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The North Dakota State Library has various book club kits available for checkout to North Dakota libraries, schools, and residents. Each kit comes with 10 copies of the book, a sign in sheet, and discussion questions. Use the tabs to the left to explore and reserve your book club kit today!

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Adults 

  • 11/22/63:  A Novel by Stephen King
  • 1984 by George Orwell
  • A Game for All the Family:  A Novel by Sophie Hannah
  • A Girl Named Samson by Amy Harmon
  • A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
  • Abercrombie Trail:  A Novel of the 1862 Uprising by Candace Simar
  • All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
  • America’s First Daughter by Stephanie Dray
  • An American Marriage:  A Novel by Tayari Jones
  • And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
  • At the Water’s Edge:  A Novel by Sara Gruen
  • At the Wolf’s Table by Rosella Postorino
  • Be Frank with Me by Julia Claiborne Johnson
  • Beautiful Boy:  A Father's Journey Through His Son's Addiction by David Sheff
  • Before We Were Yours:  A Novel by Lisa Wingate
  • Between Heaven and Ground Zero:  One Woman’s Struggle for Survival and Faith in the Ashes of 9/11 by Leslie Haskin
  • Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
  • Blind Your Ponies by Stanley Gordon West
  • Breakfast with Buddha:  A Novel by Roland Merullo
  • Color Blind:  The Forgotten Team that Broke Baseball's Color Line by Tom Dunkel
  • Coyote Warrior:  One Man, Three Tribes, and the Trial that Forged a Nation by Paul VanDevelder
  • Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan
  • Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter by Tom Franklin
  • Dakota:  A Spiritual Geography by Kathleen Norris
  • Dark Matter:  A Novel by Blake Crouch
  • Daughter of a Daughter of a Queen by Sarah Bird  
  • Dear Henry, Love Edith by Becca Kinzer
  • Deliverance:  Mary Fields:  First African American Woman Star Route Mail Carrier in the United States: A Montana History by Miantae Metcalf McConnell
  • Downtown Owl:  A Novel by Chuck Klosterman
  • Educated:  A Memoir by Tara Westover
  • Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman
  • Every Note Played by Lisa Genova
  • Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
  • First Women:  The Grace and Power of America’s Modern First Ladies by Katie Andersen Brower
  • Frankenstein, or, The modern Prometheus by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
  • Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee
  • Gridlock by Byron Dorgan
  • Half Broke Horses:  A True-Life Novel by Jeanette Walls
  • Hidden Figures:  The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race by Margot Lee Shetterly
  • Hieroglyphics by Jill McCorkle
  • Home Front by Kristin Hannah
  • Horseman, Pass By by Larry McMurtry
  • How to Stop Time by Matt Haig
  • Hutterites:  The Nine:  Our Story to Freedom by Glenda Maendel
  • I Was Anastasia:  A Novel by Ariel Lawhon
  • If You Tell:  A True Story of Murder, Family Secrets, and the Unbreakable Bond of Sisterhood by Gregg Olsen
  • In the Dark, Dark Wood by Ruth Ware
  • Inheriting Edith:  A Novel by Zoe Fishman
  • Inside Voices:  A Story of Survival at the Edge of the World by Sarah Davis
  • Kitchens of the Great Midwest by J. Ryan Stradal
  • Lab Girl by Hope Jahren
  • Life After Life:  A Novel by Kate Atkinson
  • Life in a Jar:  The Irena Sendler Project by Jack Mayer
  • Lilac Girls:  A Novel by Martha Hall Kelly
  • Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk by Kathleen Rooney
  • Little Bee by Chris Cleaves
  • Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng
  • Lord of the Flies by William Golding
  • Mountains Beyond Mountains by Tracy Kidder
  • Mrs. Kennedy and Me by Clint Hill
  • Mudbound by Hillary Jordan
  • One Second After by William R. Forstchen
  • One Summer:  America, 1927 by Bill Bryson
