Readers Services
King Kong's Colossal Reading List
Fiction
| Title |
Author |
Call Number |
| Carnival |
Robert Antoni | FIC Antoni |
| Lives of the Circus Animals | Christopher Bram | FIC Bra |
| Monkey Bridge | Lan Cao | FIC Cao |
| McSweeney’s Enchanted Chamber of Astonishing Stories | ed. by Chabon, Michael Chabon | FIC McSweeney |
| Monkey King | Patricia Chao | FIC Cha |
| Heart of Darkness | Joseph Conrad | FIC Con |
| The Beach | Alex Garland | FIC Gar |
| Lord of the Flies | William Golding | FIC Golding |
| The Woman and the Ape | Peter Hoeg | FIC Hoe |
| The Hunchback of Notre Dame | Victor Hugo | FIC Hug |
| Island | Aldous Huxley | FIC Huxley |
| A Son of the Circus | John Irving | FIC Irving |
| Empire Rising | Thomas Kelly | FIC Kelly |
| Moby Dick | Herman Melville | FIC Mel |
| Bigfoot Dreams | Francine Prose | FIC Prose |
| The Tale of the Unknown Island | Jose Saramago | FIC Sar |
| Troll | Johanna Sinisalo | FIC Sinisalo |
| The Golem | Elie Wiesel | FIC Wie |
Horror
| Title |
Author |
Call Number |
| McSweeney’s Mammoth Treasury of Thrilling Tales | ed. by Michael Chabon | HOR A |
Graphic Novels
| Title |
Author |
Call Number |
| Bigfoot |
Steve Niles (et al.) |
GN Bigfoot |
| The Incredible Hulk | Lee Weeks | GN Hulk |
Science Fiction
| Title |
Author |
Call Number |
| Jurassic Park (et al.) |
Michael Crichton | SF CRI |
| Monkey Trap | Lee Denning | SF Denning |
| The Light Years Beneath My Feet | Alan Dean Foster | SF Foster |
| Ark Baby | Liz Jensen | SF Jen |
| Star Wars: Tyrant’s Test | Michael P. Kube-McDowell | SF Starwars |
| Great Apes | Will Self | SF Sel |
| Mammoth | John Varley | SF Varley |
| 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea | Jules Verne | SF Verne |
| The Mysterious Island | Jules Verne | SF Ver |
| The Island of Dr. Moreau | H.G. Wells | SF Wel |
Adventures
| Title |
Author |
Call Number |
| Meg: Primal Waters (et al.) |
Steve Alten |
ADV Alten |
| Darwin’s Secret | Richard Hoyt | ADV Hoy |
| The Call of the Wild | Jack London | ADV Lon |
| King Kong | Delos Wheeler Lovelace | ADV Lovelace |
| Life of Pi | Yann Martell | ADV Mar |
Fantasy
| Title |
Author |
Call Number |
| The Island of the Skull | Matthew Costello | FAN Costello |
Nonfiction
| Title |
Author |
Call Number |
| The Mammal in the Mirror | David P. Barash and Ilona A. Barash | 599.9 B |
| The Descent of Man | Charles Darwin | 575 D |
| Bonobo: The Forgotten Ape | Frans De Waal and Frans Lanting | 599.884 W |
| Reflections of Eden | Birute Galdikas | 599.8 G |
| Africa in My Blood (et al.) |
Jane Goodall | 599.88 G |
| The Dark Romance of Dian Fossey | Harold T.P. Hayes | 92 F Fossey |
| Beauty and the Beasts | Carole Jahme | 599.807 J |
| Lords and Lemurs | Allison Jolly | 599.83 J |
| Darwin’s Ghost | Steve Jones | 575 D Darwin |
| King Kong: the History of a Movie Icon | Ray Morton | 791.437 M |
| Gorilla | Michael Nichols | 599.884 S |
| Empire | Mitchell Pacelle | 974.71 P |
| A Primate’s Memoir | Robert M. Sapolsky | 599.865 S |
| A Dark Place in the Jungle | Linda Spalding | 599.884 S |
| Gorillas | Kelly Stewart | 599.884 S |
| The Empire State Building | John Tauranac | 974.71 T |
| The Eighth Continent | Peter Tyson | 599.83 T |
| The World of Kong: a Natural History of Skull Island | from Weta Workshop | 791.437 W |
Compiled by the APL Readers Services Department -- Feb. 2006
Last updated: December 12, 2012