THIS IS A PAST SYLLABUS. THERE WILL BE UPDATES FOR SPRING 2016 CLASS IF NECESSARY. THIS IS ONLY FOR GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE CLASS. University of Wisconsin—Milwaukee, School of Information Studies
L&I Sci 691 (3 credits) Readers and Readers’ Advisory (RA) Fall 2015, Online
INSTRUCTOR: Wooseob Jeong, Associate Professor Email:
[email protected], Phone: 414-229-6167 Office: NWQ Building B, Rm 3410, Office Hours: By Appointment CATALOG DESCRIPTION: A course on serving adult reading needs that addresses popular fiction and nonfiction, audiobooks, illustrated books and other popular media, as well as research on readers, readers’ advisory, and the readers’ advisory interview. 3 credits PREREQUISITES: L&I Sci 501, 511, 571, (or concurrent enrolment) Basic computer literacy as outlined in the SOIS policy is required. OBJECTIVES During the course the student will: Learn the core functions of readers’ advisory, its philosophy of service, and variations in service across library types and service groups. Gain professional skills to provide readers’ advisory services to all settings Become familiar with a selection of readers’ advisory tools and gain skills to effectively evaluate and select readers’ advisory tools. Learn how to talk with readers and conduct a readers’ advisory interview Become familiar with the current trends and issues in readers’ advisory services work Learn about trends, authors and subgenres and read examples of the popular genres in fiction and nonfiction Learn about trends, authors and subgenres and experience examples of popular nonprint media, including audiobooks and illustrated books METHODS OF INSTRUCTION: Lectures, presentations, discussions. Students with special needs should contact the instructor as early as possible for accommodations. Required Textbook: Orr, Cynthia and Herald, Diana Tixier (eds.) (2013) Genreflecting: A Guide to Popular Reading Interests, 7th edition. Libraries Unlimited. Required Reading for Genres: Historical Fiction: Chevalier, Tracy. Girl with a Pearl Earring Mystery Fiction: Bradley, Alan. Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie Thrillers: Child, Lee. One Shot Westerns: Russell, Mary Doria. Doc Romance Fiction: Milan, Courtney. Trial by Desire Women’s Fiction: Hawkins, Paula. The Girl on the Train Fantasy: Hearne, Kevin. Hounded L&I SCI 691 Readers and Readers’ Advisory – Syllabus – page 1 of 12
Horror: Brooks , Max. World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War Science Fiction: Scalzi, John. Old Man’s War Mainstream Fiction: Doerr, Anthony. All the Light We Cannot See Nonfiction: Greenblatt, Stephen. The Swerve: How the World Became Modern Audiobook - You are required to listen to an unabridged production (instead of reading) of at least one of titles from the genre reading list (see the end of this syllabus) for a book talk assignment. However, throughout the semester, you are strongly encouraged to listen to unabridged titles as much as possible. WEEKLY CHAT SESSION We will have a weekly chat session every Thursday night at 9 in Milwaukee time. This is optional, which means the participation in the chat sessions does not affect your final grade. However, since these chat sessions are very useful for questions/answers, comments, clarification and so on, your participation is strongly suggested. DISCUSSIONS In addition to the assignments submitted through Discussion section at D2L (see the ASSIGNMENTS section below), students are required to participate actively in given topics each week. Those topics include publishing industries, book sellers, movie-tie-ins, different book formats such as ebooks and audiobooks, social network services for reading/readers and so on. ASSIGNMENTS Assignments are submitted via TWO locations at D2L depending on the characteristic of each assignment: one is through the dropbox and the other is through Discussion section. Weekly post-2012 book additions and weekly book reviews and read-a-like suggestions will be submitted through Discussion section so that students share their contributions with each other. The other assignments will be submitted through the dropbox. Bestseller Watch Reports At the beginning of semester, students are asked to predict the potential bestsellers (15 books published this year) based on their observations with variety of resources. Accordingly, at the end of semester, students are asked to verify their own prediction on bestsellers. At the end of September, October and November, students are also asked to discuss the trends in bestsellers. The purpose of this exercise is to get familiar with constant monitoring of bestsellers. “Secret” Shopper Report Students are asked to visit their local public libraries to get some information on how they provide their readers advisory services. Some instructors would like to use a real “secret” shopper approach, but personally I believe it can be tricky in many situations. Therefore, although it is suggested that you be a “secret” shopper, but if you feel uncomfortable, you can just ask your local librarians about their readers advisory services directly. 1000 words minimum. Essay on a book related to reading bestsellers Students are asked to write a 500-word essay after reading ONE of the following books. Put your own thoughts on reading bestsellers, not mere summary of the book you choose.
