EVERY HERO HAS A STORY READING CHALLENGE
Grace A. Dow Memorial Library Adult Summer Reading Program
June 8 – August 8, 2015
Select one book from each category. Bring your sheet to the Reference Desk when you have earned
an entry by filling four squares. You may enter more than once – Read 4 books – one entry; 8 books
– two entries; 12 books – entries. Substituting another book by the same author or from the same
category is allowed. *An Overdrive eBook is available.
SUPERHERO – Graphic Novels
YA FIC Fullmetal
New FIC Gaiman
FIC Hill
YA FIC Bleach
FIC Kirkman
B Haft
FIC Miller
FIC Moore
741.594 Moore
YA FIC Death
YA FIC Scott
FIC Satrapi
940.5318
YA FIC Yang
Arakawa, Hiromu
Gaiman, Neil
Hill, Joe
Kibo, Tite
Kirkman, Robert
Kleist, Reinhard
Miller, Frank
Moore, Alan
Moore, Alan
Oba, Tsugami
O'Malley, Bryan Lee
Satrapi, Marjane
Spiegelman, Art
Yang, Gene Luen
MODERN HERO – Contemporary
FIC Adichie
FIC Bohjalian
FIC Chabon
New FIC Doerr
FIC Egan
FIC Eugenides
FIC Foer
FIC Glass
FIC Gordon
FIC Harding
FIC Johnson, Adam
FIC Johnson, Denis
FIC Jones, Edward P
FIC Kent
FIC Klay
FIC Lahiri
New FIC Mandel
FIC Russo
FIC Semple
FIC Sontag
FIC Strout
FIC Tartt
FIC Ward, Jesmyn
Grace A. Dow Memorial Library
www.cityofmidlandmi.gov/library
Fullmetal Alchemist (Manga)
Sandman: Preludes and Nocturnes
Locke & Key
Bleach (Manga)
Walking Dead
Boxer
Batman: Year One
V for Vendetta
Watchmen
Death Note (Manga)
Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life
Persepolis
Maus
Shadow Hero
Adichie, Chimamandu Ngozi
Bohjalian, Chris
Chabon, Michael
Doerr, Anthony
Egan, Jennifer
Eugenides, Jeffrey
Foer, Jonathan Safran
Glass, Julia
Gordon, Jaimy
Harding, Paul
Johnson, Adam
Johnson, Denis
Jones, Edward P
Kent, Hannah
Klay, Phil
Lahiri, Jhumpa
Mandel, Emily St. John
Russo, Richard
Semple, Marie
Sontag, Susan
Strout, Elizabeth
Tartt, Donna
Ward, Jesmyn
Americanah
Close Your Eyes, Hold Hands*
Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
All the Light We Cannot See*
Visit from the Goon Squad*
Middlesex
Everything is Illuminated
Three Junes
Lord of Misrule
Tinkers
Orphan Master's Son*
Tree of Smoke*
The Known World
Burial Rites
Redeployment
Lowland*
Station Eleven*
Empire Falls
Where'd You Go, Bernadette
In America
Olive Kitteridge*
Goldfinch*
Salvage the Bones*
ANTIHERO: They’re so bad they’re good
M Bloch
FIC Burgess
FIC Diaz
FIC Fitzgerald
FIC Flynn
FIC Harris
FIC King
FIC Klay
M Larsson
M Leonard
M Lindsay
FIC Maguire
FIC McCarthy
FIC Miller
FIC Puzo
FIC Rash
FIC Toole
Bloch, Robert
Burgess, Anthony
Diaz, Juno
Fitzgerald, F. Scott
Flynn, Gillian
Harris, Thomas
King, Stephen
Klay, Phil
Larsson, Stieg
Leonard, Elmore
Lindsay, Jeff
Maguire, Gregory
McCarthy, Cormac
Miller, Madeline
Puzo, Mario
Rash, Ron
Toole, John Kennedy
Psycho
Clockwork Orange
Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
Great Gatsby*
Gone Girl*
Silence of the Lambs
Gunslinger (Dark Tower)
Redeployment
Girl with the Dragon Tattoo*
Raylan*
Darkly Dreaming Dexter
Wicked
Road*
Song of Achilles*
Godfather
Serena
Confederacy of Dunces
COWBOY HERO: Western & Pioneer Stories
W Lone
FIC Bittner
Bittner, Rosanne
W Brand
LP Braun
W Brooks
FIC Connealy
Brand, Max
Braun, Matt
Brooks, Bill
Connealy, Mary
FIC Doig
W Estleman
W Fisher
W Grey
W Guinn
W Henry
M Hockensmith
Doig, Ivan
Estleman, Loren D.
Fisher, Karen
Grey, Zane
Guinn, Jeff
Henry, Will
Hockensmith, Steve
LP Johnstone
Johnstone, William W.
