Most Circulated Titles

And then there were none

Christie, Agatha, 1890-1976.


Originally published in 1939. Ten strangers--each with a sordid past--are summoned by an absent millionaire to a private island off the coast of Devon and begin to die one by one upon arrival.
Date Published:2011

The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes : Hunger Games Series: Prequel

Suzanne Collins.



Date Published:2020

Brave new world

Huxley, Aldous, 1894-1963.


Wilson's Senior High School, October 2011. Wilson's Junior High School, January 2010. Wilson's Public Library. Notable/Best Books (A.L.A.). New York Times. A satirical novel about the utopia of the future, a world in which babies are decanted from bottles and the great Ford is worshipped.
Date Published:1932

The great Gatsby

Fitzgerald, F. Scott (Francis Scott), 1896-1940.


Booklist, August 1997. Jay Gatsby had once loved beautiful, spoiled Daisy Buchanan, then lost her to a rich boy. Now, mysteriously wealthy, he is ready to risk everything to woo her back. This is the definitive, textually accurate edition of a classic of twentieth-century literature, The Great Gatsby. The story of the fabulously wealthy Jay Gatsby and his love for the beautiful Daisy Buchanan has been acclaimed by generations of readers. But the first edition contained a number of errors resulting from Fitzgerald's extensive revisions and a rushed production schedule.
Date Published:1925

Booklist, August 1997. Jay Gatsby had once loved beautiful, spoiled Daisy Buchanan, then lost her to a rich boy. Now, mysteriously wealthy, he is ready to risk everything to woo her back. This is the definitive, textually accurate edition of a classic of twentieth-century literature, The Great Gatsby. The story of the fabulously wealthy Jay Gatsby and his love for the beautiful Daisy Buchanan has been acclaimed by generations of readers. But the first edition contained a number of errors resulting from Fitzgerald's extensive revisions and a rushed production schedule.

Date Published:1925

The Miracle of Father Kapaun: priest, soldier, and Korean War hero

Wenzi, Roy.


"Original material published in the Wichita Eagle and copyright 2009 by the Wichita Eagle in Wichita,Kansas." "Emil Kapaun -- priest, soldier, and Korean War hero -- is a rare man. He was recently awarded the Medal of Honor, the nation's highest military award, and is being considered by the Vatican for canonization as a saint" -- cover.
Date Published:2013

The stranger

Camus, Albert, 1913-1960.


Translation of: L'étranger. Caught in the grip of forces he does not understand, a quiet, ordinary clerk in Algiers commits a murder.
Date Published:1989

The New American Bible : translated from the original languages with critical use of all the ancient sources and the revised New Testament

Bible. 1987. English. New American.


Spine title: Holy Bible : fireside study edition.
Date Published:1987

Of mice and men

Steinbeck, John, 1902-1968.


Wilson's Senior High School. Wilson's Fiction. Notable/Best Books (A.L.A.). Sustained by the hope of someday owning a farm of their own, two migrant laborers arrive to work on a ranch in central California.
Date Published:1993

Night

Wiesel, Elie, 1928-


Translation of: Un di velt hat geshuign. Wilson's Senior High School, October 2011. Book Links (A.L.A.), July 2008. Presents a true account of the author's experiences as a Jewish boy in a Nazi concentration camp.
Date Published:2006

The New American Bible : Revised Edition.



Date Published:2011

Hiroshima

Hersey, John, 1914-


"A new edition with a final chapter written forty years after the explosion." Reprint. Originally published: New York : A.A. Knopf, 1985. Wilson's Senior High School. Wilson's Public Library. Notable/Best Books (A.L.A.). An account of the dropping of an atomic bomb on Hiroshima in 1945, from the viewpoint of the people who lived through it.
Date Published:1989

World War II


V. 1. The origins of the war -- v. 2. Europe in flames, 1939-1941 -- v. 3. The Eastern Front, 1941-1943 -- v. 4. Japan's Pacific onslaught, 1941-1942 -- v. 5. The tide turns in the West, 1942-1943 -- v. 6. The tide turns in the Pacific, 1942-1943 -- v. 7. The wider war -- v. 8. Europe, 1944-1945 -- v. 9. Victory in the Pacific, 1944-1945 -- v. 10. The aftermath of the war. An illustrated introduction to World War II that details the catalysts, major battles, conditions, and aftermath of the war on all fronts; and discusses political, economic, and social repercussions faced by those involved, along with those on the sidelines.
Date Published:2006

V. 1. The origins of the war -- v. 2. Europe in flames, 1939-1941 -- v. 3. The Eastern Front, 1941-1943 -- v. 4. Japan's Pacific onslaught, 1941-1942 -- v. 5. The tide turns in the West, 1942-1943 -- v. 6. The tide turns in the Pacific, 1942-1943 -- v. 7. The wider war -- v. 8. Europe, 1944-1945 -- v. 9. Victory in the Pacific, 1944-1945 -- v. 10. The aftermath of the war. An illustrated introduction to World War II that details the catalysts, major battles, conditions, and aftermath of the war on all fronts; and discusses political, economic, and social repercussions faced by those involved, along with those on the sidelines.

Date Published:2006

Fahrenheit 451

Bradbury, Ray, 1920-2012.


"Fahrenheit 451-- the temperature at which book paper catches fire and burns ..." Wilson's Senior High School, November 1997. Booklist, August 1997. Wilson's Senior High School. Booklist. A book burning official in a future fascist state finds out that books are a vital part of a culture he never knew, and he decides to pursue reading, until he is betrayed.
Date Published:1951

Great American court cases


v. 1. Individual liberties -- v. 2. Criminal justice -- v. 3. Equal protection and family law -- v. 4. Business and government. Booklist. Book Report. A four-volume set that profiles nearly eight hundred judicial proceedings, focusing on each case's influence on the development of key aspects of law in the United States.
Date Published:1999

Grendel

Gardner, John, 1933-1982.


Wilson's Senior High School, October 2011. New York Times. Grendel, the monster, tells his side of the Beowulf story, and compares his values with the chief values of human beings.
Date Published:1971

Hiroshima

Hersey, John, 1914-1993.


"A new edition with a final chapter written forty years after the explosion." Wilson's Senior High School, November 2002. Wilson's Public Library. Notable/Best Books (A.L.A.). Books for the Teen Age (NYPL), January 2004. Booklist, August 1997. An account of the dropping of an atomic bomb on Hiroshima in 1945, from the viewpoint of the people who lived through it.
Date Published:1985

Othello : The Play Plus a Translation Anyone Can Understand

SparkNotes.



Date Published:2003

The great Gatsby

Fitzgerald, F. Scott (Francis Scott), 1896-1940.


"The authorized text"--Cover. Wilson's Senior High School. Wilson's Fiction. Notable/Best Books (A.L.A.). The tragic story of the wealthy Jay Gatsby and his attempt to win back the love of Daisy Buchanan.
Date Published:1925

The kite runner

Hosseini, Khaled.


Amir, haunted by his betrayal of Hassan, the son of his father's servant and a childhood friend, returns to Kabul as an adult after he learns Hassan has been killed, in an attempt to redeem himself by rescuing Hassan's son from a life of slavery to a Taliban official.
Date Published:2003

The Tempest

William Shakespeare.



Date Published:1994