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A Watertown High School Teacher Book List
During the summer of 2003, English staff members were asked to consider what things might increase reading and enjoyment of books by students.
We decided to compile a list of some of the books we enjoyed most. Most are novels – Some are short story collections – A few are non-fiction – Some are plays. Many are considered “classics” and all have entertained us and enriched our lives. We consider these books to be worthwhile, of varying levels of challenge, and generally clean for young people to enjoy.
Mrs. Hanson:
A Lost Lady - The House of Mirth -
The Four Zoas Cold Mountain -
Empire Grill - Green Eggs and Ham – Dr. Seuss
Winesburg, Ohio – Sherwood Anderson The Old Man and the Sea – John Steinbeck
A Boy's Will - The Scarlet Letter – Nathaniel Hawthorne
Mr. Hillesland:
Out of the Silent Planet, Perelandra, The Hideous Strength, Mere Christianity, The Screwtape Letters and The Chronicles of Narnia series, by C.S. Lewis
The Hobbit & The Lord of the Rings trilogy, by J.R.R. Tolkien
Anna Karenina, War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovitch by Alexander Solzhenitsyn
All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque
Night by Elie Wiesel
The Cost of Discipleship by Dietrich Bonhoeffer
The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky
A Thurber Carnival by James Thurber
Ogden Nash's poetry
The Bible
Mr. Holmquest:
Catch 22 – Joseph Heller Cyrano DeBergerac– Edmond Rostand
Dune – Frank Herbert The Hobbitt & Lord of the Rings – J.R.R. Tolkein
The Hatchet Gary Paulsen A River Runs Through It – Norman MacLean
Night – Elie Weisel A Wrinkle in Time (series) - Madeline L’Engele
The Tipping Point – Malcolm Gladwell Selling the Invisible – Harry Beckwith
Short Stories – Irwin Shaw The Fifth Discipline – Peter Senge
Don Quixote Miguel DeCervantes The Discoverers – Daniel Boorstein
Crazy Horse – Mari Sandoz “The Book of Mark” – The Bible
1984 & Animal Farm – George Orwell To Kill A Mockingbird – Harper Lee
The Natural – Bernard Malamud Welcome To the Monkey House, Kurt Vonnegut
Doctor Zhivago – Boris Pasternak The Pearl, Of Mice & Men – John Steinbeck
The Thurber Carnival – James Thurber The Heart is A Lonely Hunter, Carson McCullers
Short Stories - Ernest Hemmingway Flowers for Algernon (novella) – Daniel Keyes
& all of the C.S. Lewis books that Cal Hillesland recommended above.
Mrs. Johnson:
Fox in Socks - Dr. Suess An American Tragedy - Theodore Drieser
East of Eden - John Steinbeck Ethan Frome - Edith Wharton
The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald Huck Finn - Mark Twain
Autobiography - Alice Walker Death of a Salesman (play)- - Arthur Miller
The Importance of Being Earnest (play)- Oscar Wilde
Native Son - Richard Wright
Mrs. Kludt:
Tom Clancy Stephen Coonts
Patrick Robinson John Grisham
Richard Marcinko W.E.B. Griffin
Steve Pieczenik Ian Fleming
John Garder Margaret Truman
Nicholas Sparks David Hagberg
Vince Flynn
Mrs. Manley:
The Bluest Eyes - Toni Morrison Catcher in the Rye -J.D. Salinger
East of Eden - John Steinbeck See Jane Date - Melissa Senate
The Bible Fish
My Sergei - Ekaterina Gordeeva The Education of Little Tree - Forest Carter
A Child Called It, The Lost Boy & A Man Named David - David Pelzer
Mr. Mittelstedt:
The Shining, - Stephen King The Reason Why, - Cecil Woodham-Smith
Hiroshima - John Hersey 2001: A Space Odyssey (series) - Art Clarke.
Travels With Charley - John Steinbeck A Brief History of Time - Stephen Hawking.
Dakota: A Spiritual Geography, - Kathleen Norris.
