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Speculative fiction

The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones
HORROR
The Road by Cormac McCarthy
CLASSICS
Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
DYSTOPIAN
Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler
SCI-FI/DYSTOPIA
Divine Rivals by Rebecca Ross
FANTASY

Fun Reads

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
REALISTIC
In Want of a Suspect by Tirzah Price
Spin off of Pride and Prejudice!
MYSTERY
Dry by Neal Shusterman
MYSTERY
The Honeys by Ryan La Sala
HORROR
Carrie Soto Is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid
SPORTS
The Family Chao by Lan Samantha Chang
NOT AVAILABLE YET AT NNHS LIBRARY
The Careful Undressing of Love by Corey Ann Haydu
ROMANCE

Fiction based in reality

The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store by James McBride
MYSTERY
I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter by Erika L. Sánchez
REALISTIC
The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead
HISTORICAL FICTION
All My Rage by Sabaa Tahir
REALISTIC
Girl in Translation by Jean Kwok
NOT AVAILABLE FROM NNHS LIBRARY
American Pastoral by Philip Roth
NOT AVAILABLE FROM NNHS LIBRARY

Graphic novels

They Called Us Enemy by George Takei
The High Desert by James Spooner
Fun Home by Alison Bechdel
The Library Mule of Cordoba by Lupano-Chemineau
Big Questions by Anders Nilsen

Literary fiction

James by Percival Everett
HISTORICAL FICTION
Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
REALISTIC
The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri
REALISTIC
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong
NOT AVAILABLE FROM NNHS LIBRARY
Wandering Stars by Tommy Orange
Publication Date: REALISTIC

REALISTIC
The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
FANTASY

Non-fiction

The Twenty-One by Elizabeth Rusch
Tells the story of 21 young adults and their landmark federal climate change lawsuit, Juliana vs. United States of America.
The Puma Years by Laura Coleman
Activist Laura Coleman shares the story of her liberating journey in the Amazon jungle, where she fell in love with a magnificent cat who changed her life.
Solito by Javier Zamora
Memoir about a young poet who migrated from El Salvador to the United States at the age of nine.
Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner
A memoir about family, food, grief, love, and growing up Korean American.
Furious Hours by Casey Cep
A true-crime thriller, courtroom drama, and miniature biography of Harper Lee.
Beautiful Country by Qian Julie Wang
When undocumented, seven-year-old Qian arrives in New York City from China in 1994, she takes refuge in the library and masters the language through books, This immigration story is about a family fracturing under the weight of invisibility, and a girl coming of age in the shadows, who never stops seeking the light.
Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson
A true story about the potential for mercy to redeem us, and a clarion call to fix our broken system of justice--from one of the most brilliant and influential lawyers of our time.

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