Academic | Reading Programs
2007
The following titles were adopted by schools for First Year Experience and Campus-Wide Reading programs.
See adoptions for other years: 2006 | 2007 | 2008
All Over Creation
Ruth Ozeki
California Polytechnic
Big Fish
Daniel Wallace
Guilford College
The Bluest Eye
Toni Morrison
John Carroll University
Caucasia
Danzy Senna
James Madison, York
Color of Water
James McBride
Ball State University, Bethel, Chemetka CC, Quinnipiac University, University of South Carolina at Aiken
Conquest of New Spain
Bernal Diaz del Castillo
UC Irvine
The Crucible
Arthur Miller
University of Colorado
Death of a Salesman
Arthur Miller
Spring Hill College
Drinking Coffee Elsewhere
ZZ Packer
San Jose State University
Titus Andronicus
Shakespeare
UC Riverside
Eight Habits of the Heart
Clifton L. Taulbert
Oral Roberts University
Everything Bad is Good for You
Steven Johnson
Temple
Fiasco
Thomas E. Ricks
Texas A&M University
The Ghost Map
Steven Johnson
Clemson University, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Rochester Institute of Technology
The Grapes of Wrath
John Steinbeck
University of Wisconsin - Richland
Happiness
Richard Layard
Montana State University
How to Be Good
Nick Hornby
Southern Methodist University
Kite Runner, The
Khaled Hosseini
Armstrong Atlantic University, Caldwell Community College, Drury, Florida Gulf Coast, Hanover College, Humboldt State University, Kingsborough Community College, Miami Dade College, Niagara University, Nichols College (MA), Pacific University, Simpson College (IA), Southern New Hampshire, UNC-Wilmington, University of North Dakota, Valencia Community College, William Paterson University, Woodland Community College
Knots
Nuruddin Farah
Georgetown University
Lakota Way, The
Joseph M. Marshall, III
Western Michigan University
Last Days of Socrates
Plato
Montana State University
Longitude
Dava Sobel
UC San Diego
Lost Mountain
Erik Reece
Indiana University-Kokomo, Northern Kentucky University
Memory Keeper's Daughter
Kim Edwards
Boston College
My Freshman Year
Rebekah Nathan
Edinboro University of PA, Texas A&M University
The Odyssey
Homer
University of St. Thomas
Omnivore's Dilemma
Michael Pollan
Edgewood College, SUNY Albany
On Beauty
Zadie Smith
University of Wisconsin - Madison
Ordinary Man, An
Paul Rusesabagina
Middle Tennessee State, University of Missouri
The Pact
Sampson Davis
William Paterson University
The Pickup
Nadine Gordimer
Cornell University
The Planets
Dava Sobel
Peace College of Raleigh
Protagoras and Meno
Plato
UC San Diego
Secret Life of Bees
Sue Monk Kidd
Chemetka CC
Shackleton's Way
Margot Morrell
Slippery Rock University (PA)
Something to Declare (Plume)
Julia Alvarez
Murray State, University of Central Florida
Stealing Buddha's Dinner
Bich Minh Nguyen
Hope College
Symposium
Plato
Ohio State University
Three Cups of Tea
Greg Mortenson
UNC Charlotte, University of Idaho, University of Montana, Wartburg College
Twelve Caesars
Suetonius
Reed College
Under the Feet of Jesus
Helena Maria Viramontes
Otterbein College
A Whole New Mind
Daniel H. Pink
Ringling College of Art & Design
