Here's a look at what freshman entering college in fall 2009 have been asked to read by their respective schools. Lots of nonfiction and memoirs, some fiction and even a few graphic novels. How many of these books have YOU read?
Adams State College: A Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah
Agnes Scott College: Einstein's Dreams by Alan Lightman
Albion College: Dreams from My Father by Barack Obama
American University: True Enough: Learning to Live in a Post-Fact Society by Farhad Manjoo
Appalachian State University: Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin
Arcadia University: Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin
Augustana College: Dreams from My Father by Barack Obama
Ball State University: A Long Way Gone: Memories of a Boy Soldier by Ismael Beah
Barry University: The End of Poverty: Economic Possibilities for Our Time by Jeffrey Sachs
Baylor University: Wit by Margaret Edson
Belmont University: The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals by Michael Pollan
Berry College: An Ordinary Man by Paul Rusesabagina
Bowling Green State University: This I Believe edited by Jay Allison and Dan Gediman
Brandeis University: The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz
Brown University: The Beak of the Finch: A Story of Evolution in Our Time by Jonathan Weiner
Bryant University: Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America by Barbara Ehrenreich
Butler University: Listening Is an Act of Love by Dave Isay
California State University (Northridge, Chico, Long Beach): The Soloist by Steve Lopez
Case Western Reserve University: Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin
Chaffey College: Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin
Chapman University: The Soloist by Steve Lopez
Clemson University: The Speed of Dark by Elizabeth Moon
Coastal Carolina University: Scratch Beginnings by Adam Shepard
Coker College: Where We Stand: Class Matters by bell hooks
Colorado College: Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America by Barbara Ehrenreich
Cornell University: The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
Cumberland University: Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin
Dartmouth College: Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, A Man Who Would Cure the World by Tracy Kidder
Duke University: The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz
Duquesne University: Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin
Earlham College: The Lazarus Project by Aleksandar Hemon
East Carolina University: Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin
Eastern Illinois University: This I Believe edited by Jay Allison and Dan Gediman
Eastern Kentucky University: The Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls
Edgewood College: The Chris Farley Show: A Biography in Three Acts by Jr., Tom Farley and Tanner Colby
Endicott College: Listening Is an Act of Love by Dave Isay
Fayetteville State University: Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
Florida Community College, Jacksonville: A Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah
Florida Gulf Coast University: Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin
Florida Southern College: Enrique's Journey by Sonia Nazario
Florida State University: The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch
Fort Lemoyne College: Only a Theory: Evolution and the Battle for America's Soul by Kenneth Miller
Framingham State College: Children of Jihad: A Young American's Travels Among the Youth of the Middle East by Jared Cohen
Frank Phillips College: Choosing Civility by P.M. Forni
George Washington University: Hot, Flat, and Crowded by Thoman L. Friedman
Georgetown University: The Secret Scripture by Sebastian Barry
Goucher College: The Devil in White City by Erik Larson
Grace College: The End of the Spear by Steve Saint
Graceland University: Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin
Grand View College: Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin
Green Mountain College: The World Without US by Alan Weisman
Gustavus Adolphus College: Enrique's Journey by Sonia Nazario
Gwynedd-Mercy College: The Soloist by Steve Lopez
Hawaii Pacific University: Little Brother by Cory Doctorow
Holy Cross: Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin
Hunter College: Drown by Junot Díaz
Idaho State University: Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin
Illinois Wesleyan University: Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin
Indiana University of Pennsylvania: Make the Impossible Possible: One Man's Crusade to Inspire Others to Dream Bigger and Achieve the Extraordinary by Bill Strickland
Indiana University Southeast: Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood; Whose Water is it? The Unquenchable Thirst of a Water-Hungry World by Douglas Jehl and Bernadette Mcdonald
