Books for Your Assignment at the GCC Library
Comprehensive List of Texts
This is a comprehensive list of texts you can read for this assignment. The GCC Library does not necessarily own these titles, but you can find many of them at your local public library system. These include Glendale Public Library, Burbank Public Library, Pasadena Public Library, Los Angeles (City) Public Library, and Los Angeles County Public Library. If you have a GCC student ID card, you are also able to borrow books from the Pasadena City College and California State University, Los Angeles, libraries.
- Alderman, Naomi. The Power.
- Carter, Angela. Bloody Chamber.
- Islam, Tanwi N. Bright Lights.
- Koontz, Dean. Intensity.
- Lebbon, Tim, The Silence.
- Mahmoody, Betty. Not Without My Daughter.
- Ling, Laura and Lisa Ling. Somewhere Inside: One Sister's Captivity in North Korea and the Other's Fight to Bring Her Home.
- Peck, Richard. Are You in the House Alone?
- Kilborn, Jack. Afraid: A Novel of Terror.
- Kilborn, Jack. Trapped: A Novel of Terror.
- Kilborn, Jack, Endurance.
- Sager, Riley. Lock Every Door.
- Miklowitz, Gloria D. Did You Hear What Happened to Andrea?
- Hall, Rachel Howzell. Land of Shadows.
- Morrison, Toni. Beloved.
- Oster, Henry. The Kindness of the Hangman: Even in Hell There is Hope.
- Robb, J.D. New York to Dallas.
- Due, Tananarive. My Soul to Keep.
- Dunkin, Lois, I Know What You Did Last Summer.
- Alam, Rumaan, Leave the World Behind.
- Sebata, James, Fat Camp.
- Thomas, Elisabeth, Catherine House.
- Gagnon, Michelle. Don’t Turn Around.
- Nickson, Joan Lowery. The Kidnapping of Christina Lattimore.
- King, Stephen, The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordan.
- Attwood, Margaret. The Handmaid’s Tale.
- King, Stephen. The Stand.
- King, Stephen, The Institute.
For more information on finding and borrowing books at other libraries, please visit the GCC Library's "Search Other Libraries" page. For Interlibrary Loans, please visit our "Interlibrary Loan" page.
Books at Other Libraries
Here is a small sample of some of the books from the approved texts list that you can find at other libraries.
Key
LAPL - Los Angeles (City) Public Library
GPL - Glendale Public Library
LA County PL - Los Angeles County Public Library
The Power by Naomi Alderman - LAPL, GPL, LA County PL
Somewhere Inside by Laura Ling and Lisa Ling - LAPL, GPL, LA County PL
The Kindness of the Hangman: Even in hell, there is hope by Henry Oster - LAPL
Land of Shadows by Rachel Hozwell Hall - LAPL, GPL
My Soul to Keep by Tananarive Due - LAPL
Not Without My Daughter by Betty Mahmoody - LAPL
Lock Every Door by Riley Sager - LAPL, GPL
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