Academic | Reading Programs
2011
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
A School for My Village
Twesigye Jackson Kaguri
Florida Atlantic University, Schoolcraft College
Battle Dress
Amy Efaw
Iowa Wesleyan
Bonobo Handshake
Vanessa Woods
SUNY Oswego
Boy's Own Story, A
Edmund White
Ursinus College
Braindead Megaphone, The
George Saunders
University of West Florida
Brief Tour of Human Consciousness
V.S Ramachandran
UC San Diego (Warren College)
Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
Junot Díaz
Middlebury College, Nova Southeastern University, Wentworth Institute of Technology
Cellist of Sarajevo, The
Steven Galloway
Washington University
Cheap
Ellen Shell Ruppel
Lawrence University
Color of Water, The
James McBride
Messiah College, Monroe County Community College
Dragon House
John Shors
Bridgewater State College, Cabrini College
Drinking Coffee Elsewhere
ZZ Packer
University in West Georgia
Dumbest Generation, The
Mark Bauerlein
Guilford Technical Community College
Everything Matters!
Ron Currie
University of Toledo
Farm City
Novella Carpenter
Cuesta College
Freedom Summer
Bruce Watson
Lousiana State Baton Rouge Honor College
Ghost Map, The
Steven Johnson
Beloit College
Girl in Translation
Jean Kwok
Chester College of New England, Maryville University
Harvest of Empire
Juan Gonzalez
University of Texas
Help, The
Kathryn Stockett
Humboldt State & College of the Redwoods, Mercyhurst College, State Fair Community College, Sussex County Community College
Here Comes Everybody
Clay Shirky
Western Illinois University
How Does It Feel To Be a Problem?
Moustafa Bayoumi
UNC Charlotte, University of La Verne, University of South Carolina
How Starbucks Saved My Life
Michael Gates Gill
Mohawk Valley Community College
How to Read the Air
Dinaw Mengestu
Georgetown University
In the Neighborhood
Peter Lovenheim
Becker College
Kite Runner, The
Khaled Hosseini
Bowie State, University of Louisiana
Legend of Colton H. Bryant, The
Alexandra Fuller
Marietta College
Life is So Good
George Dawson
Eastfield College
Life of Galileo, The
Bertolt Brecht
University of South Florida
Life on the Color Line
Gregory Howard Williams
Cal State U Channel Islands
Listening Is An Act of Love
Dave Isay
Butler University, Cornell College, Middle Tennessee
March
Geraldine Brooks
Stanford University
Matched
Ally Condie
Simmons College
Moby Dick
Herman Melville
St. Joseph's College, UC Santa Barbara
My Freshman Year
Rebekah Nathan
Eastern Michigan University
My Grandfather's Blessings
Rachel Naomi Remen
Florida Hospital College of Health Sciences
Omnivore's Dilemma, The
Michael Pollan
Drew University
Pact, The
Sampson Davis
Lincoln Uninversity
Question of Freedom
A, R. Dwayne Betts
Bronx Community College
Reality is Broken
Jane McGonigal
Marquette University, University of Pennsylvania
Rooftops of Tehran
Mahbod Seraji
Earlham College
Sarah Canary
Karen Joy Fowler
Trinity University
Soloist, The
Steve Lopez
Austin Peay State, Christian Brothers University
The Meaning of Matthew
Judy Shepard
SUNY Buffalo
Thousand Splendid Suns, A
Khaled Hosseini
Mount Union University
Timequake
Kurt Vonnegut
Immaculata University
Tortilla Curtain
T.C Boyle
University of Arizona, Westminster College
Translation Nation
Hector Tobar
University of Texas Brownsville
What Type Am I?
Renee Baron
Southeastern University
Whole New Mind, A
Daniel H. Pink
Ringling College of Art and Design
Year of Wonders
Geraldine Brooks
Fairmont State
