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APPENDIX I | 79
APPENDIX I: COMMON READING SELECTIONS 2017-2018: FULL LIST BY INSTITUTION NAME
College/University, State Book, Author, YearGenre, Subject Categories, Theme
Adams State University (CO) Missoula: Rape and the Justice System in a College TownKrakauer, Jon2015
NonfictionCrime and Punishment/PoliceFeminism/Sex Discrimination/Women
Adelphi University (NY) No Impact Man: The Adventures of a Guilty Liberal Who Attempts to Save the Planet, and the Discoveries He Makes About Himself and Our Way of Life in the ProcessBeavan, Colin2009
MemoirAnimals/Environmentalism/Nature
Alabama State University (AL) Salvage the BonesWard, Jesmyn2010
NovelDisastersFamily Dysfunction/SeparationAfrican American themeHurricane Katrina theme
Alaska Pacific University (AK) Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet: A NovelFord, Jamie2009
NovelDispossession/Emigration/ExileWarAsian American theme
Alaska Pacific University (AK) The Color of Water: A Black Man’s Tribute to His White MotherMcBride, James1995
MemoirCivil Rights/Racism/SlaveryFamily Dysfunction/SeparationAfrican American theme
Albion College (MI) Make Your Home Among StrangersCrucet, Jennine Capó 2015
Novel Coming of AgeImmigration Latin American theme
Allegheny College (PA) The Immortal Life of Henrietta LacksSkloot, Rebecca2010
BiographyMedia/Science/TechnologyMedicine/MortalityAfrican American theme
Alvernia University (PA) Etched in Sand: A True Story of Five Siblings Who Survived an Unspeakable Childhood on Long IslandCalcaterra, Regina2013
Memoir Drugs/PovertyFamily Dysfunction/SeparationProtagonist Under 18
80 | COMMON READING SELECTIONS 2017-2018: FULL LIST BY INSTITUTION NAME
College/University, State Book, Author, YearGenre, Subject Categories, Theme
Amarillo College (TX) The Things They CarriedO’Brien, Tim1990
NovelWar Southeast Asian themeVietnam War theme
American University (DC) We Gon’ Be Alright: Notes on Race and ResegregationChang, Jeff2016
NonfictionCivil Rights/Racism/SlaveryAfrican American themeAsian American theme
Appalachian State University (NC)
One Amazing ThingDivakaruni, Chitra2010
Novel DisastersEthnic Identity/Sexual IdentitySouth Asian theme
Arcadia University (PA) Becoming Nicole: The Transformation of an American FamilyNutt, Amy Ellis2015
NonfictionEthnic Identity/Sexual Identity
Arizona State University, New College of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences (AZ)
HamiltonMiranda, Lin Manuel and Jeremy McCarter2015
MusicalAmerica/AmericansImmigrationAfrican American theme
Armstrong State University (GA) The New York Times2017
Newspaper
Assumption College (MA) Citizen: An American LyricRankine, Claudia2014
PoetryCivil Rights/Racism/SlaveryAfrican American theme
Auburn University (AL) The CircleEggers, Dave2013
NovelApocalyptic/Dystopian/Science Fiction
Auburn University at Montgomery (AL)
DraculaStoker, Bram1897
NovelApocalyptic/Dystopian/Science FictionEuropean theme
Augustana College (IL) Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in CrisisVance, J. D.2016
MemoirDrugs/PovertyFamily Dysfunction/SeparationWhite Appalachian theme
Austin Peay State University (TN)
Whistling Vivaldi: And Other Clues to How Stereotypes Affect UsSteele, Claude2010
Nonfiction Civil Rights/Racism/SlaveryPsychology/Pursuit of Happiness/Self-Help
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College/University, State Book, Author, YearGenre, Subject Categories, Theme
Avila University (MO) The Distance Between UsGrande, Reyna2012
MemoirFamily Dysfunction/SeparationImmigration Latin American themeProtagonist Under 18
Baker University (KS) Deep Economy: The Wealth of Communities and the Durable FutureMcKibben, Bill2007
NonfictionAnimals/Environmentalism/NatureBusiness/Economics/Economy
Bard College at Simon’s Rock (MA)
The Meaning of Michelle: 16 Writers on the Iconic First Lady and How Her Journey Inspires Our OwnChambers, Veronica2017
Nonfiction Feminism/Sex Discrimination/WomenAfrican American theme
Barton College (NC) The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two FatesMoore, Wes2010
Memoir Crime and Punishment/PoliceDrugs/PovertyAfrican American theme
Bates College (ME) Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and RedemptionStevenson, Bryan2014
Nonfiction Civil Rights/Racism/SlaveryCrime and Punishment/Police African American theme
Bay Path College (MA) A Step Toward FallingMcGovern, Cammie2015
NovelDisability/Disease/ Mental HealthFeminism/Sex Discrimination/Women Protagonist Under 18Young Adult
Baylor University (TX) The Road to CharacterBrooks, David2015
Nonfiction Pursuit of Happiness/Psychology/Self-Help
Bellarmine University (KY) The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two FatesMoore, Wes2010
Memoir Crime and Punishment/PoliceDrugs/PovertyAfrican American theme
Bellevue College (WA) Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet: A NovelFord, Jamie2009
NovelDispossession/Emigration/ExileWarAsian American theme
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College/University, State Book, Author, YearGenre, Subject Categories, Theme
Belmont Abbey College (NC) Fahrenheit 451Bradbury, Ray1953
NovelApocalyptic/Dystopian/Science FictionEthnic Cleansing/Genocide/Oppressive RegimesFilm/Television version exists
Benedictine Univeristy (IL) Tattoos on the Heart: The Power of Boundless CompassionBoyle, Gregory2009
MemoirCrime and Punishment/PolicePhilosophy/Religion/SpiritualityLatin American theme
Berry College (GA) The Good Food Revolution: Growing Healthy Food, People, and Communities Allen, Will2012
MemoirFoodAfrican American theme
Bismarck State College (ND) Ready Player OneCline, Ernest2011
NovelApocalyptic/Dystopian/Science Fiction
Bloomfield College (NJ) The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two FatesMoore, Wes2010
Memoir Crime and Punishment/PoliceDrugs/PovertyAfrican American theme
Bluffton University (OH) Quiet Strength: The Principles, Practices, and Priorities of a Winning LifeDungy, Tony and Nathan Whitaker2007
MemoirPhilosophy/Religion/SpiritualitySports African American theme
Boise State University (ID) Multiple Essays Miscellaneous
Boston College (MA) A Backpack, a Bear, and Eight Crates of Vodka: A MemoirGolinkin, Lev2014
MemoirDispossession/Emigration/ExileEuropean themeProtagonist Under 18
Boston College - Woods College of Advancing Studies (MA)
The Red Bandanna: A Life. A Choice. A LegacyRinaldi, Tom2016
BiographyDisasters
Bowling Green State University (OH)
Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in CrisisVance, J. D.2016
MemoirDrugs/PovertyFamily Dysfunction/SeparationWhite Appalachian theme
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College/University, State Book, Author, YearGenre, Subject Categories, Theme
Brandeis University (MA) Citizen: An American LyricRankine, Claudia2014
PoetryCivil Rights/Racism/SlaveryAfrican American theme
Bristol Community College (MA)
Born on a Blue Day: Inside the Extraordinary Mind of an Autistic SavantTammet, Daniel2007
MemoirDisability/Disease/ Mental HealthEuropean theme
Brookhaven College, Community (TX)
For Love of Country: What Our Veterans Can Teach Us About Citizenship, Heroism, and SacrificeSchultz, Howard and Rajiv Chandrasekaran2014
Nonfiction Humanitarianism/Social ActivismWar
Brown University (RI) The Tsar of Love and TechnoMarra, Anthony2015
Short StoriesEthnic Cleansing/Genocide/Oppressive RegimesEuropean theme
Bryn Mawr College (PA) The Secret History of Wonder WomanLepore, Jill2014
Nonfiction Family Dysfunction/SeparationFeminism/Sex Discrimination/Women
Bucknell University (PA) Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and RedemptionStevenson, Bryan2014
NonfictionCivil Rights/Racism/SlaveryCrime and Punishment/Police African American theme
Bunker Hill Community College (MA)
The Dew BreakerDanticat, Edwidge2004
Novel Ethnic Cleansing/Genocide/Oppressive Regimes ImmigrationAfrican theme [African Diaspora]
Butler University (IN) Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and RedemptionStevenson, Bryan2014
Nonfiction Civil Rights/Racism/SlaveryCrime and Punishment/PoliceAfrican American theme
Butte College (CA) A Deadly Wandering: A Tale of Tragedy and Redemption in the Age of AttentionRichtel, Matt2014
NonfictionHumanitarianism/ Social Activism Media/Science/Technology
84 | COMMON READING SELECTIONS 2017-2018: FULL LIST BY INSTITUTION NAME
College/University, State Book, Author, YearGenre, Subject Categories, Theme
Cabarrus College of Health Sciences (NC)
Josie’s Story: A Mother’s Inspiring Crusade to Make Medical Care SafeKing, Sorrel2009
MemoirMedicine/Mortality
Cabarrus College of Health Sciences (NC)
StrengthsFinder 2.0Rath, Tom2007
Skills AssessmentCareer Advice/Success
Cal Poly Pomona (CA) The Distance Between UsGrande, Reyna2012
MemoirFamily Dysfunction/SeparationImmigrationLatin American themeProtagonist Under 18
California Lutheran University (CA)
Luther and the ReformationSteves, Rick2016
TV ProgramPhilosophy/Religion/SpiritualityEuropean theme
California State University, Channel Islands (CA)
The RefugeesNguyen, Viet Thanh2017
Short Stories Dispossession/Emigration/ExileImmigration Southeast Asian theme
California State University, Chico (CA)
A Deadly Wandering: A Tale of Tragedy and Redemption in the Age of AttentionRichtel, Matt2014
NonfictionHumanitarianism/Social ActivismMedia/Science/Technology
California State University, Los Angeles (CA)
Spare Parts: Four Undocumented Teenagers, One Ugly Robot, and the Battle for the American DreamDavis, Joshua2014
NonfictionImmigrationMedia/Science/TechnologyLatin American themeProtagonist Under 18
California State University, Maritime (CA)
The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two CulturesFadiman, Anne1997
Nonfiction Ethnic Identity/Sexual IdentityMedicine/MortalityAsian American theme
California State University, Monterey Bay (CA)
The Distance Between UsGrande, Reyna2012
MemoirFamily Dysfunction/SeparationImmigrationLatin American themeProtagonist Under 18
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College/University, State Book, Author, YearGenre, Subject Categories, Theme
California State University, Northridge (CA)
Between the World and MeCoates, Ta-Nehisi2015
Memoir Civil Rights/Racism/SlaveryCrime and Punishment/PoliceAfrican American theme
California State University, Sacramento (CA)
Girl in Translation Kwok, Jean2010
NovelDrugs/PovertyImmigration Asian American theme
California State University, San Marcos (CA)
Between the World and MeCoates, Ta-Nehisi2015
Memoir Civil Rights/Racism/SlaveryCrime and Punishment/PoliceAfrican American theme
Carlow University (PA) The Immortal Life of Henrietta LacksSkloot, Rebecca2010
BiographyMedia/Science/Technology Medicine/MortalityAfrican American theme
Carnegie Mellon (PA) The Last LecturePausch, Randy and Jeffrey Zaslow2008
MemoirDisability/Disease/Mental HealthMedicine/Mortality
Carroll College (MT) Born a Crime: Stories from a South African ChildhoodNoah, Trevor2016
