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 The Iliad by HomerOne of the foremost achievements in Western literature, Homer's Iliad tells the story of the darkest episode of the Trojan War. At its... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $8.57 Read Online |  | Ancient before 500BC | Secondary & Adult | Literature |
 The Odyssey by HomerOdysseus shares tales of monsters he's fought, but more than that he wants to get home to his wife Penelope, after 20 years of war and journey. At: Local Library Amazon $9.75 Read Online | | Ancient before 500BC | Secondary & Adult | Literature |
 The Pilgrim's Progress by John BunyanOne of the most powerful dramas of Christian faith ever written, this captivating allegory of man's religious journey in search of... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $3.50 Read Online | | Discovery/ Colonial | Elem | Literature |
 Robinson Crusoe by Daniel DefoeThis classic story of a shipwrecked mariner on a deserted island is perhaps the greatest adventure in all of English literature. Fleeing... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $4.00 Read Online | | Discovery/ Colonial | Middle | Literature |
 Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainA seminal work of American Literature that still commands deep praise and still elicits controversy, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $4.00 | | 1800's | Middle | Literature |
 Aesop's Fables by AesopThe fables of Aesop have become one of the most enduring traditions of European culture, ever since they were first written down nearly two... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $60.52 Read Online | | Not History Related | Elem | Literature |
 Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls WilderLaura Ingalls is heading west! The Ingalls family packs up their covered wagon and sets off for the big skies of the Kansas Territory,... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $4.00 | | 1800's | Elem | Literature |
 The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark TwainFew books capture both the simplicity and complexities of American life quite like these enduring "boyhood" classics by Mark Twain. The... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $6.95 Read Online | | 1800's | Middle | Literature |
 Julius Caesar by William ShakespeareA tale of honor and betrayal. Pompey is defeated in war by Caesar. A small devoted brotherhood, led by Marcus Brutus, plot the assassination of their new leader. At: Local Library Amazon $5.99 | | Classical 500BC-600AD | Secondary & Adult | Literature |
 Paradise Lost by John MiltonHere in one volume are the complete texts of two of the greatest epic poems in English literature, each a profound exploration of the moral... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $5.24 | | Renaissance/ Reformation | Secondary & Adult | Phil./Religion, Literature |
 Hamlet by William ShakespeareHamlet seeks revenge on Claudius, who has murdered his father, the King, taken the throne and married his mother. At: Local Library Amazon $5.99 | | Renaissance/ Reformation | Secondary & Adult | Literature |
 The Song of RolandThe Song of Roland is the most famous of the "chansons de geste" (songs of deeds) of the Middle Ages. It provides a fascinating view into... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $4.00 | | Middle Ages 600-1300 | Middle | Literature |
| Farmer Boy by Laura Ingalls Wilder Growing up on his family's farm in New York, Almanzo Wilder wishes for just one thing—his very own horse. But Father doesn't yet... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $4.00 | | 1800's | Elem | Literature |
| Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott Published in 1819, this classic historical romance unfolds in a 12th-century kingdom torn asunder by the hatred between Saxons and Normans.... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $5.00 Read Online | | Middle Ages 600-1300 | Middle | Literature |
| The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer With their astonishing diversity of tone and subject matter, The Canterbury Tales have become one of the touchstones of medieval... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $5.09 Read Online | | Middle Ages 600-1300 | Secondary & Adult | Literature |
| Charlotte's Web by E. B. White An affectionate, sometimes bashful pig named Wilbur befriends a spider named Charlotte, who lives in the rafters above his pen. A prancing,... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $4.51 | | Modern 1900-present | Elem | Literature |
| A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens Classic tale of Ebenezer Scrooge, Tiny Tim, and the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Future, as icons of the true meaning of Christmas. At: Local Library Amazon $3.99 Read Online | | 1800's | Middle | Literature |
| Chronicles of Narnia by C. S. Lewis Four children travel to Narnia where they are more than mere children and everything is far more than it seems. Allegorical, infused with timeless issues of good and evil, faith and hope. At: Local Library Amazon $10.99 | | Not History Related | Elem | Literature |
| Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson A mysterious seaman hides at a country inn; cut-throats raid a sleepy English village; suddenly, young Jim Hawkins becomes the owner of a map leading to a lost tropical island and a fortune in stolen gold. At: Local Library Amazon $4.00 Read Online | | Discovery/ Colonial | Elem | Literature |
| Ben Hur by Lew Wallace A bestseller since 1880... The classic saga of the Roman Empire From a thrilling sea battle to its famous chariot race to the agony of the... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $7.95 | | Classical 500BC-600AD | Secondary & Adult | Literature |
| Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift Shipwrecked castaway Lemuel Gulliver's encounters with the petty, diminutive Lilliputians, the crude giants of Brobdingnag, the abstracted... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $5.91 Read Online | | Discovery/ Colonial | Middle | Literature |
| Les Miserables by Victor Hugo In 19th Century Paris, the lives of several colorful characters cross paths, seemingly randomly, and are each changed dramatically from contact with the others. At: Local Library Amazon $4.38 | | 1800's | Secondary & Adult | Literature |
| Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens Dickens, the master of descriptive narrative, conjures a grim and compelling view of Victorian London's underside. At: Local Library Amazon $4.96 | | 1800's | Secondary & Adult | Literature |
| A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens Pre-revolutionary France is the turbulent setting of this uncharacteristic Dickens novel. Lacking a primary central character, London and Paris are the real protagonists. At: Local Library Amazon $8.00 | | Discovery/ Colonial | Secondary & Adult | Literature |
| The Aeneid by Virgil The adventures of Aeneas, who flees the ashes of Troy to embark upon a tortuous course that brings him to Italy and fulfills his destiny as founder of the Roman people. At: Local Library Amazon $10.40 Read Online | | Classical 500BC-600AD | Secondary & Adult | Literature |
| The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne Set in the harsh Puritan community of seventeenth-century Massachusetts, this tale of an adulterous entanglement resulting in an... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $4.47 Read Online | | Discovery/ Colonial | Secondary & Adult | Literature |
| To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee Set in Alabama during the Depression; follows three years in the life of 8-year-old Scout Finch. A tough, tender novel of race, class, justice, and the pain of growing up. At: Local Library Amazon $4.00 | | Modern 1900-present | Secondary & Adult | Literature |
| Paul Revere's Ride by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow "Listen, my children, and you shall hear/Of the midnight ride of Paul Revere ..." So begins one of the most stirring poems in American... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $4.83 | | Discovery/ Colonial | Elem | Literature |
| Poems by Oliver Wendell Holmes Celebrated 19th century American poet; father of U.S. Supreme Court jurist Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. At: Local Library Amazon $12.21 | | 1800's | Secondary & Adult | Literature |
| One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Solzhenitsyn's first book, this economical, relentless novel is one of the most forceful artistic indictments of political oppression in... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $4.63 | | Modern 1900-present | Secondary & Adult | Literature, Biography |
| Sir Gawain and the Green Knight by J. R. R. Tolkien From a remote and exotic age--of chivalry and wizards, knights and holy quests. In the unique imagination of J.R.R. Tolken the power of these great stories comes to life for modern readers. At: Local Library Amazon $5.26 | | Middle Ages 600-1300 | Secondary & Adult | Literature |
| Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen Elizabeth Bennet is the perfect Austen heroine: intelligent, generous, sensible, incapable of jealousy or any other major sin. That makes... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $4.95 Read Online | | 1800's | Secondary & Adult | Literature |
| The Call of the Wild by Jack London Buck, stolen from his comfortable family home and forced into the harsh life of an Alaskan sled dog, embarks on an extraordinary journey with a wolf pack. At: Local Library Amazon $3.99 Read Online | | 1800's | Middle | Literature |
| The Children's Homer by Padraic Colum Travel back to a mythical time when Achilles, aided by the gods, waged war against the Trojans. And join Odysseus on his journey through... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $6.90 | | Ancient before 500BC | Middle | Literature |
| Old Yeller by Fred Gipson At first, Travis couldn't stand the sight of Old Yeller The stray dog was ugly, and a thieving rascal, too. But he sure was clever, and... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $4.00 | | 1800's | Elem | Literature |
