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One Campus, One Book: CSUN's Freshman Common Reading Program, 2009-2010

We have chosen our five finalists! We expect to announce the winning title in mid-January 2009. Click each title or cover image for more information:

True Notebooks: cover image

True Notebooks: A Writer's Year at Juvenile Hall

Mark Salzman, 2003.

Suggested by:
Sharron Kollmeyer Gerfen
The Reluctant Mr. Darwin: image of front cover

The Reluctant Mr. Darwin: An Intimate Portrait of Charles Darwin....

David Quammen, 2006.

Suggested by:
Jerry Stinner
The History Boys: A Play by Alan Bennett: image of front cover.

The History Boys

Alan Bennett, 2004.

Suggested by:
Carolyn Darin
The Soloist: cover image

The Soloist

Steve Lopez, 2008.

Suggested by:
Sharron A. Kollmeyer Gerfen

Here are some other books we thought about for 2009-2010:

Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress: image of front cover.

Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress: A Novel

Dai Sijie, 2002.

Suggested by:
Christopher Leu
Evolution: The Remarkable History of a Scientific Theory:  image of front cover

Evolution: The Remarkable History of a Scientific Theory

Edward J. Larson, 2006.

Suggested by:
Jerry Stinner
Chinese Lessons... by John Pomfret: image of front cover.

Chinese Lessons: Five Classmates and the Story of the New China

John Pomfret, 2006.

Suggested by:
Amy Reynolds
Honky by Dalton Conley: front cover

Honky

Dalton Conley, 2000.

Suggested by:
Ilene Rubenstein
Everything Bad Is Good for You: front cover

Everything Bad Is Good for You

Steven Johnson, 2005.

Suggested by:
Erin Delaney
Mister Pip: A Novel by Lloyd Jones: image of front cover.

Mister Pip: A Novel

Lloyd Jones, 2007.

Suggested by:
George Uba
The Color of Water: front cover

The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother

James McBride, 1996.

Suggested by:
Kitty Nard
Chronicle of a Blood Merchant: front cover

Chronicle of a Blood Merchant: A Novel

Yu Hua, 2003.

Suggested by:
Kitty Nard

Still more books we thought about for 2009-2010:

Mountains Beyond Mountains: cover image

Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer....

Tracy Kidder, 2003.

Suggested by:
Ronit Sarig
Butcher's Crossing: cover image

Butcher's Crossing

John Williams, 1988. Rpt. 2007.

Suggested by:
George Uba
The Last Time I Wore a Dress: image of front cover.

The Last Time I Wore a Dress: A Memoir

Daphne Scholinski, 1998.

Suggested by:
Helen Dosick
In the Country of Men: cover image

In the Country of Men

Hisham Matar, 2007.

Suggested by:
George Uba
So Far from God: cover image

So Far from God: A Novel

Ana Castillo, 1993.

Suggested by:
Randal Cummings
It's Complicated: cover image

It's Complicated: The American Teenager

Robert Coles and Robin Bowman, 2007.

Suggested by:
Emmanuel Sabaiz

And even more books we thought about for 2009-2010:

Naked Roommate: cover image

The Naked Roommate....

Harlan Cohen, 2007.

Suggested by:
Jamison Keller
Cover of Just How Stupid Are We?

Just How Stupid Are We?...

Rick Shenkman, 2008.

Suggested by:
Michael Schofield
cover of Give Me a Break

Give Me a Break: How I Exposed....

John Stossel, 2004.

Suggested by:
Shirley Svorny
cover of Animal, Vegetable, Miracle

Animal, Vegetable, Miracle....

Barbara Kingsolver, 2007.

Suggested by:
Mary C. Schaffer
Cover image: The Race between Education and Technology

The Race between Education and Technology

Claudia Goldin and Lawrence F. Katz, 2008.

Suggested by:
Adam Gifford
Cover of The Dumbest Generation....

The Dumbest Generation...

Mark Bauerlein, 2008.

Suggested by:
Michael Schofield

And finally, the very last of the other books we thought about for 2009-2010:

Ever Since Darwin by Stephen Jay Gould: image of front cover.

Ever Since Darwin: Reflections on Natural History

Stephen Jay Gould, 1992.

Suggested by:
Jerry Stinner
Mediated by Thomas de Zengotita: image of front cover.

Mediated: How the Media Shapes Your World...

Thomas de Zengotita, 2005.

Suggested by:
Sharon Klein
cover of The Last Lecture

The Last Lecture

Randy Pausch, 2008.

Suggested by:
G. Jay Christensen and Merril Simon
cover of Oceans Apart

Oceans Apart: A Voyage of International Adoption

Mary Mustard Reed (BA CSUN, 1979), 2008.