Michael Korda (2001). Making the List: A Cultural History of the American Bestseller, 1900-1999. Barnes and Noble Books. (ISBN-10: 0760725594/ISBN-13: 978-0760725597) Lisa Adams & John Heath (2007). Why We Read What We Read: A Delightfully Opinionated Journey Through Bestselling Books. Sourcebooks. (ISBN-10: 140221054X/ISBN-13: 9781402210549) [Avoid the Kindle edition.]
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Sara Nelson (2004). So Many Books, So Little Time: A Year of Passionate Reading Paperback. Berkley. (ISBN-10: 0425198197/ISBN-13: 978-0425198193) Will Schwalbe (2013). The End of Your Life Book Club. Vintage. (ISBN-10: 0307739783/ISBN-13: 978-0307739780)
Book Talk Students are asked to make TWO 1-minute book talk videos, one for a paper/e-book and the other one for an audiobook of choice. The paper/e-book choice of yours should be from must-read books, chapters 7 to 11, while the audiobook choice of yours from chapters 12 to 17. Your choices cannot be duplicated by the 11 class required readings or by your choices of weekly book reviews. Like your weekly book reviews (see below), do not include any “spoilers,” please. You can capture yourself with the chosen book on your hand in your video or simply use PowerPoint slides with your voice over. Be creative in your book talk projects. Peer RA interview and suggestion Students will be paired at the beginning of October to conduct a series of readers’ advisory interviews and feedbacks. The assignment consists of an initial interview, an initial suggestion, a feedback, and a final suggestion. At the end of semester, students are asked to submit a report on their experiences both as a client and as an advisor. 1000 words minimum with at least 5 suggested titles. Weekly book review for each genre with “read-a-like” recommendation From Week 4, students are asked to choose and read a book for each week’s assigned genre and to submit a 200-word book review on the book. Do not include any “spoilers” in your reviews, please. Each book review should have at least one “read-a-like” recommendation. This recommendation should be derived from research activities with Novelist database or similar tools. The choice of book should be from the reading list provided by the instructor, which consists of all the “must-read” books in our textbook plus the instructor’s own additions (see the end of this syllabus). This weekly assignment is a sort of firstcome, first-served basis. If a book is already reviewed, the particular book cannot be reviewed again by another student. In other words, each student should read a different book from others. To accomplish this uniqueness, students are asked to choose their choices of books ahead. There will be sign-up sheets for each genre in D2L’s Discussion section. Weekly recommendation of a post-2012 must-read for each genre From Week 4, students are asked to add their own choice of “must-read” books published after 2012 for each week’s assigned genre. Each recommendation should be accompanied by a 100-word description with valid bibliographic information such as author, publication dates, publisher, and so on. The reason for choice is also required (included the 100-word description): ratings from various sources, listing on bestseller list, received awards/nominations, and other relevant information. This weekly assignment is a sort of first-come, first-served basis. If a book is already recommended, the particular book cannot be recommended again by another student. In other words, each student should recommend a unique book to the weekly list. Students are strongly encouraged to comment on other students’ choices. Students do NOT have to read their recommended titles for this weekly assignment. Chapter submission for post-2012 must-read additions At the end of semester, each student is asked to compile the titles recommended by students in a past week for an assigned genre. Students are asked to include at least 5 additional titles in their final submission. Since only 11 genres are available, some genres may have two students and in those cases, collaborations between two students are allowed.
