Common Readings (Campus-Wide) at U.S. Colleges and Universities:
A Sample of Recent Titles (2007 or 2008)
In August 2008, this list was assembled from responses to queries posted on several listservs and from information obtained from the Internet. It does not promise complete accuracy. Apologies for any errors and omissions. —Chris M. Anson, NC State University
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School |
Title |
Author(s) |
Comments |
| Adams State College (CO) |
Three Cups of Tea |
by Greg Mortenson & David Oliver Relin |
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| Agnes Scott College |
Thank You For Smoking |
by Christopher Buckley |
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| Albion College |
Thank You For Smoking |
by Christopher Buckley |
|
| American U |
The Devil's Highway |
by Luis Alberto Urrea |
|
| Appalachian State U |
The Glass Castle |
by Jeanette Walls |
|
| Atlantic Cape CC (NJ) |
The Glass Castle |
by Jeanette Walls |
|
| Augustana College (SD) |
Three Cups of Tea |
by Greg Mortenson & David Oliver Relin |
|
| Ball State U (IN) |
Field Notes from a Catastrophe |
by Elizabeth Kolbert |
|
| Barton College (NC) |
Water for Elephants |
by Sara Gruen |
|
| Baruch College, CUNY |
The Namesake |
by Jhumpa Lahiri |
|
| Baylor University |
Same Kind of Different As Me |
Ron Hudson and Denver Moore |
|
| Baylor University |
*Let Your Life Speak |
Parker Palmer |
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| Belleview CC |
The Martian Chronicles |
by Ray Bradbury |
|
| Belmont Abbey College, Charlotte |
Colors of the Mountain |
Da Chen |
Brilliant |
| Belmont U (TN) |
Lies My Teacher Told Me |
by James W. Loewen |
|
| Berry College |
Mountains Beyond Mountains |
by Traci Kidder |
|
| Blufton University (OH) |
Just Generosity |
by Ronald J. Sider |
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| Bowling Green State U |
The Last Town on Earth? |
by Thomas Mullen |
|
| Butler U (IN) |
Listening is an Act of Love |
by Dave Isay |
|
| Cabrini College (PA) |
Persepolis |
by Marjane Satrapi |
|
| Cal State Channel Islands |
Southlands |
by Nina Revoyr |
|
| Cal State Chico |
Three Cups of Tea |
by Greg Mortenson & David Oliver Relin |
|
| Cal State Northridge |
Nickel and Dimed |
by Barbara Ehrenreich |
|
| Cal State San Marcos |
*They Poured Fire on Us From the Sky |
by Deng, et al. |
|
| California Polytechnic U |
Montana 1948 |
by Larry Watson |
|
| Carleton College (MN) |
The Travels of a T-Shirt in a Global Economy |
by Pietra Rivoli |
|
| Case Western Reserve U |
The Reluctant Mr. Darwin |
by David Quammen |
|
| Catawba College (NC) |
The Kite Runner |
by Khaled Hosseini |
|
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comment1, |
| Central College (IA) |
*A Long Way Gone: Memories of a Boy Soldier |
by Ismael Beah |
|
| Chaffey College (CA) |
Into the Wild |
by Jon Krakauer |
|
| Champlain College |
The Tortilla Curtain |
by T. C. Boyle |
|
| Chandler-Gilbert CC (AZ) |
Garbage Land |
by Elzabeth Royte |
|
| Chapman U |
Flight |
by Sherman Alexie |
|
| Clemson U |
One Foot in Eden |
by Ron Rash |
|
| Cleveland State U |
Persepolis |
by Marjane Satrapi |
|
| Coastal Carolina U |
*A Long Way Gone: Memories of a Boy Soldier |
by Ismael Beah |
|
| Coker College |
Saints at the River? |
by Ron Rash |
|
| Colgate U |
*The Weather Makers |
by Tim Flannery |
|
| College of Charleston |
Longitude |
by Dava Sobel |
|
| College of New Jersey |
World Made by Hand |
by James Howard Kunstler |
|
| College of the Redwoods |
Parable of the Sower |
by Octavia E. Butler |
|
| College of Wooster |
*The Riverkeepers |
by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and John Cronin |
|
| Collin College |
All Souls |
by Michael Patrick MacDonald |
|
| Concordia College (MN) |
Field Notes from a Catastrophe |
by Elizabeth Kolbert |
|
| Converse College |
*Kettle Bottom |
by Diane Gilliam Fisher |
|
| Cornell University |
Lincoln at Gettysburg |
by Gary Wills |
|
| Creighton U |
*The Kite Runner |
by Khaled Hosseini or |
|
| Creighton U |
My Freshman Year |
Rebekah Nathan or |
|
| Creighton U |
Surely You're Joking |
Richard Feynman or |
