Required Summer Reading for Incoming College Freshmen

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<p>Elmhurst College is reading “Where Am I Wearing?” by Kelsey Timmerman. In addition to being a part of our Big Questions orientation, the book is integrated as much as possible into our Freshman Seminar courses. Timmerman is also coming to campus during the third or fourth week of class.</p>

<p>The book is about Timmerman attempting to find out where his clothes are made. He visits Honduras, Bangladesh, Cambodia and China, finding the factories where his clothes were made, interviewing garment workers, and asking a bunch of questions about our western assumptions. it’s not what I would call an academic book, but it’s good “light journalism” reading for the global world.</p>

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<p>Carnegie Mellon sent a copy of this little book to every freshman-- R. Pausch, *The Last Lecture<a href=“very%20sadly,%20the%20author%20will%20not%20be%20there%20to%20discuss%20but%20I%20assume%20they%20will%20show%20the%20freshman%20the%20video-I%20sat%20with%20my%20kids%20in%20front%20of%20computer%20when%20this%20first%20came%20out%20and%20Randy%20Pausch%20was%20still%20alive”>/I</a>. I read the book in one sitting…wonderful advice for all students and teens…very poignant…trying to cram into a few pages all the wisdom and advice and anecdotes that he couldn’t pass on to his kids over the course of a long lifetime.</p>

<p>Johns Hopkins: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. I believe the author will participate in discussion.</p>

<p>Carnegie Mellon University: “The Last Lecture” by Randy Pausch and Jeffrey Zaslow</p>

<p>Case Western Reserve: “Bottlemania: How Water Went on Sale and Why We Bought It” by Elizabeth Royte</p>

<p>Clemson: “These Shining Lives” (a play) by Melanie Marnich</p>

<p>Coastal Carolina “The Brief History of the Dead” by Kevin Brockmeier</p>

<p>Colgate “Cosmopolitanism: Ethics in a World of Strangers” by Kwame Anthony Appiah</p>

<p>Columbia: “The Iliad” by Homer</p>

<p>Cornell: “Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?” by Philip Dick</p>

<p>Dartmouth “1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus” by Charles Mann</p>

<p>Elon “China Road: A Journey into the Future of a Rising Power” by Rob Gifford.</p>

<p>George Washington “Half the Sky” by Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn</p>

<p>Goucher College: “Catfish and Mandala” by Andrew X. Pham.</p>

<p>Ithaca College “Walden” by Henry David Thoreau</p>

<p>Johns Hopkins Univ: “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks” by Rebecca Skloot</p>

<p>Lafayette College “Regeneration” by Pat Barker</p>

<p>Marquette University “Peace like a River” by Leif Enger</p>

<p>Marymount Manhattan College “The Complete Persepolis” by Marjane Satrapi</p>

<p>Miami U Ohio: “This I Believe II - The Personal Philosophies of Remarkable Men and Women” - Edited by Jay Allison and Dan Gediman</p>

<p>Mizzou "Generation Me”.</p>

<p>Northeastern University “Zeitoun” by Dave Eggers</p>

<p>Ohio State University: “No Impact Man” by Colin Beavan.</p>

<p>Otterbein College “Outcasts United” by Warren St. John</p>

<p>Reed College “The Odyssey” by Homer</p>

<p>Rice Univ. “Work Hard. Be Nice.: How Two Inspired Teachers Created the Most Promising Schools in America”, by Jay Mathews</p>

<p>St. Mary’s (Maryland) - “Huckleberry Finn”</p>

<p>Smith “Half the Sky” by Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn.</p>

<p>Stanford “The Spirit Catches You” by Anne Fadiman
" Strength in What Remains" by Tracy Kidder
“The Undesirable Table” by Joyce Carol Oates</p>

