Adult Reading Challenge Suggested Titles
April 2026: Great American Reads
 
Welcome to the 2026 Adult Reading Challenge! April's theme asks you to read books from PBS Great American Read or The Atlantic’s Great American Novels lists. For more inspiration, stop by and visit our book displays. Happy Reading!
 
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To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois by Honoree Fanonne Jeffers
One hundred years of solitude by Gabriel Garcâia Mâarquez
Fates and Furies by Lauren Groff
A Separate Peace by John Knowles
Housekeeping: A Novel (Fortieth Anniversary Edition) by Marilynne Robinson
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon
The Hunt for Red October by Tom Clancy
The Old Drift by Namwali Serpell
A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving
The Godfather by Mario Puzo
How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents by Julia Alvarez
Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
Nothing to See Here by Kevin Wilson
Tales of the City by Armistead Maupin
Shipping News by Annie Proulx
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