Memoir Artists’ Lives/Arts Civil Rights/Racism/SlaveryAfrican theme
Case Western Reserve University (OH)
Lafayette in the Somewhat United StatesVowell, Sarah2015
NonfictionAmerica/Americans
Catawba College (NC) The Quest for Peace and JusticeKing, Martin Luther, Jr.1964
LectureHumanitarianism/ Social ActivismAfrican American theme
Catholic University of America (DC)
In a Sense All Things: A CUA Primer
Miscellaneous
Cazenovia College (NY) The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-TimeHaddon, Mark2003
NovelDisability/Disease/Mental HealthFamily Dysfunction/SeparationProtagonist Under 18
Central College (IA) Memory of Water: A NovelItäranta, Emmi2014
NovelAnimals/Environmentalism/NatureApocalyptic/Dystopian/Science Fiction Protagonist Under 18
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College/University, State Book, Author, YearGenre, Subject Categories, Theme
Centre College (KY) The Underground RailroadWhitehead, Colson2016
NovelCivil Rights/Racism/SlaveryAfrican American theme
Chaffey College (CA) The Book of Unknown AmericansHenriquez, Cristina2014
Novel Disability/Disease/Mental HealthImmigration Latin American theme
Christian Brothers University (TN)
The Book ThiefZusak, Markus2005
NovelEthnic Cleansing/Genocide/Oppressive RegimesEuropean themeYoung Adult
Clarkson University (NY) Eating AnimalsFoer, Jonathan Safran2009
NonfictionAnimals/Environmentalism/NatureFood
Clemson University (SC) This I Believe: The Personal Philosophies of Remarkable Men and WomenAllison, Jay and Dan Gediman2006
NonfictionPhilosophy/Religion/SpiritualityNPR theme
Coastal Carolina University (SC)
Ready Player OneCline, Ernest2011
NovelApocalyptic/Dystopian/Science Fiction
College of Charleston (SC) The Big Thirst: The Secret Life and Turbulent Future of WaterFishman, Charles2011
Nonfiction Animals/Environmentalism/Nature
College of Marin (CA) Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space RaceShetterly, Margot Lee2016
NonfictionFeminism/Sex Discrimination/WomenMedia/Science/TechnologyAfrican American themeFilm/Television version exists
College of St. Scholastica (MN) The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two FatesMoore, Wes2010
MemoirCrime and Punishment/PoliceDrugs/PovertyAfrican American theme
College of the Holy Cross (MA) Make Your Home Among StrangersCrucet, Jennine Capó 2015
NovelImmigrationComing of AgeLatin American theme
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College/University, State Book, Author, YearGenre, Subject Categories, Theme
College of the Redwoods (CA) The Immortal Life of Henrietta LacksSkloot, Rebecca2010
BiographyMedia/Science/TechnologyMedicine/MortalityAfrican American theme
College of William and Mary (VA)
Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space RaceShetterly, Margot Lee2016
NonfictionFeminism/Sex Discrimination/WomenMedia/Science/TechnologyAfrican American themeFilm/Television version exists
College of Wooster (OH) Writings on the Wall: Searching for a New Equality Beyond Black and WhiteAbdul-Jabbar, Kareem2016
NonfictionCivil Rights/Racism/SlaveryAfrican American theme
Collin College (TX) Take This ManSkyhorse, Brando2014
MemoirFamily Dysfunction/SeparationDisability/Disease/Mental HealthLatin American themeNative American theme
Colorado College (CO) Citizen: An American LyricRankine, Claudia2014
PoetryCivil Rights/Racism/SlaveryAfrican American theme
Colorado Mountain College (CO)
No Barriers: A Blind Man’s Journey to Kayak the Grand CanyonWeihenmayer, Erik2017
Memoir Disability/Disease/Mental HealthSports
Columbia University (NY) The Iliad (Books 1-6)Homer800 BC?
Epic PoemWarEuropean theme
Community College of Allegheny County (PA)
The Immortal Life of Henrietta LacksSkloot, Rebecca2010
BiographyMedia/Science/TechnologyMedicine/MortalityAfrican American theme
Community College of Baltimore County (MD)
Chasing the Scream: The First and Last Days of the War on DrugsHari, Johann2015
Nonfiction Crime and Punishment/PoliceDrugs/Poverty
Concordia College (MN) March: Book ThreeLewis, John, Andrew Aydin, and Nate Powell2016
MemoirCivil Rights/Racism/Slavery African American themeGraphic work
88 | COMMON READING SELECTIONS 2017-2018: FULL LIST BY INSTITUTION NAME
College/University, State Book, Author, YearGenre, Subject Categories, Theme
Concordia University Texas (TX)
The CircleEggers, Dave2013
NovelApocalyptic/Dystopian/Science Fiction
Corning Community College (NY)
Ready Player OneCline, Ernest2011
NovelApocalyptic/Dystopian/Science Fiction
Cosumnes River College (CA) RubyBond, Cynthia2014
Novel Civil Rights/Racism/SlaveryAfrican American theme
Cuesta College (CA) The Immortal Life of Henrietta LacksSkloot, Rebecca2010
BiographyMedia/Science/TechnologyMedicine/MortalityAfrican American theme
Cumberland County College (NJ)
The Kitchen HouseGrissom, Kathleen2010
Novel Civil Rights/Racism/SlaveryImmigrationAfrican American theme
CUNY Baruch College (NY) The Book of Unknown AmericansHenriquez, Cristina2014
Novel Disability/Disease/Mental HealthImmigration Latin American theme
CUNY Brooklyn College (NY) Born a Crime: Stories from a South African ChildhoodNoah, Trevor2016
Memoir Artists’ Lives/Arts Civil Rights/Racism/SlaveryAfrican theme
CUNY Kingsborough Community College (NY)
Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and RedemptionStevenson, Bryan2014
Nonfiction Civil Rights/Racism/SlaveryCrime and Punishment/PoliceAfrican American theme
CUNY Queensborough Community College (NY)
My Beloved WorldSotomayor, Sonia2013
MemoirCareer Advice/SuccessLatin American theme
CUNY York College (NY) The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of ColorblindnessAlexander, Michelle 2009
Nonfiction Civil Rights/Racism/SlaveryCrime and Punishment/Police African American theme
Cuyahoga Community College (OH)
Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and RedemptionStevenson, Bryan2014
Nonfiction Civil Rights/Racism/SlaveryCrime and Punishment/PoliceAfrican American theme
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College/University, State Book, Author, YearGenre, Subject Categories, Theme
Dartmouth College (NH) A Man of the PeopleAchebe, Chinua1967
NovelPoliticsAfrican theme
Davenport University (MI) Grit To Great: How Perseverance, Passion, and Pluck Take You from Ordinary to ExtraordinaryThaler, Linda Kaplan and Robin Koval2015
Nonfiction Career Advice/SuccessPsychology/Pursuit of Happiness/Self-Help
Davidson College (NC) Good Kings Bad KingsNussbaum, Susan2013
NovelDisability/Disease/Mental HealthFeminism/Sex Discrimination/WomenProtagonist Under 18
Delaware County Community College (PA)
Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and RedemptionStevenson, Bryan2014
Nonfiction Civil Rights/Racism/SlaveryCrime and Punishment/PoliceAfrican American theme
Delaware Valley University (PA)
1984Orwell, George1949
NovelApocalyptic/Dystopian/Science FictionEthnic Cleansing/Genocide/Oppressive RegimesFilm/Television version exists
Des Moines Area Community College (IA)
Brain on Fire: My Month of MadnessCahalan, Susannah2012
MemoirDisability/Disease/Mental Health
Doane University (NH) FrankensteinShelley, Mary1818
NovelApocalyptic/Dystopian/Science FictionMedicine/Mortality
Drake University (IA) Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American CityDesmond, Matthew2016
NonfictionDrugs/Poverty
Duke University (NC) The Prince of Los Cocuyos: A Miami ChildhoodBlanco, Richard2014
MemoirArtists’ Lives/ArtsEthnic Identity/Sexual IdentityLatin American theme
90 | COMMON READING SELECTIONS 2017-2018: FULL LIST BY INSTITUTION NAME
College/University, State Book, Author, YearGenre, Subject Categories, Theme
Earlham College (IN) The Third Reconstruction: How A Moral Movement is Overcoming the Politics of Division and FearBarber, William J. with Jonathan Wilson Hartgrove2016
MemoirCivil Rights/Racism/SlaveryHumanitarianism/Social ActivismAfrican American theme
East Carolina University (NC) Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American CityDesmond, Matthew2016
NonfictionDrugs/Poverty
East Stoudsburg University (PA)
The Glass Castle: A MemoirWalls, Jeannette2005
Memoir Drugs/Poverty Family Dysfunction/Separation
Eastern Mennonite University (VA)
Between the World and MeCoates, Ta-Nehisi2015
Memoir Civil Rights/Racism/SlaveryCrime and Punishment/PoliceAfrican American theme
Eastern Michigan University, Honors College (MI)
Brown Girl DreamingWoodson, Jacqueline2014
Memoir PoemCivil RightsAfrican American themeYoung Adult
Eckerd College (FL) Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American CityDesmond, Matthew2016
NonfictionDrugs/Poverty
Edgewood College (WI) Acts of Faith: The Story of an American Muslim, the Struggle for the Soul of a GenerationPatel, Eboo2007
Memoir Humanitarianism/Social ActivismPhilosophy/Religion/Spirituality Muslim American theme
Edmonds Community College (WA)
Between the World and MeCoates, Ta-Nehisi2015
Memoir Civil Rights/Racism/SlaveryCrime and Punishment/PoliceAfrican American theme
Elizabeth City State University (NC)
Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and RedemptionStevenson, Bryan2014
Nonfiction Civil Rights/Racism/SlaveryCrime and Punishment/PoliceAfrican American theme
Elms College (College of Our Lady of the Elms) (MA)
United: Thoughts on Finding Common Ground and Advancing the Common GoodBooker, Cory2016
Nonfiction PoliticsAfrican American theme
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College/University, State Book, Author, YearGenre, Subject Categories, Theme
Elon University (NC) Make Your Home Among StrangersCrucet, Jennine Capó 2015
NovelImmigrationComing of AgeLatin American theme
Emory University (GA) FrankensteinShelley, Mary1818
NovelApocalyptic/Dystopian/Science FictionMedicine/Mortality
Evergreen State College (WA) Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and RedemptionStevenson, Bryan2014
Nonfiction Civil Rights/Racism/SlaveryCrime and Punishment/PoliceAfrican American theme
Fairfield University (CT) Multiple Short Readings Miscellaneous
Fairleigh Dickinson University (NJ)
FriendswoodSteinke, René2014
NovelAnimals/Environmentalism/NatureFeminism/Sex Discrimination/Women
Fairmont State University (WV)
ContactSagan, Carl1985
NovelApocalyptic/Dystopian/Science Fiction
Fashion Institute of Technology (NY)
So You’ve Been Publicly ShamedRonson, Jon2015
Nonfiction Media/Science/Technology
Fashion Institute of Technology, Presidential Scholars Program (NY)
Behold the DreamersMbue, Imbolo2016
Novel Drugs/PovertyImmigration African theme
Fayetteville State University (NC)
Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space RaceShetterly, Margot Lee2016
NonfictionFeminism/Sex Discrimination/WomenMedia/Science/TechnologyAfrican American themeFilm/Television version exists
Flagler College (FL) Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in CrisisVance, J. D.2016
MemoirDrugs/PovertyFamily Dysfunction/SeparationWhite Appalachian theme
92 | COMMON READING SELECTIONS 2017-2018: FULL LIST BY INSTITUTION NAME