<p>Stonehill College: “How We Decide” by Jonah Lehrer</p>

<p>Texas Tech “Frankenstein” by Mary Shelley</p>

<p>Tufts: “This I believe” (many authors)</p>

<p>Tulane: “Zeitoun” by Dave Eggers</p>

<p>Univ. of Dayton “When the Emperor was Divine” by Julie Otsuka.</p>

<p>Univ of Delaware “Strength in What Remains”</p>

<p>University of Indiana, South Bend “The Communist Manifesto”</p>

<p>UNC “Picking Cotton” by Jennifer Thompson-Cannino and Ronald Cotton.</p>

<p>University of South Carolina “Into the Wild” by Jon Krakauer.</p>

<p>Vanderbilt: Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin</p>

<p>WUSTL:“The Reluctant Fundamentalist” by Mohsin Hamid</p>

<p>Whitman College “Zeitoun” by Dave Eggers
TXArtemis is offline</p>

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<p>Adding Elmhurst</p>

<p>Johns Hopkins: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. I believe the author will participate in discussion.</p>

<p>Carnegie Mellon University: “The Last Lecture” by Randy Pausch and Jeffrey Zaslow</p>

<p>Case Western Reserve: “Bottlemania: How Water Went on Sale and Why We Bought It” by Elizabeth Royte</p>

<p>Clemson: “These Shining Lives” (a play) by Melanie Marnich</p>

<p>Coastal Carolina “The Brief History of the Dead” by Kevin Brockmeier</p>

<p>Colgate “Cosmopolitanism: Ethics in a World of Strangers” by Kwame Anthony Appiah</p>

<p>Columbia: “The Iliad” by Homer</p>

<p>Cornell: “Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?” by Philip Dick</p>

<p>Dartmouth “1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus” by Charles Mann</p>

<p>Elmhurst College: “Where Am I Wearing?” by Kelsey Timmerman</p>

<p>Elon “China Road: A Journey into the Future of a Rising Power” by Rob Gifford.</p>

<p>George Washington “Half the Sky” by Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn</p>

<p>Goucher College: “Catfish and Mandala” by Andrew X. Pham.</p>

<p>Ithaca College “Walden” by Henry David Thoreau</p>

<p>Johns Hopkins Univ: “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks” by Rebecca Skloot</p>

<p>Lafayette College “Regeneration” by Pat Barker</p>

<p>Marquette University “Peace like a River” by Leif Enger</p>

<p>Marymount Manhattan College “The Complete Persepolis” by Marjane Satrapi</p>

<p>Miami U Ohio: “This I Believe II - The Personal Philosophies of Remarkable Men and Women” - Edited by Jay Allison and Dan Gediman</p>

<p>Mizzou "Generation Me”.</p>

<p>Northeastern University “Zeitoun” by Dave Eggers</p>

<p>Ohio State University: “No Impact Man” by Colin Beavan.</p>

<p>Otterbein College “Outcasts United” by Warren St. John</p>

<p>Reed College “The Odyssey” by Homer</p>

<p>Rice Univ. “Work Hard. Be Nice.: How Two Inspired Teachers Created the Most Promising Schools in America”, by Jay Mathews</p>

<p>St. Mary’s (Maryland) - “Huckleberry Finn”</p>

<p>Smith “Half the Sky” by Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn.</p>

<p>Stanford “The Spirit Catches You” by Anne Fadiman
" Strength in What Remains" by Tracy Kidder
“The Undesirable Table” by Joyce Carol Oates</p>

<p>Stonehill College: “How We Decide” by Jonah Lehrer</p>

<p>Texas Tech “Frankenstein” by Mary Shelley</p>

<p>Tufts: “This I believe” (many authors)</p>

<p>Tulane: “Zeitoun” by Dave Eggers</p>

<p>Univ. of Dayton “When the Emperor was Divine” by Julie Otsuka.</p>

<p>Univ of Delaware “Strength in What Remains”</p>

<p>University of Indiana, South Bend “The Communist Manifesto”</p>

<p>UNC “Picking Cotton” by Jennifer Thompson-Cannino and Ronald Cotton.</p>

<p>University of South Carolina “Into the Wild” by Jon Krakauer.</p>

<p>Vanderbilt: Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin</p>

<p>WUSTL:“The Reluctant Fundamentalist” by Mohsin Hamid</p>

<p>Whitman College “Zeitoun” by Dave Eggers
TXArtemis is offline</p>

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<p>Adding UVA’s E-School</p>

<p>Johns Hopkins: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. I believe the author will participate in discussion.</p>

<p>Carnegie Mellon University: “The Last Lecture” by Randy Pausch and Jeffrey Zaslow</p>

