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ALL-SCHOOL REQUIREDThe Little Prince Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

SENIORS REQUIREDAll the Light We Cannot See Anthony Doerr

REQUIRED-CHOOSE TWO Plainsong Kent Haruf A Thousand Splendid Suns Khaled Hosseini West with the Night Beryl Markham

SUGGESTIONS FOR SENIORS

Oryx and Crake Margaret AtwoodKrik? Krak! Edwidge DanticatBlue Highways: William Least Heat-Moon A Journey into America The Beautiful Things that Dinaw Mengestu Heaven Bears Gertrude and Claudius John Updike

JUNIORS REQUIREDA Prayer for Owen Meany John Irving

REQUIRED-CHOOSE ONEThe Kite Runner Khaled HosseiniThe Glass Castle Jeannette Walls

REQUIRED-ALL U.S. HISTORY COURSESThe Story of America: Jill Lepore Essays on Origins

ADDITIONAL REQUIRED FOR CL SEMINAR

Frankenstein Mary Shelley

ADDITIONAL REQUIRED FOR CL AP U.S. HISTORY

Give Me Liberty! Eric Foner (Brief 4th Ed.)– chapters 1 & 2

SUGGESTIONS FOR JUNIORS

Funny in Farsi Firoozeh DumasIn Our Time Ernest HemingwayHope and Other Laila Lalami Dangerous Pursuits Me Talk Pretty One Day David SedarisThe Space Between Us Thrity Umrigar

SOPHOMORES REQUIRED1984 George OrwellBel Canto Ann PatchettFast Food Nation Eric Schlosser

SUGGESTIONS FOR SOPHOMORES

The Handmaid’s Tale Margaret AtwoodThe Curious Incident of the Mark Haddon Dog in the Night-Time My Name Is Asher Lev Chaim PotokEleanor & Park Rainbow RowellThe Once and Future King T. H. White

FRESHMEN REQUIREDHotel on the Corner of Bitter Jamie Ford and Sweet Outliers Malcolm Gladwell The Book Thief Markus Zusak

SUGGESTIONS FOR FRESHMEN

Warriors Don’t Cry Melba Pattillo Beals God Grew Tired of Us John Bul Dau To Kill a Mockingbird Harper Lee A Hundred Flowers Gail Tsukiyama A Story Like the Wind Laurens van der Post

REQUIRED + SUGGESTED BOOKS FOR 2016

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ART: TOP PICKSDrawn & Quarterly: Twenty-Five Tom Devlin Years of Contemporary Cartooning, Comics, and Graphic Novels Andy Goldsworthy: Andy Goldsworthy Ephemeral Works: 2004-2014 Hold Still: A Memoir Sally Mann with Photographs Hip Hop Family Tree Book 3: Ed Piskor 1983-84 Tales from the Loop Simon Stålenhag

ATHLETICS: TOP PICKSToughness: Developing True Jay Bilas Strength On and Off the Court The Hard Hat: 21 Ways to Be Jon Gordon a Great Teammate Das Reboot Raphael HonigsteinEndurance: Shackleton’s Alfred Lansing Incredible VoyageSeason of Life Jeffrey Marx

BOOK TO FILMPride and Prejudice Austen & and Zombies Grahame-SmithA Walk in the Woods Bill BrysonSpare Parts Joshua DavisRoom: A Novel Emma DonoghueThe Danish Girl David EbershoffCarol Patricia Highsmith (Prev. titled: The Price of Salt) Concussion Jeanne Marie LaskasThe Big Short: Inside Michael Lewis the Doomsday Machine In the Heart of the Sea Nathaniel PhilbrickThe Revenant: A Novel Michael Punke of Revenge Brooklyn Colm Toibin

COLLEGE OFFICE: TOP PICKSWhere You Go Is Not Frank Bruni, ‘82 Who You’ll Be Fiske Guide to Colleges, 2016 Edward B. FiskeConquering the College Alan Gelb Admissions Essay in 10 Steps The Gatekeepers Jacques SteinbergCreating a Class: College Mitchell L. Stevens Admissions and the Education of Elites

DEANS: TOP PICKSSome Assembly Required: Arin Andrews The Not-So-Secret Life of a Transgender Teen Quiet: The Power of Introverts Susan Cain in a World That Can’t Stop Talking Make Your Home Among Jennine Capó Crucet Strangers Presence: Bringing Your Boldest Amy Cuddy Self to Your Biggest Challenges The Gift of Failure Jessica Lahey

