Academic | Reading Programs
2009
The following titles were adopted by schools for First Year Experience and Campus-Wide Reading programs.
See adoptions for other years: 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012
Atlas Shrugged
Ayn Rand
Fayetteville State University
Blessed Unrest
Paul Hawken
Salve Regina University
Body of Work
Christine Montross
Medical University of South Carolina
Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, The
Junot Díaz
Tulane, Brandeis University, Duke University, Western Michigan University
Children of Jihad
Jared Cohen
Framingham State College
Chris Farley Show, The
Tom Farley, Jr.
Edgewood College
Closing Time
Joe Queenan
Philadelphia University
Cod
Mark Kurlansky
Keene State College
Color of Water, The
James McBride
Southern Vermont College, University of Kentucky
Eight Habits of the Heart
Clifton L. Taulbert
University of Tulsa
End of Poverty, The
Jeffrey D. Sachs
Barry University
Ethics for the New Millenium (customized)
Dalai Lama
UC Santa Barbara
Everything Bad is Good For You
Steven Johnson
Temple University
Gang Leader for a Day
Sudhir Venkatesh
Kutztown, Marian University, Montana State
Grapes of Wrath, The (customized)
John Steinbeck
Cornell
Growing Up (customized)
Russell Baker
Winthrop University
How Does it Feel to Be a Problem?
Moustafa Bayoumi
CUNY Brooklyn, Johnson State College
How Starbucks Changed My Life
Michael Gates Gill
Middle Tennessee State
In Defense of Food
Michael Pollan
University of Texas, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Joy Luck Club, The
Amy Tan
Old Dominion University
Kite Runner, The
Khaled Hosseini
Fairleigh Dickinson University, Palo Verde College
Lakota Way
Joseph M. Marshall III
Dickinson State University, Emerson College
Last American Man, The
Elizabeth Gilbert
Roanoke College
Last Night at the Lobster
Stewart O'Nan
Bryant University
Letters to a Young Brother
Hill Harper
Saint Augustine
Letters to a Young Sister
Hill Harper
St. Augustine, Fort Valley State University
Liar's Club, The
Mary Karr
Angelo State University
Listening is an Act of Love
Dave Isay
Butler University, Endicott College, Salem State College, Seton Hall, St. Bonaventure, UNC Charlotte, University of Toledo
Metamorphosis and Other Stories
Franz Kafka
St. Michael's College
Omnivore's Dilemma
Michael Pollan
Belmont University, Benedictine University, Boston University, Indiana University- Southeast, Marymount Manhattan College, Washington State, Western Washington University
Omnivore's Dilemma (customized)
Michael Pollan
UC Berkeley
Only a Theory
Kenneth R. Miller
University of Cincinnati
Ordinary Man, An
Paul Rusesabagina
Berry College
Pact, The
Sampson Davis
Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University
Rooftops of Tehran
Mahbod Seraji
Villanova
Secret Scripture, The
Sebastian Barry
Georgetown
Shadow of the Wind
Carlos Ruiz Zafón
Miami Dade College
Soloist, The
Steve Lopez
California Lutheran, California State University at Long Beach, Massachusetts Bay Community College, Cal State-Chico, Cal State-Northridge, Chapman University, Chicago School of Professional Psyhcology, Gwynedd-Mercy College, Johnson County Community College, Los Angeles City College, Michigan State, Middlesex Community College, Montana State, Moorpark College, Oxnard College, University at Buffalo, UT Tyler, Penn State
Song Yet Sung
James McBride
Washington College
Stealing Buddha's Dinner
Bich Minh Nguyen
De Anza College, Purdue University
The Lazarus Project
Aleksandar Hemon
Earlham College
Thousand Splendid Suns, A
Khaled Hosseini
University of Missouri, West Texas A&M University
Three Cups Of Tea
Greg Mortenson
Appalachain State, Arcadia University, Augustana College, Chaffey Community College, College of the Redwoods and Humboldt State, Cumberland University, Drew Uniiversity, Duquesne University, East Carolina university, Florida Gulf Coast University, Graceland University, Grand View College, Green River Community College, Holy Cross, Illinois Wesleyan University, Loyola University, North Caroline State, Ohio State, Principia College, Quinnipiac University, Rutgers University, Sierra Nevada College, St. John's, SUNY Oswego, University of Bridgeport, University of Northern Colorado, Viterbo University, Whitworth University, Wright State
Tortilla Curtain
T.C. Boyle
Ellsworth Commuity College
Whole New Mind, A
Daniel H. Pink
Texas State- San Marcos, University of North Florida
Wordy Shipmates, The
Sarah Vowell
Medaille College