<p>Case Western Reserve: “Bottlemania: How Water Went on Sale and Why We Bought It” by Elizabeth Royte</p>

<p>Clemson: “These Shining Lives” (a play) by Melanie Marnich</p>

<p>Coastal Carolina “The Brief History of the Dead” by Kevin Brockmeier</p>

<p>Colgate “Cosmopolitanism: Ethics in a World of Strangers” by Kwame Anthony Appiah</p>

<p>Columbia: “The Iliad” by Homer</p>

<p>Cornell: “Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?” by Philip Dick</p>

<p>Dartmouth “1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus” by Charles Mann</p>

<p>Elmhurst College: “Where Am I Wearing?” by Kelsey Timmerman</p>

<p>Elon “China Road: A Journey into the Future of a Rising Power” by Rob Gifford.</p>

<p>George Washington “Half the Sky” by Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn</p>

<p>Goucher College: “Catfish and Mandala” by Andrew X. Pham.</p>

<p>Ithaca College “Walden” by Henry David Thoreau</p>

<p>Johns Hopkins Univ: “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks” by Rebecca Skloot</p>

<p>Lafayette College “Regeneration” by Pat Barker</p>

<p>Marquette University “Peace like a River” by Leif Enger</p>

<p>Marymount Manhattan College “The Complete Persepolis” by Marjane Satrapi</p>

<p>Miami U Ohio: “This I Believe II - The Personal Philosophies of Remarkable Men and Women” - Edited by Jay Allison and Dan Gediman</p>

<p>Mizzou "Generation Me”.</p>

<p>Northeastern University “Zeitoun” by Dave Eggers</p>

<p>Ohio State University: “No Impact Man” by Colin Beavan.</p>

<p>Otterbein College “Outcasts United” by Warren St. John</p>

<p>Reed College “The Odyssey” by Homer</p>

<p>Rice Univ. “Work Hard. Be Nice.: How Two Inspired Teachers Created the Most Promising Schools in America”, by Jay Mathews</p>

<p>St. Mary’s (Maryland) - “Huckleberry Finn”</p>

<p>Smith “Half the Sky” by Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn.</p>

<p>Stanford “The Spirit Catches You” by Anne Fadiman
" Strength in What Remains" by Tracy Kidder
“The Undesirable Table” by Joyce Carol Oates</p>

<p>Stonehill College: “How We Decide” by Jonah Lehrer</p>

<p>Texas Tech “Frankenstein” by Mary Shelley</p>

<p>Tufts: “This I believe” (many authors)</p>

<p>Tulane: “Zeitoun” by Dave Eggers</p>

<p>Univ. of Dayton “When the Emperor was Divine” by Julie Otsuka.</p>

<p>Univ of Delaware “Strength in What Remains”</p>

<p>University of Indiana, South Bend “The Communist Manifesto”</p>

<p>UNC “Picking Cotton” by Jennifer Thompson-Cannino and Ronald Cotton.</p>

<p>University of South Carolina “Into the Wild” by Jon Krakauer.</p>

<p>UVA - E-School “The Viking in the Wheat Field: A Scientist’s Struggle to Preserve the World’s Harvest” by Susan Dworkin</p>

<p>Vanderbilt: Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin</p>

<p>WUSTL:“The Reluctant Fundamentalist” by Mohsin Hamid</p>

<p>Whitman College “Zeitoun” by Dave Eggers</p>

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<p>What a great list of books. I might want to read these myself. Brown has assigned the Dew Breaker which is basically a series of short stories about a torturer in Haiti who has a new life in NYC. (I’m not giving too much away by saying that).</p>

<p>Johns Hopkins: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. I believe the author will participate in discussion.</p>

<p>Brown University: The Dew Breaker by Edwidge Dandicat</p>

<p>Carnegie Mellon University: “The Last Lecture” by Randy Pausch and Jeffrey Zaslow</p>

<p>Case Western Reserve: “Bottlemania: How Water Went on Sale and Why We Bought It” by Elizabeth Royte</p>

<p>Clemson: “These Shining Lives” (a play) by Melanie Marnich</p>

<p>Coastal Carolina “The Brief History of the Dead” by Kevin Brockmeier</p>

<p>Colgate “Cosmopolitanism: Ethics in a World of Strangers” by Kwame Anthony Appiah</p>

