Academic | Reading Programs
2006
The following titles were adopted by schools for First Year Experience and Campus-Wide Reading programs.
See adoptions for other years: 2006 | 2007 | 2008
Souls of Black Folk
W.E.B. Du Bois
Bryant University, Carthage College, University of Richmond
Girl With a Pearl Earring
Tracy Chevalier
Florida Gulf Coast University
Common Sense
Thomas Paine
Montana State
Tortilla Curtain, The
T.C. Boyle
Northern Michigan University, Penn State, University of Iowa, University of Missouri
Twelve Caesars, The
Suetonius
Reed College
Three Theban Plays
Sophocles
St. Ambrose University
Macbeth
Shakespeare
CUNY
Othello
Shakespeare
Northwestern University
Hamlet
Shakespeare
Sacred Heart University
Titus Andronicus
Shakespeare
UC Riverside
Richard II
Shakespeare
University of Michigan
Othello
Shakespeare
University of Richmond
Pact, The
Sampson Davis
Montgomery College, Rutgers University, Thornton High School, William Paterson University
Saint Augustine
Saint Augustine
Villanova University
Getting to Yes
Roger Fisher
University of Pennsylvania
Bargaining for Advantage
Richard G. Shell
University of Pennsylvania
Ramayana
R.K. Narayan
University of Minnesota
Ordinary Man, An
Paul Rusesabagina
Stonehill College
Human Natures
Paul R. Erlich
UC San Diego
Metamorphosis
Franz Kafka
University of Arizona
Long Way Down
Nick Hornby
Lakeland College
Amusing Ourselves to Death
Neil Postman
Penn Valley Community College
Finding Mañana
Mirta Ojito
University of Central Florida, Wagner College
The Soul of a Chef
Michael Ruhlman
Case Western
Omnivore's Dilemma, The
Michael Pollan
Siena College
Protestant Ethics and the Spirit of Capitalism
Max Weber
Bard
Gently Down the Stream
Matt Weinstein
Northwest Vista College
Ceremony
Leslie Marmon Silko
Santa Rosa Junior College
Death of Ivan Ilyich
Leo Tolstory
University of Florida
Free Culture
Lawrence Lessig
University of Pennsylvania Law School, University of Texas - Austin
Crazy Horse
Larry McMurtry
Texas Tech
Kite Runner, The
Khaled Hosseini
Cal State University East Bay, Central Methodist University, Chaffey College, Drury University, Duke University, Fairfield Prep School, Hamline, Harrisburg Area Community College, Henderson State, Howard Community College, Humboldt State, Lenoir-Rhyne College, New Hampshire Community College, New Mexico State, Pennsylvania State Berks, San Jose State University, Springfield College, St. Michael's College, Stanford University, SUNY Purchase, Syracuse University, Texas A & M, Truman State University, University of Texas - Arlington, University of Alabama Birmingham, Wentworth Institute of Technology, York College
Lost Daughters of China, The
Karin Evans
Bryant College
Drown
Junot Díaz
Manatee Community College
Heart of Darkness
Joseph Conrad
Elmira College
Places Left Unfinished at the Time of Creation
John Philip Santos
University of Texas - San Antonio
Confessions of an Economic Hit Man
John Perkins
Wagner College
Face of Battle
John Keegan
U.S. Military Academy
Ways of Seeing
John Berger
Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts
Color of Water
James McBride
Elizabethtown College, Quinnipiac University, SUNY - Old Westbury
Portrait of the Artist As A Young Man
James Joyce
Salve Regina University
Age of Iron
J.M. Coetzee
University of Richmond
Odyssey, The
Homer
Crossroads Prep School, Ohio State University, Point Park University, Sacred Heart University, St. Agnes Prep Academy, University of St. Thomas - Houston
Three Theban Plays
Sophocles
UC Irvine
Letters to a Young Brother
Hill Harper
Virginia State University
Life on the Color Line
Gregory Howard Williams
Louisiana State University, Skidmore College, Southern University
Year of Wonders
Geraldine Brooks
College of Charleston
Thus Spoke Zarathustra
Friedrich Nietzsche
Bard
Last American Man, The
Elizabeth Gilbert
University of Massachusetts - Lowell
House of Mirth
Edith Wharton
University of Richmond
Real College
Douglas Stone
Babson College, Northern Arizona University, Truman State University, Western Washington University
Caucasia
Danzy Senna
James Madison University
Brutal Imagination
Cornelius Eady
Bethune-Cookman
Eight Habits of the Heart
Clifton L. Taulbert
Oral Roberts University
Bread and Roses
Bruce Watson
University of Houston
Coal
Barbara Freese
Lindenwood University
Death of a Salesman
Arthur Miller
U.S. Military Academy
Koran, The
Anonymous
Butler University
Joy Luck Club
Amy Tan
Indiana State University
In the Name of Identity
Amin Maalouf
Quinnipiac University
Democracy in America
Alexis de Tocqueville
UC Irvine
Federalist Papers, The
Alexander Hamilton
University of Texas - El Paso
The Prince
Niccolo Machiavelli
Boston University
Monster Careers
Jeffrey Taylor
Katharine Gibbs
Hunger
Lan Samantha Chang
Marquette University
Epic of Gilgamesh
Anonymous
Penn State, Ursinus College
Penguin Ghandi Reader, The
Mohandas K. Gandhi
University of Richmond