  • Ordinary Grace by Willaim Kent Krueger
  • Orphan Train by Christina Baker Kline
  • Poison in Paddington by Samanatha Silver
  • Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
  • Redhead by the Side of the Road by Anne Tyler
  • Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt
  • Rules of Civility by Amor Towles
  • Selma:  Swedish Fortitude on the North Dakota Frontier by Lela Selma Peterson
  • Soulmates by Jessica Grose
  • Spare by Harry, Prince, Duke of Sussex
  • State of Wonder by Ann Patchett
  • Strange But True by John Searles
  • Swing Time by Zadie Smith
  • The Alice Network by Kate Quinn
  • The Book of Lost Names by Kristin Harmel
  • The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson
  • The Clean Daughter:  A Cross-Continental Memoir by Jill Kandel
  • The Color of Water:  A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother by James McBride
  • The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell: A Novel by Robert Dugoni
  • The Farmer’s Lawyer by Sarah Vogel
  • The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
  • The God of the Woods:  A Novel by Liz Moore
  • The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
  • The Good Girl by Mary Kubica
  • The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
  • The Heart is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers
  • The Heart of Everything That Is by Bob Drury
  • The Lager Queen of Minnesota by J. Ryan Stradal
  • The Let Them Theory:  A Life-Changing Tool that Millions of People Can't Stop Talking About by Mel Robbins
  • The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up:  The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing by Marie Kondō
  • The Loves of Theodore Roosevelt:  The Women Who Created a President by Edward F. O’Keefe
  • The Missing Place by Sophie Littlefield
  • The Monuments Men:  Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves, and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History by Robert M. Edsel and Brett Witter
  • The Moth and the Mountain by Ed Caesar
  • The Murdered Family:  A Novel by Vernon Alfred Keel
  • The Night Circus:  A Novel by Erin Morgenstern
  • The Night Watchmen by Louise Erdrich
  • The Radium Girls:  The Dark Story of America's Shining Women by Kate Moore
  • The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend by Katarina Bivald
  • The River of Doubt:  Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey by Candice Millard
  • The Rosie Project by Graeme C. Simsion
  • The Round House by Louise Erdrich
  • The Royal Nanny by Karen Harper
  • The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry:  A Novel by Gabrielle Zevin
  • The Storyteller by Jodi Picoult
  • The Tattooist of Auschwitz:  A Novel by Heather Morris
  • The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien
  • The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman
  • The Truth According to Us by Annie Barrows
  • The Women in the Castle by Jessica Shattuck
  • The Yiddish Policemen’s Union by Michael Chabon
  • Those Who Save Us by Jenna Blum
  • Thunderstruck by Erik Larson
  • Travels with Charley:  In Search of America by John Steinbeck
  • Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northup
  • Vaccines Did Not Cause Rachel's Autism:  My Journey as a Vaccine Scientist, Pediatrician, and Autism Dad by Peter J. Hotez
  • We Crossed a Bridge and it Trembled by Wendy Pearlman
  • Weyward:  A Novel by Emilia Hart
  • What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriarty
  • What We Leave Behind by Barb Solberg
  • Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
  • Wild Bill:  The True Story of the American Frontier's First Gunfighter by Tom Clavin
  • Wild:  From Lost to Found in the Pacific Crest Trail by Cheryl Strayed
  • Windfall:  The Prairie Woman Who Lost Her Way and the Great-Granddaughter Who Found Her by Erika Bolstad
  • Wrong Place, Wrong Time by Tilia Klebenov Jacobs