College/University, State Book, Author, YearGenre, Subject Categories, Theme
Florida A & M University (FL) The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two FatesMoore, Wes2010
MemoirCrime and Punishment/PolicePovertyAfrican American theme
Florida College (FL) The Condensed Wealth of NationsSmith, Adam / Eamonn Butler1776/2011
NonfictionBusiness/Economics/Economy
Florida Gulf Coast University (FL)
March: Book OneLewis, John, Andrew Aydin, and Nate Powell2013
MemoirCivil Rights/Racism/Slavery African American themeGraphic work
Florida International University (FL)
The Promise of a Pencil: How an Ordinary Person Can Create Extraordinary ChangeBraun, Adam2014
Memoir Humanitarianism/Social ActivismSelf-Help/Pursuit of Happiness
Florida State College at Jacksonville (FL)
Thinking in Pictures: My Life with AutismGrandin, Temple1995
Memoir Animals/Environmentalism/NatureDisability/Disease/Mental Health
Fort Lewis College (CO) Crazy Brave: A MemoirHarjo, Joy2012
MemoirArtists’ Lives/ArtsFamily Dysfunction/SeparationNative American themeProtagonist Under 18
Framingham State University (MA)
A Hope in the Unseen: An American Odyssey from the Inner City to the Ivy LeagueSuskind, Ron1998
NonfictionDrugs/PovertyEducationAfrican American themeProtagonist Under 18
Fullerton College (CA) Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and RedemptionStevenson, Bryan2014
Nonfiction Civil Rights/Racism/SlaveryCrime and Punishment/PoliceAfrican American theme
Gannon University (PA) Dear Marcus: A Letter to the Man Who Shot MeMcGill, Jerry2009
MemoirCrime and Punishment/PoliceDisability/Disease/Mental HealthAfrican American theme
George Mason University (VA) Make Your Home Among StrangersCrucet, Jennine Capó 2015
NovelImmigrationComing of AgeLatin American theme
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College/University, State Book, Author, YearGenre, Subject Categories, Theme
George Williams College of Aurora University (DC)
Trespassing Across America: One Man’s Epic, Never-Done-Before (and Sort of Illegal) Hike Across the HeartlandIlgunas, Ken2016
MemoirAnimals/Environmentalism/NatureHumanitarianism/Social Activism
Georgetown University (DC) The Illegal: A NovelHill, Lawrence2016
NovelImmigrationSportsAfrican theme
Georgia College & State University (GA)
Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman’s Quest to Make a DifferenceSt. John, Warren2009
BiographyImmigrationSportsMuslim American theme
Georgia Institute of Technology (GA)
Multiple Assignments Miscellaneous
Georgia State University (GA) Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and RedemptionStevenson, Bryan2014
Nonfiction Civil Rights/Racism/SlaveryCrime and Punishment/PoliceAfrican American theme
Gettysburg College (PA) Station ElevenMandel, Emily St. John2015
NovelApocalyptic/Dystopian/Science FictionDisability/Disease/Mental Health
Glendale Community College (CA)
Orhan’s InheritanceOhanesian, Aline2015
Novel Dispossession/Emigration/ExileEthnic Cleansing/Genocide/Oppressive Regimes Islamic World theme
Good Samaritan College of Nursing and Health Science (OH)
Dreamland: The True Tale of America’s Opiate EpidemicQuinones, Sam2015
NonfictionDrugs/PovertyMedicine/Mortality
Goucher College (MD) Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and RedemptionStevenson, Bryan2014
Nonfiction Civil Rights/Racism/SlaveryCrime and Punishment/PoliceAfrican American theme
94 | COMMON READING SELECTIONS 2017-2018: FULL LIST BY INSTITUTION NAME
College/University, State Book, Author, YearGenre, Subject Categories, Theme
Governors State University (IL) Between the World and MeCoates, Ta-Nehisi2015
MemoirCivil Rights/Racism/SlaveryCrime and Punishment/PoliceAfrican American theme
Grace College (IN) Love Kindness: Discover the Power of a Forgotten Christian VirtueCorey, Barry H.2016
NonfictionPhilosophy/Religion/Spirituality
Grand Valley State University (MI)
All the Single Ladies: Unmarried Women and the Rise of an Independent NationTraister, Rebecca2016
NonfictionFeminism/Sex Discrimination/Women
Green River College (WA) March: Book ThreeLewis, John, Andrew Aydin, and Nate Powell2016
MemoirCivil Rights African American themeGraphic work
Guilford College (NC) The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two FatesMoore, Wes2010
MemoirCrime and Punishment/PolicePovertyAfrican American theme
Gustavus Adolphus College (MN)
FrankensteinShelley, Mary1818
NovelApocalyptic/Dystopian/Science FictionMedicine/Mortality
Hamline University (MN) Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and RedemptionStevenson, Bryan2014
Nonfiction Civil Rights/Racism/SlaveryCrime and Punishment/PoliceAfrican American theme
Hampshire College (MA) Between the World and MeCoates, Ta-Nehisi2015
MemoirCivil Rights/Racism/SlaveryCrime and Punishment/PoliceAfrican American theme
Harding University (AR) The Hiding PlaceTen Boom, Corrie1971
MemoirEthnic Cleansing/Genocide/Oppressive RegimesPhilosophy/Religion/SpiritualityEuropean theme
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College/University, State Book, Author, YearGenre, Subject Categories, Theme
Hartwick College (NY) Wine to Water: A Bartender’s Quest to Bring Clean Water to the WorldHendley, Doc2012
Nonfiction Animals/Environmentalism/NatureSocial Activism/HumanitarianismAfrican theme
Henderson State University (AR)
So You’ve Been Publicly ShamedRonson, Jon2015
Nonfiction Media/Science/Technology
Hesston College (KS) Blue Revolution: Unmaking America’s Water Crisis Barnett, Cynthia2011
NonfictionAnimals/Environmentalism/NatureHumanitarianism/Social Activism
High Point University (NC) How to Fly a Horse: The Secret History of Creation, Invention, and DiscoveryAshton, Kevin2015
Nonfiction Media/Science/Technology
Hilbert College (NY) Picking Cotton: Our Memoir of Injustice and RedemptionThompson-Cannino, Jennifer and Ronald Cotton and Erin Torneo2009
MemoirCrime and Punishment/PoliceAfrican American theme
Hillsdale College (MI) Founding Father: Rediscovering George WashingtonBrookhiser, Richard1996
BiographyAmerica/AmericansPsychology/Pursuit of Happiness/Self-Help
Hillsdale College (MI) Nicomachean EthicsAristotleCa. 350 BC
NonfictionPhilosophy/Religion/Spirituality
Hiram College (OH) The Handmaid’s TaleAtwood, Margaret 1985
NovelApocalyptic/Dystopian/Science Fiction Feminism/Sex Discrimination/WomenFilm/Television version exists
Hofstra University (NY) The Rise: Creativity, The Gift of Failure and the Search for MasteryLewis, Sarah2014
Nonfiction Psychology/Pursuit of Happiness/Self-Help
96 | COMMON READING SELECTIONS 2017-2018: FULL LIST BY INSTITUTION NAME
College/University, State Book, Author, YearGenre, Subject Categories, Theme
Holy Names University (CA) Make Your Home Among StrangersCrucet, Jennine Capó 2015
NovelImmigrationComing of AgeLatin American theme
Hood College (MD) HomegoingGyasi, Yaa2016
NovelCivil Rights/Racism/SlaveryFeminism/Sex Discrimination/WomenAfrican themeAfrican American theme
Housatonic Community College (CT)
Crossing Borders: Personal EssaysTroncoso, Sergio2011
Memoir Ethnic Identity/Sexual IdentityImmigration Latin American theme
Illinois Central College (IL) The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing WorldTutu, Desmond and Dalai Lama2016
NonfictionPhilosophy/Religion/SpiritualityPsychology/Pursuit of Happiness/Self-HelpAfrican themeAsian theme
Illinois College (IL) DawnButler, Octavia1987
NovelApocalyptic/Dystopian/Science FictionAfrican American theme
Illinois Wesleyan University (IL)
Between the World and MeCoates, Ta-Nehisi2015
MemoirCivil Rights/Racism/SlaveryCrime and Punishment/PoliceAfrican American theme
Indiana University East (IN) The Girl in the Tangerine ScarfKarf, Mohja2006
Novel Feminism/Sex Dscrimination/WomenImmigration Islamic World themeAfrican American theme
Indiana University, Bloomington, Kelley School of Business (IN)
Door to Door: The Magnificent, Maddening, Mysterious World of TransportationHumes, Edward2016
Nonfiction Business/Economics/Economy Media/Science/Technology
APPENDIX I | 97
College/University, State Book, Author, YearGenre, Subject Categories, Theme
Indiana University, Northwest (IN)
Conflict is Not Abuse: Overstating Harm, Community Responsibility, and the Duty of RepairSchulman, Sarah2016
Nonfiction Humanitarianism/Social Activism Psychology/Pursuit of Happiness/Self-HelpIslamic World theme
Indiana University, Southeast (IN)
Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in CrisisVance, J. D.2016
MemoirDrugs/PovertyFamily Dysfunction/SeparationWhite Appalachian theme
Ivy Tech Community College, Lawrence Campus (IN)
Ready Player OneCline, Ernest2011
NovelApocalyptic/Dystopian/Science Fiction
Jacksonville State University (FL)
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-TimeHaddon, Mark2003
NovelDisability/Disease/Mental HealthFamily Dysfunction/SeparationProtagonist Under 18
Johns Hopkins University (MD)
Spare Parts: Four Undocumented Teenagers, One Ugly Robot, and the Battle for the American DreamDavis, Joshua2014
Nonfiction ImmigrationMedia/Science/TechnologyLatin American themeProtagonist Under 18
Johnson County Community College (KS)
Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and RedemptionStevenson, Bryan2014
Nonfiction Civil Rights/Racism/SlaveryCrime and Punishment/PoliceAfrican American theme
Johnson State College (VT) How to Be BlackThurston, Baratunde2012
NonfictionEthnic Identity/Sexual IdentityAfrican American theme
Juniata College (PA) The Handmaid’s TaleAtwood, Margaret 1985
NovelApocalyptic/Dystopian/Science Fiction Feminism/Sex Discrimination/WomenFilm/Television version exists
Kalamazoo College (MI) On Immunity: An InoculationBiss, Eula2014
NonfictionMedicine/MortalityPsychology/Pursuit of Happiness/Self-Help
Kansas State University (KS) The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-TimeHaddon, Mark2003
NovelDisability/Disease/Mental HealthFamily Dysfunction/SeparationProtagonist Under 18
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College/University, State Book, Author, YearGenre, Subject Categories, Theme
Kansas Wesleyan University (KS)
Rejection Proof: How I Beat Fear and Became Invincible through 100 Days of RejectionJiang, Jia2015
MemoirPsychology/Pursuit of Happiness/Self-HelpAsian American theme
Kent State University (OH) Everyday Ambassador: Make a Difference by Connecting in a Disconnected WorldOtto, Kate2015
NonfictionHumanitarianism/Social ActivismTechnology
Kentucky Wesleyan College (KY)
Ready Player OneCline, Ernest2011
NovelApocalyptic/Dystopian/Science Fiction
Knox College (IL) Make Your Home Among StrangersCrucet, Jennine Capó 2015
NovelImmigrationComing of AgeLatin American theme
Lackawanna College (PA) Hot Dogs and Hamburgers: Unlocking Life’s Potential by Inspiring Literacy at Any AgeShindler, Rob2012
MemoirEducation Humanitarianism/Social Activism
Lafayette College (PA) Hope and Other Dangerous PursuitsLalami, Laila2005
NovelImmigrationIslamic World theme
Lansing Community College (MI)
Outliers: The Story of SuccessMalcolm Gladwell2008
Nonfiction Career Advice/Success
