastic, Inc. As a meditation on the value of friendship, family, and community, the novel centers the Mexican American Rodriguez family as they adapt to life in a lower-income Los Angeles barrio (Spanish for “neighborhood”). In school, their son Arturo bonds with other Mexican American students, joining them as they reclaim their Mexican roots. Ever... Read Any Small Goodness Summary
Publication year 2017
Genre Novel, Fiction
Themes Siblings, Family, Memory, Guilt, Community, Shame & Pride, Love, Forgiveness, Fear, Hope
Tags Relationships, American Literature, Modern Classic Fiction
Anything Is Possible is a 2017 novel by Elizabeth Strout in which each chapter features a character who is separate from but interconnects with the book’s other characters. Each chapter thus serves as both an autonomous short story and a piece of a larger, cohesive narrative and echoes or parallels other chapters.Strout, whose 2008 novel Olive Kitteridge won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, received the prestigious Story Prize for Anything Is Possible. The novel follows... Read Anything Is Possible Summary
Publication year 1980
Genre Book, Nonfiction
Themes Colonialism, Social Class, Immigration, Community, Economics, Hate & Anger, Perseverance, Conflict, Safety & Danger, Justice, Equality, Power & Greed
Tags US History, Politics & Government, Social Justice, Race & Racism, American Literature, World History, Classic Fiction
Howard Zinn’s A People’s History of the United States is one of the most famous American history books published in recent decades. It has sold over two million copies. First published in 1980, the book was nominated for the American Book Award and has gone through at least six major revisions. Although controversial when first published, the book has become comfortably mainstream. It is mentioned by name in the film Good Will Hunting and the... Read A People’s History of the United States Summary
Publication year 2006
Genre Novel, Fiction
Themes Social Class, Community, Power & Greed, Place
Tags Satirical Literature, Humor, Race & Racism, US History, Business & Economics, American Literature, Reconstruction Era, African American Literature, Modern Classic Fiction
Apex Hides the Hurt, a 2006 novel by American author Colson Whitehead, follows a nameless, emotionally muted nomenclature consultant, or an expert in creating brand names. The novel toggles between the protagonist’s memories of success at his company, and his current consulting assignment—renaming a town. The novel satirizes contemporary American consumer culture and features themes of race and identity. Whitehead uses humor and revelation as key narrative techniques in this story about a man who... Read Apex Hides the Hurt Summary
Publication year 2021
Genre Novel, Fiction
Themes Conflict, Perseverance, Fear, Grief, Hope, Joy, Love, Memory, Masculinity, Mental Health, Sexual Identity, Animals, Place, Family, Friendship, Teamwork, Self Discovery, Social Class, Community, Politics & Government, War, Equality, Fate, Good & Evil, Justice, Loyalty & Betrayal, Safety & Danger
Tags Romance, New Adult
Publication year 2021
Genre Novel, Fiction
Themes Siblings, Family, Community
Tags Historical Fiction, World War II, Children`s Literature, Military & War, World History