October 1999
Back to Curriculum Book Lists
Back to Main Library This list presents outstanding American authors who have published works since
1970. Even though only one example of each author's work is listed, there are generally more books
by the author in the library. Books that are recommended by the American Library Association in the pamphlet:
Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners are noted with the letters ALA.
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Adams, Alice |
Families and Survivors |
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Beattie, Ann |
Chilly Scenes of Winter |
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Buckley, Christopher |
Thank You For Smoking |
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Card, Orson Scott |
Ender's Game |
ALA |
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Cisneros, Sandra |
The House on Mango Street |
ALA |
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Dobyns, Stephen |
Church of the Dead Girls |
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Erdrich, Louise |
The Beet Queen |
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Gardner, John |
Grendel |
ALA |
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Godwin, Gail |
The Finishing School |
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Golden, Arthur |
Memoirs of a Geisha |
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Guterson, David |
Snow Falling on Cedars |
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LeGuin, Ursula |
The Left Hand of Darkness |
ALA |
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Mason, Bobbi Ann |
In Country |
ALA |
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McKinley, Robin |
Beauty |
ALA |
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Mori, Kyoko |
Shizuko's Daughter |
ALA |
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Oates, Joyce |
Black Water |
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O'Brien, Tim |
The Things They Carried |
ALA |
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Ozick, Cynthia |
The Shawl |
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Pirsig, Robert |
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance |
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Proulx, Annie |
The Shipping News |
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Stone, Robert |
A Flag for Sunrise |
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Tyler, Anne |
The Accidental Tourist |
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Uchida, Yoshiko |
Picture Bride |
ALA |
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Updike, John |
The Witches of Eastwick |
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Vonnegut, Kurt |
Cat's Cradle |
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Yolen, Jane |
Briar Rose |
ALA |