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S.No. Book Word Information Title & Author
1 1984 125 words 1984 by George Orwell
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S.No. Book Word Information Title & Author
1 A Christmas Carol 17 words - thanks Ann Lehman (PA) A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens in 1843
2 A Day No Pigs Would Die 43 words - thanks C. Candida (CA) A Day No Pigs Would Die by Robert Peck
3 A Man Without a Country 140 words A Man Without a Country by Kurt Vonnegut
4 A Passage to India 111 words - thanks to CC (NJ) A Passage to India by E.M. Forster
5 A Prayer for Owen Meany 211 words A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving
6 A Raisin in the Sun 52 words - thanks to J. Brossard (WI) and BB (IL) A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry
7 A Separate Peace 73 words with 18 FITB sentences A Separate Peace by John Knowles
8 A Solitary Blue 18 words - thanks J. Woodnal (MA) A Solitary Blue by Cynthia Voigt
9 A Streetcar Named Desire 57 words - thanks J. Woodnal (MA) A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams
10 A Summons to Memphis 40 words A Summons to Memphis by Peter Taylor
11 A Tale of Two Cities 53 words - thanks N. Bodziak (NY) A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
12 A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 95 words A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
13 Absolutely Normal Chaos 143 words Absolutely Normal Chaos by Sharon Creech
14 All Quiet on the Western Front 141 words All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque
15 Angela's Ashes 124 words Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt
16 Animal Farm 75 words and 17 FITB sentences Animal Farm by George Orwell
17 Anne Frank, the Diary of a Young Girl 107 words Diary of Anne Frank
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1 Beowulf 95 words Beowulf, a verse translation by Michael Alexander
2 Black Boy 56 words - thanks C. Hopkins (VA) Black Boy by Richard Wright
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1 Call of the Wild 100 words with 16 FITB sentences Call of the Wild by Jack London
2 Candide 18 words - thanks J. Woodnal (MA) Candide by Voltaire
3 Canterbury Tales 155 words - thanks "anonymous" Canterbury Tales by Chaucer
4 Catcher in the Rye 98 words and 15 FITB sentences The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger.
5 Chasing Vermeer 49 words - thanks M. Welker (IN) Chasing Vermeer by Blue Balliet
6 Cold Mountain 142 words Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier
7 Cold Sassy Tree 87 words Cold Sassy Tree by Olive Ann Burns
8 Cry, The Beloved Country 116 words Cry, The Beloved Country by Alan Paton
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S.No. Book Word Information Title & Author
1 Da Vinci Code 171 words Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
2 David Copperfield 114 words David Copperfield by Charles Dickens
3 Death of a Salesman 15 words - thanks K. Holderman (CA) Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller
4 Dogs Don't Tell Jokes 50 words Dogs Don't Tell Jokes by Louis Sachar
5 Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde 189 words - thanks L. Smith (SC) The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
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1 Emma 123 words Emma by Jane Austen
2 Ethan Frome 109 words Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton
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1 Fahrenheit 451 68 words and 15 FITB sentences Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
2 Firestorm (The Caretaker Trilogy: Book 1) 111 words-thanks Connie Brasier (FL) Firestorm by David Klass
3 Frankenstein 150 words Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
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S.No. Book Word Information Title & Author
1 Gifted Hands 89 words Gifted Hands by Ben Carson
2 Great Expectations 189 words - thanks J. Minnis & G. Starkey (CA) Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
3 Guests 59 words Guests by Michael Dorris
4 Gulliver's Travels 277 words Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift
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1 Hard Times 112 words - thanks anonymous teacher Hard Times by Charles Dickens
2 Harry Potter and The Order of the Phoenix 130 words Harry Potter and The Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling
3 Harry Potter and The Sorcerer's Stone 160 words Harry Potter and The Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling
4 Holes 61 words Holes by Louis Sacher
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1 I Heard The Owl Call My Name 123 words I Heard The Owl Call My Name by Margaret Craven
2 I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings 150 words I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
3 Into The Wild 115 words Into The Wild by Jon Krakauer
4 Into Thin Air 214 words Into Thin Air written by Jon Krakauer
5 Invisible Man 157 words Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
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1 Jane Eyre 217 words Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
2 Johnny Got His Gun 55 words - thanks J. Levenson (NJ) Johnny Got His Gun by Dalton Trumbo
3 Johnny Tremain 165 words Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes
4 Julius Caesar 84words - thanks C. Worth (TX) Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare
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1 Kidnapped 83 words Kidnapped by Robert Lewis Stevenson
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1 Life of Pi 98 words - thanks K. Penna (NY) Life of Pi by Yann Martel
2 Lonesome Dove 135 words Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry
3 Lord Jim 271 words plus Lord Jim by Joseph Conrad
4 Lord of the Flies 108 words and 16 FITB sentences Lord of the Flies by William Golding
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1 Macbeth 92 words Macbeth by William Shakespeare
2 Maggie's American Dream 79 words Maggie's American Dream by James P. Comer
3 Moby Dick 150 words Moby Dick by Herman Melville
4 Mrs. Dalloway 16 words - thanks J. Woodnal (MA) Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf
5 Much Ado About Nothing 55 words & defs - thanks E. Lewis (UT) Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare
6 Mythology 71 words - thanks J. Woodnal (MA) Mythology by Edith Hamilton
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1 Night 33 words - thanks M. J. Sacha Night by Ellie Wiesel
2 Nineteen Eighty-Four - 1984 125 words 1984 by George Orwell
3 No-No Boy 59 words - thanks S. Green (NY) No-No Boy by John Okada
4 Not Without My Daughter 100s of words - thanks S. Green (NY) Not Without My Daughter by Betty Mahmoody and William Hoffer