W Kelton
FIC L’Amour
FIC Lacy
Kelton, Elmer
L’Amour, Louis
Lacy, Al
PB Logan
Logan, Jake
FIC McMurtry
W Nelson
W Nesbitt
W Norris
FIC Oke
W Parker
W Resnick
McMurtry, Larry
Nelson, Willie
Nesbitt, John
Norris, Chuck
Oke, Janette
Parker, Robert B.
Resnick, Mike
PB Roberts
Roberts, J.R.
2
The Lone Ranger Chronicles
Into the Prairie, Into the Valley,
Into the Wilderness
Mountain Made, Red Hawk’s Trial
Wyatt Earp
Men of Violence, Ride the Man Down
Doctor in Petticoats, Out of Control,
Swept Away
Sweet Thunder, Work Song
Ragtime Cowboys, Roy & Lillie
A Sudden Country
Riders of the Purple Sage*, Union Pacific
Glorious
Alias Butch Cassidy, The Last Warpath
Holmes on the Range,
Mystery on the Wrong Track
Luke Jensen, Bounty Hunter,
Matt Jensen, The Last Mountain Man
Many A River, Texas Standoff
Sackett’s Land*, To the Far Blue Mountains, Jubal Sackett
Deadlock, Outlaw Marshal,
A Line in the Sand
Slocum and the Cheyenne Princess,
Slocum’s Silver Burden
Lonesome Dove, Streets of Laredo
A Tale Out of Luck
Across the Cheyenne River
The Justice Riders
Where Courage Calls, Where Trust Lies
Appaloosa, Brimstone, Resolution
The Doctor and the Kid*,
The Doctor and the Rough Rider*
Deadly Fortune, A Different Trade
LP Ross
W Schaeffer
PB Sweazy
Ross, Dana Fuller
Schaeffer, Jack
Sweazy, Larry D.
W Wister
Wister, Owen
California!, Colorado!, Nevada!
Shane
The Badger’s Revenge,
The Rattlesnake Season
The Virginian
MYSTERIOUS HERO: Mystery & Suspense Stories
M Baldwin
Baldwin, Richard L.
FIC Bond
M Carl
Bond, Larry
Carl, JoAnna
M Christie
Christie, Agatha
M Clark
FIC Clark
Clark, Carol Higgins
Clark, Mary Higgins
M Cornwell
M Doyle
Cornwell, Patricia
Doyle, Arthur Conan
M Evanovich
FIC Flynn
M Francis
FIC Gerritsen
M Grafton
M Hamilton
M Johnson
Evanovich, Janet
Flynn, Vince
Francis, Dick
Gerritsen, Tess
Grafton, Sue
Hamilton, Steve
Johnson, Craig
M Johnson
M Kellerman
M King, Laurie
M Larsson
FIC Le Carre
Johnson, D.E.
Kellerman, Jonathan
King, Laurie
Larsson, Stieg
Le Carre, John
M Leonard
M Meltzer
Leonard, Elmore
Meltzer, Brad
M Paretsky
M Parker
M Reichs
PB or M Robb
M Robertson
Paretsky, Sara
Parker, Robert B.
Reichs, Kathy
Robb, J.D.
Robertson, Michael
M Scottoline
FIC Silva
Scottoline, Lisa
Silva, Daniel
M Stander
Stander, Aaron
Murder at the Cherry Festival,
Murder at the Stadium
Exit Plan*, Shattered Trident
The Chocolate Book Bandit,
The Chocolate Clown Corpse
Murder at the Vicarage *,
The Murder on the Orient Express*
Decked, Fleeced, Iced, Snagged
I’ve Got You Under My Skin*,
Weep No More My Lady
Scarpetta, The Scarpetta Factor
Adventures of Sherlock Holmes*,
Casebook of Sherlock Holmes
One for the Money, Two for the Dough
Kill Shot, The Last Man, Pursuit of Honor
Bloodline, Damage*, Gamble
Die Again*, Last to Die*
A is for Alibi*, B is for Burglar
A Cold Day in Paradise*, The Lock Artist*
The Dark Horse, Junkyard Dogs,
Spirit of the Steamboat
Detroit Electric Scheme, Detroit Shuffle
Guilt*, Killer*, Motive*, Victims*
The Beekeeper's Apprentice*
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo*
A Delicate Truth,
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
Get Shorty*, Mr. Paradise, Pronto*, Raylan*
The Book of Lies*, The Fifth Assassin,
The Inner Circle
Critical Mass, Hardball
Hush Money, Now & Then, Promised Land*
Bones Never Lie*, Bones of the Lost
Concealed in Death*, Obsession in Death*
The Baker Street Translation,
Moriarty Returns A Letter
Accused, Betrayed*, Keep Quiet
The English Assassin*, The Heist*,
Portrait of a Spy
Cruelest Month, Death in a Summer Colony, Medieval Murders
3
CLASSIC HERO
891.541 Kalevala
398.20943 Complete or
New 398.209 Grimm
FIC Atwood
FIC Bradshaw
883.01 Homer
883 Homer and
883.01 Homer
B Robin Hood
FIC Lyon
FIC Malouf
NEW FIC Manfredi
FIC Mason
821.1 Merwin
FIC Oden
FIC Pressfield
398.209 Fairy
FIC Renault
SF Tarr
829.3 Tolkien
SF Wolfe
The Kalevala
Grimm’s Complete Fairy Tales*
Atwood, Margaret
Bradshaw, Gillian
Homer
Homer
The Penelopiad
The Sand-reckoner
The Iliad by Homer
The Odyssey by Homer
Knight, Stephen Thomas
Lyon, Annabel
Malouf, David
Manfredi, Valerio
Mason, Zacharty
Merwin, W. S.
