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Utopias

From the Pigeon Post essay of February 1, 2009, of the same name.

This book list is divided into three sections:
(1) Picture Books
(2) Books for Independent Readers
(3) Young Adults

The list begins below with Picture Books, but you can use the following link to skip directly to the Independent Readers or the Young Adults sections.
Go to books for Independent Readers
Go to books for Young Adults


Picture Books

Hey, Al by Arthur Yorinks and illustrated by Richard Egielski Highly Recommended


Independent Reader

The Wonderful World of Oz by L. Frank Baum Highly Recommended
Twenty-One Balloons by William Pene Du Bois Highly Recommended
Lord of the Flies by William Golding Highly Recommended
Brave New World and Brave New World Revisited by Aldous Huxley Highly Recommended
1984 by George Orwell Highly Recommended
Animal Farm by George Orwell Highly Recommended
Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift Recommended
Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien Highly Recommended
The Time Machine by H. G. Wells Highly Recommended
King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table by Roger Lancelyn Green and illustrated by Aubrey Beardsley Highly Recommended
Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift and illustrated by Scott McKowen Recommended
The Swiss Family Robinson by Johann David Wyss and illustrated by Louis John Rhead Recommended


Young Adult

The Restaurant at the End of the Universe by Douglas Adams Highly Recommended
The Mysterious Island by Jules Verne and illustrated by N.C. Wyeth Highly Recvommended
Lost Horizon by James Hilton Recommended
The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli Recommended
Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand Recommended
Four Plays by Aristophanes by Aristophanes and translated by William Arrowsmith Suggested
The City of God by Saint Augustine and translated by Marcus Dods Suggested
Erewhon by Samuel Butler Suggested
Ecotopia by Ernest Callenbach Suggested
Island by Aldous Huxley Suggested
The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin Suggested
Utopia by Thomas More Suggested
News from Nowhere and Other Writings by William Morris Suggested
The Republic of Plato by Plato and translated by Allan David Bloom Suggested
Ten Days That Shook the World by John Reed Suggested

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