Ms. Moulton:
Tom Jones – Fielding Bridget Jones Diary
The Lord of the Rings – J.R.R. Tolkien The Count of Monte Cristo – Alexander Dumas
Winston Churchill – William Manchester Charles II - Frasier
Western Art - Sister Wendy How to Read and Why & Genius - Bloom
Diary of Samuel Pepys Outlaw Bible of American Poetry
Dracula - Bram Stoker I, Claudius - Graves
The Art of Acting – Mortimer J. Alder any Geo. Will, Wm Buckley, P.J. O'Rourke
How to Read Literature Like an English Professor -Foster
Mrs. O’Brien:
Dune - Frank Herbert The Hiding Place - Corrie Ten Boom
Dibs In Search of Self –Virginia Axline Ender’s Game series - Orson Scott Card
Poisonwood Bible – Barbara Kingsolver The Foundation Series - Isaac Asimov
Lord of the Flies – Stephan Golding The Catcher In the Rye – J.D. Salinger
1984 – George Orwell Brave New World – Aldous Huxley
The Broken Cord – Michael Dorris One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest – Ken Kesey
Angela’s Ashes – Frank McCourt
Mr. O’Brien:
A Prayer for Owen Meany, The Cider House Rules - John Irving
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay - Michael Chabon
American Pastoral - Philip Roth Mother Night - Kurt Vonnegut
Fierce Invalids Home from Hot Climates - Tom Robbins
Foundation Series - Isaac Asimov Bright Lights, Big City - Jay McInerney
Native Son – Richard Wright Searching for Bobby Fischer - Fred Waitzkin
Ender’s Game series – Orson S. Card Kingdom Come - Mark Waid & Alex Ross
Ms. Overmoe:
Wuthering Heights, Emily Bronte Cold Mountain, Charles Frazier
The Diary of Anne Frank, Anne Frank Killer Angels
She Stoops to Conquer Sophie's Choice, William Tryon
The Bible Long Days Journey Into Night
Hedda Gabler, A Doll's House, Henrik Ibsen Beowulf
Any Shakespeare Any Tennessee Williams
The Stand, Stephan King
Mr. Shephard:
Catcher in the Rye - JD Salinger One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest - Ken Kesey
Huckleberry Finn - Mark Twain A Separate Reality - Carlos Castenada
Macbeth -Shakespeare The Count of Monte Cristo - Alexander Dumas
The Magus - John Fowles The Life of Pi
American Caesar: A Biography of Douglas MacArthur - William Manchester
Sophie's Choice - William Styron
Mr. Walker:
Ender’s Game – Orson Scott Card Catcher In the Rye – J.D. Salinger
A Brief History of Time – Stephan Hawking Slaughterhouse Five – Kurt Vonnegut
Searching for Bobby Fischer - Fred Waitzkin The Wind In the Willows, Ken Grahame
A Prayer for Owen Meany - John Irving Uncle Tom’s Cabin – Hariett B. Stowe
Chaos – James Gleick
Bobby Fischer: Profile of a Prodigy – Frank Brady
Do you have a list of favorites? If so, please send your list to Mr. Holmquest, holmquej@wtn.k12.sd.us and we’ll add your picks to the next list.
Enjoy!
In addition, we asked teacher friends from other departments and other schools for their “favorite” book nominees. We also welcomed favorites of our students. These are typed below:
Mr. Sherrill (Watertown Social Studies):
Without Remorse – Tom Clancy The Sinister Pig (series) – Tony Hillerman
(Any) - Stephan Ambrose Lovejoy (series) – Jonathon Gash
Garrett (series) – Glen Cook The Demon Princes (series) – Jack Vance
(Any) - Clive Cussler (Any) - Dave Weber
Allen Lewrie (series) Dewey Lampdin Iron Gate – Richard Herman
(Any) - Allen Dean Foster WW 2 series – Ian Slater
Basil Brokentail (series) – Chris Rowley
Mrs. Moeller (Brookings High School, Jr. English teacher and interp coach):
Into the Wild – Jon Jrakauer Blessings, One True Thing – Anna Quindlen
Breaking Free – Judy Blunt The Poisonwood Bible – Barbara Kingsolver
Tuesdays With Morrie – Mitch Albom Witness of Combines – Kent Meyers
The Secret Life of Bees – Sue Monk The Ecology of a Cracker Childhood
The Teacup & the Universe The Things They Carried – Tim O’Brien
Friday Nigh Lights – Bissinger The Good Earth – Pearl S. Buck
Peace Like A River – Leif Erger To Kill A Mockingbird – Harper Lee
Skinwalker – Tony Hillerman Snow Falling on Cedar – Peter Guterson
Mr. Roberts (WHS retired debate/English teacher, author, and mystery fan):
The Great Gatsby – F. Scott Fitzgerald The Black Echo – Michael Connelly
The Handmaid’s Tale Margaret Atwood Time’s Witness – Michael Malone
Harry Potter (series) J.K. Rowling Ender’s Games (series) – Orson Scott Card
Farenheit 451 – Ray Bradbury The Best & The Brightest – David Halberstam
Them – Joyce Carol Oates Schindler’s List – Thomas Keneally
Enemy Women – Paulette Jiles Sister Carrie – Theodore Drieser
Native Son – Richard Wright
The Incident of the Dog in The Nightime – Mark Hadden
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