Children 

  • Blended by Sharon M. Draper (9 to 13)
  • Counting by 7s by Holly Goldberg Sloan (10 to 14) 
  • Don't Tell Anyone by Peg Kehret (10 to 14) 
  • Fresh Start:  A Graphic Novel by Gale Galligan (8 to 12)
  • Frizzy by Claribel A. Ortega (9 to 12)
  • How to Steal a Dog by Barbara O'Connor (8 to 12) 
  • Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones (9+)
  • Love That Dog:  A Novel by Sharon Creech (9 to 10) 
  • Nine, Ten:  A September 11 Story by Nora Raleigh. Baskin (8 to 12) 
  • Not If I Can Help It by Carolyn Mackler (8 to 12) 
  • Restart by Korman Gordan (8 to 12) 
  • Smaller Sister by Maggie Edkins Willis (9 to 13)   
  • The Giver by Lois Lowry (10 to 14) 
  • The Journey of Little Charlie by Christopher Paul Curtis (8 to 12) 
  • The Liars Society by Alyson Gerber (9 to 13)
  • The Maze Runner by James Dashner (10 to 14) 
  • The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity by Nicholas Day (10 to 14)
  • The Search for Delicious by Natalie Babbitt (8 to 12) 
  • The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman by Gennifer Choldenko (10 to 12)
  • The Tiger Rising by Kate DiCamillo (9 to 12)
  • Three Cups of Tea (Young Reader's Edition) by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin (9 to 11)
  • Wishtree by Katherine Applegate (8 to 12) 
  • Wonder by R. J. Palacio (8 to 12) 

 

Teens

  • An Abundance of Katherines by John Green (12 to 17)
  • Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz (14+)
  • Counting by 7s by Holly Goldberg Sloan (10 to 14)
  • Dairy Queen:  A Novel by Catherine Gilbert Murdock (12 to 17)
  • Don't Look Back: A Memoir of War, Survival, and My Journey from Sudan to America by Achut Deng and Keely Hutton (13 to 18)
  • Don't Tell Anyone by Peg Kehret (10 to 14)
  • Dreamland: The True Tale of America's Opiate Epidemic by Sam Quinones (12 to 17)
  • Dungeons and Drama by Kristy Boyce (14 to 17)
  • First Test by Tamora Pierce (12 to 17)
  • Flygirl by Sherri L. Smith (12 to 17)
  • Girl in Pieces by Kathleen Glasgow (14 to 17)
  • Going Vintage by Lindsey Leavitt (12 to 17)
  • If You Come Softly by Jacqueline Woodson (12 to 17)
  • Into the Sunken City by Dinesh Thiru (13 to 17)
  • Looking for Smoke by K.A. Cobell (14 to 17)
  • Lore by Alexandra Bracken (13 to 18)
  • My Name is Not Easy by Debby Dahl Edwardson (12 to 17)
  • Rebel Daughter by Lori Banov Kaufmann (14 to 17)
  • Rez Ball by Byron Graves (14 to 17)
  • Sadie by Courtney Summers (13 to 18)
  • Scythe by Neal Shusterman (12 to 17)
  • Spiral by Lindsey Undlin (14 to 18)
  • Strong Like You by T. L. Simpson (15 to 18)
  • The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho (14+)
  • The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne (12 to 17)
  • The Do-Over by Lynn Painter (14 to 18)
  • The Giver by Lois Lowry (10 to 14)
  • The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas (15+)
  • The Knowledge Seeker by Rae Knightly (13 to 17)
  • The Maze Runner by James Dashner (10 to 14)
  • The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity by Nicholas Day (10-14)
  • The Odyssey:  A Graphic Novel adapted by Gareth Hinds (12 to 17)
  • This Heart of Mine by C.C. Hunter (14 to 18)
  • Where the Dead Sit Talking by Brandon Hobson (15 to 18)

 

Action and Adventure 

  • First Test by Tamora Pierce (12 to 17) 
  • Inside Voices:  A Story of Survival at the Edge of the World by Sarah Davis (18+) 
  • Lord of the Flies by William Golding (18+) 
  • Lore by Alexandra Bracken (13 to 18) 
  • State of Wonder:  A Novel by Ann Patchett (18+)
  • The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho (14+) 
  • The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah (14 to 17) 
  • The Knowledge Seeker by Rae Knightly (13 to 17)
  • The Maze Runner by James Dashner (10 to 14)
  • The Odyssey:  A Graphic Novel adapted by Gareth Hinds (12 to 17) 
  • The Search for Delicious by Natalie Babbitt (8 to 12) 

 

