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Gulliver's Travels | The Great American Read

Justin Henderson

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Gulliver's Travels

by Jonathan Swift

Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World, In Four Parts, By Lemuel Gulliver (1726) is meant to be a travelogue, wherein a voyaging English surgeon recounts how he is repeatedly washed asho

The Great Gatsby | The Great American Read

Justin Henderson

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The Great Gatsby

by F. Scott Fitzgerald

F. Scott Fitzgerald’s third book, The Great Gatsby, stands as the supreme achievement of his career.

Great Expectations | The Great American Read

Justin Henderson

Great Expectations cover

Great Expectations

by Charles Dickens

Great Expectations is the rags-to-riches story of Pip, a young orphan. At first taken in by the Gargerys, he learns a lesson while helping an escaped convict.

The Grapes of Wrath | The Great American Read

Justin Henderson

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The Grapes of Wrath

by John Steinbeck

The greatest novel about the Dust Bowl, by one of the greatest writers the western hemisphere has ever produced: this social realist masterpiece follows the travails of the Joad family as they abandon

Gone with the Wind | The Great American Read

Justin Henderson

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Gone with the Wind

by Margaret Mitchell

The definitive story of love and war in the South, Gone with the Wind won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1947.

Gone Girl | The Great American Read

Justin Henderson

Gone Girl cover

Gone Girl

by Gillian Flynn

On a warm summer morning in North Carthage, Missouri, it is Nick and Amy Dunne’s fifth wedding anniversary. Presents are being wrapped and reservations are being made when Nick’s clever and beautiful wife disappears.

The Godfather | The Great American Read

Justin Henderson

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The Godfather

by Mario Puzo

With its brilliant and brutal portrayal of the Corleone family, The Godfather burned its way into our national consciousness.

The Giver | The Great American Read

Justin Henderson

The Giver cover

The Giver

by Lois Lowry

The Giver, the 1994 Newbery Medal winner, has become one of the most influential novels of our time.

Gilead | The Great American Read

Justin Henderson

Gilead cover

Gilead

by Marilynne Robinson

Gilead is an epistolary novel: a single, episodic letter from the Reverend John Ames to his seven-year-old son.

Ghost | The Great American Read

Justin Henderson

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Ghost

by Jason Reynolds

Jason Reynolds’s powerful novel Ghost was a National Book Award Finalist for Young People’s Literature. Running is all Ghost has ever known.

Game of Thrones (series) | The Great American Read

Justin Henderson

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Game of Thrones (series)

by George R.R.

Frankenstein | The Great American Read

Justin Henderson

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Frankenstein

by Mary Shelley

Frankenstein (1818) is Mary Shelley’s Gothic masterpiece about a young and ambitious student, Victor Frankenstein, who creates a colossal and hideous monster by re-animating a corpse.

Foundation (series) | The Great American Read

Justin Henderson

Foundation cover

Foundation (series)

by Isaac Asimov

For twelve thousand years the Galactic Empire has ruled supreme. Now it is dying.

Flowers in the Attic | The Great American Read

Justin Henderson

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Flowers in the Attic

by V.C. Andrews

This classic story of forbidden love captured the world’s imagination and earned V.C. Andrews a fiercely devoted fan base.

Fifty Shades of Grey | The Great American Read

Justin Henderson

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Fifty Shades of Grey (series)

by E.L. James

When literature student Anastasia Steele goes to interview young entrepreneur Christian Grey, she encounters a man who is beautiful, brilliant, and intimidating.

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