Academic | Reading Programs
2008
The following titles were adopted by schools for First Year Experience and Campus-Wide Reading programs.
See adoptions for other years: 2006 | 2007 | 2008
1984
George Orwell
Bowling Green State University, Saint Joseph's College
A Whole New Mind
Daniel H. Pink
Cumberland University, Texas State University - San Marcos
All Over Creation
Ruth L. Ozeki
Broward CC
An Ordinary Man
Paul Rusesabagina
University of Minnesota
The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears
Dinaw Mengestu
Bethune-Cookman College, Earlham College
Catching the Big Fish
David Lynch
Columbus High School, Middlesex School
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
Junot Díaz
Kalamazoo College, Rider University, Whittier College
Caucasia
Danzy Senna
Mt. Holyoke
City of Thieves
David Benioff
Whittier College
The Color Of Water
James McBride
Central Florida Community College, Lyndon State College, Trinity Christian College
Death Of A Salesman
Arthur Miller
Bellevue College
Drinking Coffee Elsewhere
ZZ Packer
Stanford University
Drown
Junot Díaz
Hunter College
Ethics For The New Millennium
Dalai Lama
University of California - Santa Barbara
Golden Road
Caille Millner
Bethune-Cookman College
Here Comes Everybody
Clay Shirky
University of Houston
The Holy Bible
Anonymous
Lewis and Clark College
Identity Lessons
Maria Mazziotti Gillan and Jennifer Gillan, editors
Chattahoochee Valley College
The Kite Runner
Khaled Hosseini
Farleigh Dickinson University, Kent State University, Mount Union College, Rollins College, University of New Haven, Valparaiso University
Last Night at the Lobster
Stewart O'Nan
Clarkson University
Life Is So Good
George Dawson, Richard Glaubman
United States Coast Guard Academy
Listening Is An Act Of Love
Dave Isay, editor
Butler University, St. Louis Community College, University of North Carolina - Charlotte
My Freshman Year
Rebekah Nathan
East Carolina University, Towson University, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
Native Speaker
Chang-Rae Lee
University of California Riverside
Nowhere Else On Earth
Josephine Humphreys
Guilford Tech CC
The Omnivore's Dilemma
Michael Pollan
Beloit, California State University, Colgate University, Keene State, Transylvania University, University of Wisconsin -Waukesha
On Beauty
Zadie Smith
University of Wisconsin
Paradise
Toni Morrison
University of California Riverside
People Of The Book
Geraldine Brooks
Kalamazoo College
The Secret Life of Bees
Sue Monk Kidd
Fayetteville State
The Shadow Of The Wind
Carlos Ruiz Zafón
Northern Michigan University
Smashed
Koren Zailckas
Western Illinois University
Something To Declare
Julia Alvarez
University of Central Florida
Speaking Of Faith
Krista Tippett
St. John's University
The Pact
Sampson Davis, George Jenkins, Rameck Hunt and Lisa Frazier Page
St. Catherine College, University of Wisconsin-Parkside
The Portable Dante
Dante Alighieri
University of California-San Diego
The Tattooed Soldier
Héctor Tobar
California State University - Los Angeles
Three Cups Of Tea
Greg Mortenson
Adams State College, Augustana College, Boise State University, Cal Poly, California State - Chico, Christopher Newport University, Clearview Regional High School, Colby-Sawyer College, College of Southern Idaho, Colorado Mountain College, Concordia College, Edison Community College, Elms College, Fairfield University, Ferrum College, Flathead Valley Community College, Fort Lewis College, Franklin Pierce University, Hanover College, Kennesaw State, Lewis & Clark College, Linfield College, Michigan Tech, Middle Tennessee State, Montana State, North Dakota State University, Northeastern University, Rice University , Rockford College, Rocky Mountain College, Rutgers University, Saint Louis University, San Diego State University, Seattle University, Simmons College, Simpson College, Stonehill College, Thomas College, Thomas University, Trinity University, University of California, University of Florida- Gainsville, University of Idaho, University of Minnesota, University of Missouri-Columbia, University of Montana, University of North Carolina, University of San Francisco, University of Saint Francis, University of Sioux Falls, University of Washington, Wagner College, Washburn University, Washington State University, West Chester University, Whitworth University
Tortilla Curtain
T.C. Boyle
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Twenty Chickens For A Saddle
Robyn Scott
University of Alabama
We Are All The Same
Jim Wooten
Boston College, University of North Carolina - Charlotte
When Heaven And Earth Changed Places
Le Ly Hayslip and Jay Wurts
University of California Riverside
Why Beautiful People Have More Daughters
Alan S. Miller, Satoshi Kanazawa
California State- Los Angeles
