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S.No. Book Word Information Title & Author
1 1984 125 vocabulary words 1984 by George Orwell
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S.No. Book Word Information Title & Author
1 A Christmas Carol 17 vocabulary words - thanks Ann Lehman (PA) A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens in 1843
2 A Day No Pigs Would Die 43 vocabulary words - thanks C. Candida (CA) A Day No Pigs Would Die by Robert Peck
3 A Man Without a Country 140 vocabulary words A Man Without a Country by Kurt Vonnegut
4 A Passage to India 111 vocabulary words - thanks to CC (NJ) A Passage to India by E.M. Forster
5 A Prayer for Owen Meany 211 vocabulary words A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving
6 A Raisin in the Sun 52 vocabulary words and page numbers - thanks to J. Brossard (WI) and BB (IL) A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry
7 A Separate Peace 73 vocabulary words with a Fill-in-Blanks worksheet A Separate Peace by John Knowles
8 A Solitary Blue 18 vocabulary words - thanks J. Woodnal (MA) A Solitary Blue by Cynthia Voigt
9 A Streetcar Named Desire 57 vocabulary words - thanks J. Woodnal (MA) A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams
10 A Summons to Memphis 40 vocabulary words A Summons to Memphis by Peter Taylor
11 A Tale of Two Cities 53 vocabulary words, definitions and more! - thanks N. Bodziak (NY) A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
12 A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 95 vocabulary words A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
13 Absolutely Normal Chaos 143 vocabulary words Absolutely Normal Chaos by Sharon Creech
14 All Quiet on the Western Front 141 vocabulary words All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque
15 Angela's Ashes 124 vocabulary words Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt
16 Animal Farm 75 words and a Fill-in-the-blank worksheet Animal Farm by George Orwell
17 Anne Frank, the Diary of a Young Girl 107 vocabulary words Diary of Anne Frank
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1 Beowulf 95 vocabulary words Beowulf, a verse translation by Michael Alexander
2 Black Boy 56 vocabulary words - thanks C. Hopkins (VA) Black Boy by Richard Wright
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1 Call of the Wild 100 vocabulary words with a Fill-in-the-blank worksheet Call of the Wild by Jack London
2 Candide 18 vocabulary words and page numbers - thanks J. Woodnal (MA) Candide by Voltaire
3 Canterbury Tales 155 vocabulary words Canterbury Tales by Chaucer
4 Catcher in the Rye 98 vocabulary words, a Fill-in-The-Blanks worksheet and another vocabulary list with word definitions The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger.
5 Chasing Vermeer 49 vocabulary words - thanks M. Welker (IN) Chasing Vermeer by Blue Balliet
6 Cold Mountain 142 vocabulary words Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier
7 Cold Sassy Tree 87 vocabulary words Cold Sassy Tree by Olive Ann Burns
8 Cry, The Beloved Country 116 vocabulary words Cry, The Beloved Country by Alan Paton
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1 Da Vinci Code 171 vocabulary words and some French translation Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
2 David Copperfield 114 vocabulary words David Copperfield by Charles Dickens
3 Death of a Salesman 15 vocabulary words - thanks K. Holderman (CA) Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller
4 Dogs Don't Tell Jokes 50 vocabulary words Dogs Don't Tell Jokes by Louis Sachar
5 Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde 189 vocabulary words - thanks L. Smith (SC) The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
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1 Emma 123 vocabulary words Emma by Jane Austen
2 Ethan Frome 109 vocabulary words Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton
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1 Fahrenheit 451 68 vocabulary words and a Fill-in-the-Blanks worksheet Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
2 Firestorm (The Caretaker Trilogy: Book 1) 111 vocabulary words with pages numbered-thanks Connie Brasier (FL) Firestorm by David Klass
3 Frankenstein 150 vocabulary words Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
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1 Gifted Hands 89 vocabulary words with pages numbered Gifted Hands by Ben Carson
2 Great Expectations 189 vocabulary words - thanks J. Minnis & G. Starkey (CA) Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
3 Guests 59 vocabulary words Guests by Michael Dorris
4 Gulliver's Travels 277 vocabulary words Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift
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1 Hard Times 112 vocabulary words, many with definitions - thanks to an anonymous teacher Hard Times by Charles Dickens
2 Harry Potter and The Order of the Phoenix 130 vocabulary words Harry Potter and The Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling
3 Harry Potter and The Sorcerer's Stone 160 vocabulary words and possible wizard activities Harry Potter and The Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling
4 Holes 61 vocabulary words Holes by Louis Sacher
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1 I Heard The Owl Call My Name 123 vocabulary words I Heard The Owl Call My Name by Margaret Craven
2 I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings 150 vocabulary words I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
3 Into The Wild 115 vocabulary words Into The Wild by Jon Krakauer
4 Into Thin Air 214 vocabulary words Into Thin Air written by Jon Krakauer
5 Invisible Man 157 vocabulary words Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
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1 Jane Eyre 217 vocabulary words Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
2 Johnny Got His Gun 55 vocabulary words and questions - thanks J. Levenson (NJ) Johnny Got His Gun by Dalton Trumbo
3 Johnny Tremain 165 vocabulary words Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes
4 Julius Caesar 84 vocabulary words - thanks C. Worth (TX) Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare
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1 Kidnapped 83 vocabulary words Kidnapped by Robert Lewis Stevenson
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1 Life of Pi 98 vocabulary words - thanks K. Penna (NY) Life of Pi by Yann Martel
2 Lonesome Dove 135 vocabulary words Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry
3 Lord Jim 271 vocabulary words & French translations Lord Jim by Joseph Conrad
4 Lord of the Flies 108 vocabulary words & a Fill-in-the-blanks worksheet Lord of the Flies by William Golding
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1 Macbeth 92 vocabulary words Macbeth by William Shakespeare
2 Maggie's American Dream 79 vocabulary words Maggie's American Dream by James P. Comer
3 Moby Dick 150 vocabulary words Moby Dick by Herman Melville
4 Mrs. Dalloway 16 vocabulary words - thanks J. Woodnal (MA) Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf
5 Much Ado About Nothing 55 vocabulary words with definitions - thanks E. Lewis (UT) Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare
6 Mythology 71 vocabulary words - thanks J. Woodnal (MA) Mythology by Edith Hamilton
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1 Night 33 vocabulary words - thanks M. J. Sacha Night by Ellie Wiesel
2 Nineteen Eighty-Four - 1984 125 vocabulary words 1984 by George Orwell
3 No-No Boy 59 vocabulary words - thanks S. Green (NY) No-No Boy by John Okada
4 Not Without My Daughter Hundreds of vocabulary words - thanks S. Green (NY) Not Without My Daughter by Betty Mahmoody and William Hoffer
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1 Oedipus the King 18 vocabulary words - thanks J. Woodnal (MA) Oedipus the King by Sophocles
2 Of Human Bondage 188 vocabulary words Of Human Bondage by W. Somerset Maugham
3 Of Mice and Men 45 vocabulary words with Fill-in-the-blanks worksheet Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
4 Oil! 344 vocabulary words and discussion ideas Oil! by Upton Sinclair
5 Old Yeller 67 vocabulary words Old Yeller by Fred Gipson
6 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest 78 vocabulary words & definitions - thanks B. Budd (MA) One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey
7 Our Town 45 vocabulary words Our Town by Thornton Wilder
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1 Phantom of the Opera 116 vocabulary words - thanks K. Goldy (KS) Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux
2 Pigs in Heaven 72 vocabulary words Pigs In Heaven by Barbara Kingsolver
3 Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man 91 challenging vocabulary words - thanks J. Watson (CA) Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce
4 Pride and Prejudice 137 vocabulary words with a Fill-in-the-blanks worksheet Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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1 Rebecca 101 vocabulary words - thanks M. Touet (MA) Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier
2 Red Badge of Courage 154 vocabulary words The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane
3 Robinson Crusoe 242 vocabulary words - thanks Roberta Bryant Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe
4 Romeo and Juliet 35+22 vocabulary words - thanks J. Nardiello (NJ) & F. Rupert (KS) Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
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1 Slaughterhouse Five 336 vocabulary words - thanks C. Ivey (UT) Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
2 Snow Falling in Spring: Coming of Age in China 170 vocabulary words - thanks to a teacher contributor and friend (CA) Snow Falling in Spring: Coming of Age in China by Moying Li
3 Something Wicked This Way Comes 147 vocabulary words Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury
4 Stolen Lives 18 vocabulary words - thanks J. Woodnal (MA) Stolen Lives by Malika Oufkir and Michele Fitoussi
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1 The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn 67 vocabulary words and a Fill-in-the-blanks worksheet - thanks to Eddington, Camperell & Jones The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