Lasell College (MA) The Boston Globe(6 month online subscription)2018
Newspaper
Lebanon Valley College (PA) Callings: The Purpose & Passion of WorkIsay, Dave2016
MemoirAmerica/Americans
Lehigh University (PA) Freedom Summer: The Savage Season of 1964 That Made Mississippi Burn and Made America a DemocracyWatson, Bruce2010
NonfictionCivil Rights/Racism/SlaveryAfrican American theme
APPENDIX I | 99
College/University, State Book, Author, YearGenre, Subject Categories, Theme
Lehigh University (PA) The True American: Murder and Mercy in TexasGiridharadas, Anand2014
Nonfiction Civil Rights/Racism/SlaveryCrime and Punishment/Police Muslim American theme
Lenoir-Rhyne University (NC) The Underground RailroadWhitehead, Colson2016
NovelCivil Rights/Racism/SlaveryAfrican American theme
Lewis University (IL) Do It Anyway: The New Generation of ActivistsMartin, Courtney2010
NonfictionHumanitarianism/Social Activism
Linfield College (OR) Multiple Short Readings Miscellaneous
Lock Haven University (PA) Between the World and MeCoates, Ta-Nehisi2015
MemoirCivil Rights/Racism/SlaveryCrime and Punishment/PoliceAfrican American theme
Lone Star College Kingwood (TX)
The Invention of WingsKidd, Sue Monk2014
NovelCivil Rights/Racism/SlaveryFeminism/Sex Discrimination/WomenAfrican American theme
Long Island University (NY) Look Me In The Eye: My Life With Apsberger’sRobison, John Elder2007
MemoirDisability/Disease/Mental HealthFamily Dysfunction/Separation
Longwood University (VA) Every DayLevithan, David2012
NovelApocalyptic/Dystopian/Science FictionYoung AdultProtagonist Under 18
Loras College (IA) Blindspot: Hidden Biases of Good PeopleBanaji, Mahzarin R. and Anthony G. Greenwald2013
NonfictionPsychology/Pursuit of Happiness/Self-Help
Los Angeles Valley College (CA) How the Garcia Girls Lost Their AccentsAlvarez, Julia1991
Novel Feminism/Sex Discrimination/WomenImmigration Latin American theme
Louisiana State University, Ogden Honors College (LA)
Strangers in Their Own Land: Anger and Mourning on the American RightHochschild, Arlie Russell2016
NonfictionAmerica/AmericansDispossession/Emigration/Exile
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College/University, State Book, Author, YearGenre, Subject Categories, Theme
Loyola Marymount University (CA)
SilenceEndo, Shusaku1966
Novel Ethnic Cleansing/Genocide/Oppressive Regimes Philosophy/Religion/SpiritualityAsian themeFilm/Television version exists
Loyola University Chicago (IL) Showdown: Thurgood Marshall and the Supreme Court Nomination That Changed AmericaHaygood, Wil2015
Nonfiction Civil Rights/Racism/SlaveryAfrican American theme
Loyola University Maryland (MD)
Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and RedemptionStevenson, Bryan2014
Nonfiction Civil Rights/Racism/SlaveryCrime and Punishment/PoliceAfrican American theme
Luther College (IA) There Was and There Was Not: A Journey Through Hate and Possibility in Turkey, Armenia, and BeyondToumani, Meline2014
MemoirEthnic Cleansing/Genocide/Oppressive RegimesIslamic World theme
Lynchburg College (VA) All Quiet on the Western FrontRemarque, Erich Marica1929
NovelWarEuropean theme
Manhattanville College (NY) The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two FatesMoore, Wes2010
MemoirCrime and Punishment/PolicePovertyAfrican American theme
Mansfield University of Pennsylvania (PA)
Out of Sight: The Long and Disturbing Story of Corporations Outsourcing CatastropheLoomis, Erik2015
NonfictionBusiness/Economics/EconomyDrugs/Poverty
Marietta College (OH) Getting to the Heart of Interfaith: The Eye-Opening, Hope-Filled Friendship of a Pastor, a Rabbi, and an ImanFalcon, Ted, Don Mackenzie, and Jamal Raman2009
NonfictionPhilosophy/Religion/Spirituality
APPENDIX I | 101
College/University, State Book, Author, YearGenre, Subject Categories, Theme
Marist College (NY) The Distance Between UsGrande, Reyna2012
Memoir Family Dysfunction/SeparationImmigration Latin American themeProtagonist Under 18
Maryville University (MO) Freedom Summer: The Savage Season of 1964 That Made Mississippi Burn and Made America a DemocracyWatson, Bruce2010
NonfictionCivil Rights/Racism/SlaveryAfrican American theme
Marywood University (PA) A Good Man, Rediscovering My Father, Sargent ShriverShriver, Mark2012
NonfictionHumanitarianism/Social Activism
Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts (MA)
Weeping Under This Same MoonLaiz, Jana2008
Novel Humanitarianism/Social ActivismImmigration Southeast Asian theme
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MA)
AmericanahAdichie, Chimamanda Ngozi2013
Novel Civil Rights/Racism/Slavery ImmigrationAfrican themeAfrican American theme
Massasoit Community College (MA)
Breath, Eyes, MemoryDanticat, Edwidge1994
NovelFeminism/Sex Dscrimination/WomenImmigrationAfrican theme [African Diaspora]
MassBay Community College (MA)
Civilianized: A Young Veteran’s MemoirAnthony, Michael2016
MemoirDisability/Disease/Mental HealthDrugs/PovertyIraq War theme
Medaille College (NY) The Art of Racing in the Rain Stein, Garth2008
NovelAnimals/Environmentalism/NatureDisability/Disease/Mental Health
102 | COMMON READING SELECTIONS 2017-2018: FULL LIST BY INSTITUTION NAME
College/University, State Book, Author, YearGenre, Subject Categories, Theme
Menlo College (CA) The Handmaid’s TaleAtwood, Margaret 1985
Novel Apocalyptic/Dystopian/Science FictionFeminism/Sex Discrimination/Women Film/Television version exists
Meredith College (NC) Casebook on Social Media Miscellaneous
Messiah College (PA) The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two FatesMoore, Wes2010
MemoirCrime and Punishment/PolicePovertyAfrican American theme
Metropolitan State University of Denver (CO)
In the Country We Love: My Family DividedGuerrero, Michelle2016
MemoirImmigrationLatin American theme
Miami University (OH) Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in CrisisVance, J. D.2016
MemoirDrugs/PovertyFamily Dysfunction/SeparationWhite Appalachian theme
Michigan State University (MI) A Long Way HomeBrierley, Saroo2013
MemoirFamily Dysfunction/SeparationMedia/Science/TechnologySouth Asian themeFilm/Television version exists
Michigan Technological University (MI)
Born on a Blue Day: Inside the Extraordinary Mind of an Autistic SavantTammet, Daniel2007
MemoirDisability/Disease/Mental HealthEuropean theme
Middle Tennessee State University (TN)
Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in CrisisVance, J. D.2016
MemoirDrugs/PovertyFamily Dysfunction/SeparationWhite Appalachian theme
Midlands Technical College (SC)
March: Book OneLewis, John, Andrew Aydin, and Nate Powell2013
MemoirCivil Rights/Racism/SlaveryGraphic workAfrican American theme
Millersville University (PA) All American BoysReynolds, Jason and Brandon Kiely2015
NovelCivil Rights/Racism/SlaveryCrime and Punishment/PoliceAfrican American theme Young Adult
APPENDIX I | 103
College/University, State Book, Author, YearGenre, Subject Categories, Theme
Minnesota State University, Mankato (MN)
Out of Chaos: Reflections of a University President and his Contemporaries on Vietnam-Era Unrest in Mankato and its Relevance TodayNickerson, James F.2006
MemoirEducation
Mississippi State University (MS)
The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two FatesMoore, Wes2010
MemoirCrime and Punishment/PolicePovertyAfrican American theme
Mississippi University for Women (MS)
Persepolis: The Story of a ChildhoodSatrapi, Marjane2000
Memoir Dispossession/Emigration/ExileEthnic Cleansing/Genocide/Oppressive Regimes Islamic World themeGraphic work
Missouri State University (MO) The Good Food Revolution: Growing Healthy Food, People, and Communities Allen, Will2012
MemoirFoodAfrican American theme
Mitchell College (CT) Callings: The Purpose & Passion of WorkIsay, Dave2016
MemoirAmerica/Americans
Molloy College (NY) The Book of Unknown AmericansHenriquez, Cristina2014
Novel Disability/Disease/Mental HealthImmigration Latin American theme
Montana State University (MT) Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and RedemptionStevenson, Bryan2014
Nonfiction Civil Rights/Racism/SlaveryCrime and Punishment/PoliceAfrican American theme
Montcalm Community College (MI)
The Glass Castle: A MemoirWalls, Jeannette2005
Memoir Drugs/Poverty Family Dysfunction/Separation
Moraine Valley Community College (IL)
We Believe You: Survivors of Campus Sexual Assault Speak OutClark, Annie E., and Andrea L. Pino2016
MemoirFeminism/Sex Discrimination/Women
104 | COMMON READING SELECTIONS 2017-2018: FULL LIST BY INSTITUTION NAME
College/University, State Book, Author, YearGenre, Subject Categories, Theme
Moravian College (PA) Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the EndGawande, Atul2014
Nonfiction Medicine/Mortality
Moreno Valley College (CA) Lives in Limbo: Undocumented and Coming of Age in AmericaGonzales, Roberto G.2015
NonfictionImmigrationLatin American theme
Morningside College (IA) ColouredRajakumar, Mohanalakshmi2011
Short StoriesEthnic Identity/Sexual IdentityImmigrationSouth Asian theme
Mount Aloysius College (PA) March: Book ThreeLewis, John, Andrew Aydin, and Nate Powell2016
MemoirCivil Rights/Racism/Slavery African American theme Graphic work
Mount Holyoke College (MA) Citizen: An American LyricRankine, Claudia2014
PoetryCivil Rights/Racism/SlaveryAfrican American theme
Nash Community College (NC) The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two FatesMoore, Wes2010
MemoirCrime and Punishment/PolicePovertyAfrican American theme
Nassau Community College (NY)
Shakespeare Saved My Life: Ten Years in Solitary with the BardBates, Laura2013
MemoirCrime and Punishment/PoliceEducation
New York University (Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development) (NY)
Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman’s Quest to Make a DifferenceSt. John, Warren2009
BiographyImmigrationSportsMuslim American theme
New York University, College of Arts and Sciences (NY)
AmericanahAdichie, Chimamanda Ngozi2013
NovelCivil Rights/Racism/SlaveryImmigrationAfrican theme African American theme
New York University, Tandon School of Engineering (NY)
Spare Parts: Four Undocumented Teenagers, One Ugly Robot, and the Battle for the American DreamDavis, Joshua2014
NonfictionImmigrationMedia/Science/TechnologyLatin American themeProtagonist Under 18
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College/University, State Book, Author, YearGenre, Subject Categories, Theme
North Carolina A&T State University (NC)
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of ColorblindnessAlexander, Michelle 2009
Nonfiction Civil Rights/Racism/SlaveryCrime and Punishment/Police African American theme
North Carolina State University (NC)
Between the World and MeCoates, Ta-Nehisi2015
MemoirCivil Rights/Racism/SlaveryCrime and Punishment/PoliceAfrican American theme
North Central College (IL) Becoming a Learner: Realizing the Opportunity of Education Sanders, Matthew L.2012
Nonfiction Career Advice/Success
