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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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