|
| Creighton U |
Blink |
Malcolm Gladwell |
|
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comment6, |
| Dartmouth College |
The Wisdom of Crowds |
by James Surowiecki |
|
| DeSales |
Character is Destiny |
by John McCain |
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| Duke U |
What is the What |
by Dave Eggers |
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comment3, |
| East Tennessee State U |
The Glass Castle |
by Jeannette Walls |
|
| Eastern Illinois U |
Mountains Beyond Mountains |
by Tracy Kidder |
|
| Eastern Kentucky U |
A Hope in the Unseen |
by Ron Suskind |
|
| Eastern Michigan U |
Autobiography of a Face |
by Lucy Grealy |
|
| Elon U |
The Shame of the Nation |
by Jonathan Kozol |
|
| Emerson College |
The Declaration of Independence |
Various |
|
| Fairfield U |
Three Cups of Tea |
by Greg Mortenson & David Oliver Relin |
|
| Farleigh Dickinson U (NJ) |
*The Namesake |
by Jhumpa Lahiri |
|
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| Florida Southern College |
Colors of the Mountain ? |
by Da Chen |
|
| Florida State U |
Never Let Me Go |
by Kazuo Ishiguro |
|
| Foothill College |
The Tortilla Curtain |
by T. C. Boyle |
|
| Fort Lewis College |
Three Cups of Tea |
by Greg Mortenson & David Oliver Relin |
|
| Franklin Pierce U |
*Three Cups of Tea |
by Greg Mortenson & David Oliver Relin |
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| George Mason U |
The Devil's Highway: A True Story |
by Luis Alberto Urrea |
|
| Georgetown U |
Winner of Booker Prize |
Various |
|
| Gonzaga University |
Visible Bones |
Jack Nisbet |
This book is subtitled "Journeys Across Time in the Columbia River Country" and is being integrated with Gonzaga University's institution-wide "water" theme. |
| Goucher College |
Chinese Lessons? |
by John Pomfret |
|
| Grace College (IN) |
Not for Sale |
by David Batstone |
|
| Guilford College |
*Big Fish |
by Daniel Wallace |
|
| Gustavus Adolphus College |
Chinese Lessons |
by John Pomfret |
|
| Gwynedd-Mercy College |
*A Long Way Gone: Memories of a Boy Soldier |
by Ismael Beah |
|
| Hamline University |
Anthology of articles that speak to U's mission |
by Various Authors |
|
| Harrisburg Area CC |
*The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time |
by Mark Haddon |
|
| Hawaii Pacific U |
*The Bookseller of Kabul |
by Asne Seierstad |
|
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comment5, |
| Hobart & Wm Smith |
*The Cathedral Within |
by Bill Shore |
|
| Houston CC |
*Leaving Microsoft to Change the World |
by John Wood |
|
| Howard CC (MD) |
*Small Wonder |
by Barbara Kingsolver |
|
| Huntington College (AL) |
The Things They Carried |
by Tim O'Brien |
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| Idaho State U |
Enrique's Journey |
by Sonia Nazario |
|
| Illinois Central College |
*Farenheit 451 |
by Ray Bradbury |
|
| Illinois Wesleyan U |
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time |
by Mark Haddon |
|
| Indiana U of Pennsylvania |
Blink |
by Malcolm Gladwell |
|
| Indiana U South Bend |
On the Origin of Species |
by Charles Darwin |
|
| Indiana U Southeast |
Skull Wars |
by David Hurst |
|
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comment1, |
| Ithaca College |
Persepolis |
by Marjane Satrapi |
|
| IUPUI |
A Long Way Gone: Memories of a Boy Soldier |
by Ismael Beah |
|
| IUPUI |
Deep Economy |
Bill McKibben |
McKibben spoke on campus in November as part of a community-wide event; it was great! |
| James Madison U |
Federalist 10 |
by James Madison |
|
| John Brown U (AR) |
The Chosen |
by Chaim Potok |
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| Juniata College (PA) |
Complications: A Surgeon's Notes ? |
by Atul Gawande |
|
| Kalamazoo College |
The Brief Wonderous Life of Oscar Wao |
by Junot Diaz |
|
| Keene State College (NH) |
*The Devil's Highway: A True Story |
by Luis Alberto Urrea |
|
| Kent State U |
The Kiterunner |
by Khaled Homeini |
|
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comment4, |
| Lafayette College (PA) |
The Omnivore's Dilemma |
by Micheal Pollan |
|
| LaGuardia CC (CUNY) |
*An Inconvenient Truth |
by Al Gore |