| The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame If you ever feel like falling into a beautiful comic-book story--in the same way one falls back into a warm field of grass--reach for... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $5.95 Read Online | | Not History Related | Elem | Literature |
| The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling No child should be allowed to grow up without reading The Jungle Books. Published in 1894 and 1895, the stories crackle with as much life... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $4.95 | | Not History Related | Middle | Literature |
| The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood by Howard Pyle The life and times of Everyone's favorite thief Filled with action, villains, and surprises, the legend lives on. Days of old bursting... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $5.95 Read Online | | Middle Ages 600-1300 | Elem | Literature |
| Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe Gut-wrenching portrayal of slavery and its effects on families and individuals. A remarkable book - narrative drive, vivid characters, sprawling cast, several completely different worlds masterfully portrayed; At: Local Library Amazon $4.99 Read Online | | 1800's | Secondary & Adult | Literature |
| Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare In this play, Shakespeare shows that love makes you do strange things. As Lysander says, "The course of true love never did run smooth." At: Local Library Amazon $5.99 | | Ancient before 500BC | Secondary & Adult | Literature |
| Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare Classic tragic romance of the feuding Capulets and Montagues. Romeo (a Montague) falls in love with Juliet (a Capulet) and are married in secret by Friar Lawrence... At: Local Library Amazon $5.99 | | Renaissance/ Reformation | Secondary & Adult | Literature |
| The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane Based on the Civil War Battle of Chancellorsville, an accurate representation of war; its stylistic strength the mark of a literary classic. At: Local Library Amazon $3.99 Read Online | | 1800's | Middle | Literature |
| The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Emmuska Orczy During the French Revolution's reign of terror, the mysterious Scarlet Pimpernel rescues helpless men, women, and children from their doom... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $4.95 | | Discovery/ Colonial | Secondary & Adult | Literature |
| Great Expectations by Charles Dickens Dickens' later novel, a work of artistic maturity; symbolic narrative rather than realistic; plot of coincident events true to the internal, psychological, logic of the story. At: Local Library Amazon $6.40 | | 1800's | Middle | Literature |
| Henry V by William Shakespeare Historically based play, England's King Henry V invades France. The decisive fight comes at the Battle of Agincourt, where the English are outnumbered five to one. At: Local Library Amazon $5.99 | | Renaissance/ Reformation | Secondary & Adult | Literature |
| Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri Dante Alighieri's poetic masterpiece, The Divine Comedy, is a moving human drama, an unforgettable visionary journey through the infinite... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $11.97 Read Online | | Middle Ages 600-1300 | Secondary & Adult | Phil./Religion, Literature |
| MacBeth by William Shakespeare Elements - Subtle poetry of Macbeth's speeches, the "post-Christian" religious significance, the blood-darkness-water themes, and political connections between Scottish Thanes and British Earls. At: Local Library Amazon $4.00 | | Middle Ages 600-1300 | Secondary & Adult | Literature |
| David Copperfield by Charles Dickens David Copperfield is the story of a young man’s adventures on his journey from an unhappy and impoverished childhood to the discovery... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $6.84 | | 1800's | Middle | Literature |
| Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle This volume, authorized by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's estate, contains all 4 full-length novels and all 56 short stories featuring Sherlock... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $5.43 | | 1800's | Middle | Literature |
| Moby Dick by Herman Melville Written with wonderfully redemptive humor, Moby-Dick is the story of an eerily compelling madman pursuing an unholy war against a creature... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $5.84 | | 1800's | Secondary & Adult | Literature |
| Short Stories by O. Henry The more than 600 stories written by O. Henry provided an embarrassment of riches for the compilers of this volume.  The final selection... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $15.61 | | 1800's to Modern | Secondary & Adult | Literature |
