Reading Inspiration
Faculty & Staff Reading Suggestions
Mrs. Segaloff
Library
Top 3 Favorite Books From High School:
Prayer for Owen Meany by John IrvingCatcher in the Rye by J. D. SalingerA Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James JoyceTop 3 Recent or All-Time Favorites:
Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia OwensOrphan Train by Christina Baker KlineTell the Wolves I’m Home by Carol Rifka BruntSummer Reading Goals:
American Dirt by Jeanine CumminsThe Bookwoman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele RichardsonSweetbitter by Stephanie DanlerThe Screwtape Letters by C. S. LewisThe Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather MorrisThe Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins
Ms. Russell
Health & Wellness
Top 3 Favorite Books From High School:
The Da Vinci Code by Dan BrownThe Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyTop 3 Recent or All-Time Favorites:
Into the Water by Paula HawkinsWhere the Crawdads Sing by Delia OwensThen She Was Gone by Lisa JewellSummer Reading Goals:
The Lost Art of Breathing by Richard La PlanteThe Alice Network by Kate QuinnLittle Fires Everywhere by Celeste NgThe Women in the Window by A.J. FinnNormal People by Sally RooneyWhite Fragility by Robin DiAngeloSo You Want To Talk About Race? by Ijeoma Oluo
Ms. Hodgens
English
Top 3 Favorite Books From High School:
Rebecca by Daphne du MaurierThe Woman Warrior by Maxine Hong KingstonBeloved by Toni MorrisonTop 3 Recent or All-Time Favorites:
People of the Book by Geraldine BrooksThe Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel WilkersonPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenSummer Reading Goals:
Caleb's Crossing by Geraldine BrooksMansfield Park by Jane AustenPossession by A.S. Byatt
Mrs. Fontaine
Graphic Arts
Top Favorite Books From High School:
Catcher in the Rye by JD SalingerTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeTop Recent or All-Time Favorites:
The Alice Network by Kate QuinnEducated by Tara WestoverBoys in the Boat by Daniel James BrownThe Nightingale by Kristin HannahThe Great Alone by Kristin HannahTuesdays with Morrie by Mitch AlbomSummer Reading Goals:
Books that include mystery, drama, court drama.
Mr. Murphy
English
Top 3 Favorite Books From High School:
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Bonfire of the Vanities by Tom WolfeLong Day's Journey Into Night by Eugene O'NeillTop 3 Recent or All-Time Favorites:
Light in August by William FaulknerThe Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test by Tom WolfeCeremony by Leslie Marmon SilkoSummer Reading Goals:
The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh NguyenThe No-No Boy John OkadaA Moveable Feast by Ernest HemingwayThe Normal Heart by Larry Kramer
Mrs. Keane
Social Studies
Top 3 Favorite Books From High School:
The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienThe Fountainhead by Ayn RandPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenTop 3 Recent or All-Time Favorites:
The Graveyard Book by Neil GaimanThe Time Traveller's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerThe Alice Network by Kate QuinnSummer Reading Goals:
The Underground Railroad by Colson WhiteheadThe Last Wish by Adrzej SapkowskiThe Heartbeat of Wounded Knee by David TreuerAgnes Grey by Anne BronteInventing Japan by Ian BurumaFounding Brothers by Joseph J. EllisWhy Does Equality Matter? by T. M. Scanlon
Mr. Mackie
Science
Top 3 Favorite Books From High School:
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeMacbeth by William ShakespeareA Separate Peace by John KnowlesTop 3 Recent or All-Time Favorites:
The Sixth Extinction by Elizabeth ColbertAnimal Weapons by Douglas EmlenThis is Your Brain on Parasites by Kathleen McAuliffeMaus by Art SpiegelmanSapiens by Yuval Noah HarariSummer Reading Goals:
