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- Weird Books for Weird Boys Jackson Hyde Weird Librarian Lowville Academy
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- What works at my library: Rating system (separates books by intended audience) Red - R : 6th grade and up Yellow - Y : YA, 8th/9th grade and up Green - G : Upper high school Complementary English department (specifically requests adult titles) High readership (If You Build It, They Will Come)
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- What kinds of books am I talking about? Zombies Horror Books not in the mainstream A few forgotten favorites Books for senior boys who hate reading Books a 31-year-old male librarian would like
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- Zombies
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- The Reapers Are the Angels by Alden Bell G
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- Zone One by Colson Whitehead G
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- World War Z by Max Brooks Y/G
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- Boneshaker by Cherie Priest Y
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- Cell by Stephen King G
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- This Dark Earth by John Hornor Jacobs Y/G
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- Feed by Mira Grant (Newsflesh Trilogy) Y/G
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- Ex-Heroes by Peter Clines (also Ex-Patriots, Ex- Communication) G
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- The Return Man by V.M. Zito G
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- Fantasy/Sci-Fi
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- Ready Player One by Ernest Cline Y
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- You by Austin Grossman ?
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- The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss (also The Wise Mans Fear) Y/G
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- The Magicians by Lev Grossman Y/G
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- Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman Y
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- The Black Company by Glen Cook Y/G
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- A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin (A Song of Fire and Ice series) G
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- Epic by Conor Kostick (also Saga and Edda) R/Y
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- Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke Y/G
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- Titus Groan and Gormenghas t by Mervyn Peake Y/G
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- The City and the City by China Mieville G
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- Perdido Street Station by China Mieville G
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- Advent by James Treadwell Y
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- The Office of Mercy by Ariel Djanikan G
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- Hero by Perry Moore Y
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- Theft of Swords by Michael J. Sullivan (Riyria Revelations, Book 1) Y
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- Starship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein Y/G
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- Dune by Frank Herbert G
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- Soon I Will Be Invincible by Austin Grossman Y/G G
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- Horror
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- The Six Gun Tarot by R. S. Belcher Y/G
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- The Devil You Know by Mike Carey G
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- Sandman Slim by Richard Kadrey G
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- Johannes Cabal: The Necromance r by Jonathan Howard G
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- The Dante Club by Matthew Pearl G
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- H.P. Lovecraft Y/G
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- Last Days by Adam Nevill G
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- The Ritual by Adam Nevill G
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- Heart- Shaped Box by Joe Hill G
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- Child 44 by Tom Rob Smith G
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- Those Across the River by Christopher Buehlman G
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- 13 Bullets by David Wellington Y/G
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- Your House is on Fire, Your Children All Gone by Stefan Kiesbye G
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- The Vanishing of Katharina Linden by Helen Grant Y/G
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- Cabinet of Curiosities by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child Y/G
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- Still Life with Crows by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child Y/G
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- Something Red by Douglas Nicholas Y/G
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- Blockade Billy by Stephen King G
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- Post-Apocalyptic
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- After London by Richard Jeffries Y
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- Alas,Babylon by Pat Frank Y/G
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- The Children of Men by PD James G
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- The Dog Stars by Peter Heller G
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- The Road by Cormac McCarthy G
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- Robopocalyps e by Daniel H. Wilson Y/G
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- Wool by Hugh Howey G
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- Earth Abides by George R. Stewart G
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- The Passage by Justin Cronin G
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- On the Beach by Nevil Shute G
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- I Am Legend by Richard Matheson G
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- Far North by Marcel Theroux Y/G
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- Realistic Fiction
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- Mr. Penumbras 24-Hour Booksore by Robin Sloan Y/G
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- The Boy Who Couldnt Sleep and Never Had To by DC Pierson Y/G
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- City of Thieves by David Benioff G
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- Carter Finally Gets It by Brent Crawford Y
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- I Love You, Beth Cooper by Larry Doyle G
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- True Grit by Charles Portis Y/G
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- The Sisters Brothers by Patrick Dewitt G
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- Deadwood by Pete Dexter G
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- Night Soldiers by Alan Furst G
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- The Starboard Sea by Amber Dermont Y/G
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- The Family Fang by Kevin Wilson G
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- Blind Sight by Meg Howrey Y/G
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- An Abundance of Katherines by John Green Y
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- No Country For Old Men by Cormac McCarthy G
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- The Rook by Daniel OMalley G
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- Empire of the Sun by J.G. Ballard Y/G
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- The Brief Wondrous LIfe of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz G
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- Skippy Dies by Paul Murray G
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- The Art of Fielding by Chad Harbach G
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- A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole G
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- Billy Lynns Long Halftime Walk by Ben Fountain G
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- Sons of the 613 by Mike Rubens Y
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- Then We Came to the End by Joshua Ferris G
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- Nickel Plated by Aric Davis Y
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- Elliot Allagash by Simon Rich Y
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- The Wettest County in the World by Matt Bondurant G
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- The Pleasure of My Company by Steve Martin G
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- Winters Bone by Daniel Woodrell Y
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