Check these out: one librarian's catalog of the 200 coolest, best, and most important books you'll ever read

Description

American't dream : stories about trying, and failing, to get ahead in America -- The audiophile's audio file : audiobooks to get you through any situation -- Daisy Dukes : short story collections that will actually make you like short stories -- The graphic self : graphic memoirs & biographies that will leave their mark -- Meta textuals : books about books, libraries, book shops, and book nerds -- My family is weirder than yours : fiction and non-fiction about totally dysfunctional families -- Peculiarly true : crazy true stories you just can't make up -- Reel good books : books-into-movies that won't make you gag -- Southern discomfort : spooky reads set in the American south -- Tales of woe, tales of whoa : tearjerkers that will make you snot all over the place -- Too cool for school : titles your high school english teacher should've assigned or maybe did but you were skipping class that week -- Tricksters, fakers, and cheats, oh my! : books about con artists and the people they scam -- Very truly yours : books written in the form of letters, email, diary entries, and more -- What not to read while drinking milk : humorous fiction, memoirs, and essays that will make milk squirt from your nose -- YA for the not so YA : young adult books that everyone will dig -- Appendix. Master checklist.;"A collection of must-read books as recommended by a librarian"--