|
| Lasell College (MA) |
*Essays by Twentysomething Writers |
ed. Kellogg & Quint |
|
| Lees-McRae College (NC) |
The Death of Innocents |
by Helen Prejean |
|
| Lehigh U |
Blink |
by Malcolm Gladwell |
|
| Lenoir-Rhyne College (NC) |
*Mountains Beyond Mountains |
by Tracy Kidder |
|
| Louisiana State U |
The Complete Persepolis |
by Marjane Satrapi |
|
| Loyola (Baltimore) |
Acts of Faith |
by Eboo Patel |
|
| Loyola Marymount U |
The Year of Living Biblically |
by A. J. Jacobs |
|
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| Luther College |
*Warriors Don't Cry |
by Melba Patillo Beals |
|
| Lynchburg College |
*Ecology of a Cracker Childhood |
by Janisse Ray |
|
| Manhattan College |
*The Ethics of What We Eat |
by Peter Singer and Jim Mason |
|
| Marion U (WI) |
Planetwalker |
by John Francis |
|
| Marquette U |
Run |
by Ann Patchett |
|
| Mars Hill College (NC) |
Honky |
by Dalton Conley |
|
| Marymount College (CA) |
*The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time |
by Mark Haddon |
|
| Massasoit CC |
*Mayflower |
by Nathaniel Philbrick |
|
| Massbay CC |
Coyotes |
by Ted Conover |
|
| Messiah College |
*The Kite Runner |
by Khaled Hosseini |
|
| Methodist U (NC) |
They Poured Fire on Us From the Sky |
by Deng, et al. |
|
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| Miami U (OH) |
Beyond UFOs |
by Jeffrey Bennett |
|
| Michigan State U |
They Poured Fire on Us From the Sky |
by Deng, et al. |
|
| Michigan Tech |
Three Cups of Tea |
by Greg Mortenson & David Oliver Relin |
|
| Middle Tennessee State U |
Three Cups of Tea |
by Greg Mortenson & David Oliver Relin |
|
| Midlands Technical C (SC) |
Duty |
by Bob Greene |
|
| Mills College (CA) |
A Room of One's Own |
by Virginia Woolf |
|
| Montana State U |
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People |
by Stephen R. Covey |
|
| Moravian College |
The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down |
by Anne Fadiman |
|
| Morningside College |
A Long Way Gone: Memories of a Boy Soldier |
by Ismael Beah |
|
| Mount Holyoke |
Caucasia |
by Danzy Senna |
|
| Murray State U |
Clay's Quilt |
by Silas House |
|
| Muskingum College (OH) |
Ectopia |
by Ernest Callenbach |
|
| Nazareth College (NY) |
Autobiography of a Face |
by Lucy Grealy |
|
| New College of Florida |
Three Cups of Tea |
by Greg Mortenson & David Oliver Relin |
|
| New Mexico State U |
The Devil's Highway |
by Luis Urrea |
|
| New York Institute of Tech |
*The Audacity of Hope |
by Barack Obama |
|
| Niagara U |
The Things They Carried |
by Tim O'Brien |
|
| Nichols College (MA) |
*The Kite Runner |
by Khaled Hosseini |
|
| North Carolina State U |
Sounds of the River |
by Da Chen |
|
| North Carolina State U: 2009 selection |
Three Cups of Tea |
by Greg Mortenson & David Oliver Relin |
|
| Northern Arizona U |
*A Long Way Gone: Memories of a Boy Soldier |
by Ismael Beah |
|
| Northern Kentucky Y |
Love My Rifle More Than You |
by Kayla Williams |
|
| Northwestern U |
The Reluctant Mr. Darwin |
by David Quammen |
|
| Northwood U |
*Where Have All The Leaders Gone? |
by Lee Iacocca |
|
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comment5, |
| Oakland U |
Geography of Nowhere |
by James Kuntsler |
|
| Occidental College (CA) |
The Interpreter of Maladies |
by Jhumpa Lahiri |
|
| Ohio State U |
The Language of Baklava |
by Diana Abu-Jaber and |
|
| Ohio State U |
Mountains Beyond Mountains |
Tracy Kidder |
|
| Ohio U |
Nickel and Dimed |
by Barbara Ehrenreich |
|
| Ohio Wesleyan U |
*Always Outnumbered, Always Outgunned ? |
by Walter Moseley |
|
| Oklahoma City U |
Colors of the Mountain |
by Da Chen |
|
| Oklahoma City University |
Colors of the Mountain |
Da Chen |
Wonderful Speaker who also palys beautiful bamboo flute |
| Oklahoma City University |
Sounds of the River, A Young Man's University Days in Beijing |
DA CHEN |
We loved him so much in 08 with his first memoir that we are using his second memoir for 2009 |
| Oklahoma City University |
Sounds of the River, A Young Man's University Days in Beijing |
DA CHEN |
We loved him so much in 08 with his first memoir that we are using his second memoir for 2009 |
