Young Adult / High School (16–18 years)

• Author(s): Anton Chekhov • Publisher: Penguin Group • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Group • BISAC: HistoricalThe life story of a Russian master as he told it to others From the teenager in provincial Russia in 1875 to his premature death in Germa...

• Author(s): Alexander Von Humboldt • Publisher: Penguin Classics • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Classics • BISAC: Essays & TraveloguesFrom the Back CoverAlexander von Humboldt became a wholly new kind of nineteenth-century hero - the scientist...

• Author(s): Kenneth Hurlstone Jackson • Publisher: Penguin Classics • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Classics • BISAC: European - English, Irish, Scottish, WelshIncluding works from Welsh, Irish and Scottish Gaelic, Cornish, Breton and Manx, this Ce...

• Author(s): Athanasius • Publisher: Penguin Classics • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Classics • BISAC: Christianity - Literature & the ArtsWritten between the mid-fourth and late sixth centuries to commemorate and glorify the achievements of ea...

• Author(s): Various • Publisher: Penguin Group • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Group • BISAC: European - GeneralCombining traditional myth, oral history and re-worked European legend to depict an ancient realm of heroism and wonder, the seven tales...

• Author(s): Denis Diderot • Publisher: Penguin Group • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Group • BISAC: ClassicsDenis Diderot (1713-1784) was among the greatest writers of the Enlightenment, and in Jacques the Fatalist he brilliantly challenged the art...

• Author(s): Honoré de Balzac • Publisher: Penguin Group • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Group • BISAC: ClassicsFinance, fashionable society, and the intrigues of the underworld and the police system form the heart of this powerful novel, which intr...

• Author(s): Henry James • Publisher: Penguin Classics • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Classics • BISAC: ClassicsWhen wealthy Rowland Mallet first sees a sculpture by Roderick Hudson, he is astounded and pronounces it to be a work of genius, and is ...

• Author(s): Richard Rorty • Publisher: Penguin Books • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Books • BISAC: History & Surveys - ModernRichard Rorty is one of the most provocative figures in recent philosophical, literary and cultural debate. This colle...

• Author(s): William Tyndale • Publisher: Penguin Classics • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Classics • BISAC: Christian Living - DevotionalOne of the key foundation books of the English Reformation, The Obedience of a Christian Man (1528) makes a rad...

• Author(s): Anonymous • Publisher: Penguin Group • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Group • BISAC: European - English, Irish, Scottish, WelshThis selection of the earliest poems in English comprises works from an age in which verse was not written dow...

• Author(s): John Stuart Mill • Publisher: Penguin Group • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Group • BISAC: History & Surveys - GeneralOne of the greatest prodigies of his era, John Stuart Mill (1806-73) was studying arithmetic and Greek by the age ...

• Author(s): Maria Mazziotti Gillan • Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Publishing Group • BISAC: Anthologies (multiple authors)Stories navigating the commplicated terrain of race in America, from acclaimed writers ...

• Author(s): Edgar Allan Poe • Publisher: Penguin Group • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Group • BISAC: Science Fiction - Collections & AnthologiesOne of the greatest of all horror writers, Edgar Allan Poe (1809-49) also composed pioneering tales...

• Author(s): Lisa Rodensky • Publisher: Penguin Group • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Group • BISAC: European - English, Irish, Scottish, WelshThe poems collected in this volume are exquisite and languorous expressions of a spirit of self-indulgence...

• Author(s): R. D. Laing • Publisher: Penguin Books • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Books • BISAC: Psychotherapy - BehaviorismDr. Laing's first purpose is to make madness and the process of going mad comprehensible. In this, with case studies of sch...

• Author(s): Mo Yan • Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Publishing Group • BISAC: LiteraryThe acclaimed novel of love and resistance during late 1930s China by Mo Yan, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature Spanni...

• Author(s): Romila Thapar • Publisher: Penguin Books • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Books • BISAC: Asia - South - GeneralA history of India upto 1300 AD introducing the beginnings of India's cultural dynamics

• Author(s): Robert Roberts • Publisher: Penguin Books • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Books • BISAC: Europe - Great Britain - General"A vivid, unforgettable picture of the quality--or lack of it--of life in England among 'ordinary' people."--Peter ...

• Author(s): Tim Seeley • Publisher: Image Comics • Publisher Imprint: Image Comics • BISAC: Horror Surviving the first horror movie is tough. Surviving the sequel is near impossible. Making it to the third? Now that's, well, superhuman! Cassie a...

• Author(s): Chris Powell • Publisher: Balance • Publisher Imprint: Balance • BISAC: Diet & Nutrition - DietsDon't lose the will to become the person you want to be. Choose to Lose the weight, and start the next chapter of your life as the pe...