North Idaho College (ID) Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and RedemptionStevenson, Bryan2014
Nonfiction Civil Rights/Racism/SlaveryCrime and Punishment/PoliceAfrican American theme
North Iowa Area Community College (IA)
Spare Parts: Four Undocumented Teenagers, One Ugly Robot, and the Battle for the American DreamDavis, Joshua2014
NonfictionImmigrationMedia/Science/TechnologyLatin American themeProtagonist Under 18
Northeastern State University (OK)
Callings: The Purpose & Passion of WorkIsay, Dave2016
MemoirAmerica/Americans
Northeastern University (MA) Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and RedemptionStevenson, Bryan2014
Nonfiction Civil Rights/Racism/SlaveryCrime and Punishment/PoliceAfrican American theme
Northern Arizona University (AZ)
Designing Your Life: How to Build a Well-Lived, Joyful LifeEvans, Dale and Bill Burnett2016
Nonfiction Psychology/Pursuit of Happiness/Self-Help
Northern Illinois University (IL)
Make Your Home Among StrangersCrucet, Jennine Capó 2015
NovelImmigrationComing of AgeLatin American theme
Northern Kentucky University (KY)
The Distance Between UsGrande, Reyna2012
Memoir Family Dysfunction/SeparationImmigration Latin American themeProtagonist Under 18
106 | COMMON READING SELECTIONS 2017-2018: FULL LIST BY INSTITUTION NAME
College/University, State Book, Author, YearGenre, Subject Categories, Theme
Northern State University (Honors Program) (SD)
Salt to the SeaSepetys, Ruta2016
Novel Feminism/Sex Discrimination/WomenWar Young Adult
Northwestern University (IL) Our Declaration: A Reading of the Declaration of Independence in Defense of EqualityAllen, Danielle2014
Nonfiction Philosophy/Religion/Spirituality
Northwood University (MI) Irrational Persistence: Seven Secrets That Turned a Bankrupt Startup into a $231,000,000 BusinessZilko, Dave2016
MemoirBusiness/Economics/EconomyCareer Advice/Success
Norwalk Community College (CT)
LotteryWood, Patricia2007
NovelDisability/Disease/Mental Health
Notre Dame of Maryland University (MD)
The NightingaleHannah, Kristen2015
Novel Feminism/Sex Discrimination/Women War
Occidental College (CA) Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens DemocracyO’ Neil, Cathy2016
Nonfiction Civil Rights/Racism/SlaveryMedia/Science/Technology
Ohio Northern University (OH) The CircleEggers, Dave2013
NovelApocalyptic/Dystopian/Science Fiction
Ohio State University (OH) Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and RedemptionStevenson, Bryan2014
Nonfiction Civil Rights/Racism/SlaveryCrime and Punishment/PoliceAfrican American theme
Oklahoma City University (OK) A. D.: New Orleans After the DelugeNeufeld, Josh2009
NovelDisasters Hurricane Katrina themeGraphic work
Oregon State University, Cascades (OR)
The Moth Presents All These Wonders: True Stories About Facing the UnknownBurns, Catherine, ed.2017
Memoir
APPENDIX I | 107
College/University, State Book, Author, YearGenre, Subject Categories, Theme
Otterbein University (OH) Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and RedemptionStevenson, Bryan2014
Nonfiction Civil Rights/Racism/SlaveryCrime and Punishment/PoliceAfrican American theme
Owensboro Community and Technical College (KY)
The CircleEggers, Dave2013
NovelApocalyptic/Dystopian/Science Fiction
Owensboro Community and Technical College (KY)
The Next Time You See MeJones, Holly Goddard2013
NovelAmerica/AmericansCrime and Punishment/Police
Pacific Lutheran University (WA)
Between the World and MeCoates, Ta-Nehisi2015
MemoirCivil Rights/Racism/SlaveryCrime and Punishment/PoliceAfrican American theme
Pellissippi State Community College (TN)
An Illustrated Book of Bad ArgumentsAlmossawi, Ali2014
Nonfiction Pursuit of Happiness/Psychology/Self-HelpYoung Adult
Pennsylvania State University, Altoona (PA)
Tribe: On Homecoming & BelongingJunger, Sebastian2016
Nonfiction Psychology/Pursuit of Happiness/Self-Help War
Pennsylvania State University, Berks (PA)
A Girl Named NinaTamayo, Norma2013
Novel Drugs/Poverty Family Dysfunction/SeparationLatin American themeYoung Adult
Pennsylvania State University, Brandywine (PA)
It’s What I Do: A Photographer’s Life of Love and WarAddario, Lynsey2015
Memoir Feminism/Sex Discrimination/Women War
Pennsylvania State University, New Kensington (PA)
Weaponized Lies: How to Think Critically in the Post-Truth EraLevitin, Daniel2016
Nonfiction Media/Science/TechnologyPolitics
Pennsylvania State University, University Park (PA)
It’s What I Do: A Photographer’s Life of Love and WarAddario, Lynsey2015
Memoir Feminism/Sex Discrimination/Women War
108 | COMMON READING SELECTIONS 2017-2018: FULL LIST BY INSTITUTION NAME
College/University, State Book, Author, YearGenre, Subject Categories, Theme
Piedmont Virginia Community College (VA)
Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space RaceShetterly, Margot Lee2016
NonfictionFeminism/Sex Discrimination/WomenMedia/Science/TechnologyAfrican American themeFilm/Television version exists
Pierce College (CA) Enrique’s Journey: The Story of a Boy’s Dangerous Odyssey to Reunite with His MotherNazario, Sonia2006
Biography Family Dysfunction/SeparationImmigration Latin American themeProtagonist Under 18
Pomona College (CA) Strangers in Their Own Land: Anger and Mourning on the American RightHochschild, Arlie Russell2016
NonfictionAmerica/AmericansDispossession/Emigration/Exile
Princeton University (NJ) What is Populism?Müller, Jan-Werner2016
NonfictionPolitics
Providence College (RI) Spare Parts: Four Undocumented Teenagers, One Ugly Robot, and the Battle for the American DreamDavis, Joshua2014
NonfictionImmigrationMedia/Science/TechnologyLatin American themeProtagonist Under 18
Purdue University Northwest (IN)
Garbology: Our Dirty Love Affair with TrashHumes, Edward2012
NonfictionAnimals/Environmentalism/Nature
Queens University of Charlotte (NC)
Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never SeenMcDougall, Christopher2009
Nonfiction Medicine/MortalitySports Latin American theme
Quinsigamond Community College (MA)
The Hero’s Body: A MemoirGiraldi, William2016
MemoirEthnic Identity/Sexual Identity
Ramapo College (NJ) So You’ve Been Publicly ShamedRonson, Jon2015
Nonfiction Media/Science/Technology
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College/University, State Book, Author, YearGenre, Subject Categories, Theme
Raritan Valley Community College (NJ)
When the Emperor Was DivineOtsuka, Julie2002
Novel Dispossession/Emigration/Exile Imprisonment/InternmentAsian American theme
Reedley College (CA) The Immortal Life of Henrietta LacksSkloot, Rebecca2010
BiographyMedia/Science/TechnologyMedicine/MortalityAfrican American theme
Regis College (MA) A Man Called OveBackman, Fredrik2012
NovelDisability/Disease/Mental HealthEuropean theme
Regis College, Boston (MA) Tattoos on the Heart: The Power of Boundless CompassionBoyle, Gregory2009
MemoirCrime and Punishment/PolicePhilosophy/Religion/SpiritualityLatin American theme
Rhode Island College (RI) Between the World and MeCoates, Ta-Nehisi2015
MemoirCivil Rights/Racism/SlaveryCrime and Punishment/PoliceAfrican American theme
Rider University (NJ) Born a Crime: Stories from a South African ChildhoodNoah, Trevor2016
Memoir Artists’ Lives/Arts Civil Rights/Racism/SlaveryAfrican theme
Rocky Mountain College (MT) Don’t Trust Don’t Fear Don’t Beg - The Extraordinary Story of the Arctic 30Stewart, Ben2015
NonfictionAnimals/Environmentalism/NatureHumanitarianism/Social ActivismEuropean theme
Roger Williams University (RI) “Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?” and Other Conversations About RaceTatum, Beverly Daniel1997
NonfictionCivil Rights/Racism/SlaveryAfrican American theme
Rollins College (FL) Between the World and MeCoates, Ta-Nehisi2015
MemoirCivil Rights/Racism/SlaveryCrime and Punishment/PoliceAfrican American theme
Rosemont College (PA) Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and RedemptionStevenson, Bryan2014
Nonfiction Civil Rights/Racism/SlaveryCrime and Punishment/PoliceAfrican American theme
110 | COMMON READING SELECTIONS 2017-2018: FULL LIST BY INSTITUTION NAME
College/University, State Book, Author, YearGenre, Subject Categories, Theme
Rowan University (NJ) The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural HistoryKolbert, Elizabeth2014
NonfictionAnimals/Environmentalism/Nature
Rutgers University, Douglass Residential College (NJ)
When the Emperor Was DivineOtsuka, Julie2002
Novel Dispossession/Emigration/Exile Imprisonment/InternmentAsian American theme
Rutgers University, School of Arts and Science Honors Program (NJ)
HomegoingGyasi, Yaa2016
NovelCivil Rights/Racism/SlaveryFeminism/Sex Discrimination/WomenAfrican themeAfrican American theme
Sacred Heart University (CT) Multiple Short Readings Miscellaneous
Saddleback College (CA) Undocumented: A Dominican Boy’s Odyssey From a Homeless Shelter to the Ivy LeaguePeralta, Dan-el Padilla2015
Memoir EducationImmigration Latin American theme
Saint Bonaventure University (NY)
Nobody: Casualties of America’s War on the Vulnerable, from Ferguson to Flint and BeyondHill, Marc Lamont2016
NonfictionCivil Rights/Racism/SlaveryDrugs/PovertyAfrican American theme
Saint Cloud State University (MN)
Citizen: An American LyricRankine, Claudia2014
PoetryCivil Rights/Racism/SlaveryAfrican American theme
Saint Edward’s University (TX) Detained and Deported: Stories of Immigrant Families Under FireRegan, Margaret2015
Nonfiction Humanitarianism/Social Activism ImmigrationLatin American theme
Saint Francis University (PA) The Immortal Life of Henrietta LacksSkloot, Rebecca2010
BiographyMedia/Science/TechnologyMedicine/MortalityAfrican American theme
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College/University, State Book, Author, YearGenre, Subject Categories, Theme
Saint John’s University (NY) Why Forgive?Arnold, Johann Christoph2010
NonfictionPhilosophy/Religion/SpiritualityPsychology/Pursuit of Happiness/Self-Help
Saint Louis University (MO) Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and RedemptionStevenson, Bryan2014
Nonfiction Civil Rights/Racism/SlaveryCrime and Punishment/PoliceAfrican American theme
Saint Mary’s College of California (CA)
Tattoos on the Heart: The Power of Boundless CompassionBoyle, Gregory2009
MemoirCrime and Punishment/PolicePhilosophy/Religion/SpiritualityLatin American theme
Saint Michael’s College (VT) Between the World and MeCoates, Ta-Nehisi2015
MemoirCivil Rights/Racism/SlaveryCrime and Punishment/PoliceAfrican American theme
Saint Peter’s University (NJ) The Art of Work: A Proven Path to Discovering What You Were Meant to DoGoins, Jeff2015
NonfictionPsychology/Pursuit of Happiness/Self-Help
Salem State University (MA) Bad FeministGay, Roxane2014
NonfictionFeminism/Sex Discrimination/WomenAfrican American theme
Salisbury University (MD) SulaMorrison, Toni1973
Novel Ethnic Identity/Sexual Identity Feminism/Sex Discrimination/WomenAfrican American theme
Sam Houston State University (TX)
The Good Food Revolution: Growing Healthy Food, People, and Communities Allen, Will2012
MemoirFoodAfrican American theme
