The ShelfAugust 2026
The Things They Carried
Tim O'Brien
Linked stories about what men haul around, and about the difference between what happened and what is true.
Page count pending.
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The Kitchen TableAugust 2026
Holes
Louis Sachar
Ages 8 to 12
Three stories a hundred years apart that click together in the last fifty pages.
Page count pending.
The ShelfJuly 2026
Endurance
Alfred Lansing
Shackleton loses the ship and saves every man. The best book about leadership that never uses the word.
Page count pending.
The Kitchen TableJuly 2026
The Wild Robot
Peter Brown
Ages 8 to 12
A robot washes up on an island and learns to be a parent. Short chapters, big questions.
Page count pending.
The ShelfJune 2026
The Road
Cormac McCarthy
The starkest father-and-son book there is. Short, heavy, unforgettable.
Page count pending.
The Kitchen TableJune 2026
The Outsiders
S. E. Hinton
Teens
Written by a teenager, still the book that gets a teenager talking about loyalty and class.
Page count pending.
The ShelfMay 2026
Shoe Dog
Phil Knight
A memoir about betting the house that is honest about the bill the family paid.
Page count pending.
The Kitchen TableMay 2026
Hatchet
Gary Paulsen
Ages 8 to 12
A boy, a crash, a hatchet: the read-together that makes an 8 to 12 ask for one more chapter.
Page count pending.
The ShelfApril 2026
The Boys in the Boat
Daniel James Brown
A sports story that lands as a book about work, fathers, and being carried by a team.
Page count pending.
The Kitchen TableApril 2026
Charlotte's Web
E. B. White
Ages 4 to 7
The read-aloud that teaches friendship and loss gently enough for bedtime.
Page count pending.
Last updated 19 August 2026.
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