• Author(s): Mitch Albom • Publisher: Grand Central Publishing • Publisher Imprint: Grand Central Publishing • BISAC: Visionary & MetaphysicalEddie is a wounded war veteran, an old man who has lived, in his mind, an uninspired life. His job i...

• Author(s): Ron Clark • Publisher: Grand Central Publishing • Publisher Imprint: Grand Central Publishing • BISAC: Non-Formal EducationWhen The Essential 55 was published, Ron Clark became a tireless promoter, traveling the country to speak to l...

• Author(s): Michael J. Fox • Publisher: Grand Central Publishing • Publisher Imprint: Grand Central Publishing • BISAC: Entertainment & Performing ArtsA funny, highly personal, gorgeously written account of what it's like to be a 30-year-old...

• Author(s): Ashanti • Publisher: Hyperion Books • Publisher Imprint: Hyperion Books • BISAC: American - African American & BlackIn this humorous and honest poetry collection, 'Princess of Hip Hop' Ashanti shares her unique perspective on lif...

• Author(s): Diane Ravitch • Publisher: Basic Books • Publisher Imprint: Basic Books • BISAC: Educational Policy & ReformAn urgent case for protecting public education, from one of America's best-known education experts In this landmark book...

• Author(s): Tony Wagner • Publisher: Basic Books • Publisher Imprint: Basic Books • BISAC: Educational Policy & Reform - Federal LegislationDespite the best efforts of educators, our nation's schools are dangerously obsolete. Instead of teac...

• Author(s): Ian Fleming • Publisher: William Morrow & Company • Publisher Imprint: William Morrow & Company • BISAC: Thrillers - EspionageJAMES BOND GOES HEAD-TO-HEAD WITH SMERSH IN A BID TO SECURE A KEY PIECE OF SOVIET INTELLIGENCESMERS...

• Author(s): Adam Horowitz • Publisher: Bold Type Books • Publisher Imprint: Bold Type Books • BISAC: International Relations - DiplomacyThe Goldstone Report is one of the most controversial UN reports ever published. It alleges that both Israel ...

• Author(s): Stan Taubman • Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Publishing Group • BISAC: Personal Growth - Self-EsteemThe mantra of self-esteem has by now reached us all: we hear that we should focus on our positive ...

• Author(s): Barbara Diane Barry • Publisher: Tarcherperigee • Publisher Imprint: Tarcherperigee • BISAC: CreativityIn the tradition of The Artist's Way, an exciting program that introduces painting as a jumping-off point for realizing one's full...

• Author(s): Chang-Rae Lee • Publisher: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr • BISAC: Dystopian"Watching a talented writer take a risk is one of the pleasures of devoted reading, and On Such a Full Sea provides all that an...

• Author(s): Juan Gabriel Vasquez • Publisher: Riverhead Books • Publisher Imprint: Riverhead Books • BISAC: Historical - General* National Bestseller and Dublin Literary Award winner* Hailed by Edmund White as "a brilliant new novel" on the cove...

• Author(s): Lesley Hazleton • Publisher: Riverhead Books • Publisher Imprint: Riverhead Books • BISAC: ReligiousThe extraordinary life of the man who founded Islam, and the world he inhabited--and remade. Lesley Hazleton's new book, Agnostic: A ...

• Author(s): Junot Díaz • Publisher: Riverhead Books • Publisher Imprint: Riverhead Books • BISAC: Short Stories (single author)Finalist for the 2012 National Book AwardA Time and People Top 10 Book of 2012Finalist for the 2012 Story PrizeChosen ...

• Author(s): Danielle Evans • Publisher: Riverhead Books • Publisher Imprint: Riverhead Books • BISAC: Short Stories (single author)Introducing a new star of her generation, an electric debut story collection about mixed-race and African-American...

• Author(s): Elliot Perlman • Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Publishing Group • BISAC: LiteraryHow breathtakingly close we are to lives that at first seem so far away.From the civil rights struggle in the United ...

• Author(s): Nick Hornby • Publisher: Riverhead Books • Publisher Imprint: Riverhead Books • BISAC: LiteraryNOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING ETHAN HAWKE AND ROSE BYRNE From the beloved New York Times bestselling author, a quintessential Nick H...

• Author(s): Steven Johnson • Publisher: MixIG • Publisher Imprint: MixIG • BISAC: HistoryA National Bestseller, a New York Times Notable Book, and an Entertainment Weekly Best Book of the Year from the author of Extra Life "By turns a medical t...

