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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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