The Classics
- Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
- Persuasion by Jane Austen
- The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
- The Odyssey by Homer

Modern Classics
- On the Road by Jack Kerouac
- A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
- The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
- Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
- Native Son by Richard Wright

Even More Modern
- Harry Potter of course!
- Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
- The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Klay by Michael Chabon
- Special Topics in Calamity Physics by Marisha Pessl
- The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
- Atonement by Ian McEwan
- The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards
- The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfiel
- The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory

Nonfiction
- Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach
- Rocket Boys by Homer Hickam Jr.
- The Right Stuff by Tom Wolfe