Earlier I posted about how to choose novels for classroom study. Here’s a short list of books that I think fit the criteria. Remember, however, that you must pick one that you’re passionate about, so use this list as a jumping-off point. Books marked with an asterisk would be especially appropriate for use in Catholic schools.
- The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri*
- Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury*
- Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
- Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card
- The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare by G.K. Chesterton*
- The Ox-bow Incident by Walter Van Tilburg Clark
- A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
- Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens
- Crime and Punishment by FyodorDostoevsky
- The Princess Bride by William Goldman
- The Power and the Glory by Graham Greene*
- The Odyssey by Homer
- Les Miserables by Victor Hugo (abridged Enriched Classics edition)
- A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula LeGuin
- A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter Miller, Jr.*
- Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell
- Shane by Jack Schaefer
- The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
- The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
- The Book of the Dun Cow by Walter Wangerin, Jr.*
I mentioned yesterday not to worry about the availability of teaching materials as a criteria for choosing a book. However, there’s no need to reinvent the wheel. One good source of novel guides is The Center for Learning. One thing I like about their selection is that they’re constantly adding new titles.
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