| Everyman by Anonymous As this medieval moral play unfolds, Everyman learns that neither possessions nor accomplishments will follow him to the grave. As Everyman's problem is our problem, the play provokes thought and discussion 700 years later. At: Local Library Amazon $3.99 | | Middle Ages 600-1300 | Secondary & Adult | Literature |
| Library by Sarah Stewart Meet an unforgettable bibliophileElizabeth Brown doesn't like to play with dolls and she doesnt like to skate. What she does like to do is... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $4.54 | | Not History Related | Elem | Literature |
| The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkein Tolkein's epic recounts the Great War of the Ring and the closing of Middle-Earth's Third Age, when evil begins to rise. At: Local Library Amazon $8.01 | | Not History Related | Middle | Literature |
| The Space Trilogy by C. S. Lewis Lewis' science fiction masterpiece comprised of Out of the Silent Planet, Perelandra, and That Hideous Strength. Following Ransom's adventures on Mars, Venus, and Earth. At: Local Library Amazon $10.19 | | Modern 1900-present | Middle | Literature |
| Plays by Sophocles Aristotle called "Oedipus The King," the second-written of the three Theban plays written by Sophocles, the masterpiece of the whole of... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $4.00 Read Online | | Ancient before 500BC | Secondary & Adult | Literature |
| Inferno by Dante Alighieri Dante Alighieri's poetic masterpiece, The Divine Comedy, is a moving human drama, an unforgettable visionary journey through the infinite... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $11.97 Read Online | | Middle Ages 600-1300 | Secondary & Adult | Phil./Religion, Literature |
| The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare The dialog is very clever if you can understand it - this edition has scene summaries and word definitions to help. The quick witted dialog and the absurd plot make this a pretty good read. At: Local Library Amazon $5.99 | | Renaissance/ Reformation | Secondary & Adult | Literature |
| Sonnets by William Shakespeare Of indescribable linguistic beauty, elegance and complexity, Shakespeare's sonnets owe their timeless appeal to their supreme compositional values, the universality of their themes, and their keen insights into the human heart and soul. At: Local Library Amazon $5.99 Read Online | | Renaissance/ Reformation | Secondary & Adult | Literature |
| Black Ships Before Troy by Rosemary Sutcliff The Story of the IliadHomer's epic poem, The Illiad, is one of the greatest adventure stories of all time. In it, the abduction of the... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $6.50 | | Ancient before 500BC | Middle | Literature |
| Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder Although the Little House stories are traditionally seen as "girl" books, boys might be happily surprised if they take another peek at... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $4.00 | | 1800's | Elem | Literature |
| Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor In all Mildred D. Taylor's unforgettable novels she recounts "not only the joy of growing up in a large and supportive family, but my own... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $5.39 | | Modern 1900-present | Middle | Literature |
| The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett Frightened orphan Mary discovers the joyful wonders of life on the Yorkshire Moors with the help of two local boys and a mysterious,... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $3.95 Read Online | | 1800's | Elem | Literature |
| Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll The Mad Hatter, the Ugly Duchess, the Mock Turtle, the Queen of Hearts, the Cheshire Cat-characters each more eccentric than the last, and... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $3.95 Read Online | | Not History Related | Elem | Literature |
| Winnie the Pooh by A. A. Milne In the Hundred Acre Wood live Winnie-the-Pooh, Tigger, Eeyore, Piglet, and Owl. A.A. Milne's complete text as well as decorations by Ernest H. Shepard. At: Local Library Amazon $4.00 | | Not History Related | Elem | Literature |
| Heidi by Johanna Spyri Johanna Spyri's classic story of a young orphan sent to live with her grumpy grandfather in the Swiss Alps is retold in it's entirety in... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $4.04 Read Online | | 1800's | Elem | Literature |
| Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson The story of a young man overcoming adversity to gain maturity and his birthright. At: Local Library Amazon $3.99 | | Discovery/ Colonial | Middle | Literature |
| Little Women by Louisa May Alcott In picturesque nineteenth-century New England, tomboyish Jo, beautiful Meg, fragile Beth, and romantic Amy come of age while their father... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $3.95 | | 1800's | Middle | Literature |
| The Swiss Family Robinson by Johann David Wyss With a new introduction by J. Hillis Miller Swept off course by a raging storm, a Swiss pastor, his wife, and four young sons are... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $4.95 Read Online | | Discovery/ Colonial | Elem | Literature |