<p>Columbia: “The Iliad” by Homer</p>

<p>Cornell: “Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?” by Philip Dick</p>

<p>Dartmouth “1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus” by Charles Mann</p>

<p>Elmhurst College: “Where Am I Wearing?” by Kelsey Timmerman</p>

<p>Elon “China Road: A Journey into the Future of a Rising Power” by Rob Gifford.</p>

<p>George Washington “Half the Sky” by Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn</p>

<p>Goucher College: “Catfish and Mandala” by Andrew X. Pham.</p>

<p>Ithaca College “Walden” by Henry David Thoreau</p>

<p>Johns Hopkins Univ: “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks” by Rebecca Skloot</p>

<p>Lafayette College “Regeneration” by Pat Barker</p>

<p>Marquette University “Peace like a River” by Leif Enger</p>

<p>Marymount Manhattan College “The Complete Persepolis” by Marjane Satrapi</p>

<p>Miami U Ohio: “This I Believe II - The Personal Philosophies of Remarkable Men and Women” - Edited by Jay Allison and Dan Gediman</p>

<p>Mizzou "Generation Me”.</p>

<p>Northeastern University “Zeitoun” by Dave Eggers</p>

<p>Ohio State University: “No Impact Man” by Colin Beavan.</p>

<p>Otterbein College “Outcasts United” by Warren St. John</p>

<p>Reed College “The Odyssey” by Homer</p>

<p>Rice Univ. “Work Hard. Be Nice.: How Two Inspired Teachers Created the Most Promising Schools in America”, by Jay Mathews</p>

<p>St. Mary’s (Maryland) - “Huckleberry Finn”</p>

<p>Smith “Half the Sky” by Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn.</p>

<p>Stanford “The Spirit Catches You” by Anne Fadiman
" Strength in What Remains" by Tracy Kidder
“The Undesirable Table” by Joyce Carol Oates</p>

<p>Stonehill College: “How We Decide” by Jonah Lehrer</p>

<p>Texas Tech “Frankenstein” by Mary Shelley</p>

<p>Tufts: “This I believe” (many authors)</p>

<p>Tulane: “Zeitoun” by Dave Eggers</p>

<p>Univ. of Dayton “When the Emperor was Divine” by Julie Otsuka.</p>

<p>Univ of Delaware “Strength in What Remains”</p>

<p>University of Indiana, South Bend “The Communist Manifesto”</p>

<p>UNC “Picking Cotton” by Jennifer Thompson-Cannino and Ronald Cotton.</p>

<p>University of South Carolina “Into the Wild” by Jon Krakauer.</p>

<p>UVA - E-School “The Viking in the Wheat Field: A Scientist’s Struggle to Preserve the World’s Harvest” by Susan Dworkin</p>

<p>Vanderbilt: Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin</p>

<p>WUSTL:“The Reluctant Fundamentalist” by Mohsin Hamid</p>

<p>Whitman College “Zeitoun” by Dave Eggers</p>

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<p>adding University of Alabama Birmingham (UAB) Outcasts United</p>

<p>Johns Hopkins: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. I believe the author will participate in discussion.</p>

<p>Brown University: The Dew Breaker by Edwidge Dandicat</p>

<p>Carnegie Mellon University: “The Last Lecture” by Randy Pausch and Jeffrey Zaslow</p>

<p>Case Western Reserve: “Bottlemania: How Water Went on Sale and Why We Bought It” by Elizabeth Royte</p>

<p>Clemson: “These Shining Lives” (a play) by Melanie Marnich</p>

<p>Coastal Carolina “The Brief History of the Dead” by Kevin Brockmeier</p>

<p>Colgate “Cosmopolitanism: Ethics in a World of Strangers” by Kwame Anthony Appiah</p>

<p>Columbia: “The Iliad” by Homer</p>

<p>Cornell: “Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?” by Philip Dick</p>

<p>Dartmouth “1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus” by Charles Mann</p>

<p>Elmhurst College: “Where Am I Wearing?” by Kelsey Timmerman</p>

<p>Elon “China Road: A Journey into the Future of a Rising Power” by Rob Gifford.</p>

<p>George Washington “Half the Sky” by Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn</p>

