I know that I sound cheesy when I say reading is fun, but there’s a reason the saying exists. Here you can find quick descriptions of my top 12 favorite books of all time.
If you haven’t read the Harry Potter or Percy Jackson series, go read those and come back here when you’re finished! HP and PJ were my first steps to loving reading.
This book, set in the Jazz Age, reveals truths about race, class, and gender through the tragic story of Jay Gatsby who attempts to regain the love of his childhood girlfriend Daisy Buchanan.
Great Expectations follows the story of Pip, an orphan who is gifted with fortune, and reveals the effect that class and wealth disparities have on one’s self-perception and interactions with others.
Night chronicles the horrors of the Holocaust in this memoir by Eli Wiesel, a Jewish teenager who is sent to a Nazi concentration camp in Aushwitz.
Ruta Sepetys illustrates the horror of WW2 and the power of hope and resilience by following the stories of 4 characters in her heartbreaking, yet beautiful novel Salt to the Sea.
Starr Carter struggles to live a dual existence in her predominantly white preparatory school and her poorer neighborhood while dealing with the fatal shooting of her best friend Khalil.
This dystopian novel depicts a “utopia” free of issues such as grief and discrimination, and how it might not be a utopia after all.
This novel depicts hate and discrimination through a child’s eyes, as Scout and Jem Finch witness a trial where their father defends a black man accused of rape.
Katniss Everdeen struggles to find peace in a dystopian society where 2 tribunes are annually selected from each of 12 districts to fight to the death.
A girl must escape East Berlin after her family is divided overnight by the Berlin Wall.
The story of Laia, a slave fighting to protect her family, and Elias, a soldier and potential heir to the Empire who struggling to draw lines between good and bad.
Addie dreams of living a life where she can explore the world and her passions, but is limited by her role as a woman. She makes a deal with the devil to be free at the expense of being forgotten by everyone she meets.
The story of Mia, a thirteen year old girl living with synesthesia, a condition in which words and sounds have color for her.