| Otterbein College (OH) |
*A Long Way Gone: Memories of a Boy Soldier |
by Ismael Beah |
|
| Owensboro CC (KY) |
Dismal Rock |
by Davis McCombs |
|
| Pace U |
Mountains Beyond Mountains |
by Tracy Kidder |
|
| Parkland College (IL) |
*The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time |
by Mark Haddon |
|
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comment1, |
| Penn State U |
The Alchemist |
by Paul Coelho |
|
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comment3, |
| Philadelphia University |
The Possible City |
Nathaniel Popkin |
This book explores the past, present, and possible future of Philadelphia and of urban environments in general. |
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comment6, |
| Queens U of Charlotte |
* Blood Done?Sign My Name |
by Timothy Tyson |
|
| Ramapo College of NJ |
The Canon |
by Natile Angier |
|
| Ringling C of Art & Design |
Fast Food Nation |
by Eric Schlosser |
|
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comment4, |
| Roanoke College |
The Glass Castle |
by Jeannette Walls |
|
| Rose-Hulman Inst of Tech |
* The Life of Pi |
by Yann Martel |
|
| Rutgers School of Arts |
Three Cups of Tea |
by Greg Mortenson & David Oliver Relin |
|
| Salisbury U (MD) |
Into the Wild |
by Jon Krakauer |
|
| Sam Houston State U (TX) |
Affluenza, |
by John de Graaf, Dave Wann, and Thomas Naylor |
|
| Samford U |
Field Notes from a Catastrophe |
by Elizabeth Kolbert |
|
| San Diego State U |
Three Cups of Tea |
by Greg Mortenson & David Oliver Relin |
|
| San Jose State U |
Water for Elephants |
by Sara Gruen |
|
| Sarah Lawrence College |
The Book of Sarahs |
by Catherine E. McKinley |
|
| Seton Hall U |
*Nickel and Dimed |
by Barbara Ehrenreich |
|
| Skidmore College |
*Water for Elephants |
by Sarah Gruen |
|
| Smith College |
Native Guard |
by Natasha Trethewey |
|
| Southern Mississippi U |
Their Eyes Were Watching God |
by Zora Neale Hurston and |
|
| Southern Mississippi U |
To Kill a Mockingbird |
Harper Lee |
|
| Southwest MN State U |
* Soul of a Citizen |
by Paul Loeb |
|
| Spokane Falls CC |
* The Namesake |
by Jhumpa Lahiri |
|
| Spring Hill College, Mobile |
Colors of the MOuntain |
Da Chen |
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| St. Ambrose U (IA) |
Light And Darkness Anthology |
Various |
|
| St. Bonaventure U (NY) |
Left to Tell |
by Immaculee Ilibagiza |
|
| St. Francis U (PA) |
Cage of Stars |
by Jacquelyn Mitchard |
|
| St. Louis CC |
* All Quiet on the Western Front ? |
by Erich Maria Remarque |
|
| St. Louis U |
Three Cups of Tea |
by Greg Mortenson & David Oliver Relin |
|
| St. Mary's College of CA |
The Omnivore's Dilemma |
by Michael Pollan |
|
| St. Mary's College of MD |
Kindred |
by Octavia E. Butler |
|
| St. Michael's College (VT) |
*Babette's Feast |
by Isak Dinesen |
|
| Stanford U |
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao |
by Junot Diaz and |
|
| Stanford U |
One Hundred Demons |
Lynda Barry and |
|
| Stanford U |
Drinking Coffee Elsewhere |
ZZ Packer |
|
| Stonehill College (MA) |
* Memories of a Boy Soldier |
by Ismael Beah |
|
| Stony Brook University, NY |
Colors of the Mountain |
DA CHEN |
Opens our eyes to the East! |
| SUNY Brockport |
The Bone Woman? |
by Clea Koff |
|
| SUNY Buffalo |
The Kite Runner |
by Khaled Hosseini |
|
| SUNY Oswego |
Field Notes from a Catastrophe |
by Elzabeth Kolbert |
|
| Susquehanna U |
*When the Rivers Run Dry |
by Fred Pearce |
|
| Sweet Briar College (VA) |
Reading Lolita in Teheran |
by Azar Nafisi |
|
| Syracuse U |
A Long Way Gone: Memories of a Boy Soldier |
by Ismael Beah |
|
| Temple U |
*Black Ice |
by Lorene Cary |
|
| Texas Tech U |
The Devil's Highway: A True Story |
by Luis Alberto Urrea |
|
| Texas Wesleyan U |
Three Cups of Tea |
by Greg Mortenson & David Oliver Relin |
|
| Thomas College (ME) |
Three Cups of Tea |
by Greg Mortenson & David Oliver Relin |
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comment2, |
| Trine U |
March |
by Geraldine Brooks |
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| U Mass Amherst |
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close |
by Jonathan Safran Froer |
