Books I Read over Freshmen Year

Discover the must-read books I explored during my freshman year! Get inspired with this curated list of top reads for college students and book lovers alike.

The Road Cover
Book

The Road

by Cormac McCarthy

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE • A searing, post-apocalyptic novel about a father and son's fight to survive, this "tale of survival …
The Hound of the Baskervilles Cover
Book

The Hound of the Baskervilles

by Arthur Conan Doyle

When Sir Charles Baskerville is found mysteriously dead, Sherlock Holmes looks into the case.
Book Cover
Book

[No Title]

 

No summary available.
The Kite Runner Cover
Book

The Kite Runner

by Khaled Hosseini

The unforgettable, heartbreaking story of the unlikely friendship between a wealthy boy and the son of his father's servant, The Kite Runner is a beautifully …
Book Cover
Book

[No Title]

 

No summary available.
The Cobra Event Cover
Book

The Cobra Event

by Richard Preston

“One of those books you literally can’t put down . . . makes The Hot Zone virus—far away in a rainforest—look like no big deal.”—Detroit …
Fahrenheit 451 Cover
Book

Fahrenheit 451

by Ray Bradbury

Guy Montag is a fireman, his job is to burn books, which are forbidden.
The Children of Men Cover
Book

The Children of Men

by P. D. James

In 2021, with the human race becoming extinct because of the infertility of all males, Oxford historian Theodore Faron is drawn into the schemes of …
The Old Man and the Sea Cover
Book

The Old Man and the Sea

by Ernest Hemingway

Traditional Chinese edition of The Old Man and The Sea edited for young adults. The story is told with text and graphics and accompanied with …
Coraline Cover
Book

Coraline

by Neil Gaiman

In Coraline's family's new flat there's a locked door. On the other side is a brick wall—until Coraline unlocks the door . . . and …
The Catcher in the Rye Cover
Book

The Catcher in the Rye

by J.D. Salinger

J.D. Salinger's classic of adolescent angst is now available for the first time in trade paperback. Holden Caulfield, knowing he is to be expelled from …
ËśAĹ“ Series of Unfortunate Events Cover
Book

ËśAĹ“ Series of Unfortunate Events

by Lemony Snicket

No summary available.
Slaughterhouse-Five Cover
Book

Slaughterhouse-Five

by Kurt Vonnegut

Kurt Vonnegut’s masterpiece, Slaughterhouse-Five is “a desperate, painfully honest attempt to confront the monstrous crimes of the twentieth century” (Time). Selected by the Modern Library …
Cell Cover
Book

Cell

by Stephen King

The latest, terrifying, #1 "New York Times" bestseller by Stephen King, about the mayhem unleashed when a mysterious force transforms cell phone users into homicidal …
Item Not Found
ID: 1932234411
(Type: book)
Of Mice and Men Cover
Book

Of Mice and Men

by John Steinbeck

A controversial tale of friendship and tragedy during the Great Depression They are an unlikely pair: George is "small and quick and dark of face"; …
American Gods Cover
Book

American Gods

by Neil Gaiman

Shadow is a man with a past. But now he wants nothing more than to live a quiet life with his wife and stay out …
The Da Vinci Code Cover
Book

The Da Vinci Code

by Dan Brown

Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon and French cryptologist Sophie Neveu work to solve the murder of an elderly curator of the Louvre, a case which leads …
Book Cover
Book

[No Title]

 

No summary available.
Looking for Alaska Cover
Book

Looking for Alaska

by John Green

The award-winning, genre-defining debut from John Green, the #1 international bestselling author of Turtles All the Way Down and The Fault in Our Stars Winner …
Ender's Game Cover
Book

Ender's Game

by Orson Scott Card

From New York Times bestselling author Orson Scott Card, Ender's Game—adapted to film in 2013 starring Asa Butterfield and Harrison Ford—is the classic Hugo and …
The Alchemist Cover
Book

The Alchemist

by Paulo Coelho

"My heart is afraid that it will have to suffer," the boy told the alchemist one night as they looked up at the moonless sky." …
Item Not Found
ID: 0060929510
(Type: book)
Lord of the Flies Cover
Book

Lord of the Flies

by William Golding

Lord of the Flies remains as provocative today as when it was first published in 1954, igniting passionate debate with its startling, brutal portrait of …
The Five People You Meet in Heaven Cover
Book

The Five People You Meet in Heaven

by Mitch Albom

Eddie dies on his eighty-third birthday in a tragic accident - He awakens in the afterlife where he learns that heaven is where your earthly …