Animal Story 

  • Don't Tell Anyone by Peg Kehret (10 to 14) 
  • Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt (18+) 
  • The Tiger Rising by Kate DiCamillo (9 to 12) 

Bildungsroman (Coming-of-Age) 

  • A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith (18+) 
  • Strong Like You by T.L. Simpson (15 to 18)
  • Swing Time by Zadie Smith (18+)
  • The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell: A Novel by Robert Dugoni (18+) 
  • The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt (18+)
  • Those Who Save Us by Jenna Blum (18+)
  • Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens (18+) 
  • Where the Dead Sit Talking by Brandon Hobson (15 to 18)

 

Contemporary Fiction 

  • An American Marriage by Tayari Jones (18+) 
  • Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz (14 to 18) 
  • Blended by Sharon M. Draper (9 to 13)
  • Counting by 7s by Holly Goldberg Sloan (10 to 14) 
  • Dairy Queen:  A Novel by Catherine Gilbert Murdock (12 to 18) 
  • Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman (18+) 
  • Every Note Played by Lisa Genova (18+) 
  • Fresh Start:  A Graphic Novel by Gale Galligan (8 to 12)
  • Girl in Pieces by Kathleen Glasgow (14 to 17) 
  • Going Vintage by Lindsey Leavitt (12 to 17) 
  • Home Front by Kristin Hannah (18+)
  • How to Steal a Dog by Barbara O'Connor (8 to 12) 
  • If You Come Softly by Jacqueline Woodson (12 to 17) 
  • Inheriting Edith:  A Novel by Zoe Fishman (18+) 
  • Kitchens of the Great Midwest by J. Ryan Stradal (18+) 
  • Little Bee:  A Novel by Chris Cleave (18+) 
  • Not If I Can Help It by Carolyn Mackler (8 to 12) 
  • Redhead by the Side of the Road:  A Novel by Anne Tyler (18+) 
  • Restart by Gordon Korman (8 to 12) 
  • Spiral by Lindsey Undlin (14 to 18) 
  • The Do-Over by  Lynn Painter (14 to 18)
  • The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell: A Novel by Robert Dugoni (18+) 
  • The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas (15+) 
  • The Lager Queen of Minnesota by J. Ryan Stradal (18+) 
  • The Storyteller by Jodi Picoult (18+)
  • The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman by Gennifer Choldenko (10 to 12) 
  • Wonder by R. J. Palacio (8 to 12) 

 

Family Drama

  • A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith (18+) 
  • Dairy Queen:  A Novel by Catherine Gilbert Murdock (12 to 18) 
  • Frizzy by Claribel A. Ortega (9 to 12)
  • Hieroglyphics by Jill McCorkle (18+) 
  • Home Front by Kristin Hannah (18+)
  • Horseman, Pass By by Larry McMurtry (18+) 
  • Kitchens of the Great Midwest by J. Ryan Stradal (18+) 
  • Not If I Can Help It by Carolyn Mackler (8 to 12) 
  • Smaller Sister by Maggie Edkins Willis (9 to 13)
  • Strange But True by John Searles (18+) 
  • The Lager Queen of Minnesota by J. Ryan Stradal (18+) 
  • The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman by Gennifer Choldenko (10 to 12)
  • Where the Dead Sit Talking by Brandon Hobson (15 to 18)

 

Fantasy

  • First Test by Tamora Pierce (12 to 17) 
  • How to Stop Time by Matt Haig (18+) 
  • Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones (9+) 
  • Into the Sunken City by Dinesh Thiru (13 to 17)
  • The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho (14+) 
  • The Night Circus:  A Novel by Erin Morgenstern (18+) 
  • The Search for Delicious by Natalie Babbitt (8 to 12) 
  • This Heart of Mine by C.C. Hunter (14 to 18) 
  • Weyward:  A Novel by Emilia Hart (18+) 
  • Wishtree by Katherine Applegate (8 to 12) 

 