Indiana University, South Bend: There Are No Children Here by Alex Kotlowitz
Ithaca College: Dreams from My Father by Barack Obama
James Madison University: The DNA Age a series of New York Times articles by Amy Harmon
John Brown University: The Chosen by Chaim Potok
John Jay College of Criminal Justice: The Front by Patricia Cornwell
Johnson County Community College: The Soloist by Steve Lopez
Johnson State College: How Does It Feel to Be a Problem?: Being Young and Arab in America by Moustafa Bayoumi
Kalamazoo College: Telex from Cuba by Rachel Kushner
Keene State College: Cod: A Biography of the Fish That Changed the World by Mark Kurlansky
Kennesaw State University: Soul of a Citizen by Paul Loeb
Lehigh University: Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking by Malcolm Gladwell
Lincoln University: Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America by Barbara Ehrenreich
Linfield College: Field Notes from a Catastrophe by Elzabeth Kolbert
Los Angeles City College: The Soloist by Steve Lopez
Madaille College: The Wordy Shipmates by Sarah Vowell
Manhattan College: Everything Bad is Good for You by Steven Johnson
Mars Hill College : The Translator by Daoud Hari
Marymount Manhattan College: The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals by Michael Pollan
Merced College: The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals by Michael Pollan
Miami University (OH): What Learning Leaves by Taylor Mali
Michigan State University: The Soloist by Steve Lopez
Michigan Tech: Lay that Trumpet in Our Hands by Susan Carol McCarthy
Middle Tennessee State University: How Starbucks Saved My Life: A Son of Privilege Learns to Live Like Everyone Else by Michael Gates Gill
Midlands Technical College: The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
Montana State University: The Soloist by Steve Lopez
Moorpark College: The Soloist by Steve Lopez
Mount Holyoke College: The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down by Anne Fadiman
Murray State University: It's Kind of a Funny Story by Ned Vizzini
Niagara University: When the Emperor Was Divine by Julie Otsuka
North Carolina State University: Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin
Northern Arizona University: Enrique's Journey by Sonia Nazario
Northwestern University: Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution--and How It Can Renew America by Thomas L. Friedman
Ohio State University: Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin
Ohio University: Cion by Zakes Mda
Ohio Wesleyan University: Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America by Barbara Ehrenreich
Okahoma City University: Sounds of the River by Da Chen
Parkland College: The Complete Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
Pennsylvania State University, Berks: Ishmael by Daniel Quinn
Philadelphia University: Cradle to Cradle by William McDonough
Principia College: Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin
Purdue University: Stealing Buddha's Dinner by Bich Minh Nguyen
Quinnipiac University: In the Name of Identity: Violence and the Need to Belong by Amin Maalouf
Ramapo College of New Jersey: The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch
Roanoke College: The Last American Man by Elizabeth Gilbert
Roger Williams University: The World Without US by Alan Weisman
Rosemont College: Slumdog Millionaire by Vikas Swarup
Sacramento State University: When the Emperor Was Divine by Julie Otsuka
Saint Augustine College: Letters to a Young Brother: MANifest Your Destiny by Hill Harper; Letters to a Young Sister: DeFINE Your Destiny by Hill Harper
Salem State College: Listening Is an Act of Love by Dave Isay
Salve Regina University: Blessed Unrest: How the Largest Social Movement in History Is Restoring Grace, Justice, and Beauty to the World by Paul Hawken
San Diego State University: The Ape and the Sushi Master by Frans de Waal
San Jose State University: Color of the Sea by John Hanamura
Seattle University: The Open Road: The Global Journey of the Fourteenth Dalai Lama by Pico Iyer
Seton Hall University: Listening Is an Act of Love by Dave Isay
Siena College: The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals by Michael Pollan
Smith College: The Green Collar Economy by Van Jones
Southern Utah University: The Civility Solution by P.M. Forni
Southern Vermont College: The Color of Water by James McBride
St. Bonaventure University: Listening Is an Act of Love by Dave Isay
St. Mary's College of Maryland: Field Notes from a Catastrophe by Elzabeth Kolbert
St. Michael's College: The Metamorphosis and Other Stories by Franz Kafka, Ritchie Robertson, and Joyce Crick
Stanford University: My Own Country: A Doctor's Story by Abraham Verghese
State Fair Community College: Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America by Barbara Ehrenreich