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1 Oedipus the King 18 words - thanks J. Woodnal (MA) Oedipus the King by Sophocles
2 Of Human Bondage 188 words Of Human Bondage by W. Somerset Maugham
3 Of Mice and Men 45 words with 12 FITB sentences Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
4 Oil! 344 words Oil! by Upton Sinclair
5 Old Yeller 67 words Old Yeller by Fred Gipson
6 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest 78 words & defs - thanks B. Budd (MA) One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey
7 Our Town 45 words Our Town by Thornton Wilder
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1 Phantom of the Opera 116 words - thanks K. Goldy (KS) Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux
2 Pigs in Heaven 72 words Pigs In Heaven by Barbara Kingsolver
3 Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man 91 difficult words - thanks J. Watson (CA) Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce
4 Pride and Prejudice 137 words with 18 FITB sentences Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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1 Rebecca 101 words - thanks M. Touet (MA) Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier
2 Red Badge of Courage 154 words The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane
3 Robinson Crusoe 242 words - thanks Roberta Bryant Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe
4 Romeo and Juliet 35+22 words - thanks J. Nardiello (NJ) & F. Rupert (KS) Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
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1 Slaughterhouse Five 336 words - thanks C. Ivey (UT) Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
2 Snow Falling in Spring: Coming of Age in China 170 words - thanks Teacher friend (CA) Snow Falling in Spring: Coming of Age in China by Moying Li
3 Something Wicked This Way Comes 147 words Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury
4 Stolen Lives 18 words - thanks J. Woodnal (MA) Stolen Lives by Malika Oufkir and Michele Fitoussi
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1 The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn 67 words - thanks Eddington,Camperell & Jones with 12 FITB sentences The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
2 The Alchemist 40 words The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
3 The Awakening 113 words The Awakening by Kate Chopin
4 The Bean Trees 42 words The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver
5 The Chocolate Wars 538 words (!!!) - thanks C. Ivey (UT) The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier
6 The Crucible 48 words with 12 FITB sentences The Crucible by Arthur Miller
7 The Diary of Anne Frank 107 words with 18 FITB sentences The Diary of Anne Frank
8 The Double Helix 163 words The Double Helix by James D Watson
9 The Glass Menagerie 105 words The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams
10 The Grapes of Wrath 88 words The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
11 The Great Gatsby 31 words - thanks K. Marcus (CA) and 16 FITB sentences The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
12 The House of the Spirits 218 words The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende
13 The House on Mango Street 26 words with 10 FITB sentneces The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros
14 The Human Comedy 57 words - thanks C. Mosmeyer (TX) The Human Comedy by William Saroyan
15 The Joy Luck Club 75 words The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan
16 The Killer Angels 90 words - thanks R. Mahoney (AZ) The Killer Angels by Michael Shaara
17 The Kite Runner 78 words with 12 FITB sentences The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
18 The Legend of Sleepy Hollow 103 words - thanks Roberta Bryant The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving
19 The Lion in Winter 18 words - thanks J. Woodnal (MA) The Lion in Winter by James Goldman
20 The Mayor of Casterbridge 63 words-thanks P. Kalkstein The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy
21 The Miracle Worker 85 words The Miracle Worker: William Gibson
22 The Once and Future King 201 words The Once and Future King written by T.H.White
23 The Outsiders 29 words- thanks to A. Herbst (FL) with 8 FITB sentences The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
24 The Pearl 64 words - thanks C. Candida (CA) The Pearl by John Steinbeck
25 The Prince and the Pauper 185 words - thanks W. Cope (VA) The Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain
26 The Red Pony 64 words-thanks C.Candida (CA) The Red Pony by John Steinbeck
27 The Scarlet Letter 65 words - thanks R. Kubiak (CA) with 24 FITB sentences The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
28 The Secret Life of Bees 38 words & discussion extension The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
29 The Secret Life of Walter Mitty 18 words - thanks B. Billingsly The Secret Life of Walter Mitty by James Thurber
30 The Street 20 words - thanks C. Hopkins (VA) The Street by Ann Petry
31 The Sun Also Rises 52 words The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway
32 The Taming of the Shrew 68 words The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare
33 The Things They Carried 109 words The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien
34 The War of the Worlds 151 words The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells
35 Their Eyes Were Watching God 117 words Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
36 To Kill a Mockingbird 99 words - thanks K. Shelton (NC) and 20 FITB sentences To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
37 Tom Sawyer 217 words & definitions - thanks L. Smith (SC) The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
38 Treasure Island 174 words - thanks J. Bigelow (CT) Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
39 Tuck Everlasting 26 words - thanks Renee Dye (VA) Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt
40 Tuesdays wih Morrie 59 words - thanks S. Green (NY) Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom
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1 Ulysses 331 very difficult words - thanks J. Watson (CA) Ulysses by James Joyce
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1 Warriors Don't Cry 92 words - thanks S. Green (NY) Warriors Don't Cry by Melba Pattillo Beals
2 When I Was Puerto Rican 49 words - thanks R. Rabinowitz (NJ) When I Was Puerto Rican by Esmeralda Santiago
3 White Fang 131 words White Fang by Jack London
4 Winter Dreams 28 words - thanks C. Nagourney (NJ) Winter Dreams by F. Scott Fitzgerald
5 Wuthering Heights 168 words Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
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