Adult Reading Challenge Suggested Titles
December 2025: Staff Picks
 
Love & War turns 250! This month's theme asks you to read books written by or about Jane Austen and/or books about the American Revolution.  Find some of our suggestions below. For more inspiration, stop by and visit our book displays. Happy Reading!
 
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Sense and Sensibility: Introduction by Peter Conrad by Jane Austen
A Perfect Frenzy: A Royal Governor, His Black Allies, and the Crisis That Spurred the American Revolution by Andrew Lawler
Emma: (Jane Austen Classics Collection) by Jane Austen
The Ride: Paul Revere and the Night That Saved America by Kostya Kennedy
The American Revolution and the Fate of the World by Richard Bell
Persuasion: A Norton Critical Edition by Jane Austen
Rise to Rebellion: A Novel of the American Revolution by Jeff Shaara
Mansfield Park Timeless Classics by Jane Austen
Pride & Prejudice: Deluxe Edition by Jane Austen
The Great Contradiction: The Tragic Side of the American Founding by Joseph J. Ellis
Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen
We the People: A History of the U.S. Constitution by Jill Lepore
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