Back-to-School Reading Picks

Updated January 14, 2026
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Animal Farm
Orwell, George
Paper Book
75th Anniversary Edition--Includes a New Introduction by Téa Obreht George Orwell's timeless and timely allegorical novel--a scathing satire of a downtrodden society's blind march towards totalitarianism. "All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than...
The outsiders
Hinton, S. E
Paper Book
The Socs's idea of having a good time is beating up greasers like Ponyboy.Ponyboy knows what to expect and knows he can count on his brothers and friends - until the night someone takes things too far.A ground-breaking, timeless story from a brilliant writer.
The great Gatsby
Fitzgerald, F. Scott
Paper Book
The only edition of the beloved classic that is authorized by Fitzgerald's family and from his lifelong publisher. This edition is the enduring original text, updated with the author's own revisions, a foreword by his granddaughter, and with a new introduction by National Book...
Nineteen eighty-four : a novel
Orwell, George
Paper Book
Written 75 years ago, 1984 was George Orwell's chilling prophecy about the future. And while 1984 has come and gone, his dystopian vision of a government that will do anything to control the narrative is timelier than ever... This 75th Anniversary Edition includes:*...

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