2 The Alchemist 40 vocabulary words The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
3 The Awakening 113 vocabulary words and French translations The Awakening by Kate Chopin
4 The Bean Trees 42 vocabulary words The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver
5 The Chocolate Wars 538 vocabulary words (!!!) - thanks to C. Ivey (UT) The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier
6 The Crucible 48 vocabulary words with a Fill-in-the-blanks worksheet The Crucible by Arthur Miller
7 The Diary of Anne Frank 107 vocabulary words with a Fill-in-the-blank worksheet The Diary of Anne Frank
8 The Double Helix 163 vocabulary words The Double Helix by James D Watson
9 The Glass Menagerie 105 vocabulary words The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams
10 The Grapes of Wrath 88 vocabulary words The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
11 The Great Gatsby 31 vocabulary words and a Fill-in-the-blanks worksheet - thanks K. Marcus (CA) The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
12 The House of the Spirits 218 vocabulary words The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende
13 The House on Mango Street 26 vocabulary words with a Fill-in-the-blanks worksheet The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros
14 The Human Comedy 57 vocabulary words - thanks C. Mosmeyer (TX) The Human Comedy by William Saroyan
15 The Joy Luck Club 75 vocabulary words The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan
16 The Killer Angels 90 vocabulary words, definitions & parts of speech - thanks R. Mahoney (AZ) The Killer Angels by Michael Shaara
17 The Kite Runner 78 vocabulary words and a Fill-in-the-blanks worksheet The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
18 The Legend of Sleepy Hollow 103 vocabulary words - thanks Roberta Bryant The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving
19 The Lion in Winter 18 vocabulary words - thanks J. Woodnal (MA) The Lion in Winter by James Goldman
20 The Mayor of Casterbridge 63 vocabulary words, definitions and a sentence-thanks P. Kalkstein The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy
21 The Miracle Worker 85 vocabulary words The Miracle Worker: William Gibson
22 The Once and Future King 201 vocabulary words The Once and Future King written by T.H.White
23 The Outsiders 29 vocabulary word, definitions and a Fill-in-the-blanks worksheet- thanks to A. Herbst (FL) The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
24 The Pearl 64 vocabulary words - thanks C. Candida (CA) The Pearl by John Steinbeck
25 The Prince and the Pauper 185 vocabulary words - thanks W. Cope (VA) The Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain
26 The Red Pony 64 vocabulary words-thanks C.Candida (CA) The Red Pony by John Steinbeck
27 The Scarlet Letter 65 vocabulary words, part of speech and Fill-in-the-blanks worksheet - thanks R. Kubiak (CA) The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
28 The Secret Life of Bees 38 vocabulary words & discussion ideas The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
29 The Secret Life of Walter Mitty 18 vocabulary words - thanks B. Billingsly The Secret Life of Walter Mitty by James Thurber
30 The Street 20 vocabulary words with page numbers - thanks C. Hopkins (VA) The Street by Ann Petry
31 The Sun Also Rises 52 vocabulary words The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway
32 The Taming of the Shrew 68 vocabulary words The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare
33 The Things They Carried 109 vocabulary words The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien
34 The War of the Worlds 151 vocabulary words The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells
35 Their Eyes Were Watching God 117 vocabulary words Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
36 To Kill a Mockingbird 99 vocabulary words and a Fill-in-the-blanks worksheet - thanks K. Shelton (NC) To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
37 Tom Sawyer 217 vocabulary words & definitions - thanks L. Smith (SC) The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
38 Treasure Island 174 vocabulary words - thanks J. Bigelow (CT) Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
39 Tuck Everlasting 26 vocabulary words, most with definitions - thanks Renee Dye (VA) Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt
40 Tuesdays with Morrie 59 vocabulary words and page numbers - thanks S. Green (NY) Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom
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1 Ulysses 331 very challenging vocabulary words - thanks J. Watson (CA) Ulysses by James Joyce
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1 Warriors Don't Cry 92 vocabulary words - thanks S. Green (NY) Warriors Don't Cry by Melba Pattillo Beals
2 When I Was Puerto Rican 49 vocabulary words with page numbers - thanks R. Rabinowitz (NJ) When I Was Puerto Rican by Esmeralda Santiago
3 White Fang 131 vocabulary words White Fang by Jack London
4 Winter Dreams 28 vocabulary words - thanks C. Nagourney (NJ) Winter Dreams by F. Scott Fitzgerald
5 Wuthering Heights 168 vocabulary words Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
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