|
| U of Alabama Birmingham |
Field Notes From a Catastrophe |
by Elizabeth Kolbert |
|
| U of Alaska Anchorage and Alaska Pacific U |
*The Handmaid's Tale |
by Margaret Atwood and |
|
| U of Alaska Anchorage and Alaska Pacific U |
The Swallows of Kabul |
Yasmina Khadra |
|
| U of Arizona (Tucson) |
Ishmael: An Adventure of the Mind and Spirit |
by Daniel Quinn |
|
| U of Arkansas |
The Devil's Highway |
by Luis Urrea |
|
| U of California Berkeley |
A Briefer History of Time |
by Stephen Hawking |
|
| U of California Davis |
Mountains Beyond Mountains |
by Tracy Kidder |
|
| U of California Northridge |
Nickel and Dimed |
by Barbara Ehrenreich |
|
| U of Dayton |
Nonviolence |
by Mark Kurlansky |
|
| U of Florida |
*When the Rivers Run Dry |
by Fred Pearce |
|
| U of Idaho |
1 Dead in Attic: After Katrina |
by Chris Rose |
|
| U of Louisiana at Monroe |
The Alchemist |
by Paulo Coelho |
|
| U of Louisville |
Persepolis |
by Marjane Satrapi |
|
| U of Maine |
*A Long Way Gone: Memories of a Boy Soldier |
by Ismael Beah |
|
| U of Maryland Baltimore C |
The Glass Castle |
by Jeannette Walls |
|
| U of Maryland College Park |
War is a Force that Gives Us Meaning |
by Chris Hedges |
|
| U of Missouri |
Three Cups of Tea |
by Greg Mortenson & David Oliver Relin |
|
| U of Montana |
Taliban |
by Ahmed Rashid |
|
| U of NC at Chapel Hill |
Covering: The Hidden Assault on our Rights |
Kenji Yoshino |
|
| U of NC at Charlotte |
Enrique's Journey |
by Sonia Nazario |
|
| U of NC at Greensboro |
A Long Way Gone: Memories of a Boy Soldier |
by Ismael Beah |
|
| U of NC at Wilmington |
Never Let Me Go |
by Kazuo Ishiguro |
|
| U of North Texas |
The Bean Trees |
by Barbara Kingsolver |
|
| U of Richmond |
*Taking on the Big Boys |
by Ellen Bravo |
|
| U of San Francisco |
Three Cups of Tea |
by Greg Mortenson & David Oliver Relin |
|
| U of Sciences in Phila. |
My Sister's Keeper |
by Jodi Picoult |
|
| U of South Carolina |
*When the Emperor Was Divine |
by Julie Otsuka |
|
| U of South Carolina Aiken |
Not For Sale |
by David Batstone |
|
| U of Southern CA |
Never Let Me Go |
by Kazuo Ishiguro |
|
| U of St. Thomas |
*The Handmaid's Tale |
by Margaret Atwood |
|
| U of Tennessee Knoxville |
*A Long Way Gone: Memories of a Boy Soldier |
by Ismael Beah |
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| U of Texas Arlington |
The History of Love |
by Nicole Krauss |
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| U of Texas San Antonio |
A Hope in the Unseen |
by Ron Suskind |
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| U of VA Sch. of Engineering |
America, 1908 |
by Jim Rasenberger |
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| U of Vermont |
*A Long Way Gone: Memories of a Boy Soldier |
by Ismael Beah |
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| U of Washington |
The Devil's Highway |
by Luis Urrea |
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| U of West Georgia |
The Good Life |
by Erin McGraw; by |
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| U of West Georgia |
After the Lost War |
Andrew Hudgins |
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| U of Wisconsin Oshkosh |
*A Long Way Gone: Memories of a Boy Soldier |
by Ismael Beah |
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| U of Wisconsin Parkside |
The Pact |
by Sampson Davis, et al. |
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| U of Wyoming |
*Beyond Oil |
by Kenneth S. Deffeyes |
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| Union College (NE) |
*Black Ice |
by Lorene Cary |
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| University of Akron |
*A Long Way Gone: Memories of a Boy Soldier |
by Ismael Beah |
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| University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius |
Dave Eggers |
In this memoir, Eggers describes, in part, the circumstances under which he failed out of UIUC. He subsequently receives an honorary degree from UIUC and his book becomes the first common reading choice. |
| University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
Nickel and Dimed |
