1. Weird Books for Weird Boys Jackson Hyde Weird Librarian Lowville Academy

2. What works at my library: • Rating system (separates books by intended audience) • Red - R : 6th grade and up • Yellow - Y : YA, 8th/9th grade and up • Green - G : Upper high school • Complementary English department (specifically requests adult titles) • High readership (If You Build It, They Will Come)

3. What kinds of books am I talking about? • Zombies • Horror • Books not in the mainstream • A few forgotten favorites • Books for senior boys who ‘hate’ reading • Books a 31-year-old male librarian would like

4. Zombies

5. The Reapers Are the Angels by Alden Bell G

6. Zone One by Colson Whitehead G

7. World War Z by Max Brooks Y/G

8. Boneshaker by Cherie Priest Y

9. Cell by Stephen King G

10. This Dark Earth by John Hornor Jacobs Y/G

11. Feed by Mira Grant (Newsflesh Trilogy) Y/G

12. Ex-Heroes by Peter Clines (also Ex-Patriots, Ex-Communication) G

13. The Return Man by V.M. Zito G

14. Fantasy/Sci-Fi

15. Ready Player One by Ernest Cline Y

16. You by Austin Grossman ?

17. The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss (also The Wise Man’s Fear) Y/G

18. The Magicians by Lev Grossman Y/G

20. Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman Y

21. The Black Company by Glen Cook Y/G

22. A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin (A Song of Fire and Ice series) G

23. Epic by Conor Kostick (also Saga and Edda) R/Y

24. Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke Y/G

25. Titus Groan and Gormenghast by Mervyn Peake Y/G

26. The City and the City by China Mieville G

27. Perdido Street Station by China Mieville G

28. Advent by James Treadwell Y

29. The Office of Mercy by Ariel Djanikan G

30. Hero by Perry Moore Y

31. Theft of Swords by Michael J. Sullivan (Riyria Revelations, Book 1) Y

32. Starship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein Y/G

33. Dune by Frank Herbert G

34. Soon I Will Be Invincible by Austin Grossman Y/G G

35. Horror

36. The Six Gun Tarot by R. S. Belcher Y/G

37. The Devil You Know by Mike Carey G

38. Sandman Slim by Richard Kadrey G

39. Johannes Cabal: The Necromancer by Jonathan Howard G

40. The Dante Club by Matthew Pearl G

41. H.P. Lovecraft Y/G

42. Last Days by Adam Nevill G

43. The Ritual by Adam Nevill G

44. Heart-Shaped Box by Joe Hill G

45. Child 44 by Tom Rob Smith G

47. Those Across the River by Christopher Buehlman G

48. 13 Bullets by David Wellington Y/G

49. Your House is on Fire, Your Children All Gone by Stefan Kiesbye G

50. The Vanishing of Katharina Linden by Helen Grant Y/G