Wednesday, October 13, 2010

What Shall We Read Next Year?

What shall we read for the 2011-2012 BSC Campus Read?

Guidelines

  1. The book must be in print and in a price range of no more than $20 per book. Hardcover books will be considered this year for the first time.

  2. The book should be reasonably short -- 200-350 pages.

  3. The Campus Read selection should be an engaging read that will generate lively discussion.

  4. The book should explore any of the universal themes of literature such as coming of age, abuse of power, triumph over adversity, the importance of the individual, conflicts with self, others, and nature, etc.

The Campus Read Committee will take suggestions through December 1, 2010.

Please post your suggestions as a comment on the BSC Campus Read blog or contact one of these committee members:

4 comments:

Unknown said...

I think we should read either "The Five People You Meet in Heaven." or "For One More Day." They are both by Mitch Albom, and are amazing reads.

BSC Campus Read said...

Suggestions forwarded to Campus Read Committee members:

1. "Napoleon's Buttons: How 17 Molecules Changed History" by Penny Le Couteur (suggested by Brent Reems)

2. "The Dream Maker" by Monica Hannan (suggested by Earl Torgerson)

3. "Mudbound" by Hillary Jordan (suggested by Kitty Netzer)

4. "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time" by Mark Haddon (suggested by Jane Greer)

Anonymous said...

I am suggesting "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything (P.S.)" by Steven D. Levitt.

Jane Schulz

BSC Campus Read said...

More suggestions forwarded to the Campus Read Committee:

1. A Child Called It by Dave Pelzer

2. A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson

3. Alive: the Story of the Andes Survivors by Piers Paul Reed

4. Beautiful Boy by David Scheff

5. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

6. Bringing It to the Table: on Farming and Food by Wendell Berry

7. Cherry by Mary Karr

8. Declining by Degrees edited by Richard H. Hersh and John Merrow

9. Education of a Wandering Man by Louis L'Amour

10. Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk

11. Genghis Khan: the Making of the Modern World by Jack Weatherford

12. A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers

13. The Horizontal World by Deb Marquart

14. How Can I Help? Stories and Reflections on Service by Ram Dass and Paul Gorman

15. Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte

16. Liar's Club by Mary Karr

17. Life on the Color Line: the True Story of a White Boy Who Discovered He Was Black by Gregory Howard Williams

18. Look Me in the Eye: My Life with Asperger's by John Elder Robison

19. Lush Life: a Biography of Billy Strayhorn by David Hadju

20. My Druthers: Just One Guy's Dreams and Ideas of How to Make the World a Better Place and Return America to Democracy by Art Rude

21. Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Piccoult

22. Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck

23. One Soldier's Story: War from the Bottom Up by Robert Hannon

24. Strength in What Remains by Tracy Kidder

25. The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho

26. The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger

27. The Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls

28. The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers

29. The Lemon Tree: an Arab, a Jew and the Heaert of the Middle East by Sandy Tolan

30. The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett

31. The Rescue by Nicholas Sparks

32. The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd

33. The Shack by William P. Young

34. The Unthinkable Thoughts of Jacob Green by Josh Braff

35. Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson

36. Tinkers by Paul Harding

37. Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen

38. Native Son by Richard Wright

39. Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert M. Pirsig