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Our Favorite Homeschool Books of 2022
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Our Favorite Homeschool Books of 2022
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Our favorite homeschool books from this year’s reading lists.

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Great Homeschool Readalouds: 12 Great Book Series to Read Together
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Great Homeschool Readalouds: 12 Great Book Series to Read Together
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Need a new series for winter readaloud season? We have a few ideas.

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Our Favorite Homeschool Books of 2022
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Our Favorite Homeschool Books of 2022
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Our favorite homeschool books from this year’s reading lists.

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Going Out With a Bang! 10 Great Apocalypse Novels for High School
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Going Out With a Bang! 10 Great Apocalypse Novels for High School
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It’s the end of the world as we know it — and sometimes that’s not as bad as it seems. These 10 books about the end of the world are great for starting big conversations with your high school homeschooler.

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Looking for a YA Thriller? These Books Will Keep You Turning Pages
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Looking for a YA Thriller? These Books Will Keep You Turning Pages
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If you’re looking for a twisty turner teen thriller, these recent YA books about teens in dangerous situations may be just what you’re looking for.

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Summer Reading: Books About Young Entrepreneurs
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Great Books for Kids Who Want to Start Their Own Business
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If you have a kid who dreams of starting a business, these readalouds will help inspire them.

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The Readaloud Day Guide: A 52-Week Reading List for World Mythology and Folk Tales
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The Readaloud Day Guide: A 52-Week Reading List for World Mythology and Folk Tales
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Think of mythology as the building blocks for future literature studies — though, admittedly, they can be messy, complicated, ambiguous building blocks. This 52-week reading list is designed to cover a full year of mythology studies, and while it’s accessible for elementary students just diving into the wide world of literature, older students looking for a place to start a systematic comparative literature study may also find this a place to begin.

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Homeschooling Literature with Movies: Great Book-Movie Pairings
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Homeschooling Literature with Movies: Great Book-Movie Pairings
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You don’t have to choose between the book and the movie in these terrific adaptations—enjoy them both. We’ve rounded up some book-and-a-movie combos perfect for cold weather marathon sessions.

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The BookNerd’s Official Guide to Reading Hamilton
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The BookNerd’s Official Guide to Reading Hamilton
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Don't let your obsession stop with the stage: Our Book Nerd's book-by-book guide to indulging your Hamilton obsession will keep you busy until ticket prices go down. (They have to go down eventually, right?)

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If You Want to Read Something Profound
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If You Want to Read Something Profound
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These powerful stories pack an emotional punch.

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If You Want to Read Something with Memorable Characters...
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If You Want to Read Something with Memorable Characters...
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It’s the brilliantly realized characters and relationships that make these books sing.

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If You Want to Read Something Exciting...
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If You Want to Read Something Exciting...
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Looking for something exciting to read this summer? These action-packed books will keep you turning pages.

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8 Great Books to Read This Winter
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8 Great Books to Read This Winter
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In the mood for something new? Add these books to your library list.

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Reading List: Imagining Anastasia
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Reading List: Imagining Anastasia
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DNA evidence has concluded that the Russian tsar’s plucky youngest daughter met her end with the rest of her family in 1918, but imagining the real and alternate ends of the Romanovs remains a literary obsession.

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Books that Inspire You to Make the World a Better Place
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Books that Inspire You to Make the World a Better Place
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Sometimes, you just want to read a book that makes you feel empowered to make the change you want to see in the world.

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A Literary Robots Reading List
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A Literary Robots Reading List
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Sentient AI are nothing new in literature, and this chronological reading list takes you on a tour of some of the evolving practical and philosophical issues surrounding artificial intelligence.

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A Camus Reading List
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A Camus Reading List
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Get uncomfortable with the absurdity of human existence and the essential Camus reading list.

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Books With Dual Timelines
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Books With Dual Timelines
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Two or more timelines double the drama in these books.

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50 Books for 50 States
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50 Books for 50 States
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Read your way across the United States with a book for every state in the union.

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Celebrate the Chinese Moon Festival with a Great Readaloud
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Celebrate the Chinese Moon Festival with a Great Readaloud
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Reading together is a favorite way for many Chinese families to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival in China — also known as the Moon Festival.

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38 Totally Brilliant Comics for Your Homeschool Reading List
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38 Totally Brilliant Comics for Your Homeschool Reading List
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September 25 is National Comic Book Day, but don’t wait until then to add these comics to your homeschool reading list. These graphic texts stand up as literature in their own right.

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Read It and Watch: Great Book-Movie Combos for Your Homeschool
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Read It and Watch: Great Book-Movie Combos for Your Homeschool
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These are some of our favorite book-movie match-ups for family movie nights this fall.

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Blood-Sucking Reads
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Blood-Sucking Reads
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Trace the literary history of vampires in popular fiction.

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Readalouds with Recipes
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Readalouds with Recipes
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Turn your readaloud into a snack with these foodie picture books.

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7 Great Audiobooks for Your Family Road Trip
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7 Great Audiobooks for Your Family Road Trip
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There’s an art to choosing a good road trip book: It needs to have enough action to keep your attention, appeal across a wide range of ages, and be funny enough that you reach your destination with a smile on your face.

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A Mount Everest-Inspired Reading List
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A Mount Everest-Inspired Reading List
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Mount Everest is a story in its own right, a mountain full of mystery, drama, and suspense. These books capture some of the thrills of the world’s highest mountain.

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Amy’s 8th Grade Reading List
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Amy’s 8th Grade Reading List
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In our history cycle, 8th grade is all about Africa’s history and literature — plus some physics for fun.

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Books Inspired by Jane Eyre
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Books Inspired by Jane Eyre
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Charlotte Bronte’s Victorian heroine has a spine of steel and a spirit of adventure — no wonder she’s inspired so many literary homages.

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Middle Grades Books with LGBTQ+ Characters
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Middle Grades Books with LGBTQ+ Characters
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You asked: What are some middle grades books with LGBTQ+ characters?

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5 Great Books with Homeschooled Main Characters
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5 Great Books with Homeschooled Main Characters
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Not all books about homeschoolers are created equal — but we think these five are worth checking out.

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New Books: The Mad Wolf’s Daughter
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New Books: The Mad Wolf’s Daughter
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Shelli reviews this medieval fantasy, in which a girl learns to channel her inner heroine.

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I love big, dense, complicated texts that tackle the hard stuff — but sometimes I need something a little gentler, something that reminds me that humans have just as much capacity for goodness as for evil.

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