List compiled by: Chloe; Junior, ’27
Life Through A Different Lens: Books That Made Me Reflect on Life
Life Through A Different Lens: Books That Made Me Reflect on Life
- If He Had Been With Me by Laura Nowlin | Borrow it
A love story spanning the history of two teenagers’ lives and all the moments when if one little thing had been different, their futures would have been together instead of apart. - Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng | Borrow it
This novel explores the weight of secrets, the nature of art and identity, and the ferocious pull of motherhood – and the danger of believing that following the rules can avert disaster. - The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid | Borrow it
A tale of ruthless ambition, complicated intimacy, and the price of telling the truth. - What Made Maddy Run: The Secret Struggles and Tragic Death of an All-American Teen by Kate Fagan | Borrow it
The heartbreaking story of college athlete Madison Holleran, whose life and death by suicide reveal the struggle of young people suffering from mental illness today. - The Help by Kathryn Stockett | Borrow it
Limited and persecuted by racial divides in 1962 Jackson, Mississippi, three women, including an African-American maid, her sassy and chronically unemployed friend, and a recently graduated white woman, team up for a clandestine project. - Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon | Borrow it
The story of a teenage girl who’s literally allergic to the outside world. When a new family moves in next door, she begins a complicated romance that challenges everything she’s ever known. The narrative unfolds via vignettes, diary entries, texts, charts, lists, illustrations, and more. - Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid | Borrow it
An oral history novel about a fictional 1970s rock band, chronicling their meteoric rise to fame and mysterious downfall through the recollections of the band members and those around them. - The List by Siobhan Vivian | Borrow it
Every year at Mount Washington High School somebody posts a list of the prettiest and ugliest girls from each grade–this is the story of eight girls, freshman to senior, and how they are affected by the list. - The Invisible Life of Addie Larue by V. E. Schwab | Borrow it
Making a Faustian bargain to live forever but never be remembered, a woman from early eighteenth-century France endures unacknowledged centuries before meeting a man who remembers her name. - I’m Glad My Mom Died by Jeanette McCurdy | Borrow it
A heartbreaking and hilarious memoir by iCarly and Sam & Cat star Jennette McCurdy about her struggles as a former child actor–including eating disorders, addiction, and a complicated relationship with her overbearing mother–and how she retook control of her life - Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin | Borrow it
A modern love story about two childhood friends, Sam, raised by an actress mother in LA’s Koreatown, and Sadie, from the wealthy Jewish enclave of Beverly Hills, who reunite as adults to create video games, finding an intimacy in digital worlds that eludes them in their real lives. - Wonder by R. J. Palacio | Borrow it
Ten-year-old Auggie Pullman, who was born with extreme facial abnormalities and was not expected to survive, goes from being home-schooled to entering fifth grade at a private middle school in Manhattan, which entails enduring the taunting and fear of his classmates as he struggles to be seen as just another student. - Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens | Borrow it
The story of Kya Clark, a resourceful girl abandoned by her family who grows up in the marshes of North Carolina, learning to live off the land and the beauty of nature. - Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan | Borrow it
Envisioning a summer vacation in the humble Singapore home of a boy she hopes to marry, Chinese American Rachel Chu is unexpectedly introduced to a rich and scheming clan that strongly opposes their son’s relationship with an American girl.