Past Books
From stalwart American classics to fresh depictions of modern life, our selections
for the First-Year Reading Experience span decades.
Past Books
| Year |
Book Title |
Author |
| 2021 |
Educated |
Tara Westover |
| 2019 |
Factfulness |
Hans Rosling, Ola Rosling, and Anna Rosling Ronnlund |
| 2018 |
A More Beautiful Question |
Warren Berger |
| 2017 |
Callings |
Dave Isay |
| 2016 |
The Measure of Our Success |
Marian Wright Edelman |
| 2015 |
Where'd You Go Bernadette |
Maria Semple |
| 2014 |
The Circle |
Dave Eggers |
| 2013 |
The Postmortal |
Drew Magary |
| 2012 |
Motherless Brooklyn |
Jonathan Lethem |
| 2011 |
No Impact Man |
Colin Beavan |
| 2010 |
Into the Wild |
Jon Krakauer |
| 2009 |
The Complete Persepolis |
Marjane Satrapi |
| 2008 |
Never Let Me Go |
Kazuo Ishiguro |
| 2007 |
When the Emperor was Divine |
Julie Otsuka |
| 2006 |
Mountains Beyond Mountains |
Tracy Kidder |
| 2005 |
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time |
Mark Haddon |
| 2004 |
Due Preparations for the Plague |
Janette Turner Hospital |
| 2003 |
Catch-22 |
Joseph Heller |
| 2002 |
The Catcher in the Rye |
J. D. Salinger |
| 2001 |
Fahrenheit 451 |
Ray Bradbury |
| 2000 |
The Killer Angels |
Michael Shaara |
| 1999 |
The Sun Also Rises |
Ernest Hemingway |
| 1998 |
Who Will Run the Frog Hospital? |
Lorrie Moore |
| 1997 |
The Bear |
William Faulkner |
| 1996 |
The Great Gatsby |
F. Scott Fitzgerald |
| 1995 |
Rich in Love |
Josephine Humphreys |
| 1994 |
The Water Is Wide |
Pat Conroy |