San Jose State University (CA) Hot Dogs and Hamburgers: Unlocking Life’s Potential by Inspiring Literacy at Any AgeShindler, Rob2012
Memoir Education Humanitarianism/Social Activism
112 | COMMON READING SELECTIONS 2017-2018: FULL LIST BY INSTITUTION NAME
College/University, State Book, Author, YearGenre, Subject Categories, Theme
Santa Barbara City College (CA)
Into The Beautiful NorthUrrea, Luis Alberto2009
Novel Feminism/Sex Discrimination/Women ImmigrationLatin American theme
Seattle University (WA) Notes from No Man’s Land: American EssaysBiss, Eula2009
NonfictionCivil Rights/Racism/SlaveryAfrican American theme
Seton Hall University (NJ) Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space RaceShetterly, Margot Lee2016
NonfictionFeminism/Sex Discrimination/WomenMedia/Science/TechnologyAfrican American themeFilm/Television version exists
Shawnee State University (OH) A Hope More Powerful than the Sea: One Refugee’s Incredible Story of Love, Loss, and Survival Fleming, Melissa2017
NonfictionDispossession/Emigration/ExileWarIslamic World theme
Shepherd University (WV) Breaking Night: A Memoir of Forgiveness, Survival, and My Journey from Homeless to HarvardMurray, Liz2010
MemoirDrugs/PovertyFamily Dysfunction/SeparationProtagonist Under 18
Siena College (NY) FrankensteinGrimly, Gris2013
NovelApocalyptic/Dystopian/Science FictionMedicine/MortalityGraphic work
Siena Heights University (MI) We Should All Be FeministsAdichie, Chimamanda Ngozi2014
NonfictionFeminism/Sex Discrimination/WomenAfrican theme
Skidmore College (NY) The Book that Changed America: How Darwin’s Theory of Evolution Ignited a NationFuller, Randall2017
Nonfiction Media/Science/Technology Philosophy/Religion/Spirituality
APPENDIX I | 113
College/University, State Book, Author, YearGenre, Subject Categories, Theme
Smith College (MA) The Book of Unknown AmericansHenriquez, Cristina2014
Novel Disability/Disease/Mental HealthImmigration Latin American theme
Somerset Community College (KY)
Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in CrisisVance, J. D.2016
MemoirDrugs/PovertyFamily Dysfunction/SeparationWhite Appalachian theme
South Dakota State University (Van D. and Barbara B. Fishback Honors College) (SD)
How Does It Feel To Be A Problem? Being Young and Arab in AmericaBayoumi, Moustafa 2008
BiographyCivil Rights/Racism/SlaveryMuslim American theme
Southeastern Louisiana University (LA)
Signs Preceding the End of the WorldHerrera, Yuri2015
Novel Crime and Punishment/Police ImmigrationLatin American theme
Southern Methodist University (TX)
Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American CityDesmond, Matthew2016
NonfictionDrugs/Poverty
Stanford University (CA) HomegoingGyasi, Yaa2016
NovelCivil Rights/Racism/SlaveryFeminism/Sex Discrimination/WomenAfrican themeAfrican American theme
Stanford University (CA) Salvage the BonesWard, Jesmyn2010
NovelDisastersFamily Dysfunction/SeparationAfrican American themeHurricane Katrina theme
Stanford University (CA) The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural HistoryKolbert, Elizabeth2014
NonfictionAnimals/Environmentalism/Nature
Stevens Institute of Technology (NJ)
The Immortal Life of Henrietta LacksSkloot, Rebecca2010
BiographyMedia/Science/TechnologyMedicine/MortalityAfrican American theme
Stockton University (NJ) Trust Me, I’m Lying: Confessions of a Media ManipulatorHoliday, Ryan2012
NonfictionMedia/Science/Technology
114 | COMMON READING SELECTIONS 2017-2018: FULL LIST BY INSTITUTION NAME
College/University, State Book, Author, YearGenre, Subject Categories, Theme
Stony Brook University (NY) Spare Parts: Four Undocumented Teenagers, One Ugly Robot, and the Battle for the American DreamDavis, Joshua2014
NonfictionImmigrationMedia/Science/TechnologyLatin American themeProtagonist Under 18
SUNY Brockport (NY) The Work: My Search for a Life That MattersMoore, Wes2015
MemoirHumanitarianism/Social ActivismAfrican American theme
SUNY Cortland (NY) We Should All Be FeministsAdichie, Chimamanda Ngozi2014
NonfictionFeminism/Sex Discrimination/WomenAfrican theme
SUNY Old Westbury (NY) Undocumented: A Dominican Boy’s Odyssey From a Homeless Shelter to the Ivy LeaguePeralta, Dan-el Padilla2015
Memoir EducationImmigration Latin American theme
SUNY Oneonta (NY) Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space RaceShetterly, Margot Lee2016
NonfictionFeminism/Sex Discrimination/WomenMedia/Science/TechnologyAfrican American themeFilm/Television version exists
SUNY Onondaga Community College (NY)
God Grew Tired of Us: A Memoir Bul Dau, John and Michael S. Sweeney2007
MemoirDispossession/Emigration/Exile Ethnic Cleansing/Genocide/Oppressive RegimesAfrican theme
SUNY Oswego (NY) Shrill: Notes from a Loud WomanWest, Lindy2016
MemoirFeminism/Sex Discrimination/WomenHumanitarianism/Social Activism
Susquehanna University (PA) Multiple Readings Miscellaneous
Tennessee Tech University (TN)
This I Believe II: More Personal Philosophies of Remarkable Men and WomenAllison, Jay and Dan Gediman2008
Nonfiction Religion/Philosophy/SpiritualityNPR theme
APPENDIX I | 115
College/University, State Book, Author, YearGenre, Subject Categories, Theme
Texas A & M International University (TX)
A Backpack, a Bear, and Eight Crates of Vodka: A MemoirGolinkin, Lev2014
MemoirDispossession/Emigration/ExileEuropean themeProtagonist Under 18
Texas A & M University (TX) Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space RaceShetterly, Margot Lee2016
NonfictionFeminism/Sex Discrimination/WomenMedia/Science/TechnologyAfrican American themeFilm/Television version exists
Texas A & M University, San Antonio (TX)
Callings: The Purpose & Passion of WorkIsay, Dave2016
MemoirAmerica/Americans
Texas A & M University, Texarkana (TX)
The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the DarkSagan, Carl1995
NonfictionMedia/Science/Technology
Texas Christian University (TX)
Laughing Without an Accent: Adventures of a Global CitizenDumas, Firoozeh2008
MemoirImmigrationIslamic World theme
Texas State University (TX) Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and RedemptionStevenson, Bryan2014
Nonfiction Civil Rights/Racism/SlaveryCrime and Punishment/PoliceAfrican American theme
Texas Woman’s University (TX)
My Beloved WorldSotomayor, Sonia2013
MemoirCareer Advice/SuccessLatin American theme
The Citadel (SC) A Few Good MenSorkin, Aaron1990
Play Crime and Punishment/PoliceWar Film/Television version exists
The College of New Jersey (NJ) No Apparent Distress: A Doctor’s Coming-of-Age on the Front Lines of American MedicinePearson, Rachel2017
Memoir Drugs/Poverty Medicine/Mortality
The King’s College (NY) Hard TimesDickens, Charles1854
NovelDrugs/PovertyFamily Dysfunction/SeparationEuropean theme
116 | COMMON READING SELECTIONS 2017-2018: FULL LIST BY INSTITUTION NAME
College/University, State Book, Author, YearGenre, Subject Categories, Theme
The King’s College (NY) The Lame Shall Enter FirstO’Conner, Flannery1965
Short Story Medicine/Mortality Philosophy/Religion/Spirituality
Thomas College (ME) Until We Are Free: My Fight for Human Rights in IranEbadi, Shirin2016
MemoirEthnic Cleansing/Genocide/Oppressive RegimesIslamic World theme
Tiffin University (OH) This I Believe: Life LessonsGediman, Dan and Mary Jo Gediman2011
NonfictionPhilosophy/Religion/SpiritualityNPR theme
Trine University (IN) Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space RaceShetterly, Margot Lee2016
NonfictionFeminism/Sex Discrimination/WomenMedia/Science/TechnologyAfrican American themeFilm/Television version exists
Trinity University (TX) Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American CityDesmond, Matthew2016
NonfictionDrugs/Poverty
Tufts University (MA) The Outrage Industry: Political Opinion Media and the New IncivilityBerry, Jeffrey M. and Sarah Sobieraj2014
NonfictionMedia /Science/TechnologyPolitics
Tulane University (LA) Between the World and MeCoates, Ta-Nehisi2015
MemoirCivil Rights/Racism/SlaveryCrime and Punishment/PoliceAfrican American theme
University of Alabama, Birmingham (AL)
Ubuntu!: An Inspiring Story About an African Tradition of Teamwork and CollaborationLundin, Stephen and Bob Nelson2010
NovelCareer Advice/SuccessPhilosophy/Religion/SpiritualityAfrican theme
University of Alabama, Honors College (AL)
Orphan TrainKline, Christina Baker2013
NovelFamily Dysfunction/SeparationNative American theme
University of Alaska, Anchorage (AK)
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet: A NovelFord, Jamie2009
NovelEmigration/ExileWarAsian American theme
APPENDIX I | 117
College/University, State Book, Author, YearGenre, Subject Categories, Theme
University of Alaska, Anchorage (AK)
The Color of Water: A Black Man’s Tribute to His White MotherMcBride, James1995
MemoirFamily Dysfunction/SeparationCivil Rights/Racism/SlaveryAfrican American theme
University of Alaska, Southeast (AK)
Station ElevenMandel, Emily St. John2015
NovelApocalyptic/Dystopian/Science FictionDisability/Disease/Mental Health
University of Arizona (Honors College) (AZ)
Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and RedemptionStevenson, Bryan2014
Nonfiction Civil Rights/Racism/SlaveryCrime and Punishment/PoliceAfrican American theme
University of Arkansas (AR) The Book of Unknown AmericansHenriquez, Cristina2014
Novel Disability/Disease/Mental HealthImmigration Latin American theme
University of California, Berkeley (CA)
HamiltonMiranda, Lin Manuel2015
MusicalAmerica/AmericansImmigrationAfrican American theme
University of California, Davis (CA)
Redefining Realness: My Path to Womanhood, Identity, Love & So Much MoreMock, Charles [Janet]2014
MemoirEthnic Identity/Sexual IdentityAfrican American themePacific Islander theme
University of California, Los Angeles (CA)
The Best We Could Do: An Illustrated MemoirBui, Thi2017
MemoirDispossession/Emigration/ExileImmigration Asian American theme Graphic work
University of California, Merced (CA)
Air: The Restless Shaper of the WorldLogan, William Bryant2012
Nonfiction Animals/Environmentalism/Nature
University of California, Santa Barbara (CA)
Into The Beautiful NorthUrrea, Luis Alberto2009
NovelFeminism/Sex Discrimination/Women ImmigrationLatin American theme
118 | COMMON READING SELECTIONS 2017-2018: FULL LIST BY INSTITUTION NAME
College/University, State Book, Author, YearGenre, Subject Categories, Theme
University of California, Santa Cruz, Cowell College (CA)
Island of a Thousand MirrorsMunaweera, Nayomi2014
Novel Dispossession/Emigration/ExileWar South Asian theme
University of California, Santa Cruz, Cowell College (CA)
March: TrilogyLewis, John, Andrew Aydin, and Nate Powell2016
MemoirCivil Rights/Racism/SlaveryAfrican American theme Graphic work
University of California, Santa Cruz, Cowell College (CA)
UnflatteningSousanis, Nick2015
NonfictionPhilosophy/Religion/SpiritualityGraphic work
University of California, Santa Cruz, Crown College (CA)
BloodchildButler, Octavia E.1984
Short StoryApocalyptic/Dystopian/Science FictionFeminism/Sex Discrimination/Women
