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 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 |
 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 |
 Farmer Boy by Laura Ingalls WilderGrowing 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 |
 A Christmas Carol by Charles DickensClassic 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 |
 Carry On Mr. Bowditch by Jean Lee LathamReaders today are still fascinated by "Nat," an eighteenth-century nautical wonder and mathematical wizard. Nathaniel Bowditch grew up in a... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $6.95 | | 1800's | Middle | General |
 Les Miserables by Victor HugoIn 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 DickensDickens, 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 |
 Poems by Oliver Wendell HolmesCelebrated 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 |
 Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenElizabeth 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 |
 Caddie Woodlawn by Carol Ryrie BrinkAt age 11, Caddie Woodlawn is the despair of her mother and the pride of her father: a clock-fixing tomboy running wild in the woods of... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $6.99 | | 1800's | Middle | Historical Fiction |
 The Call of the Wild by Jack LondonBuck, 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 |
| 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 |
| Outlet by Andy Adams Fictional story of the American West At: Local Library Amazon $16.98 | | 1800's | Middle | Historical Fiction |
| 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 |
| Across Five Aprils by Irene Hunt If you are looking for a war adventure story with lots of explosions, forget it. If you are interested in what war does to a loving... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $5.99 | | 1800's | Elem | Historical Fiction |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| The Law by Frederic Bastiat How is it that the law permits the state to lawfully engage in actions which, if undertaken by individuals, would land them in jail? The most intriguing issues in political and economic philosophy. At: Local Library Amazon $6.00 | | 1800's | Secondary & Adult | Philosophy & Religion |
| Up From Slavery by Booker T. Washington Nineteenth-century African American businessman, activist, and educator Booker Taliaferro Washington's Up from Slavery is one of the... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $9.99 Read Online | | 1800's | Middle | Biography |
| A Child's History of the World by V. M. Hillyer V. M. Hillyer is SO readable. My children continue to love reading his books. We have his geography, his art, and history of the world and... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $58.98 | | Ancient to Modern | Elem | General |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx "A spectre is haunting Europe," Karl Marx and Frederic Engels wrote in 1848, "the spectre of Communism." This new edition of The Communist... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $5.98 | | 1800's | Secondary & Adult | Philosophy & Religion |
| Church History in Plain Language by Bruce Shelley It's about time that someone wrote church history that tells about people, not just about "eras" and "ages." Church History in Plain... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $6.97 | | Ancient to Modern | Secondary & Adult | Phil./Religion, General |
| 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 |
| Walden by Henry David Thoreau Henry David Thoreau's masterwork, Walden, is a collection of his reflections on life and society. His simple but profound musings-as well... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $4.00 | | 1800's | Secondary & Adult | Biography |
| 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 |
| Gettysburg Address by Abraham Lincoln The words of President Abraham Lincoln in the Gettysburg Address are as relevant and meaningful today as they were in 1863. In this... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $4.01 | | 1800's | Middle | General |
| 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 |
| Heretics by G. K. Chesterton In response to many of his modern contemporaries, Chesterton takes readers back to the fundamentals; describing some of a Christian's core beliefs and capturing the essence of the Christian experience. From EveryGoodBook's all-time Top 10 list. At: Local Library Amazon $7.97 | | 1800's to Modern | Secondary & Adult | Philosophy & Religion |
| A History of the American People by Paul Johnson "The creation of the United States of America is the greatest of all human adventures," begins Paul Johnson. "No other national story holds such tremendous lessons, for the American people themselves and for the rest of mankind." At: Local Library Amazon $9.22 | | Colonial to Modern | Secondary & Adult | General |
| With Lee in Virginia by G. A. Henty The Civil War through the eyes of a Southern teenager who staunchly supports the rights of slaves but joins Lee's cavalry and fights for the Confederacy. At: Local Library Amazon $5.79 | | 1800's | Middle | Historical Fiction |
| Abraham Lincoln by Ingri and Edgar Parin d'Aulaire America was at a crossroads in 1939 as they debated whether to join the Allies in their battle against Hitler's relentless march across... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $62.66 | | 1800's | Elem | Biography |
| A History of US by Joy Hakim The ten volumes from pre-colonial times to present day. Chapters organized chronologically. Illustrations from the period, dates, key historical figures and geographical development of the country are included. At: Local Library Amazon $10.85 | | MiddleAges to Modern | Middle | General |
| The Story of the World by Susan Wise Bauer What terrible secret was buried in Shi Huangdi's tomb? Did nomads like lizard stew? What happened to Anansi the Spider in the Village of... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $11.53 | | Ancient to Modern | Middle | General |
| Charles Dickens by Diane Stanley Charles Dickens is one of the world's greatest and best loved writers. To read Great Expectations, A Christmas Carol, or Nicholas Nickleby... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $5.67 | | 1800's | Elem | Biography |