<p>Goucher College: “Catfish and Mandala” by Andrew X. Pham.</p>

<p>Ithaca College “Walden” by Henry David Thoreau</p>

<p>Johns Hopkins Univ: “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks” by Rebecca Skloot</p>

<p>Lafayette College “Regeneration” by Pat Barker</p>

<p>Marquette University “Peace like a River” by Leif Enger</p>

<p>Marymount Manhattan College “The Complete Persepolis” by Marjane Satrapi</p>

<p>Miami U Ohio: “This I Believe II - The Personal Philosophies of Remarkable Men and Women” - Edited by Jay Allison and Dan Gediman</p>

<p>Mizzou "Generation Me”.</p>

<p>Northeastern University “Zeitoun” by Dave Eggers</p>

<p>Ohio State University: “No Impact Man” by Colin Beavan.</p>

<p>Otterbein College “Outcasts United” by Warren St. John</p>

<p>Reed College “The Odyssey” by Homer</p>

<p>Rice Univ. “Work Hard. Be Nice.: How Two Inspired Teachers Created the Most Promising Schools in America”, by Jay Mathews</p>

<p>St. Mary’s (Maryland) - “Huckleberry Finn”</p>

<p>Smith “Half the Sky” by Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn.</p>

<p>Stanford “The Spirit Catches You” by Anne Fadiman
" Strength in What Remains" by Tracy Kidder
“The Undesirable Table” by Joyce Carol Oates</p>

<p>Stonehill College: “How We Decide” by Jonah Lehrer</p>

<p>Texas Tech “Frankenstein” by Mary Shelley</p>

<p>Tufts: “This I believe” (many authors)</p>

<p>Tulane: “Zeitoun” by Dave Eggers</p>

<p>Univ of Alabama Birmingham (UAB) “Outcasts United” by Warren St. John</p>

<p>Univ. of Dayton “When the Emperor was Divine” by Julie Otsuka.</p>

<p>Univ of Delaware “Strength in What Remains”</p>

<p>University of Indiana, South Bend “The Communist Manifesto”</p>

<p>UNC “Picking Cotton” by Jennifer Thompson-Cannino and Ronald Cotton.</p>

<p>University of South Carolina “Into the Wild” by Jon Krakauer.</p>

<p>UVA - E-School “The Viking in the Wheat Field: A Scientist’s Struggle to Preserve the World’s Harvest” by Susan Dworkin</p>

<p>Vanderbilt: Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin</p>

<p>WUSTL:“The Reluctant Fundamentalist” by Mohsin Hamid</p>

<p>Whitman College “Zeitoun” by Dave Eggers</p>

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<p>Purdue- The Kite Runner. copies were given out at orientation</p>

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<p>Amherst College - parts of The Age of Wonder: How the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty and Terror of Science, by Richard Holmes</p>

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<p>Adding Northwestern University: “Mountains Beyond Mountains” by Tracey Kidder.</p>

<p>Johns Hopkins: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. I believe the author will participate in discussion.</p>

<p>Brown University: The Dew Breaker by Edwidge Dandicat</p>

<p>Carnegie Mellon University: “The Last Lecture” by Randy Pausch and Jeffrey Zaslow</p>

<p>Case Western Reserve: “Bottlemania: How Water Went on Sale and Why We Bought It” by Elizabeth Royte</p>

<p>Clemson: “These Shining Lives” (a play) by Melanie Marnich</p>

<p>Coastal Carolina “The Brief History of the Dead” by Kevin Brockmeier</p>

<p>Colgate “Cosmopolitanism: Ethics in a World of Strangers” by Kwame Anthony Appiah</p>

<p>Columbia: “The Iliad” by Homer</p>

<p>Cornell: “Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?” by Philip Dick</p>

<p>Dartmouth “1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus” by Charles Mann</p>

<p>Elmhurst College: “Where Am I Wearing?” by Kelsey Timmerman</p>

<p>Elon “China Road: A Journey into the Future of a Rising Power” by Rob Gifford.</p>

<p>George Washington “Half the Sky” by Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn</p>

<p>Goucher College: “Catfish and Mandala” by Andrew X. Pham.</p>

<p>Ithaca College “Walden” by Henry David Thoreau</p>

<p>Johns Hopkins Univ: “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks” by Rebecca Skloot</p>

