Books for People who DON'T Read

or don't read much...or don't like to read...

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Resilience Stand up against the impossible things in your life.

Head Case by Sarah Aronson
Hate List by Jennifer Brown
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers
The Other Wes Moore by Wes Moore
Makes Me Wanna Holler by Nathan McCall
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathon Safran Foer
Behind the Beautiful Forevers by Katherine Boo
They Poured Fire on Us from the Sky by Benjamin Ajak, et. al.

Courage Find strength in the face of pain or grief.

The First Part Last by Angela Johnson
Deadline by Chris Crutcher
Hold Still by Nina LaCour
Forever Changes by Brendan Halpin
Willow by Julia Hoban
Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson

Graphic Novels Comic books for adults.

The Complete Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
Blankets by Craig Thompson
My Mommy is an American and She Met Buffalo Bill by Jean Regnaud
Stitches by David Small
A.D.: New Orleans After the Deluge by Josh Neufeld
The Complete Maus by Art Spiegelman

Love Romance, family, pets, & the changing love of friendships.

Memoirs of Teenage Amnesiac by Gabrielle Zevin
Rules by Cynthia Lord
The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein
Following Atticus by Tom Ryan
Before I Die by Jenny Downham
Delirium by Lauren Oliver

Acceptance Seeking understanding of yourself and others.

North of Beautiful by Justina Chen
Okay for Now by Gary Schmidt
Shine by Lauren Myracle
Lessons from a Dead Girl by Jo Knowles
One for the Murphys by Lynda Mullaly Hunt

Humor Make you laugh.

Knucklehead by Jon Scieszka
Dead End in Norvelt by Jack Gantos
A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson
Slam by Nick Hornby
The Book of Guys by Garrison Keillor

History & War Find out what really happened and what it's really like.

War by Sebastian Junger
The Good Soldiers by David Finkel
Blood & Thunder by Hampton Sides
Hellhound on his Trail by Hampton Sides
Ghost Soldiers by Hampton Sides
March by Geraldine Brooks
Sunrise Over Fallujah by Walter Dean Meyers
Forge by Laurie Halse Anderson
Copper Sun by Sharon Draper

Biography, Autobiography, Memoir Life Stories.

Hole in my Life by Jack Gantos
A Place to Stand by Jimmy Santiago Baca
Fish by T. J. Parsell
It's Kind of a Funny Story by Ned Vizzini
A Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah
The Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls

Horror Stories that make you sleep with the lights on.

Stolen: A letter to my captor by Lucy Christopher
Girl, Stolen by April Henry
After by Amy Efaw
Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver

Science Fiction What if? The human species encounters change...

Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
Armada by Ernest Cline
Dune by Frank Herbert
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card