Graphic Novel 

  • Fresh Start:  A Graphic Novel by Gale Galligan (8 to 12)
  • Frizzy by Claribel A. Ortega (9 to 12)
  • Smaller Sister by Maggie Edkins Willis (9 to 13)
  • The Odyssey:  A Graphic Novel adapted by Gareth Hinds (12 to 17) 

 

Historical Fiction 

  • 11/22/63:  A Novel by Stephen King (18+)
  • A Girl Called Samson by Amy Harmon (18+) 
  • Abercrombie Trail: A Novel of the 1862 Uprising by Candace Simar (18+) 
  • All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr (18+) 
  • America's First Daughter by Stephanie Dray and Laura Kamoie (18+) 
  • At the Water's Edge:  A Novel by Sara Gruen (18+) 
  • At the Wolf's Table by Rosella Postorino (18+) 
  • Before We Were Yours by Lisa Wingate (18+) 
  • Carnegie's Maid:  A Novel by Marie Benedict (18+) 
  • Daughter of a Daughter of a Queen by Sarah Bird (18+) 
  • Flygirl by Sherri L. Smith (12 to 17) 
  • Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee (18+) 
  • Half Broke Horses:  A True-Life Novel by Jeannette Walls (18+) 
  • How to Stop Time by Matt Haig (18+)
  • I Was Anastasia:  A Novel by Ariel Lawhon (18+)
  • Life After Life:  A Novel by Kate Atkinson (18+)
  • Life in a Jar:  The Irena Sendler Project by Jack Mayer (18+)
  • Lilac Girls:  A Novel by Martha Hall Kelly (18+) 
  • Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk by Kathleen Rooney (18+) 
  • Little Bee:  A Novel by Chris Cleave (18+)
  • Mudbound by Hillary Jordan (18+) 
  • My Name is Not Easy by Debby Dahl Edwardson (12 to 17) 
  • Nine, Ten:  A September 11 Story by Nora Raleigh Baskin (8 to 12) 
  • Ordinary Grace by William Kent Krueger (18+)
  • Orphan Train:  A Novel by Christina Baker Kline (18+)
  • Rebel Daughter by Lori Banov Kaufmann (14 to 17) 
  • Rules of Civility by Amor Towles (18+) 
  • The Alice Network by Kate Quinn (18+) 
  • The Book of Lost Names by Kristin Harmel (18+) 
  • The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson (18+) 
  • The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne (12 to 17) 
  • The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell: A Novel by Robert Dugoni (18+) 
  • The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah (14 to 17) 
  • The Heart is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers (18+) 
  • The Journey of Little Charlie by Christopher Paul Curtis (8 to 12) 
  • The Monuments Men:  Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves, and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History by Robert M. Edsel and Brett Witter (18+)
  • The Murdered Family:  A Novel by Vernon Keel (Age 18+) 
  • The Night Watchman by Louise Erdrich (18+) 
  • The Royal Nanny by Karen Harper (18+)
  • The Storyteller by Jodi Picoult (18+)
  • The Tattooist of Auschwitz:  A Novel by Heather Morris (18+)
  • The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien (18+)
  • The Truth According to Us by Annie Barrows (18+) 
  • The Women in the Castle by Jessica Shattuck (18+) 
  • Those Who Save Us by Jenna Blum (18+) 
  • Weyward:  A Novel by Emilia Hart (18+) 
  • What We Leave Behind by Barb Solberg (18+) 
  • Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens (18+) 

Horror 

  • Frankenstein, or, The Modern Prometheus by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (18+) 

Humorous 

  • An Abundance of Katherines by John Green (12 to 17) 
  • Be Frank with Me by  Julia Claiborne Johnson (18+)
  • Breakfast with Buddha:  A Novel by Roland Merullo (18+) 
  • Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan (18+) 
  • Downtown Owl:  A Novel by Chuck Klosterman (18+) 
  • Going Vintage by Lindsey Leavitt (12 to 17) 
  • Life After Life:  A Novel by Kate Atkinson (18+) 
  • Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk by Kathleen Rooney (18+) 
  • The Lager Queen of Minnesota by J. Ryan Stradal (18+) 
  • The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend by  Katarina Bivald (18+) 
  • The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion (18+) 
  • The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman (18+) 