Oden, Scott
Pressfield, Steven
Pullman, Philip
Renault, Mary
Tarr, Judith
Tolkien, J. R. R.
Wolfe, Gene
Robin Hood: A Mythic Biography
The Golden Mean
Ransom
Odysseus: The Oath
The Lost Books of the Odyssey
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: A New Verse Translation
Memnon by Scott Oden
Last of the Amazons
Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm: A New English Version
The King Must Die
Queen of the Amazons
Beowulf: a Translation and Commentary
Soldier of Sidon
ROMANTIC HERO: Romance
FIC Balogh
PB Brockmann
New FIC Brown
PB Carr
On Order
FIC Gabaldon
PB Kenyon
FIC Kleypas,
FIC Lindsey
PB MacLean
FIC Macomber
FIC McNaught
FIC Phillips
PB Putney
FIC Quick
FIC Quinn
PB Robb
FIC Roberts
FIC Seton
Balogh, Mary
Brockmann, Suzanne
Brown, Sandra
Carr, Robyn
Coulter, Catherine
Gabaldon, Diana
Kenyon, Sherrilyn
Kleypas, Lisa
Lindsey, Johanna
MacLean, Sarah
Macomber, Debbie
McNaught, Judith
Phillips, Susan Elizabeth
Putney, Mary Jo
Quick, Amanda
Quinn, Julia
Robb, J. D.
Roberts, Nora
Seton, Anya
Matter of Class*
Body Language*
Mean Streak*
Summer in Sonoma*
Sherbrooke Bride (Bride Series)
Outlander*
Fantasy Lover
Sugar Daddy
Man to Call my Own
Rogue by Any Other Name (Rules of Scoundrels)*
Shop on Blossom Street (Blossom Street)*
Every Breath You Take*
Heroes are my Weakness*
Loving a Lost Lord*
Garden of Lies*
Ten Things I love About You
Naked in Death (in death series)*
Whiskey Beach*
Green Darkness
REAL LIFE HERO: Biography
B Adams
B Amoruso
B Boone
B Clemente
B Curie
B Dalai Lama
B Dickinson
B Einstein
B Goodall
McCullough, David
Amoruso, Sophia
Morgan, Robert
Maraniss, David
Redness, Lauren
Dalai Lama
Habegger, Alfred
Isaacson, Walter
Goodall, Jane
John Adams
#Girlboss
Boone: a Biography
Clemente: The Passion and Grace of Baseball's Last Hero
Radioactive: Marie and Pierre Curie: A Tale of Love and Fallout
Freedom in Exile: The Autobiography of the Dalai Lama
My Wars are Laid Away in Books: the Life of Emily Dickinson
Einstein
Reason for Hope: A Spiritual Journey
4
B Maas
B Mandela
B Mitnick
B Remnick
B Ross
B Salk
B Springsteen
B Tubman
B Washington
B Zamperini
Maas, Jane
Mandela, Nelson
Mitnick, Kevin
Remnick, David
Miller, Marla
Kluger, Jeffery
Dolan, Marc
Clinton, Catherine
Chernow, Ron
Hillenbrand, Laura
Mad Women
Conversations with Myself
Ghost in the Wires
King of the World: Muhammed Ali and the Rise of an American Hero
Betsy Ross and the Making of America
Splendid Solution: Jonas Salk and the Conquest of Polio
Bruce Springsteen and the Promise of Rock 'n' Roll
Harriet Tubman: The Road to Freedom
Washington: a Life
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and
Redemption*
DRAMATIC HEROES: Modern Drama
812.54 Albee
842.91 Beckett
832.912 Brecht
891.723 Chekov
822.912 Christie
812.54 Durang
822.914 Friel
812.54 Gibson
812 Frank
Albee, Edward
Beckett, Samuel
Brecht, Bertolt
Chekov, Anton
Christie, Agatha
Durang, Christopher
Friel, Brian
Gibson, William
Goodrich, Frances
812.54 Hansberry
839.8226 Ibsen
812.54 Kramer
812.54 Kushner
812.6 Letts
812.52 Miller
822.33 S7
812.54 Shanley
822 Shaw
812.54 Simon
822.914 Stoppard
812.52 Wilder
Hansberry, Lorraine
Ibsen, Henrik
Kramer, Larry
Kushner, Tony
Letts, Tracy
Miller, Arthur
Shakespeare, William
Shanley, John Patrick
Shaw, Bernard
Simon, Neil
Stoppard, Tom
Wilder, Thornton
ESCAPE: Science Fiction & Fantasy
SF Adams
YA FIC Adams
SF Asimov
FIC Atwood
SF Bear
813.08762
Adams, Douglas
Adams, Richard
Asimov, Isaac
Atwood, Margaret
Bear, Elizabeth
Bester, Alfred
SF Brooks
FIC Butler
SF Clarke
FIC Clarke
FIC Doctorow
FIC Gaiman
FIC Gaiman
FIC Goldman
FIC Jasper
SF Lewis
FIC Mandel
Brooks, Terry
Butler, Octavia
Clarke, Arthur C.