1. With 2 small children at home, I would be delighted to finish 1-2 books.2. Get to the beach - lounge and read.
Mr. Jones
English
Top 3 Favorite Books From High School:
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeAs I Lay Dying by William FaulknerLong Day's Journey Into Night by Eugene O'NeillTop 3 Recent or All-Time Favorites:
Educated by Tara WestoverBoys in the Boat by Daniel James BrownThe Devil in the White City by Erik LarsonSummer Reading Goals:
Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourtIn the Garden of Beasts by Erik LarsonLittle Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng
Ms. Doherty
Social Studies
Top 3 Favorite Books From High School:
Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Odyssey by HomerPhantom Tollbooth by Norton JusterTop 3 Recent or All-Time Favorites:
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Nightingale by Kristin HannahBecoming by Michelle ObamaSummer Reading Goals:
A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor TowlesSay Nothing by Patrick Radden KeefeThe Testaments by Margaret AtwoodAmericanah by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieThe New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander
Mrs. Hadorn
Courier/Copy Rm
Top 3 Recent or All-Time Favorites:
Charlotte's Web by EB White, All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony DoerEducated by Tara WestoverSummer Reading Goals:
Ain't I a Woman by Sojourner TruthSong of Solomon by Toni MorrisonThe 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey
Mrs. Verrochi
English
Top 3 Favorite Books From High School:
The Sound and the Fury by William FaulknerOf Mice and Men by John SteinbeckHamlet by William ShakespeareTop 3 Recent or All-Time Favorites:
Britt-Marie Was Here by Fredrik BackmanAmericanah y Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieEducated by Tara WestoverSummer Reading Goals:
The Island of the Sea Women by Lisa SeeThe Distance Between Us by Reyna GrandeThe Stolen Angel by Sara BlaedelThe Bookshop of Yesterdays by Amy MastersonPachinko by Min Jin LeeThe Sympathizer by Viet Thanh NguyenAll the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
Ms. Hyde
English
Top 3 Favorite Books From High School:
To the Lighthouse by Virginia WoolfThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldWuthering Heights by Emily BronteTop 3 Recent or All-Time Favorites:
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniAtonement by Ian McEwanAll the Light We Cannot See by Anthony DoerrSummer Reading Goals:
Homegoing by Yaa GyasiThe Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather MorrisOn Chesil Beach by Ian McEwanAmericanah y Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieThere There by Tommy OrangeA Long Petal of the Sea by Isabel Allende
Ms. Mattie-Brown
Social Studies
Top 3 Favorite Books From High School:
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre DumasThe Sun Also Rises by Ernest HemingwayTop 3 Recent or All-Time Favorites:
In the Garden of Beasts by Erik LarsonBorn A Crime by Trevor NoahGang Leader for a Day by Sudhir VenkateshSummer Reading Goals:
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi CoatesAccidental Presidents by Jared CohenDragons Love Tacos by Adam RubinIs Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (and Other Concerns) by Mindy KalingDark Star by Paul TherouxTitan by Ron ChernowCribsheet by Emily Oster
Ms. Harris
Art
Top 3 Favorite Books From High School:
Your Erroneous Zones by Wayne DyerJonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard BachJane Eyre by Charlotte BronteTop 3 Recent or All-Time Favorites:
Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia OwensOrphan Train by Christina Baker KlineLilac Girls by Martha Hall KellySummer Reading Goals:
Born A Crime by Trevor NoahBecoming by Michelle ObamaHistorical fiction books
Dr. Horton
Dean of Students Math
Top 3 Favorite Books From High School:
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldGreat Expectations by Charles DickensTop 3 Recent or All-Time Favorites:
The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerDaisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins ReidThe Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverSummer Reading Goals:
All American Boys by Jason Reynolds and Brendan KielyMan I Never Met by Adam SchefterWhite Fragility by Robin DiAngeloThe Heir Affair by Heather Cocks and Jessica MorganUs Against You by Fredrik Backman
Mr. Hoffman
Principal
Top 3 Favorite Books From High School:
Tale of Two Cities by Charles DickensOf Mice and Men by John SteinbeckTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeTop 3 Recent or All-Time Favorites:
Days of Grace by Arthur AsheThe Boys in the Boat by Daniel James BrownWonder by R.J. PalacioThe Last Lecture by Randy PauchSummer Reading Goals:
Dare to Lead by Brene BrownBecoming by Michele ObamaThe Jordan Rules by Sam Smith
Mr. Wright
Social Studies
Top 3 Favorite Books From High School:
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald The Dark Half by Stephen King Frankenstein by Mary ShelleyTop 3 Recent or All-Time Favorites:
The Road by Cormac McCarthy Jaws by Peter Benchley Friends of Eddie Coyle by George V. HigginsSummer Reading Goals:
Dune by Frank HerbertEmpire of the Summer Moon by S.C. Gwynn
Ms. Chlapowski
School Counselor
Top 3 Favorite Books From High School:
Animal Farm by George OrwellTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankTop 3 Recent or All-Time Favorites:
The Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniA Fault in Our Stars by John GreenImperfect Birds by Anne LamottSummer Reading Goals:
White Fragility by Robin DiangeloTrust Exercise by Susan ChoiPresent over Perfect by Shauna NiequistNew and Selected Poems by Mary OliverAll of a Kind Family Series by Sydney TaylorWe are Water by Wally Lamb
Dr. Vanderveen
Chemistry
Top 3 Favorite Books From High School:
Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenDune by Frank HerbertWatership Down by Richard AdamsTop 3 Recent or All-Time Favorites:
The Curse of Chalion by Lois McMaster BujoldThe Deed of Paksennarrion Trilogy by Elizabeth MoonThe Bastard Brigade by Sam KeanDragonsong by Anne McCaffreySummer Reading Goals:
The Periodic Table by Primo LeviMy Brilliant Friend by Elena FerranteThe Empire of Gold by S.A. ChakrabortyHow to be an AntiRacist by Ibram X. KendiThe Radium Girls by Kate MooreThe Fifth Season by N. K. JemisonThe Last Herald-Mage Trilogy by Mercedes Lackey
Mrs. Tuttle
Social Studies
Top 3 Favorite Books From High School:
Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee by Dee BrownTo Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee Of Mice and Men byJohn SteinbeckTop 3 Recent or All-Time Favorites:
The History of Love by Nicole KrauseAll the Light We Cannot See by Anthony DoerrNickel Boys by Colson WhiteheadSummer Reading Goals:
The Underground Railroad by Colson WhiteheadThe Rebellious Life of Rosa Parks by Jeanne TheoharisTestaments by Margaret Atwood
Mr. Poe
Spanish/ASL
Top 3 Favorite Books From High School:
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee The Odyssey "by" HomerTop 3 Recent or All-Time Favorites:
Misfortune by Wesley Stace In the Country We Love by Diane Guerrero Tales of the City by Armistead Maupin The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónSummer Reading Goals:
Ohio by Stephen Markley Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng Little Me by Patrick Dennis The Prince and the Dressmaker by Jen Wang
Mr. Milne
Music
Top 3 Favorite Books From High School:
Catcher in the Rye by JD Salinger Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury Catch 22 by Joseph HellerTop 3 Recent or All-Time Favorites:
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch AlbomSummer Reading Goals:
Moonraker by Ian Flemming Marginalized Voices in Music Education by Brent C. Talbot 1776 by David McCullough
Mrs. McManus
Social Studies
Top 3 Favorite Books From High School:
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldWalden; or Life in the Woods by Henry David ThoreauTop 3 Recent or All-Time Favorites:
The Nightingale by Kristin HannahThe Hate U Give by Angie ThomasThe Alchemist by Paulo CoehloThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootHarry Potter (all 7 of them- I can't pick one favorite!)The DaVinci Code by Dan BrownSummer Reading Goals:
Raising White Kids: Bringing Up Children in a Racially Unjust America by Jennifer HarveyGo Set a Watchman by Harper Lee The Family Upstairs by Lisa Jewell When I was Ten by Fiona CumminsNot Light, but Fire: How to Lead Meaningful Race Conversations in the Classroom by Matthew Kay
Mrs. Zimmer
Math
Top 3 Favorite Books From High School:
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeWuthering Heights by Emily BronteTop 3 Recent or All-Time Favorites:
West with the Night by Beryl Markham True North by Jill Kerr Conway The Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniSummer Reading Goals:
I have read 13 so far in "Shelter in Place" and among those, my favorites have been:American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins Then She Was Gone by Lisa Jewell Things We Cannot Say by Kelly Rimmer
I am going to read:
The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah When We Believed in Mermaids by Barbara O'Neal The Woman in the Window by A.J. Finn The Dressmakers's Gift by Fiona Valpy
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