University of California, Santa Cruz, Crown College (CA)
Mono no AwareLiu, Ken2012
Short StoryApocalyptic/Dystopian/Science FictionMedicine/Mortality
University of California, Santa Cruz, Crown College (CA)
The Girl Who Was Plugged InTiptree, James, Jr. [Alice Bradley Sheldon]1974
Short StoryApocalyptic/Dystopian/Science FictionFeminism/Sex Discrimination/Women
University of California, Santa Cruz, Kresge College (CA)
Multiple Short Readings Miscellaneous
University of California, Santa Cruz, Merrill College (CA)
The New York Times2017
Newspaper
University of California, Santa Cruz, Oakes College (CA)
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of ColorblindnessAlexander, Michelle 2009
Nonfiction Civil Rights/Racism/SlaveryCrime and Punishment/Police African American theme
University of California, Santa Cruz, Porter College (CA)
The Idea of a MultiversityKerr, Clark1963
EssayEducation
University of California, Santa Cruz, Porter College (CA)
Why is Art so Boring?Noe, Alva2016
EssayArtists’ Lives/Arts
APPENDIX I | 119
College/University, State Book, Author, YearGenre, Subject Categories, Theme
University of California, Santa Cruz, Rachel Carson College (CA)
Grapes of WrathSteinbeck, John1939
Novel Dispossession/Emigration/ExileDrugs/Poverty
University of California, Santa Cruz, Rachel Carson College (CA)
Under the Sea Wind: A Naturalist’s Picture of Ocean Life Carson, Rachel1941
NonfictionAnimals/Environmentalism/Nature
University of California, Santa Cruz, Stevenson College (CA)
Existentialism Is a HumanismSartre, Jean Paul1946
EssayPhilosophy/Religion/Spirituality
University of Central Florida (FL)
High Price: A Neuroscientist’s Journey of Self-Discovery That Challenges Everything You Know About Drugs and SocietyHart, Carl2013
Memoir Drugs/Poverty Medicine/MortalityAfrican American theme
University of Central Missouri (MO)
Children of the New WorldWeinstein, Alexander2016
Short StoriesApocalyptic/Dystopian/Science FictionMedia/Science/Technology
University of Cincinnati (OH) Look Me In The Eye: My Life With Apsberger’sRobison, John Elder2007
MemoirDisability/Disease/Mental HealthFamily Dysfunction/Separation
University of Connecticut (CT) The RefugeesNguyen, Viet Thanh2017
Short Stories Dispossession/Emigration/ExileImmigration Southeast Asian theme
University of Connecticut, Stamford (CT)
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar WaoDíaz, Junot2007
Novel Ethnic Cleansing/Genocide/Oppressive Regimes Ethnic Identity/Sexual IdentityLatin American theme
University of Delaware (DE) The Underground RailroadWhitehead, Colson2016
NovelCivil Rights/Racism/SlaveryAfrican American theme
University of Denver (CO) Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in CrisisVance, J. D.2016
MemoirDrugs/PovertyFamily Dysfunction/SeparationWhite Appalachian theme
120 | COMMON READING SELECTIONS 2017-2018: FULL LIST BY INSTITUTION NAME
College/University, State Book, Author, YearGenre, Subject Categories, Theme
University of Evansville, Honors Program (IN)
Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and RedemptionStevenson, Bryan2014
Nonfiction Civil Rights/Racism/SlaveryCrime and Punishment/PoliceAfrican American theme
University of Florida (FL) Hidden America: From Coal Miners to Cowboys, an Extraordinary Exploration of the Unseen People W ho Make This Country WorkLaskas, Jeanne Marie2012
NonfictionAmerica/Americans
University of Houston (TX) Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space RaceShetterly, Margot Lee2016
NonfictionFeminism/Sex Discrimination/WomenMedia/Science/TechnologyAfrican American themeFilm/Television version exists
University of Houston, Clear Lake (TX)
Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space RaceShetterly, Margot Lee2016
NonfictionFeminism/Sex Discrimination/WomenMedia/Science/TechnologyAfrican American themeFilm/Television version exists
University of Houston, Downtown (TX)
My Grandfather Would Have Shot Me: A Black Woman Discovers Her Family’s Nazi PastTeege, Jennifer, and Nikola Sellmair2015
MemoirCivil Rights/Racism/SlaveryEthnic Cleansing/Genocide/Oppressive RegimesAfrican theme [African Diaspora]European theme
University of Idaho (ID) Mistakes Were Made (But Not By Me): Why We Justify Foolish Beliefs, Bad Decisions, and Hurtful ActsTavris, Carol and Elliot Aronson2007
NonfictionPsychology/Pursuit of Happiness/Self-Help
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (IL)
Ms. Marvel #1: No NormalWilson, G. Willow2014
NovelApocalyptic/Dystopian/Science Fiction Islamic World themeGraphic work
APPENDIX I | 121
College/University, State Book, Author, YearGenre, Subject Categories, Theme
University of Iowa (IA) The Butterfly Mosque: A Young American Woman’s Journey to Love and IslamWilson, G. Willow2010
MemoirPhilosophy/Religion/SpiritualityIslamic World theme
University of Kansas (KS) Citizen: An American LyricRankine, Claudia2014
PoetryCivil Rights/Racism/SlaveryAfrican American theme
University of La Verne (CA) The RefugeesNguyen, Viet Thanh2017
Short Stories Dispossession/Emigration/ExileImmigration Southeast Asian theme
University of Louisiana, Monroe (LA)
This I Believe: The Personal Philosophies of Remarkable Men and WomenAllison, Jay and Dan Gediman2006
NonfictionPhilosophy/Religion/SpiritualityNPR theme
University of Louisville (KY) Hidden America: From Coal Miners to Cowboys, an Extraordinary Exploration of the Unseen People Who Make This Country WorkLaskas, Jeanne Marie2012
Nonfiction America/Americans
University of Maine, Honors College (ME)
The Reluctant Fundamentalist Hamid, Mohsin2007
NovelImmigrationMuslim American themeFilm/Television version exists
University of Mary Washington (VA)
Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space RaceShetterly, Margot Lee2016
NonfictionFeminism/Sex Discrimination/WomenMedia/Science/TechnologyAfrican American themeFilm/Television version exists
University of Maryland, Baltimore County (MD)
Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women WorldwideKristof, Nicholas and Sheryl WuDunn2008
Nonfiction Feminism/Sex Discrimination/Women Humanitarianism/Social ActivismAfrican themeAsian theme
122 | COMMON READING SELECTIONS 2017-2018: FULL LIST BY INSTITUTION NAME
College/University, State Book, Author, YearGenre, Subject Categories, Theme
University of Maryland, College Park (MD)
March: Book ThreeLewis, John, Andrew Aydin, and Nate Powell2016
MemoirCivil Rights/Racism/Slavery African American themeGraphic work
University of Maryland, Eastern Shore (MD)
When the Emperor Was DivineOtsuka, Julie2002
Novel Dispossession/Emigration/ExileImprisonment/Internment Asian American theme
University of Massachusetts, Amherst (MA)
The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two FatesMoore, Wes2010
MemoirCrime and Punishment/PoliceDrugs/PovertyAfrican American theme
University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth (MA)
Selections from Thisibelieve.org Miscellaneous
University of Michigan (Engineering) (MI)
The Immortal Life of Henrietta LacksSkloot, Rebecca2010
BiographyMedia/Science/TechnologyMedicine/MortalityAfrican American theme
University of Michigan, Flint (MI)
We Need New NamesBulawayo, NoViolet2013
NovelEthnic Cleansing/Genocide/Oppressive RegimesImmigrationAfrican theme
University of Minnesota, College of Education and Human Development (MN)
Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and RedemptionStevenson, Bryan2014
Nonfiction Civil Rights/Racism/SlaveryCrime and Punishment/PoliceAfrican American theme
University of Mississippi (MS) Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and RedemptionStevenson, Bryan2014
Nonfiction Civil Rights/Racism/SlaveryCrime and Punishment/PoliceAfrican American theme
University of Missouri, Honors College (MO)
The Round HouseErdrich, Louise2012
Novel Civil Rights/Racism/Slavery Crime and Punishment/PoliceNative American theme
University of Montana, Missoula (MT)
Lentil Underground: Renegade Farmers and the Future of Food in AmericaCarlisle, Liz2015
Nonfiction Animals/Environmentalism/Nature Food
APPENDIX I | 123
College/University, State Book, Author, YearGenre, Subject Categories, Theme
University of Mount Olive (NC) Tough as They ComeMills, Travis2016
Memoir Disability/Disease/Mental Health WarAfghanistan War theme
University of Nebraska Omaha (NE)
The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two FatesMoore, Wes2010
MemoirCrime and Punishment/PoliceDrugs/PovertyAfrican American theme
University of New Mexico (NM)
Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and RedemptionStevenson, Bryan2014
Nonfiction Civil Rights/Racism/SlaveryCrime and Punishment/PoliceAfrican American theme
University of New Orleans (LA) Callings: The Purpose & Passion of WorkIsay, Dave2016
MemoirAmerica/Americans
University of North Carolina, Asheville (NC)
Make Your Home Among StrangersCrucet, Jennine Capó 2015
Novel Coming of Age ImmigrationLatin American theme
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (NC)
How Does It Feel To Be A Problem? Being Young and Arab in AmericaBayoumi, Moustafa 2008
BiographyCivil Rights/Racism/SlaveryMuslim American theme
University of North Carolina, Charlotte (NC)
The Book of Unknown AmericansHenriquez, Cristina2014
Novel Disability/Disease/Mental HealthImmigration Latin American theme
University of North Carolina, Greensboro (NC)
Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai UndercityBoo, Katherine2012
NonfictionDrugs/PovertySouth Asian theme
University of Oregon (OR) The Round HouseErdrich, Louise2012
Novel Civil Rights/Racism/Slavery Crime and Punishment/PoliceNative American theme
124 | COMMON READING SELECTIONS 2017-2018: FULL LIST BY INSTITUTION NAME
College/University, State Book, Author, YearGenre, Subject Categories, Theme
University of Pennsylvania (PA)
The Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital RevolutionIsaacson, Walter2014
NonfictionMedia/Science/Technology
University of Portland (OR) The Immortal Life of Henrietta LacksSkloot, Rebecca2010
BiographyMedia/Science/TechnologyMedicine/MortalityAfrican American theme
University of Rhode Island (RI) The New Science of Learning: How to Learn in Harmony With Your BrainDoyle, Terry and Todd Zakrajsek2013
Nonfiction Media/Science/Technology Psychology/Pursuit of Happiness/Self-Help
University of Richmond (VA) The Faithful Scribe: A Story of Islam, Pakistan, Family and War Mufti, Shahan2013
NonfictionInternational HistoryIslamic World theme
University of San Diego (CA) Between the World and MeCoates, Ta-Nehisi2015
MemoirCivil Rights/Racism/SlaveryCrime and Punishment/PoliceAfrican American theme
University of Scranton (PA) The Jesuit Guide to (Almost) EverythingMartin, James2010
NonfictionPhilosophy/Religion/Spirituality
University of South Alabama (AL)
HomegoingGyasi, Yaa2016
NovelCivil Rights/Racism/SlaveryFeminism/Sex Discrimination/WomenAfrican themeAfrican American theme
University of South Carolina (SC)
Callings: The Purpose & Passion of WorkIsay, Dave2016
MemoirAmerica/Americans
University of South Carolina, Aiken (SC)
