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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
La Nuit La Nuit Elie Wiesel Night is Elie Wiesel's masterpiece, a candid, horrific, and deeply poignant autobiographical account of his survival as a teenager in the Nazi death camps. This new translation by Marion Wiesel, Elie… OL14856842W
Aristotle and Dante discover the secrets of the universe Aristotle and Dante discover the secrets of the universe Benjamin Alire Sáenz Fifteen-year-old Ari Mendoza is an angry loner with a brother in prison, but when he meets Dante and they become friends, Ari starts to ask questions about himself, his parents, and his family that h… OL16596099W
Fun Home Fun Home Alison Bechdel A fresh and brilliantly told memoir from a cult favorite comic artist, marked by gothic twists, a family funeral home, sexual angst, and great books. This breakout book by Alison Bechdel is a dark… OL1835957W
The Joy Luck Club The Joy Luck Club Amy Tan,Ronald Bass,Jordi Fibla,Tsai Chin,Wayne Wang,Gwendoline Yeo Four mothers, four daughters, four families, whose histories shift with the four winds depending on who's telling the stories. In 1949, four Chinese women, recent immigrants to San Francisco, meet we… OL1843720W
The Pillars of the Earth The Pillars of the Earth Ken Follett The Pillars of the Earth is a historical novel by Welsh author Ken Follett published in 1989 about the building of a cathedral in the fictional town of Kingsbridge, England. Set in the 12th century, … OL1914022W
Their Eyes Were Watching God Their Eyes Were Watching God Zora Neale Hurston <p><i>Their Eyes Were Watching God</i> (1937) is a classic Harlem Renaissance novel by American writer Zora Neale Hurston. The novel follows Janie Crawford as she recounts the story of her life as sh… OL27778127W
White Teeth White Teeth Ana María de la Fuente Suárez,Zadie Smith,Jenny Sterlin One of the most talked about fictional debuts of recent years, WHITE TEETH is a funny, generous, big-hearted novel, adored by critics and readers alike. Dealing - among many other things - with frien… OL481143W
Pride and Prejudice Pride and Prejudice Jane Austen Pride and Prejudice is an 1813 novel of manners written by Jane Austen. The novel follows the character development of Elizabeth Bennet, the dynamic protagonist of the book who learns about the reper… OL66554W