SUNY Oswego: The Complete Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
Sweet Briar College: Dr. Tatiana's Sex Advice to All Creation by Olivia Judson
Texas Lutheran University: Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America by Barbara Ehrenreich
Texas State University San Marcos: A Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future by Daniel H. Pink
Texas Tech University: The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
The College of New Jersey: Black Dog of Fate by Peter Balakian
Thomas College: The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch
Tulane University: The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz
U.S. Coast Guard Academy: Life Is So Good by George Dawson and Richard Glaubman
UC Berkeley: The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals by Michael Pollan
UC Santa Barbara: Ethics for the New Millennium by Dalai Lama
UCLA: Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
UNC Charlotte: Listening Is an Act of Love by Dave Isay
University of Akron: Run by Ann Patchett
University of Alabama, Birmingham: Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, A Man Who Would Cure the World by Tracy Kidder
University of Bridgeport: Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin
University of California, Berkeley: The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals by Michael Pollan
University of California, Davis: Bliss by Eric Weiner
University of California, Merced: The World Without US by Alan Weisman
University of California, Santa Barbara: Ethics for the New Millennium by the Dalai Lama
University of Cincinnati: Only a Theory: Evolution and the Battle for America's Soul by Kenneth R. Miller
University of Delaware: Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin
University of Florida: The Devil's Highway: A True Story by Luis Alberto Urrea
University of Illinois: Once Upon a Quinceanera: Coming of Age in the USA by Julia Alvarez
University of Kentucky: The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother by James McBride
University of Louisiana, Monroe: The World Is Flat 3.0: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century by Thomas L. Friedman
University of Maryland: What Is the What by Dave Eggers
University of Missouri: A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
University of Montana, Missoula: The Confessions of Max Tivoli by Andrew Sean Greer
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill: A Home on the Field by Paul Cuadros
University of North Carolina, Wilmington: Long Way Gone: Memories of a Boy by Ismael Beah
University of Northern Florida: A Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future by Daniel H. Pink
University of Pittsburgh, Johnstown: A Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah
University of Richmond: Fountain and Tomb: Hakayat Haretna by Naguib Mahfouz and Soad Sobhy
University of South Carolina, Aiken: Enrique's Journey by Sonia Nazario
University of Tennessee, Knoxville: The Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls
University of Texas: In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto by Michael Pollan
University of Texas, Arlington: Deep Economy by Bill McKibben
University of the Sciences in Philadelphia: Persepolis 2 by Marjane Satrapi
University of Toledo: Listening Is an Act of Love by Dave Isay
University of Wisconsin, Madison: In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto by Michael Pollan
University of Wisconsin, Parkside: Maus II by Art Spiegelman
University of Northern Colorado: Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin
UT Tyler: The Soloist by Steve Lopez
Utah State University: Barefoot Heart: Stories of a Migrant Child by Elva Trevino Hart
Villanova University: Rooftops of Tehran by Mahbod Seraji
Virginia Commonweath University: Maus I by Art Spiegelman
Virginia Tech: Ecological Intelligence: How Knowing the Hidden Impacts of What We Buy Can Change Everything by Daniel Goleman
Viterbo University: Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin
Washington State University: The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals by Michael Pollan
Washington University in St Louis: When the Emperor Was Divine by Julie Otsuka
West Texas A&M University: A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
Western Illinois University: Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America by Barbara Ehrenreich
Western Michigan University: The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz; Catalyst by Laurie Halse Anderson
Western Washington University: The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals by Michael Pollan
Whitworth University: Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin
Winthrop University: Growing Up by Russell Baker
Wofford College: One Foot In Eden by Ron Rash
Xavier University of Cincinnati, Ohio: Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