Barbara Ehrenreich |
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| University of Memphis |
Fast Food Nation (2008) |
Eric Schlosser |
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| University of Memphis |
Persepolis (2009) |
Marjane Satrapi |
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| University of Rhode Island |
Interpreter of Maladies |
Jhumpa Lahiri |
Lahiri is from Rhode Island. This was the first common reading book, in 2009. |
| University of Texas at Arlington |
The Kite Runner |
Khaled Hosseini |
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| University of Texas at Arlington |
Maus |
Art Spiegelman |
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| Utah State U |
*A Long Way Gone: Memories of a Boy Soldier |
by Ismael Beah |
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| Virginia Commonwealth U |
Covering The Hidden Assualt on Our Rights |
by Kenji Yoshino |
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| Virginia Tech |
Mountains Beyond Mountains |
by Tracy Kidder |
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| Waldoff College, Forest City, Iowa |
Colors of The Mountain |
Da Chen |
Excellent |
| Wartburg College |
The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down |
by Anne Fadiman |
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| Washburn U (KS) |
Three Cups of Tea |
by Greg Mortenson & David Oliver Relin |
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| Washington State U |
* Flu |
by Gina Kolata |
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| Wayne State U |
Y no se lo trag? la tierra /And the Earth Did Not Devour Him |
by Tom?s Rivera |
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| West Kentucky CC |
The Girl with the Tangerine Scarf |
by Mohja Kahf and |
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| West Kentucky CC |
The Kite Runner |
Khaled Hosseini and |
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| West Kentucky CC |
The Faith Club |
Ranya Idlli and |
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| West Kentucky CC |
To Kill a Mockingbird |
Harper Lee |
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| West Texas A&M |
What is the What |
by Dave Eggers |
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| Western Carolina U |
Three Cups of Tea |
by Greg Mortenson & David Oliver Relin |
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| Western CT State U |
The Namesake |
by Jhumpa Lahiri? |
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| Western KY CC |
Rocket boys |
by Homer Hickam and |
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| Western KY CC |
One Flew Over the Cuckoo?s Nest |
Ken Kesey and |
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| Western KY CC |
Icy Sparks |
Gwyn Rubio and |
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| Western KY CC |
Life is So Good |
George Dawson |
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| Western New England C |
Three Cups of Tea |
by Greg Mortenson & David Oliver Relin |
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| Western Washington U |
The Battle Over the Meaning of Everything |
by Gordy Slack |
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| Wheaton (MA) |
*The Omnivore's Dilemma |
by Michael Pollan |
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| Whitman College |
Persepolis |
by Marjane Satrapi |
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| Widener U |
(Various?book club) |
by Various |
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| Winona State U (MN) |
The Blue Death |
by Dr. Robert Morris |
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| Winthrop U |
* The Creative Habit |
by Twyla Tharp |
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| Woodbury U |
*I am Alive in Los Angeles |
by Mike Sonsken |
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| Wright State U |
Freakonomics |
by Stephen Dubner and Steven Levitt |
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| York College (PA) |
The Road? |
by Cormac McCarthy |
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