Ernest Hemingway’s THE NICK ADAMS STORIES; a serviceman in the Red Cross Ambulance Corps of World War I comes of age.

John Knowles’ A SEPARATE PEACE; two boys form an intense friendship at a New England boarding school.

Perle Mesta’s PERLE: MY STORY; socialite; activist; and Harry Truman’s Ambassador to Luxembourg, she was the Hostess with the Mostest.

Fyodor Dostoevsky’s CRIME AND PUNISHMENT; an impoverished student commits two murders and confesses.

Adrien Stratenburg’s and Laura Nelson Baker’s DEAR, DEAR LIVY; a biography of Olivia Langdon Clemens; Mark Twain’s wife.