• Author(s): Lian Hearn • Publisher: Riverhead Books • Publisher Imprint: Riverhead Books • BISAC: Fantasy - HistoricalBrilliance of the Moon is the third book in the Tales of the Otori series by Lian Hearn. Don't miss the related series, The Tal...

• Author(s): Timothy Keller • Publisher: Penguin Books • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Books • BISAC: Christian Theology - ApologeticsA New York Times bestseller people can believe in--by "a pioneer of the new urban Christians" (Christianity Today) ...

• Author(s): Simon Pegg • Publisher: Avery Publishing Group • Publisher Imprint: Avery Publishing Group • BISAC: Entertainment & Performing ArtsThe unique life story of one of the most talented and inventive comedians, star of Shaun of the De...

• Author(s): Jill Stamm • Publisher: Avery Publishing Group • Publisher Imprint: Avery Publishing Group • BISAC: EducationA cutting-edge handbook for parents from a pioneer in infant brain development Should you really read to your baby? Can teac...

• Author(s): Gregory Zuckerman • Publisher: Portfolio • Publisher Imprint: Portfolio • BISAC: Industries - Energy"A lively, exciting, and definitely thought-provoking book." --Booklist Things looked grim for American energy in 2006, but a handful...

• Author(s): Guy Kawasaki • Publisher: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr • BISAC: Marketing - GeneralEnchantment, as defined by bestselling business guru Guy Kawasaki, is not about manipulating people. It transforms sit...

• Author(s): Richard Branson • Publisher: Portfolio • Publisher Imprint: Portfolio • BISAC: Management - GeneralIt's business school, the Branson way.Whether you're interested in starting your own business, improving your leadership skills, or si...

• Author(s): Zac Bissonnette • Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Publishing Group • BISAC: Personal Finance - Money ManagementStriking out on your own for the first time is exhilarating. But in a culture full of bad...

• Author(s): Ann Bolinger-McQuade • Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Publishing Group • BISAC: Divination - Fortune TellingIt could be a cloud in the shape of a loved one's face or an extremely relevant song playin...

• Author(s): Victoria Moran • Publisher: Tarcherperigee • Publisher Imprint: Tarcherperigee • BISAC: Health & Healing - GeneralHollywood celebrities are doing it. Corporate moguls are doing it. But what about those of us living in the real wo...

• Author(s): Sandra Woodruff • Publisher: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr • BISAC: Diseases & Conditions - DiabetesThe Complete Diabetes Prevention Plan is a guide to halting the development of diabetes. In clear,...

• Author(s): Richard Fleming • Publisher: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr • BISAC: Diseases & Conditions - HeartAn innovative cardiologist reveals the twelve main causes of heart attack and stroke, and presents hi...

• Author(s): Sampson Davis • Publisher: Riverhead Books • Publisher Imprint: Riverhead Books • BISAC: Cultural & RegionalA NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A remarkable story about the power of friendship. Chosen by Essence to be among the forty mos...

• Author(s): Stephen King • Publisher: Scribner Book Company • Publisher Imprint: Scribner Book Company • BISAC: Horror - GeneralThe "extraordinary" (Booklist) novel of a cursed man's quest to find the source of his nightmare and to reverse it be...

• Author(s): Nella Larsen • Publisher: Union Square & Co. • Publisher Imprint: Union Square & Co. • BISAC: ClassicsThe orphan of a Danish mother and a West Indian father, Helga Crane is a young woman caught between cultures and in search ...

• Author(s): Cherie Calbom • Publisher: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr • BISAC: Diet & Nutrition - NutritionJuicing for Life, the best-selling A-to-Z guide to the health benefits of fresh fruit and vegetable juic...

• Author(s): Jack Forem • Publisher: Prentice Hall Press • Publisher Imprint: Prentice Hall Press • BISAC: Acupressure & Acupuncture (see also Medical - Acupuncture)This comprehensive guide shows readers how to treat common health problems us...

• Author(s): Michael Wood • Publisher: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr • BISAC: Europe - Great Britain - GeneralIn The Story of England Michael Wood tells the extraordinary story of one English community over fifteen ...

• Author(s): Bill Maher • Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Publishing Group • BISAC: Form - Essays From bestselling author and host of HBO's Real Time, Bill Maher's new book of political riffs serves up a savagely ...

• Author(s): Maggie Anton • Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Publishing Group • BISAC: Historical - General"A lushly detailed look into a fascinatingly unknown time and culture--a tale of Talmud, sorcery, and a mos...

• Author(s): Rainbow Rowell • Publisher: Plume Books • Publisher Imprint: Plume Books • BISAC: Romance - ContemporaryFrom the award-winning, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Slow Dance, Wayward Son, Fangirl, Carry On, and Landline comes a ...