HISTORY, PHILOSOPHY, RELIGIOUS STUDIES & SOCIAL SCIENCE: TOP PICKSThe Absolutely True Diary of Sherman Alexie a Part-Time Indian Between the World and Me Ta-Nehisi CoatesThe Round House: A Novel Louise ErdrichBillion-Dollar Ball Gilbert M. GaulThe Short and Tragic Life Jeff Hobbs of Robert Peace When Breath Becomes Air Paul KalanithiHindu Goddesses: Visions of the David Kinsley Divine Feminine in the Hindu Religious Tradition The Sympathizer: A Novel Viet Thanh Nguyen The History of White People Nell Irvin PainterLone Survivors: How We Came Chris Stringer to Be the Only Humans on Earth

MATHEMATICS: TOP PICKSFinding Zero Amir D. AczelHow Not to Be Wrong Jordan EllenbergDecoded: A Novel Mai JiaThe Joy of x: A Guided Tour of Stephen Strogatz, ‘76 Math, from One to Infinity The Martian Andy Weir

MODERN & CLASSICAL LANGUAGES: TOP PICKSSPQR: A History of Ancient Rome Mary BeardStreet of Thieves Mathias ÉnardE-mails from Scheherazad Mohja KahfQuixote: The Novel and the World Ilan StavansThe Seventh Day: A Novel Yu Hua

MUSIC: TOP PICKSConversations with Beethoven Sanford FriedmanWords Without Music: A Memoir Philip GlassA City Called Heaven Robert M. MarovichBellweather Rhapsody Kate RacculiaChildren of the Stone: The Power Sandy Tolan of Music in a Hard Land

READER’S CHOICEA Manual for Cleaning Women: Lucia Berlin Selected Stories Tell the Wolves I’m Home Carol Rifka BruntThe Writing Life Annie DillardEssays After Eighty Donald HallSpeak Louisa HallDelicious Foods: A Novel James HannahamWhen Books Went to War Molly Guptill ManningEverything I Never Told You Celeste NgBoy, Snow, Bird: A Novel Helen OyeyemiAll Quiet on the Western Front Erich Maria RemarqueA Deadly Wandering Matt RichtelThe Arab of the Future Riad SattoufSisterhood in Sports: How Female Joan Steidinger Athletes Collaborate and Compete Just Mercy: A Story of Justice Bryan Stevenson and Redemption The Gift of Rain: A Novel Tan Twan Eng

SCIENCE: TOP PICKSPhysics of the Future Michio KakuThe Hunt for Vulcan Thomas LevensonThe Soul of an Octopus Sy MontgomeryStiff: The Curious Lives of Mary Roach Human Cadavers The Invention of Nature: Andrea Wulf Alexander von Humboldt’s New World

THEATER & DANCE: TOP PICKSThe Empty Space Peter BrookLife in Motion: Misty Copeland An Unlikely Ballerina Zen in the Art of Archery Eugen HerrigelWomen of Will: Following the Tina Packer Feminine in Shakespeare’s Plays Humans of New York: Stories Brandon Stanton

HEAD OF SCHOOL: TOP PICKSLife after Life: A Novel Kate AtkinsonMy Brilliant Friend Elena FerranteThe Wars of the Roses Dan JonesMissoula: Rape and the Justice Jon Krakauer System in a College Town The War That Forged a Nation: James M. McPherson Why the Civil War Still Matters

ALVORD CENTER FOR GLOBAL & ENVIROMENTAL STUDIES: TOP PICKSIn a Sunburned Country Bill BrysonA Moveable Feast: Ernest Hemingway The Restored Edition A Case for Climate Engineering David KeithWithout You, There Is No Us Suki KimIn Defense of Food Michael Pollan

NORTON FAMILY CENTER FOR THE COMMON GOOD: TOP PICKSWe Wish to Inform You That Philip Gourevitch Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our Families The Empathy Exams: Essays Leslie JamisonBreaking Night Liz MurrayWhat Money Can’t Buy: Michael J. Sandel The Moral Limits of Markets Congratulations, by the way: George Saunders Some Thoughts on Kindness

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