Required Reading

How it Works

Select two themed groups for which you would like to read:
One for the morning session, and one for the afternoon session
Each group has a list of five books
Some titles can be found on audio books
Please read all of the books in your discussion group, this will enhance the quality of the discussion groups.
Print version

Reading List, Books for the Beast 2019

That’s Life

Life L1k3 by Jay Kristoff
Tash Hearts Tolstoy by Kathryn Ormsbee
And The Ocean Was Our Sky by Patrick Ness
A Blade So Black by L.L. McKinney
Hey, Kiddo by Jarrett Krosoczka

Stand Up

The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo *
Orphan Monster Spy by Matt Killeen
Dread Nation by Justina Ireland
Dry by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
Sadie by Courtney Summers

On the Road

The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue by Mackenzi Lee
Darius the Great is Not Okay by Adib Khorram
What I Leave Behind by Alison McGhee
American Road Trip by Patrick Flores-Scott
The Girl Who Drew Butterflies by Joyce Sidman

Into You

This is Kind of an Epic Love Story by Kacen Callender
From Twinkle, With Love by Sandhya Menon
Odd One Out by Nic Stone
Meet Cute by various authors
The Prince and the Dressmaker by Jen Wang

Let Me Be

I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter by Erika Sánchez
You Bring the Distant Near by Mitali Perkins
Pride by Ibi Zoboi
Check, Please!: #Hockey by Ngozi Ukazu
American Panda by Gloria Chao

Stronger

Black Wings Beating by Alex London**
Monday’s Not Coming by Tiffany Jackson
Be Prepared by Vera Brosgol
The 57 Bus by Dashka Slater
Truly Devious by Maureen Johnson

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