Clarke, Susannah
Doctorow, Cory
Gaiman, Neil
Gaiman, Neil
Goldman, William
Jasper Fforde
Lewis, C.S.
Mandel, Emily St. John
5
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf
Waiting for Godot
Mother Courage and Her Children
Three Sisters
The Mousetrap *
Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike
Dancing at Lughnasa
The Miracle Worker
Diary of Anne Frank, dramatized by Frances Goodrich and Albert
Hackett
A Raisin in the Sun
A Doll’s House (in Four Major Plays)
The Normal Heart
Angels in America
August: Osage County
Death of a Salesman
Hamlet
Outside Mullingar
Pygmalion
Biloxi Blues
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead
Our Town
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy*
Watership Down
Foundation*
Oryx and Crake*
All the Windwracked Stars
The Stars My Destination (in American Science Fiction: Five Classic
Novels)
The Sword of Shannara*
Kindred
Rendezvous With Rama
Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell
Makers
American Gods*
Good Omens *
The Princess Bride
The Eyre Affair
Perelandra
Station Eleven*
SF / PB Martin
FIC Matheson
SF McDevitt
FIC Mieville
SF Miller
SF Pratchett
SF Robinson
SF Russell
SF Scalzi
SF Vinge
SF Walton
SF Wolfe
SF Yu
SF Zelazny
Martin, George R.R.
Matheson, Richard
McDevitt, Jack
Miéville, China
Miller, Walter
Pratchett, Terry
Robinson, Kim Stanley
Russell, Mary Doria
Scalzi, John
Vinge, Vernor
Walton, Jo
Wolfe, Gene
Yu, Charles
Zelazny, Robert
A Game of Thrones*
Somewhere in Time
Time Travelers Never Die
The City & the City
Canticle for Leibowitz
Light Fantastic or other Discworld novel
Galileo’s Dream
The Sparrow
Redshirts*
Rainbows End
Among Others
Pirate Freedom
How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe*
Nine Princes in Amber (in Great Book of Amber)
ESCAPE: Travel
910.4 Better
916.762 Dinesen
957 Frazier
B Fuller
995 Hoffman
Dinesen, Isak
Frazier, Ian
Fuller, Alexandra
Hoffman, Carl
FIC Kerouac
796.522 Krakauer
598.32 Matthiessen
944.9 Mayle
635.9344 Orlean
FIC Proulx
B Stafford
Kerouac, Jack
Krakauer, Jon
Matthiessen, Peter
Mayle, Peter
Orlean, Susan
Proulx, Annie
Stafford, Ed
B Strayed
915.044 Theroux
FIC Tyler
B Wisner
Strayed, Cheryl
Theroux, Paul
Tyler, Anne
Wisner, Franz
Better than Fiction: True Travel Tales from Great Fiction Writers
Out of Africa
Travels in Siberia
Cocktail Hour under the Tree of Forgetfulness
Savage Harvest: A Tale of Cannibals, Colonialism, and Michael
Rockefeller’s Tragic Quest
On the Road
Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster*
The Birds of Heaven: Travels with Cranes
A Year in Provence
The Orchid Thief
The Shipping News
Walking the Amazon: 860 Days. The Impossible Task. The Incredible
Journey.
Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail*
Ghost Train to the Eastern Star: on the Tracks of the Great Railway
Accidental Tourist
Honeymoon with my Brother: a Memoir
ESCAPE: Free Choice – You get one book of your choosing.
6