November 25, 2018

For Your Eyes: Reading List Recommendations



- updated August 16, 2019 - 


Classics
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
The Crucible by Arthur Miller
Homage to Catalonia by George Orwell

WWII Historical Fiction
The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah*
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
The Orphan's Tale by Pam Jenoff
Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
Journey to Topaz by Yoshiko Uchida
Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
The Devil's Arithmetic by Jane Yolen

Fiction
This is How it Always Is by Laurie Frankel
Before We Were Yours by Lisa Wingate

Science Fiction
Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton

Childhood Favorites
The Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling*
Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine
The Miraculous Tale of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo
Because of Winn Dixie by Kate DiCamillo
Gooseberry Park by Cynthia Rylant

En Español 
La casa de Bernarda Alba de Federico Garcia Lorca
El Conde Lucanor de Don Juan Manuel
El Burlador de Sevilla y convidado de piedra de Don Juan Manuel
Mi caballo mago de Sabine Ulibarrí
El Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha de Francisco de Robles
Rima LIII de Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer

Auto/Biographies and Memoirs
A Mother's Reckoning by Sue Klebold
Born a Crime by Trevor Noah*
32 Yolks by Eric Ripert
Summer Light by Andrew Stevenson
Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain

Faith
The Four Loves by C.S. Lewis
Desiring God by John Piper

Non-Fiction
Irresistible by Adam Alter
Salt, Sugar, Fat by Michael Moss
The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan
Quiet by Susan Cain**
How to Influence People and Win Friends by Dale Carnegie**





*Audiobook version strongly recommended
**Why yes, I do recommend reading both!



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