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Language bans target books written in suppressed minority languages as instruments of cultural oppression. The Russian Empire banned Ukrainian-language publications in 1863 and again in 1876. Stalin's USSR suppressed dozens of Soviet minority languages. Spain's Franco regime restricted Catalan, Basque, and Galician publishing. To ban a language is to attempt to erase a culture.

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1922

Stephen King

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A Clockwork Orange: Authoritative Text, Backgrounds and Contexts Criticism

Anthony Burgess

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A Good Man is Hard to Find And Other Stories

Flannery O'Connor

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A Lesson Before Dying

Ernest J. Gaines

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A Light in the Attic

Shel Silverstein

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Adjustment Day

Chuck Palahniuk

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All the Pretty Horses

Cormac McCarthy

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Always Running: La Vida Loca: Gang Days In LA

Luis J. Rodriquez

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Angela's Ashes

Frank McCourt

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Apt Pupil

Stephen King

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Are These My Basoomas I See Before Me: Fab Final Confessions of Georgia Nicolson

Louise Rennison

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As I Lay Dying

William Faulkner

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Assassination Classroom, Vol. 15

Yūsei Matsui

Assassination Classroom, Vol. 15

Yūsei Matsui

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Assassination Classroom, Vol. 19

Yūsei Matsui

Assassination Classroom, Vol. 19

Yūsei Matsui

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Be Not Far From Me

Mindy McGinnis

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Billy Summers

Stephen King

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Black House

Stephen King

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Blaze

Stephen King

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Bless Me, Ultima

Rudolfo Anaya

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Blockade Billy

Stephen King

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Blubber

Judy Blume

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Brave New World

Aldous Huxley

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Carrie

Stephen King

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Catherine, Called Birdy

Karen Cushman

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Cell

Stephen King

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Cheeky Angel, Vol. 1

Hiroyuki Nishimori

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Cheeky Angel, Vol. 3

Hiroyuki Nishimori

Cheeky Angel, Vol. 3

Hiroyuki Nishimori

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Choke

Chuck Palahniuk

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Choque de Reyes

George R. R. Martin

Choque de Reyes

George R. R. Martin

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Christine

Stephen King

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City of Thieves

David Benioff

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Clap When You Land

Elizabeth Acevedo

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Clockwork Orange

Anthony Burgess

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Collected Poems 1947-1980

Allen Ginsberg

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Crank

Ellen Hopkins

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Danse Macabre

Stephen King

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Deadline

Chris Crutcher

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Delores Claiborne

Stephen King

Delores Claiborne

Stephen King

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Diary

Chuck Palahniuk

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Different Seasons: Four Novellas

Stephen King

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Dig

A. S. King

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Dragon Ball, Vol. 3

Akira Toriyama

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Dragon Ball, Vol. 5

Akira Toriyama

Dragon Ball, Vol. 5

Akira Toriyama

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Dragon Ball, Vol. 6

Akira Toriyama

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Dragon Ball, Vol. 7

Akira Toriyama

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Dragon Ball, Vol. 8

Akira Toriyama

Dragon Ball, Vol. 8

Akira Toriyama

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Dragon Ball, Vol. 9

Akira Toriyama

Dragon Ball, Vol. 9

Akira Toriyama

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Dreamcatcher

Stephen King

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Eleanor & Park

Rainbow Rowell

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Ender's Game

Orson Scott Card

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Everything's Eventual: 14 Dark Tales

Stephen King

Everything's Eventual: 14 Dark Tales

Stephen King

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Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry

Joya Goffney

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Fahrenheit 451

Ray Bradbury

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Fallen Angels

Walter Dean Myers

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Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

Hunter S. Thompson

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Fight Club

Chuck Palahniuk

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Finders Keepers

Stephen King

Finders Keepers

Stephen King

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Firestarter

Stephen King

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Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock

Matthew Quick

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From a Buick 8

Stephen King

From a Buick 8

Stephen King

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Game

Barry Lyga

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Ghost World

Daniel Clowes

Ghost World

Daniel Clowes

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Go Tell It on the Mountain

James Baldwin

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Going Bovine

Libba Gray

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Guyaholic

Carolyn Mackler

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Hard Eight

Janet Evanovich

Hard Eight

Janet Evanovich

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Haunted

Chuck Palahniuk

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Hearts in Atlantis

Stephen King

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I Am the Messenger

Markus Zusak

I Am the Messenger

Markus Zusak

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If I Stay

Gayle Forman

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Insomnia

Stephen King

Insomnia

Stephen King

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InuYasha (Series, Title not Specified)

Rumiko Takahashi

InuYasha (Series, Title not Specified)

Rumiko Takahashi

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InuYasha Vol. 1

Rumiko Takahashi

InuYasha Vol. 1

Rumiko Takahashi

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Invisible Man

Ralph Ellison

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Invisible Monsters Remix

Chuck Palahniuk

Invisible Monsters Remix

Chuck Palahniuk

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It

Stephen King

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Jarhead: A Marine's Chronicle of the Gulf War and Other Battles

Anthony Swofford

Jarhead: A Marine's Chronicle of the Gulf War and Other Battles

Anthony Swofford

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Kaffir Boy

Mark Mathabane

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Kafka on the Shore

Haruki Murakami

Kafka on the Shore

Haruki Murakami

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King Dork

Frank Portman

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Knocked Out By My Nunga Nungas: Further, Further Confessions of Georgia Nicolson

Louise Rennison

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Lexicon

Max Barry

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Locke and Key, Vol. 6: Alpha and Omega

Joe Hill

Locke and Key, Vol. 6: Alpha and Omega

Joe Hill

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Lonesome Dove

Larry McMurty

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Looking for Alaska

John Green

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Lullaby

Chuck Palahniuk

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Lying Out Loud: A Companion to The DUFF

Kody Keplinger

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Maus

Art Spiegelman

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Mexican Whiteboy

Matt de la Peña

Mexican Whiteboy

Matt de la Peña

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Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil

John Berendt

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Misery

Stephen King

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Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children: The Graphic Novel

Ransom Riggs

Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children: The Graphic Novel

Ransom Riggs

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Monster

Walter Dean Myers

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Mosquitoland

David Arnold

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Needful Things

Stephen King

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Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist

Rachel Cohn

Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist

Rachel Cohn

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Nickel and Dimed

Barbara Ehrenreich

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Nineteen Minutes

Jodi Picoult

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Ninth House

Leigh Bardugo

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On the Road

Jack Kerouac

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One Hundred Years of Solitude

Gabriel García Márquez

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One of Us is Next

Karen M. McManus

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Over You

Amy Reed

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Persepolis

Marjane Satrapi

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Punkzilla

Adam Rapp

Punkzilla

Adam Rapp

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Rabbit is Rich

John Updike

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Rant: The Oral Biography of Buster Casey

Chuck Palahniuk

Rant: The Oral Biography of Buster Casey

Chuck Palahniuk

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Rats Saw God

Rob Thomas

Rats Saw God

Rob Thomas

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Revival

Stephen King

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Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry

Mildred D. Taylor

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Running Loose

Chris Crutcher

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Salem Falls

Jodi Picoult

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Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark

Alvin Schwartz

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Seize the Night

Dean R. Koontz

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Skeleton Crew

Stephen King

Skeleton Crew

Stephen King

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Snow Falling on Cedars

David Guterson

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Song of Solomon

Toni Morrison

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Song of Susannah

Stephen King

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Soul Eater, Vol. 1

Atsushi Ohkubo

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Soul Eater, Vol. 10

Atsushi Ohkubo

Soul Eater, Vol. 10

Atsushi Ohkubo

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Soul Eater, Vol. 11

Atsushi Ohkubo

Soul Eater, Vol. 11

Atsushi Ohkubo

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Soul Eater, Vol. 13

Atsushi Ohkubo

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Soul Eater, Vol. 14

Atsushi Ohkubo

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Soul Eater, Vol. 15

Atsushi Ohkubo

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Soul Eater, Vol. 2

Atsushi Ohkubo

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Soul Eater, Vol. 9

Atsushi Ohkubo

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Station Eleven

Emily St. John Mandel

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Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes

Chris Crutcher

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Streets of Laredo

Larry McMurty

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Sula

Toni Morrison

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Survivor

Chuck Palahniuk

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The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

Sherman Alexie

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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Mark Twain

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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

Mark Twain

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The Bachman Books

Stephen King

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The Bazaar of Bad Dreams

Stephen King

The Bazaar of Bad Dreams

Stephen King

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The Big Bad Wolf

James Patterson

The Big Bad Wolf

James Patterson

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The Book Of Lost Things

John Connolly

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The Book Thief

Markus Zusak

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The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

Junot Díaz

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The Casual Vacancy

J.K. Rowling

The Casual Vacancy

J.K. Rowling

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The Chocolate War

Robert Cormier

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The Circle

Dave Eggers

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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

Mark Haddon

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The Dark Tower

Stephen King

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The Diviners

Libba Bray

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The Drawing of the Three

Stephen King

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Cover of The Glass Castle

The Glass Castle

Jeannette Walls

The Gunslinger

Stephen King

The Gunslinger

Stephen King

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The Hate U Give

Angie Thomas

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The Haters

Jesse Andrews

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The House of the Spirits

Isabel Allende

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The Infinite Sea

Rick Yancey

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The Institute

Stephen King

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The Last Star

Rick Yancey

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The Long Walk

Stephen King

The Long Walk

Stephen King

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The Lord of the Flies

William Golding

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The Magician King

Lev Grossman

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The Magicians

Lev Grossman

The Magicians

Lev Grossman

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The Maze Runner

James Dashner

The Maze Runner

James Dashner

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The Mist

Stephen King

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The Naked and the Dead

Norman Mailer

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The Outsider

Stephen King

The Outsider

Stephen King

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The Poisonwood Bible

Barbara Kingsolver

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The Regulators

Stephen King

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The Sandman (Series, Title Not Specified)

Neil Gaiman

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The Scorch Trials

James Dashner

The Scorch Trials

James Dashner

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The Sea of Tranquility

Katja Millay

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The Shining

Stephen King

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The short novels of John Steinbeck

John Steinbeck

The short novels of John Steinbeck

John Steinbeck

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The Sound and the Fury

William Faulkner

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The Stand

Stephen King

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The Stranger

Albert Camus

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Cover of The Sun Also Rises

The Sun Also Rises

Ernest Hemingway

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Cover of The Taking

The Taking

Dean R. Koontz

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The Talisman

Stephen King

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The Things They Carried

Tim O'Brien

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The Tommyknockers

Stephen King

The Tommyknockers

Stephen King

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The Waste Lands

Stephen King

The Waste Lands

Stephen King

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The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle

Haruki Murakami

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Thinner

Stephen King

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Thirteen Reasons Why

Jay Asher

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ttyl

Lauren Myracle

ttyl

Lauren Myracle

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Twisted

Laurie Halse Anderson

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Two-Way Street

Lauren Barnholdt

Two-Way Street

Lauren Barnholdt

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Tyrell

Coe Booth

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Under the Dome

Stephen King

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Walk Two Moons

Sharon Creech

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Water for Elephants

Sara Gruen

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Whale Talk

Chris Crutcher

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Whatever.: or how junior year became totally f$@ked

S. J. Goslee

Whatever.: or how junior year became totally f$@ked

S. J. Goslee

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When Mr. Dog Bites

Brian Conaghan

When Mr. Dog Bites

Brian Conaghan

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Whispers

Dean R. Koontz

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Winter's Bone

Daniel Woodrell

Winter's Bone

Daniel Woodrell

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Wizard and Glass

Stephen King

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Wolves of the Calla

Stephen King

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Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass

Meg Medina

Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass

Meg Medina

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Yes Please

Amy Poehler

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