LGBTQIA+

  • Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz (14 to 18) 
  • The Do-Over by Lynn Painter (14 to 18) -- side characters 
  • Where the Dead Sit Talking by Brandon Hobson (15 to 18)

Mystery 

  • A Game for All the Family:  A Novel by Sophie Hannah (18+) 
  • And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie (18+) 
  • Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter by Tom Franklin (18+) 
  • Don't Tell Anyone by Peg Kehret (10 to 14) 
  • I Was Anastasia:  A Novel by Ariel Lawhon (18+) 
  • In a Dark, Dark Wood by Ruth Ware (18+) 
  • Inside Voices:  A Story of Survival at the Edge of the World by Sarah Davis (18+) 
  • Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng (18+) 
  • Looking for Smoke by  K. A. Cobell (14 to 17)
  • Ordinary Grace by William Kent Krueger (18+)
  • Poison in Paddington by Samantha Silver (18+) 
  • Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt (18+) 
  • Restart by Gordon Korman (8 to 12) 
  • Sadie by Courtney Summers (13 to 18) 
  • Soulmates by Jessica Grose (18+) 
  • Spiral by Lindsey Undlin (14 to 18) 
  • State of Wonder:  A Novel by Ann Patchett (18+)
  • Strange But True by John Searles (18+) 
  • Strong Like You by T.L. Simpson (15 to 18)
  • The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins (18+) 
  • The God of the Woods:  A Novel by Liz Moore (18+) 
  • The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood (18+) 
  • The Liars Society by Alyson Gerber (9 to 13) 
  • The Murdered Family:  A Novel by Vernon Keel (18+)
  • The Round House:  A Novel by Louise Erdrich (18+)
  • The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry:  A Novel by Gabrielle Zevin (18+) 
  • The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman (18+) 
  • The Yiddish Policemen's Union by  Michael Chabon (18+) 
  • This Heart of Mine by C.C. Hunter (14 to 18) 
  • What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriarty (18+) 
  • Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens (18+) 
  • Wrong Place, Wrong Time by Tilia Klebenov Jacobs (18+) 

Mythology 

  • Lore by Alexandra Bracken (13 to 18) 
  • The Odyssey:  A Graphic Novel adapted by Gareth Hinds (12 to 17) 

Native American 

  • Coyote Warrior:  One Man, Three Tribes, and the Trial that Forged a Nation by Paul Van Develder (18+) 
  • Looking for Smoke by K. A. Cobell (14 to 17)
  • My Name is Not Easy by Debby Dahl Edwardson (12 to 17) 
  • Rez Ball by Byron Graves (14 to 17)
  • The Heart of Everything That Is:  The Untold Story of Red Cloud, An American Legend by Bob Drury (18+)
  • The Night Watchman by Louise Erdrich (18+) 
  • The Round House:  A Novel by Louise Erdrich (18+)
  • Where the Dead Sit Talking by Brandon Hobson (15 to 18)

 