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time IndianAlexie, Sherman2007
Novel Disability/Disease/Mental HealthDrugs/Poverty Native American themeYoung Adult
APPENDIX I | 125
College/University, State Book, Author, YearGenre, Subject Categories, Theme
University of South Carolina, Beaufort (SC)
Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space RaceShetterly, Margot Lee2016
NonfictionFeminism/Sex Discrimination/WomenMedia/Science/TechnologyAfrican American themeFilm/Television version exists
University of South Carolina, Upstate (SC)
The Fire This Time: A New Generation Speaks about Race Ward, Jesmyn, ed.2016
NonfictionCivil Rights/Racism/SlaveryEthnic Identity/Sexual IdentityAfrican American theme
University of South Florida, Sarasota Manatee (FL)
A Long Way HomeBrierley, Saroo2013
MemoirFamily Dysfunction/SeparationMedia/Science/TechnologySouth Asian themeFilm/Television version exists
University of Southern Mississippi (MS)
Undocumented: A Dominican Boy’s Odyssey From a Homeless Shelter to the Ivy LeaguePeralta, Dan-el Padilla2015
Memoir Education ImmigrationLatin American theme
University of Tennessee, Chattanooga (TN)
Between the World and MeCoates, Ta-Nehisi2015
MemoirCivil Rights/Racism/SlaveryCrime and Punishment/PoliceAfrican American theme
University of Tennessee, Knoxville (TN)
Station ElevenMandel, Emily St. John2015
NovelApocalyptic/Dystopian/Science FictionDisability/Disease/Mental Health
University of Texas, Austin (TX)
Multiple Choices Miscellaneous
University of Texas, Tyler (TX) Garbology: Our Dirty Love Affair with TrashHumes, Edward2012
NonfictionAnimals/Environmentalism/Nature
University of the South (TN) Between the World and MeCoates, Ta-Nehisi2015
MemoirCivil Rights/Racism/SlaveryCrime and Punishment/PoliceAfrican American theme
University of Toledo (OH) Callings: The Purpose & Passion of WorkIsay, Dave2016
MemoirAmerica/Americans
126 | COMMON READING SELECTIONS 2017-2018: FULL LIST BY INSTITUTION NAME
College/University, State Book, Author, YearGenre, Subject Categories, Theme
University of Utah, Honors College (UT)
Exit WestHamid, Mohsin2017
NovelDispossession/Emigration/ExileImmigrationIslamic World theme
University of Vermont (VT) A Deadly Wandering: A Tale of Tragedy and Redemption in the Age of AttentionRichtel, Matt2014
Nonfiction Humanitarianism/Social Activism Media/Science/Technology
University of Virginia, Curry School of Education (VA)
“Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?” and Other Conversations About RaceTatum, Beverly Daniel1997
NonfictionCivil Rights/Racism/SlaveryAfrican American theme
University of Virginia (School of Engineering & Applied Science) (VA)
Lab GirlJahren, Hope2016
Memoir Feminism/Sex Discrimination/Women Media/Science/Technology
University of Wisconsin, Madison (WI)
Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in CrisisVance, J. D.2016
MemoirDrugs/PovertyFamily Dysfunction/SeparationWhite Appalachian theme
University of Wisconsin, Madison, Chadbourne Residential College (WI)
Funny in Farsi: A Memoir of Growing up Iranian in AmericaDumas, Firoozeh2003
MemoirImmigrationMuslim American theme
University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee (WI)
Real Patriots Ask QuestionsSagan, Carl and Ann Druyan1996
EssayPhilosophy/Religion/Spirituality
University of Wisconsin, Whitewater (University Honors Program) (WI)
The Impossible Will Take a Little While: Perseverance and Hope in Troubled TimesLoeb, Paul2004
NonfictionPsychology/Pursuit of Happiness/Self-Help
Utah State University (UT) When Breath Becomes AirKalanithi, Paul2016
MemoirMedicine/Mortality
Utah Valley University (UT) Doctor FaustusMarlowe, Christopher1592
PlayPhilosophy/Religion/Spirituality
APPENDIX I | 127
College/University, State Book, Author, YearGenre, Subject Categories, Theme
Utah Valley University (UT) The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin OlympicsBrown, Daniel James2013
NonfictionSports
Vanderbilt University (TN) Strong InsideMaraniss, Andrew2014
Nonfiction Civil Rights/Racism/SlaverySportsAfrican American theme
Ventura College (CA) Make Your Home Among StrangersCrucet, Jennine Capó 2015
Novel Coming of Age ImmigrationLatin American theme
Villanova University (PA) Acts of Faith: The Story of an American Muslim, the Struggle for the Soul of a GenerationPatel, Eboo2007
Memoir Humanitarianism/Social ActivismPhilosophy/Religion/Spirituality Muslim American theme
Virginia Commonwealth University (VA)
Dreamland: The True Tale of America’s Opiate EpidemicQuinones, Sam2015
NonfictionDrugs/PovertyMedicine/Mortality
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (VA)
The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two FatesMoore, Wes2010
MemoirCrime and Punishment/PoliceDrugs/PovertyAfrican American theme
Virginia Wesleyan College (VA) Above Us Only SkyYoung-Stone, Michele2015
NovelEthnic Cleansing/Genocide/Oppressive RegimesFamily Dysfunction/SeparationEuropean themeProtagonist Under 18
Wagner College (NY) Between the World and MeCoates, Ta-Nehisi2015
MemoirCivil Rights/Racism/SlaveryCrime and Punishment/PoliceAfrican American theme
Wake Forest University (NC) Multiple Selections Miscellaneous
Wallace State Community College (AL)
Cycle of Hope: A Journey from Paralysis to PossibilityDowning, Tricia2010
MemoirDisability/Disease/Mental HealthSports
128 | COMMON READING SELECTIONS 2017-2018: FULL LIST BY INSTITUTION NAME
College/University, State Book, Author, YearGenre, Subject Categories, Theme
Wartburg College (IA) Martin Luther: A Very Short IntroductionHendrix, Scott H.2010
NonfictionPhilosophy/Religion/SpiritualityInternational HistoryEuropean theme
Washburn University (KS) The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt’s Darkest JourneyMillard, Candice2005
BiographyAmerica/Americans
Washington and Lee University (VA)
Our Declaration: A Reading of the Declaration of Independence in Defense of EqualityAllen, Danielle2014
NonfictionPhilosophy/Religion/Spirituality
Washington College (MD) Trace: Memory, History, Race, and the American LandscapeSavoy, Lauret2015
NonfictionCivil Rights/Racism/Slavery
Washington State University (WA)
Ready Player OneCline, Ernest2011
NovelApocalyptic/Dystopian/Science Fiction
Washington State University Vancouver (WA)
Spare Parts: Four Undocumented Teenagers, One Ugly Robot, and the Battle for the American DreamDavis, Joshua2014
NonfictionImmigrationMedia/Science/TechnologyLatin American themeProtagonist Under 18
Washington University in St. Louis (MO)
FrankensteinShelley, Mary1818
NovelApocalyptic/Dystopian/Science FictionMedicine/Mortality
Wesleyan University (CT) Citizen: An American LyricRankine, Claudia2014
PoetryCivil Rights/Racism/SlaveryAfrican American theme
West Kentucky Community and Technical College (KY)
The Age of MiraclesWalker, Karen Thompson2012
NovelApocalyptic/Dystopian/Science FictionFamily Dysfunction/SeparationProtagonist Under 18
West Los Angeles College (CA) The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of ColorblindnessAlexander, Michelle 2009
Nonfiction Civil Rights/Racism/Slavery Crime and Punishment/PoliceAfrican American theme
APPENDIX I | 129
College/University, State Book, Author, YearGenre, Subject Categories, Theme
West Texas A&M University (TX)
Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space RaceShetterly, Margot Lee2016
NonfictionFeminism/Sex Discrimination/WomenMedia/Science/TechnologyAfrican American themeFilm/Television version exists
West Virginia University (WV) Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space RaceShetterly, Margot Lee2016
NonfictionFeminism/Sex Discrimination/WomenMedia/Science/TechnologyAfrican American themeFilm/Television version exists
Westchester Community College (NY)
Behind the Kitchen DoorJayaraman, Saru2013
Nonfiction Food Humanitarianism/Social Activism
Western Carolina University (NC)
The Immortal Life of Henrietta LacksSkloot, Rebecca2010
BiographyMedia/Science/TechnologyMedicine/MortalityAfrican American theme
Western Michigan University (MI)
Lit Up: One Reporter, Three Schools, Twenty-Four Books that Can Change LivesDenby, David2016
Nonfiction Drugs/PovertyEducation
Western New England University (MA)
Life’s Golden Ticket: A Story About Second ChancesBurchard, Brendon2007
NovelPsychology/Pursuit of Happiness/Self-Help
Western Washington University (WA)
Tulalip, From My Heart: An Autobiographical Account of a Reservation CommunityDover, Harriette Shelton2013
MemoirEthnic Identity/Sexual IdentityHumanitarianism/Social ActivismNative American theme
Westfield State University (MA)
Visual Intelligence: Sharpen Your Perception, Change Your LifeHerman, Amy E.2016
Nonfiction Career Advice/SuccessPsychology/Pursuit of Happiness/Self-Help
130 | COMMON READING SELECTIONS 2017-2018: TITLES BY SUBJECT CATEGORY
College/University, State Book, Author, YearGenre, Subject Categories, Theme
Westminster College (PA) People of the BookBrooks, Geraldine2008
Novel Ethnic Cleansing/Genocide/Oppressive Regimes Philosophy/Religion/SpiritualityJewish World themeEuropean theme
Westmont College (CA) Into The Beautiful NorthUrrea, Luis Alberto2009
Novel Feminism/Sex Discrimination/WomenImmigration Latin American theme
Westmont College (CA) Tattoos on the Heart: The Power of Boundless CompassionBoyle, Gregory2009
MemoirCrime and Punishment/PolicePhilosophy/Religion/SpiritualityLatin American theme
Whitman College (WA) Make Your Home Among StrangersCrucet, Jennine Capó 2015
Novel Coming of Age ImmigrationLatin American theme
William Peace University (NC) Living and Dying in Brick City: Stories from the Front Lines of an Inner-City E.R.Davis, Sampson2013
Memoir Drugs/PovertyMedicine/Mortality African American theme
Williams College (MA) Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and RedemptionStevenson, Bryan2014
Nonfiction Civil Rights/Racism/Slavery Crime and Punishment/PoliceAfrican American theme
Winona State University (MN) The Immortal Life of Henrietta LacksSkloot, Rebecca2010
BiographyMedia/Science/TechnologyMedicine/MortalityAfrican American theme
Winthrop University (SC) Spare Parts: Four Undocumented Teenagers, One Ugly Robot, and the Battle for the American DreamDavis, Joshua2014
NonfictionImmigrationMedia/Science/TechnologyLatin American themeProtagonist Under 18
Wright State University (OH) Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and RedemptionStevenson, Bryan2014
Nonfiction Civil Rights/Racism/Slavery Crime and Punishment/PoliceAfrican American theme
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College/University, State Book, Author, YearGenre, Subject Categories, Theme
Xavier University of Louisiana (LA)
HomegoingGyasi, Yaa2016
NovelCivil Rights/Racism/SlaveryFeminism/Sex Discrimination/WomenAfrican themeAfrican American theme
York County Community College (ME)
Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in AmericaEhrenreich, Barbara2001
NonfictionAmerica/AmericansDrugs/Poverty
Young Harris College (GA) Lobby HeroLonergan, Kenneth2001
PlayCrime and Punishment/Police