<p>Lafayette College “Regeneration” by Pat Barker</p>

<p>Marquette University “Peace like a River” by Leif Enger</p>

<p>Marymount Manhattan College “The Complete Persepolis” by Marjane Satrapi</p>

<p>Miami U Ohio: “This I Believe II - The Personal Philosophies of Remarkable Men and Women” - Edited by Jay Allison and Dan Gediman</p>

<p>Mizzou "Generation Me”.</p>

<p>Northeastern University “Zeitoun” by Dave Eggers</p>

<p>Northwestern University: “Mountains Beyond Mountains” by Tracey Kidder.</p>

<p>Ohio State University: “No Impact Man” by Colin Beavan.</p>

<p>Otterbein College “Outcasts United” by Warren St. John</p>

<p>Reed College “The Odyssey” by Homer</p>

<p>Rice Univ. “Work Hard. Be Nice.: How Two Inspired Teachers Created the Most Promising Schools in America”, by Jay Mathews</p>

<p>St. Mary’s (Maryland) - “Huckleberry Finn”</p>

<p>Smith “Half the Sky” by Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn.</p>

<p>Stanford “The Spirit Catches You” by Anne Fadiman
" Strength in What Remains" by Tracy Kidder
“The Undesirable Table” by Joyce Carol Oates</p>

<p>Stonehill College: “How We Decide” by Jonah Lehrer</p>

<p>Texas Tech “Frankenstein” by Mary Shelley</p>

<p>Tufts: “This I believe” (many authors)</p>

<p>Tulane: “Zeitoun” by Dave Eggers</p>

<p>Univ of Alabama Birmingham (UAB) “Outcasts United” by Warren St. John</p>

<p>Univ. of Dayton “When the Emperor was Divine” by Julie Otsuka.</p>

<p>Univ of Delaware “Strength in What Remains”</p>

<p>University of Indiana, South Bend “The Communist Manifesto”</p>

<p>UNC “Picking Cotton” by Jennifer Thompson-Cannino and Ronald Cotton.</p>

<p>University of South Carolina “Into the Wild” by Jon Krakauer.</p>

<p>UVA - E-School “The Viking in the Wheat Field: A Scientist’s Struggle to Preserve the World’s Harvest” by Susan Dworkin</p>

<p>Vanderbilt: Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin</p>

<p>WUSTL:“The Reluctant Fundamentalist” by Mohsin Hamid</p>

<p>Whitman College “Zeitoun” by Dave Eggers</p>

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<p>University of Pennsylvania’s book is tied to an annual theme:</p>

<p>Each year, the Penn Provost’s office sponsors a series of events around a theme chosen by faculty, staff and students. The 2010-2011 academic year is devoted to an exploration of water in all its manifestations. We will launch the Year of Water in September with the Penn Reading Project, focusing on Rose George’s The Big Necessity.</p>

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<p>At Earlham College, incoming freshman are mailed a copy (free) of the summer reading, which is then woven into Orientation. There’s a faculty panel discussion of the book, small group discussions, and the author is the featured speaker at the Convocation. I can’t remember what the book was last year for D’s incoming class, but this year it is Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Adichie.</p>

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<p>Bump for 2011!
I loved this thread last year.</p>

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<p>Haha, this is a magnificent thread indeed.</p>

<p>I got my copy of the Odyssey a couple of weeks ago and am still on Book 10, probably because the book came with a bunch of discussion questions and a strongly worded suggestion to read closely, so I’ve been annotating every verse (and the introduction, which was very interesting), in addition to gathering quotes and drafting possible arguments for the discussion questions.</p>

<p>I’m having lots of fun so far :)</p>

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<p>I think it’s especially cool when the book is closely tied to the school, like Johns Hopkins choosing The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks and CMU choosing The Last Lecture.</p>

<p>Perhaps Macalester will choose Freedom, by Jonathan Franzen. :)</p>

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<p>Adding Illinois Wesleyan (book changes each year; 2011- “Interpreter of Maladies” by Jhumpa Lahiri; 2010 was “No Impact Man” by Colin Beavan)</p>

<p>Johns Hopkins: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. I believe the author will participate in discussion.</p>

