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Spirit of Texas (SPOT) Reading List

Produces annual lists to encourage a greater understanding of what it means to be a Texan, and to develop an appreciation for the literary works of and about Texas and Texans.

Spirit of Texas (SPOT)

Reading Lists

2012-2019

2012-2019

  • Texas Gothic by Rosemary Clement-Moore

  • Right Behind You by Gail Giles

  • Born at Midnight by C. C. Hunter

  • Tantalize by Cynthia Leitich-Smith

  • What Can't Wait by Ashley Hope Perez

  • How Not to Be Popular by Jennifer Zeigler

  • Through Her Eyes by Jennifer Archer

  • Can I See Your ID? by Chris Barton

  • Bootleg : Murder, Moonshine, and the Lawless Years of Prohibition by Karen Blumenthal

  • Deep in the Heart of High School by Veronica Goldbach

  • Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld

  • Windows on the World by Andrea White

  • Diviners by Bray Libba

  • Assassin's Curse (Assasin's Curse #1) by Cassandra Clarke

  • Skinny by Donna Conner

  • Splintered by A. G. Howard

  • Silence of Our Friends by Mark Long

  • Aristotle and Dante Discover Secrets of the Universe by Ben Saenz

  • Joshua Dread by Lee Bacon

  • Summer and Bird by Katherine Catmull

  • Alien Investigation : Searching for the Truth about UFOs and Aliens by Kelly Milner Halls

  • The Fire Horse Girl by Kay Honeyman

  • We've Got a Job : the 1963 Birmingham Children's March by Cynthia Levinson

  • Matthew Meets the Man by Travis Nichols

  • Prince of Shadows by Rachel Caine

  • Big Fat Disaster by Beth Felbaum

  • The Truth About Alice by Jennifer Mathieu

  • Summer of the Mariposas by Guadalupe Garcia McCall

  • The Burning Sky by Sherry Thomas

  • Rebel by Amy Tintera

  • Reboot by Amy Tintera

  • Abby Spencer Goes to Bollywood by Varsha Bajaj

  • The Odd Squad by Michael Fry

  • Sure Signs of Crazy & Courage for Beginners by Karen Harrington

  • Courage for Beginners by Karen Harrington

  • Tut : the Story of My Immortal Life by P. J. Hoover

  • The Great Green Heist by Varian Johnson

  • Popular : Vintage Wisdom for a Modern Greek by Maya Van Wegenen

  • Doomed by Tracy Deebs

  • The Young Elites by Marie Lu

  • Dumplin' by Julie Murphy

  • Out of Darkness by Ashley Perez

  • Kissing in America by Margo Rabb

  • Illegal by Bettina Restrepo

  • How Lamar's Bad Prank Won a Bubba-Sized Trophy by Crystal Allen

  • The Laura Line by Crystal Allen

  • The School for Unusual Girls by Kathleen Baldwin

  • Connect the Stars by Maria de los Santos

  • House Arrest by K. A. Holt

  • Nightingale's Nest / The Sinister Sweetness of Splendid Academy / Wish Girl by Nikki Loftin

  • The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind by William Kamkwamba and Brian Mealer


  • Can't Look Away by Donna Cooner

  • Shattered Souls / Fragile Spirits by Mary Lindsey

  • Draw the Line by Laurent Linn

  • A Fierce and Subtle Poison by Samantha Mabry

  • Lucky Few by Kathryn Ormsbee

  • Rebel Mechanics by Shanna Swendson

  • The Charmed Children of Rookskill Castle by Janet Fox

  • Randoms by David Liss

  • This Side of Wild by Gary Paulsen

  • Eleven by Tom Rogers

  • Fire & Flood / Salt & Stone by Victoria Scott

  • Falling Over Sideways

  • Curveball : the Year I Lost My Grip by Jordan Sonnenblick

  • Until I Break by Kara Bietz

  • Piper Perish by Kayla Cagan

  • Interference by Kay Honeyman

  • Moxie by Jennifer Mathieu

  • A List of Cages by Robin Roe

  • Disappeared by Francisco X. Stork

  • Wishtree by Katherine Applegate

  • Abrakapow by Isaiah Campbell

  • The Great Hibernation by Tara Dairman

  • Blooming at the Texas Sunrise Motel by Kimberly Willis Holt

  • Revenge of the Star Survivors by Michael Merschel

  • Evangelina Takes Flight by Diana Noble

  • Devils Unto Dust by Emma Berquist

  • The Love Letters of Abelard and Lily by Laura Creedle

  • Follow Me Back by A. V. Geiger

  • This Heart of Mine by C. C. Hunter

  • Dare Mighty Things by Heath Kaczynski

  • Wait for Me by Caroline Leech

  • In Another Time by Caroline Leech

  • I Love You, Michael Collins by Lauren Baratz-Logsted

  • Bonnie and Clyde : the Making of a Legend by Karen Blumenthal

  • Me, Frida and the Secret of the Peacock Ring by Angela Cervantes

  • Finding Esme by Suzanne Crowley

  • The Parker Inheritance by Varian Johnson

  • Lone Stars by Mike Lupica

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