

Persuasionby Jane Austen: Austen’s last novel tells the story of Anne Eliot and Captain Wentworth reuniting eleven years after Anne broke off their engagement through some awkward circumstances. Mansfield Parkby Jane Austen: One of Austen’s lesser-known novels, in which Fanny leaves the poverty of her own home behind and is raised by a rich uncle, eventually falling in love with her cousin Edmund in a very, very slow burn romance. Covering topics from the religion’s beginning to how democracy and social media have influenced the religion in contemporary times, this book is both informative and accessible. No god but God: The Origins, Evolution, and Future of Islamby Reza Aslan: The title does a great job explaining what this book is going to be about. Harry, A History: The True Story of a Boy Wizard, His Fans, and Life Inside the Harry Potter Phenomenonby Melissa Anneli: Part chronicle of the madness of Harry Potter mania in the early 2000s and part personal memoir of a super fan, this book is perfect for anyone who remembers or wants to understand midnight book parties and passionate debates on RAB’s identity while waiting for the next book to come out.

Anderson: Chris just wants to be a normal teenager, but unfortunately he’s turning into a vampire. Anderson: This young adult biography tells the story of Dmitri Shostakovich, a composer writing music in the Soviet Union during Hitler’s siege on Leningrad. Symphony for the City of the Dead: Dmitri Shostakovich and the Siege of Leningradby M.T. Anderson: This is the second volume in Octavian’s story. Anderson: In a reimagined past, this is the story of a black boy raised in isolation with his mother by philosophers during the American Revolutionary War in a secret experiment about the intellectual capabilities of Africans. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothingby M.T. Speakby Laurie Halse Anderson: A young girl stops talking when she’s ostracized by her peers after being raped by an upperclassman at a summer party. Soloby Kwame Alexander and Mary Rand Hess: The seventeen year old son of a former bad boy rockstar travels to Ghana in order to investigate family secrets and grieve his mother who died ten years ago.