<p>Brown University: The Dew Breaker by Edwidge Dandicat</p>

<p>Carnegie Mellon University: “The Last Lecture” by Randy Pausch and Jeffrey Zaslow</p>

<p>Case Western Reserve: “Bottlemania: How Water Went on Sale and Why We Bought It” by Elizabeth Royte</p>

<p>Clemson: “These Shining Lives” (a play) by Melanie Marnich</p>

<p>Coastal Carolina “The Brief History of the Dead” by Kevin Brockmeier</p>

<p>Colgate “Cosmopolitanism: Ethics in a World of Strangers” by Kwame Anthony Appiah</p>

<p>Columbia: “The Iliad” by Homer</p>

<p>Cornell: “Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?” by Philip Dick</p>

<p>Dartmouth “1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus” by Charles Mann</p>

<p>Elmhurst College: “Where Am I Wearing?” by Kelsey Timmerman</p>

<p>Elon “China Road: A Journey into the Future of a Rising Power” by Rob Gifford.</p>

<p>George Washington “Half the Sky” by Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn</p>

<p>Goucher College: “Catfish and Mandala” by Andrew X. Pham.</p>

<p>Illinois Wesleyan: “Interpreter of Maladies” by Jhumpa Lahiri</p>

<p>Ithaca College “Walden” by Henry David Thoreau</p>

<p>Johns Hopkins Univ: “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks” by Rebecca Skloot</p>

<p>Lafayette College “Regeneration” by Pat Barker</p>

<p>Marquette University “Peace like a River” by Leif Enger</p>

<p>Marymount Manhattan College “The Complete Persepolis” by Marjane Satrapi</p>

<p>Miami U Ohio: “This I Believe II - The Personal Philosophies of Remarkable Men and Women” - Edited by Jay Allison and Dan Gediman</p>

<p>Mizzou "Generation Me”.</p>

<p>Northeastern University “Zeitoun” by Dave Eggers</p>

<p>Northwestern University: “Mountains Beyond Mountains” by Tracey Kidder.</p>

<p>Ohio State University: “No Impact Man” by Colin Beavan.</p>

<p>Otterbein College “Outcasts United” by Warren St. John</p>

<p>Reed College “The Odyssey” by Homer</p>

<p>Rice Univ. “Work Hard. Be Nice.: How Two Inspired Teachers Created the Most Promising Schools in America”, by Jay Mathews</p>

<p>St. Mary’s (Maryland) - “Huckleberry Finn”</p>

<p>Smith “Half the Sky” by Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn.</p>

<p>Stanford “The Spirit Catches You” by Anne Fadiman
" Strength in What Remains" by Tracy Kidder
“The Undesirable Table” by Joyce Carol Oates</p>

<p>Stonehill College: “How We Decide” by Jonah Lehrer</p>

<p>Texas Tech “Frankenstein” by Mary Shelley</p>

<p>Tufts: “This I believe” (many authors)</p>

<p>Tulane: “Zeitoun” by Dave Eggers</p>

<p>Univ of Alabama Birmingham (UAB) “Outcasts United” by Warren St. John</p>

<p>Univ. of Dayton “When the Emperor was Divine” by Julie Otsuka.</p>

<p>Univ of Delaware “Strength in What Remains”</p>

<p>University of Indiana, South Bend “The Communist Manifesto”</p>

<p>UNC “Picking Cotton” by Jennifer Thompson-Cannino and Ronald Cotton.</p>

<p>University of South Carolina “Into the Wild” by Jon Krakauer.</p>

<p>UVA - E-School “The Viking in the Wheat Field: A Scientist’s Struggle to Preserve the World’s Harvest” by Susan Dworkin</p>

<p>Vanderbilt: Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin</p>

<p>WUSTL:“The Reluctant Fundamentalist” by Mohsin Hamid</p>

<p>Whitman College “Zeitoun” by Dave Eggers</p>

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<p>I don’t think you should be adding the 2011 books to the 2010 list, as they almost always change each year. For 2011, the Whitman summer reading assignment is
“The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures” by Anne Fadiman (not Zeitoun)
I love this thread too!</p>

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<p>I started a new thread for this year’s freshman. SlitheyTove: are the books you mentioned this year’s picks for Johns Hopkins and CMU?</p>