Nonfiction 

  • Beautiful Boy:  A Father's Journey through his Son's Addiction by David Sheff (18+) 
  • Between Heaven and Ground Zero:  One Woman's Struggle for Survival and Faith in the Ashes of 9/11 by Leslie Haskin (18+) 
  • Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates (18+) 
  • Color Blind:  The Forgotten Team that Broke Baseball's Color Line by Tom Dunkel (18+) 
  • Coyote Warrior:  One Man, Three Tribes, and the Trial that Forged a Nation by Paul Van Develder (18+) 
  • Dakota:  A Spiritual Geography by Kathleen Norris (18+) 
  • Deliverance:  Mary Fields: First African American Woman Star Route Mail Carrier in the United States:  A Montana History by Miantae Metcalf McConnell (18+)
  • Don't Look Back: A Memoir of War, Survival, and My Journey from Sudan to America by Achut Deng and Keely Hutton (13 to 18)
  • Dreamland:  The True Tale of America's Opiate Epidemic by Sam Quinones (12 to 17) 
  • Educated:  A Memoir by Tara Westover (18+) 
  • First Women:  The Grace and Power of America's Modern First Ladies by Kate Andersen Brower (18+) 
  • Hidden Figures:  The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race by Margot Lee Shetterly (18+) 
  • Hutterites:  The Nine:  Our Story to Freedom by Glenda Maendel (18+) 
  • If You Tell:  A True Story of Murder, Family Secrets, and the Unbreakable Bond of Sisterhood by Gregg Olsen (18+) 
  • Lab Girl by Hope Jahren (18+) 
  • Mountains Beyond Mountains by Tracy Kidder (18+) 
  • Mrs. Kennedy and Me by Clint Hill (18+) 
  • One Summer:  America,1927 by Bill Bryson (18+)
  • Selma:  Swedish Fortitude on the North Dakota Frontier by Lela Selma Peterson (18+) 
  • Spare by Henry, Prince, Duke of Sussex (18+) 
  • The Color of Water:  A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother by James McBride (18+) 
  • The Farmer's Lawyer:  The North Dakota Nine and the Fight to Save the Family Farm by Sarah Vogel (18+) 
  • The Heart of Everything That Is:  The Untold Story of Red Cloud, An American Legend by Bob Drury (18+) 
  • The Let Them Theory:  A Life-Changing Tool that Millions of People Can't Stop Talking About by Mel Robbins (18+) 
  • The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up:  The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing by Marie Kondō (18+)
  • The Loves of Theodore Roosevelt:  The Women Who Created a President by Edward F. O'Keefe (18+) 
  • The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity by Nicholas Day (10 to 14)
  • The Monuments Men:  Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves, and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History by Robert M. Edsel and Brett Witter (18+)
  • The Moth and the Mountain: A True Story of Love, War, and Everest by Ed Caesar (18+)
  • The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women by Kate Moore (18+) 
  • The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey by Candice Millard (18+) 
  • Three Cups of Tea (Young Reader's Edition) by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin (9 to 11) 
  • Thunderstruck by Erik Larson (18+) 
  • Travels with Charley: In Search of America by John Steinbeck (18+) 
  • Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northup (18+) 
  • Vaccines Did Not Cause Rachel's Autism:  My Journey as a Vaccine Scientist, Pediatrician, and Autism Dad by Peter J. Hotez (18+) 
  • We Crossed a Bridge and it Trembled by Wendy Pearlman (18+) 
  • Wild Bill:  The True Story of the American Frontier's First Gunfighter by Tom Clavin (18+) 
  • Wild:  From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail by Cheryl Strayed (18+) 
  • Windfall:  The Prairie Woman Who Lost Her Way and the Great-Granddaughter Who Found Her by Erika Bolstad (18+)

 

North Dakota (Settings or Authors) 

  • Breakfast with Buddha:  A Novel by Roland Merullo (18+) 
  • Color Blind:  The Forgotten Team That Broke Baseball's Color Line by Tom Dunkel (18+) 
  • Coyote Warrior:  One Man, Three Tribes, and the Trial that Forged a Nation by Paul Van Develder (18+)
  • Dakota:  A Spiritual Geography by Kathleen Norris (18+) 
  • Gridlock by  Byron L. Dorgan (18+) 
  • Inside Voices:  A Story of Survival at the Edge of the World by Sarah Davis (18+) (Author is from ND) 
  • Selma:  Swedish Fortitude on the North Dakota Frontier by Lela Selma Peterson (18+) 
  • Spiral by Lindsey Undlin (14 to 18) 
  • The Farmer's Lawyer:  The North Dakota Nine and the Fight to Save the Family Farm by Sarah Vogel (18+)
  • The Murdered Family:  A Novel by Vernon Keel (18+) 
  • The Night Watchman by Louise Erdrich (18+) 
  • The Round House:  A Novel by Louise Erdrich (18+)
  • Windfall:  The Prairie Woman Who Lost Her Way and the Great-Granddaughter Who Found Her by Erika Bolstad (18+) 

