Browse a Collection of texts frequently assigned in literature classrooms, including well-studied classics and contemporary literature. Representitive of the breadth of the literary tradition, the School Book List Titles Collection features texts for readers of all age levels, from children's literature to plays and novels centered on adult themes.
Publication year 2020
Genre Novel, Fiction
Themes Relationships: Family, Emotions/Behavior: Hope, Emotions/Behavior: Determination / Perseverance, Emotions/Behavior: Loneliness
Tags Coming of Age / Bildungsroman, Romance, Realistic Fiction, Trauma / Abuse / Violence, Modern Classic Fiction
Publication year 2018
Genre Novel, Fiction
Themes Values/Ideas: Fate, Emotions/Behavior: Regret, Self Discovery, Emotions/Behavior: Hope
Tags Romance, LGBTQ, Realistic Fiction
Publication year 1991
Genre Poem, Fiction
Themes Life/Time: Mortality & Death
Tags Lyric Poem, Science / Nature
Publication year 2014
Genre Poem, Fiction
Themes Emotions/Behavior: Gratitude, Emotions/Behavior: Hope, Relationships: Family, Relationships: Teams, Society: Community, Values/Ideas: Equality, Values/Ideas: Religion & Spirituality
Tags Inspirational
Publication year 1865
Genre Poem, Fiction
Tags Lyric Poem, Grief / Death, Modernism, American Civil War, Transcendentalism, Education, Education, Classic Fiction
Publication year 2020
Genre Graphic Novel/Book, Nonfiction
Themes Relationships: Family, Emotions/Behavior: Determination / Perseverance, Emotions/Behavior: Hope
Tags Immigration / Refugee, Auto/Biographical Fiction, Coming of Age / Bildungsroman, Children's Literature, Realistic Fiction, Biography
Publication year 2022
Genre Novel, Fiction
Themes Emotions/Behavior: Grief, Emotions/Behavior: Hate & Anger, Identity: Gender, Identity: Race, Life/Time: Mortality & Death, Self Discovery, Society: Immigration, Values/Ideas: Good & Evil, Values/Ideas: Justice & Injustice, Values/Ideas: Religion & Spirituality
Tags Fantasy, LGBTQ, Jewish Literature, History: World, Historical Fiction, Religion / Spirituality
Publication year 1893
Genre Poem, Fiction
Themes Emotions/Behavior: Love, Life/Time: Aging
Publication year 2020
Genre Novel, Fiction
Themes Relationships: Family
Tags Magical Realism, Fantasy, Children's Literature
Publication year 1982
Genre Short Story, Fiction
Themes Emotions/Behavior: Loneliness, Emotions/Behavior: Memory, Relationships: Friendship, Emotions/Behavior: Love, Emotions/Behavior: Guilt
Tags Addiction / Substance Abuse, History: U.S., American Literature, Modern Classic Fiction, History: World, Classic Fiction
Publication year 1906
Genre Novel, Fiction
Themes Life/Time: Coming of Age, Natural World: Animals, Natural World: Nurture v. Nature
Tags Animals, Classic Fiction, Historical Fiction, Action / Adventure, Children's Literature
White Fang (1906) is a short novel by American author Jack London. The novel explores themes of survival, nature versus nurture, and improving oneself through discipline and adaptability. White Fang’s protagonist is a wild-born wolfdog named White Fang whose struggle for survival and eventual domestication comprise the novel’s narrative arc. London’s novel challenges humanity’s claim to superiority over nature and celebrates animals’ resilience, simple logic, and instinct. White Fang has been adapted into over a... Read White Fang Summary
Publication year 2006
Genre Biography, Nonfiction
Themes Life/Time: Mortality & Death, Natural World: Place, Society: Class, Society: Nation, Values/Ideas: Science & Technology
Tags Children's Literature, Education, Education, History: World, Biography
Publication year 2008
Genre Biography, Nonfiction
Themes Natural World: Space & The Universe, Emotions/Behavior: Determination / Perseverance, Relationships: Family, Relationships: Teams, Values/Ideas: Fame, Values/Ideas: Science & Technology
Tags Science / Nature, History: U.S.
Publication year 2009
Genre Biography, Nonfiction
Themes Emotions/Behavior: Determination / Perseverance, Relationships: Friendship, Self Discovery, Values/Ideas: Art, Values/Ideas: Beauty, Values/Ideas: Fame, Values/Ideas: Power & Greed
Tags Biography
Publication year 2019
Genre Novel, Fiction
Themes Relationships: Friendship, Emotions/Behavior: Determination / Perseverance, Natural World: Environment, Natural World: Climate, Self Discovery
Tags Action / Adventure, Survival Fiction, Natural Disaster, Children's Literature, Horror / Thriller / Suspense Fiction, Realistic Fiction
Publication year 2004
Genre Poem, Fiction
Tags Lyric Poem, Science / Nature
Publication year 1891
Genre Poem, Fiction
Themes Emotions/Behavior: Love, Identity: Femininity, Identity: Sexuality
Tags Love / Sexuality, Lyric Poem, Education, Education, American Literature, LGBTQ, Classic Fiction
Publication year 2011
Genre Novel, Fiction
Themes Natural World: Nurture v. Nature, Emotions/Behavior: Love, Natural World: Animals, Society: Community, Relationships: Family
Tags Animals, Realistic Fiction, Action / Adventure, Grief / Death, Children's Literature, Science / Nature
Publication year 2021
Genre Novel, Fiction
Themes Natural World: Environment, Natural World: Animals
Tags Fantasy, Animals, Children's Literature, Science / Nature
Publication year 1919
Genre Short Story Collection, Fiction
Themes Society: Community, Emotions/Behavior: Loneliness, Emotions/Behavior: Memory, Emotions/Behavior: Regret, Life/Time: Coming of Age, Natural World: Place, Relationships: Family, Society: Class, Values/Ideas: Religion & Spirituality
Tags Classic Fiction, American Literature, Modernism, History: U.S., History: World
Originally published in 1919, Winesburg, Ohio: A Group of Tales of Ohio Small Town Life, is a short story cycle by American author Sherwood Anderson. Anderson drew inspiration from the Ohio town of Clyde, where he spent his childhood. By the late 20th century, many scholars considered Winesburg, Ohio a seminal text of American Modernist literature.Winesburg, Ohio focuses on the people who inhabit the eponymous town at the dawn of the Industrial Revolution. Among them... Read Winesburg, Ohio Summary