Academic | Reading Programs
2012
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
Both Ways Is the Only Way I Want It
Maile Meloy
University of Montana
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
Junot Díaz
California State University Channel Islands, New York City College of Technology, Rhode Island School of Design
The Cellist of Sarajevo
Steven Galloway
Robert Wesleyan College
Ceremony
Leslie Marmon Silko
Johnson & Wales
City of Thieves
David Benioff
SUNY Oswego
Code Talkers
Chester Nez with Judith Schiess Avila
San Juan College
Drive
Daniel H. Pink
William Paterson University
Dumbest Generation
Mark Bauerlein
Temple University
An Enemy of the People
Arthur Miller
Goucher College
Farm City
Novella Carpenter
Appalachian State, Oklahoma City, West Liberty University
The Filter Bubble
Eli Pariser
University of Texas
Four Fish
Paul Greenberg
Vassar College
Gang Leader for a Day
Sudhir Venkatesh
Westfield State University
The Ghost Map
Steven Johnson
Troy University, Westminster College
Girl in Translation
Jean Kwok
Delaware County Community College, Wright State University
The Good Food Revolution
Will Allen
North Central College
The Last American Man
Elizabeth Gilbert
Assumption College
Listening is An Act of Love
Dave Isay
Evergreen State College, Illinois College, Indiana University East
Losing My Cool
Thomas Chatterton Williams
Broward College North Campus, Delaware State University
Love and Other Obstacles
Aleksandar Hemon
Wentworth Institute of Technology
Matched
Ally Condie
Brenau
Omnivore's Dilemma
Michael Pollan
Armstrong Atlantic University
An Ordinary Man
Paul Rusesabagina with Tom Zoellner
Wartburg College
Our Patchwork Nation
Dante Chinni and James Gimpel
Cumberland University
The Pact
Sampson Davis, George Jenkins, Rameck Hunt and Lisa Frazier Page
Dean College, University of Louisiana Monroe
Reason for God
Timothy Keller
Eastern College
A School for My Village
Dave Isay
Albion College, Guilford Technical Community College, University of Nevada Las Vegas
This Is Your Brain on Music
Daniel J. Levitin
Manhattan College
Wine to Water
Doc Hendley
Florida State University, Jacksonville State University, Laramie County Community College, Rockhurst University, UNC Greensboro, West Texas A&M