Poetry

  • Dakota:  A Spiritual Geography by Kathleen Norris (18+) 
  • Love That Dog:  A Novel by Sharon Creech (9 to 10) 

Romance

  • 11/22/63:  A Novel by Stephen King (18+) 
  • An Abundance of Katherines by John Green (12 to 17) 
  • An American Marriage by Tayari Jones (18+) 
  • Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz (14 to 18) 
  • At the Water's Edge:  A Novel by Sara Gruen (18+) 
  • Carnegie's Maid:  A Novel by Marie Benedict (18+) 
  • Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan (18+) 
  • Dear Henry, Love Edith by Becca Kinzer (18+) 
  • Dungeons and Drama by Kristy Boyce (14 to 17)
  • Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman (18+) 
  • Going Vintage by Lindsey Leavitt (12 to 17) 
  • How to Stop Time by Matt Haig (18+)
  • If You Come Softly by Jacqueline Woodson (12 to 17) 
  • Inside Voices:  A Story of Survival at the Edge of the World by Sarah Davis (18+) 
  • Into the Sunken City by Dinesh Thiru (13 to 17)
  • Soulmates by Jessica Grose (18+) 
  • The Book of Lost Names by Kristin Harmel (18+) 
  • The Do-Over by Lynn Painter (14 to 18)
  • The Night Circus:  A Novel by Erin Morgenstern (18+)
  • The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend by Katarina Bivald (18+) 
  • The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion (18+) 
  • The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry:  A Novel by Gabrielle Zevin (18+) 
  • What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriarty (18+) 

Science Fiction 

  • 11/22/63:  A Novel by Stephen King (18+) 
  • 1984 by George Orwell (18+)
  • Dark Matter:  A Novel by Blake Crouch (18+) 
  • Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury (18+) 
  • Frankenstein, or, The Modern Prometheus by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (18+)
  • One Second After by William R. Forstchen (18+)
  • Ready Player One by Ernest Cline (18+) 
  • Scythe by Neil Shusterman (12 to 17) 
  • The Giver by Lois Lowry (10 to 14) 
  • The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood (18+) 
  • The Knowledge Seeker by Rae Knightly (13 to 17)
  • The Maze Runner by James Dashner (10 to 14) 
  • The Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon (18+) 

 

Spiritual Fiction 

  • Breakfast with Buddha:  A Novel by Roland Merullo (18+) 

Sports 

  • Blind Your Ponies by  Stanley Gordon West (18+) 
  • Color Blind:  The Forgotten Team That Broke Baseball's Color Line by Tom Dunkel (18+) 
  • Dairy Queen:  A Novel by Catherine Gilbert Murdock (12 to 18) 
  • Rez Ball by  Byron Graves (14 to 17)
  • Spiral by Lindsey Undlin (14 to 18) 
  • Strong Like You by T.L. Simpson (15 to 18)

 

Thriller

  • A Game for All the Family:  A Novel by Sophie Hannah (18+) 
  • And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie (18+) 
  • Dark Matter:  A Novel by Blake Crouch (18+)
  • Don't Tell Anyone by Peg Kehret (10 to 14) 
  • Gridlock by Byron L. Dorgan (18+) 
  • In a Dark, Dark Wood by Ruth Ware (18+) 
  • Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng (18+) 
  • One Second After by William R. Forstchen (18+)
  • Sadie by Courtney Summers (13 to 18) 
  • Strange But True by John Searles (18+) 
  • The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins (18+) 
  • The God of the Woods:  A Novel by Liz Moore (18+)
  • The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt (18+) 
  • The Good Girl by Mary Kubica (18+)
  • The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood (18+) 
  • Wrong Place, Wrong Time by Tilia Klebenov Jacobs (18+)

 

Western

  • Blind Your Ponies by  Stanley Gordon West (18+) 
  • Horseman, Pass By by Larry McMurtry (18+) 
  • Half Broke Horses:  A True-Life Novel by Jeannette Walls (18+) 

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