| The Chosen by Chaim Potok Few stories offer more warmth, wisdom, or generosity than this tale of two boys, their fathers, their friendship, and the chaotic times in... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $4.00 | | Modern 1900-present | Middle | Literature |
| The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien Bilbo Baggins joins a band of dwarves' in their return to the Lonely Mountains to reclaim a stolen fortune from the dragon Smaug. Encountering giant spiders, wolves--and Gollum's magical ring. At: Local Library Amazon $4.21 | | Not History Related | Middle | Literature |
| The Voyage of the Dawn Treader by C. S. Lewis The fifth volume in The Chronicles of Narnia; As they sail far from charted waters, they discover that their quest is more than they imagined and that the world's end is only the beginning. At: Local Library Amazon $4.00 | | Not History Related | Elem | Literature |
| King Lear by William Shakespeare Based on the legend of King Leir in pre-Roman Britain. King Lear divides his kingdom among his three daughters, Goneril, Regan and Cordelia, according to their love for him. At: Local Library Amazon $5.99 | | Middle Ages 600-1300 | Secondary & Adult | Literature |
| Paradise by Dante Alighieri Dante Alighieri's poetic masterpiece, The Divine Comedy, is a moving human drama, an unforgettable visionary journey through the infinite... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $11.97 Read Online | | Middle Ages 600-1300 | Secondary & Adult | Phil./Religion, Literature |
| Brave New World by Aldous Huxley The astonishing novel Brave New World, originally published in 1932, presents Aldous Huxley's vision of the future -- of a world utterly... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $11.55 | | Modern 1900-present | Secondary & Adult | Phil./Religion, Literature |
| Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Don Quixote, errant knight and sane madman, with the company of his faithful squire and wise fool, Sancho Panza, together roam the world... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $7.49 Read Online | | Renaissance/ Reformation | Secondary & Adult | Literature |
| Othello by William Shakespeare Iago's jealousy rages after being passed over in favor of Cassio. The evil Iago engenders a revengeful scheme that turns jealousy into a weapon to destroy the noble Othello. At: Local Library Amazon $4.00 | | Renaissance/ Reformation | Secondary & Adult | Literature |
| The Tempest by William Shakespeare Shakespeare's farewell to London, imaginative and enlightening, timeless. At: Local Library Amazon $5.99 | | Renaissance/ Reformation | Secondary & Adult | Literature |
| Emma by Jane Austen Of all Jane Austen's heroines, Emma Woodhouse is the most flawed, the most infuriating, and, in the end, the most endearing. Pride and... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $5.72 | | 1800's | Secondary & Adult | Literature |
| The Adventures of Robin Hood by Roger Lancelyn Green Robin Hood and his merry band of outlaws in Sherwood Forest. Green points out that Robin Hood is motivated by justice not revenge, and acts because the lawful authority of King Richard has been usurped. At: Local Library Amazon $4.99 | | Middle Ages 600-1300 | Middle | Literature |
| Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte Jane Eyre, though orphaned becomes an independent and spirited survivor. As governess at Thornfield Hall, she finds love with Rochester, whose terrible secret forces her to make a choice... At: Local Library Amazon $5.41 | | 1800's | Secondary & Adult | Literature |
| War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy Set in the years leading up to and culminating in Napoleon's disastrous Russian invasion, this novel focuses upon an entire society torn by... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $9.95 | | 1800's | Secondary & Adult | Literature |
| Just So Stories by Rudyard Kipling Kipling's own drawings, with their long, funny captions, illustrate his hilarious explanations of How the Camel Got His Hump, How the... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $4.00 Read Online | | Not History Related | Elem | Literature |
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| Alice's Adventures In Wonderland by Lewis Carroll The Mad Hatter, the Ugly Duchess, the Mock Turtle, the Queen of Hearts, the Cheshire Cat-characters each more eccentric than the last, and... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $3.95 Read Online | | Not History Related | Middle | Literature |
| The Trojan Horse by Emily Little Illus. in full color. "An ancient history lesson emerges from this account of the way the Greeks tricked the Trojans and rescued Helen of... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $3.99 | | Ancient before 500BC | Elem | Literature |
| Twelfth Night by Shakespeare A girl, disguised as a man, searches for her twin brother who was lost in a shipwreck. At: Local Library Amazon $5.99 | | Middle Ages 600-1300 | Secondary & Adult | Literature |