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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nTom Jones<\/em> by Henry Fielding<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cTom Jones<\/em> is a humorous novel written in the 1700s. It\u2019s about an illegitimate son of a servant who is adopted by a squire. Everyone is convinced he is the legitimate son of the squire. Jones falls in love with his virtuous neighbor, Sarah. He goes on a variety of adventures that show the contrast between his naive nature, the virtue of Sarah, and the evil of his half brother. It\u2019s my favorite book because everytime I read it, I get something new out of it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Mrs. Shafer<\/p>\n\n\n\n Invisible Man<\/em> by Ralph Ellison<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI read it sophomore year in high school and it really opened my eyes to a whole new world. My teacher let me keep it, even though it was the school\u2019s copy, and I still have it to this day! I\u2019m actually going to reread it again after I finish Mad Honey<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ms. McLaughlin Raise High the Roofbeam, Carpenters<\/em> and Seymour: An Introduction<\/em> by J.D. Salinger<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWhy is it my favorite? I guess because it\u2019s interesting. Like most high school kids, I was assigned The Catcher in the Rye<\/em>, and from there I became interested in the guy who invented Holden Caulfield. Salinger was a brilliant and eccentric man; he lived almost all his life as a recluse, and refused to let his works be commercialized or reinvented in any way\u2014to the point where every single book cover was exactly the same. No art\u2014nothing. He was intensely private, and he didn\u2019t churn out a ton of work\u2026but the work he did put out is so captivating. Much of it is about a family he imagined, the Glass family. If you\u2019ve read \u201cA Perfect Day for Bananafish,\u201d then you already know the fate of Seymour Glass. But the books are quirky and playful and also smart and illuminating. It\u2019s not the kind of book I\u2019d ever want to teach, but one that I\u2019d highly recommend.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Mr. Chace The Remains of the Day<\/em> by Kazuo Ishiguro <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"![](\"https:\/\/lh6.googleusercontent.com\/M8kHaDgEZg5e2KyIGg5kh-tP-qmYjKubW7z0YiUP7T3V50E57FGiVNeO65iUALk-B6xLixA1JkioUlTZiLvli1zSGi1OnamdPxvGI6_krdq07wpQ6jQ_x6earjhuubnLelTdoDNVOSoku9l7Pja_nMM\")
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\u201cAs I tell my Love Gone Wrong class every year (we read the book in this class), The Remains of the Day <\/em>by Kazuo Ishiguro is my favorite book of all time. The writing is beautiful, subtle, haunting, and heartbreaking, and the story revolves around memory and missed opportunities, either due to personality clashes, conflicts between personal and professional lives, or societal constraints. The idea that two people who clearly love each other can never make it work, can never even fully express their love, and can\u2019t ever change their past is devastating, and I guess I would much rather be devastated by art and literature. As a result, Ishiguro has also become my favorite author.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n