Girlfriend, you're going to want to read this.

Book lists, short stories, and articles that (I think) are worth your while, plus a writing exercise or two that I find helpful, for all you aspiring novelists.

Jun 2

Good news!

Looks like I’m going to be your English Language teacher next year as well. Which means I expect you to read at least two of the following books, and I will post questions about them in July.

Catcher in the Rye - JD Salinger

The Color Purple - Alice Walker

The Handmaid’s Tale - Margaret Atwood

To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee

Sabriel - Garth Nix

Ender’s Game - Orson Scott Card

My Family and Other Animals - Gerald Durrell

Lord of the Flies - William Golding

The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald

Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams

One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest - Ken Kesey

Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte

Wide Sargasso Sea - Jean Rhys

A Room With A View - E M Forster

The Awakening - Kate Chopin

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn - Mark Twain

The Bluest Eye - Toni Morrisson