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SCHEDULE Week 1
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Topic/Reading Ch. 1: Reading and Libraries (Bestseller, Publishing Industries, Book Sellers, E-Books, Audiobooks) Ch. 6: The RA Environment: Building Your Library’s Brand Ch. 2: Understanding the Reader Ch. 5: Working with Readers Ch. 3: Understanding the Literature Ch. 4: Working with the Literature Ch. 7: Historical Fiction
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Ch. 8: Mystery Fiction
6
Ch. 9: Thrillers
7
Ch. 10: Westerns
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Ch. 11: Romance Fiction
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Ch. 12: Women’s Fiction
10
Ch. 13: Fantasy
11
Ch. 14: Horror
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Ch. 15: Science Fiction
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Ch. 16: Mainstream Fiction
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Ch. 17: Nonfiction
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Other Genres, Current Developments and Future of RA: Online Social Network RA (Goodreads, Shelfari, Librarything, Amazon, …), Virtual RA, Visualization of RA
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Assignment Bestseller Watch Report I (prediction - reason)
Essay on Reading Bestsellers (1 of 4 books) “Secret” Shopper Report Add a post-2012 book Book Review – Read-a-like Add a post-2012 book Book Review – Read-a-like Add a post-2012 book Book Review – Read-a-like Add a post-2012 book Book Review – Read-a-like Add a post-2012 book Book Review – Read-a-like Book Talk – print [1 min] (Ch. 711) Add a post-2012 book Book Review – Read-a-like Add a post-2012 book Book Review – Read-a-like Add a post-2012 book Book Review – Read-a-like Add a post-2012 book Book Review – Read-a-like Add a post-2012 book Book Review – Read-a-like Add a post-2012 book Book Review – Read-a-like Book Talk – audiobook [1 min] (Ch. 12-17) Bestseller Watch Report II (confirmation/verification) Peer RA Interview Report and Recommendation Chapter submission for post-2012 additions
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EVALUATION:
GRADING SCALE:
Assignments
% of Final Grade
Bestseller Watch Report I
5
Essay on Reading (1 out of 4 books)
5
Grading Scale 96-100
A
91-95.99
A-
87-90.99
B+
10
84-86.99
B
Book Talk I (paper/e-book)
5
80-83.99
B-
Book Talk II (audiobook)
5
74-76.99
C
Bestseller Watch Report II
5
70-73.99
C-
67-69.99
D+
64-66.99
D
60-63.99 Below 60
DF
“Secret” Shopper Report
Peer RA Interview and Recommendation
10
Weekly Post-2012 Must-Read Addition
15
Weekly Book Review (200 words) and Discussion
30
Chapter Submission for Post-2012 Addition
10
TOTAL
100
D2L and STUDENT PRIVACY: Certain SOIS courses utilize the instructional technology Desire to Learn (D2L) to facilitate learning and evaluation. D2L provides instructors the ability to view both individual data points and aggregate course statistics, including the dates and times individual students access the system, what pages a student has viewed, the duration of visits, and the IP address of the computer used to access the course website. This information is kept confidential in accordance with the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), but may be used for student evaluation. UWM AND SOIS ACADEMIC POLICIES The following links contain university policies affecting all SOIS students. Many of the links below may be accessed through a PDF-document maintained by the Secretary of the University: http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/SecU/SyllabusLinks.pdf. Undergraduates may also find the Panther Planner and Undergraduate Student Handbook useful (http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/OSL/DOS/Handbook200506.pdf). For graduate students, there are additional guidelines from the Graduate School (http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/Grad_Sch/StudentInfo/), including those found in the Graduate Student and Faculty Handbook: http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/Grad_Sch/Publications/Handbook/. Students with disabilities. If you will need accommodations in order to meet any of the requirements of a course, please contact the instructor as soon as possible. Students with disabilities are responsible to communicate directly with the instructor to ensure special accommodation in a timely manner. There is comprehensive coverage of issues related to disabilities at the Student Accessibility Center (http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/DSAD/SAC/MainOffice.html ), important components of which are expressed here: http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/DSAD/SAC/SACltr.pdf. Religious observances. Students’ sincerely held religious beliefs must be reasonably accommodated with respect to all examinations and other academic requirements, according to the following policy: L&I SCI 691 Readers and Readers’ Advisory – Syllabus – page 5 of 12
http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/SecU/acad%2Badmin_policies/S1.5.htm. Please notify your instructor within the first three weeks of the Fall or Spring Term (first week of shorter-term or Summer courses) of any specific days or dates on which you request relief from an examination or academic requirement for religious observances. Students called to active military duty. UWM has several policies that accommodate students who must temporarily lay aside their educational pursuits when called to active duty in the military (see http://www3.uwm.edu/des/web/registration/militarycallup.cfm), including provisions for refunds, readmission, grading, and other situations. Incompletes. A notation of “incomplete” may be given in lieu of a final grade to a student who has carried a subject successfully until the end of a semester but who, because of illness or other unusual and substantial cause beyond the student’s control, has been unable to take or complete the final examination or some limited amount of other term work. An incomplete is not given unless the student proves to the instructor that s/he was prevented from completing course requirements for just cause as indicated above (http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/SecU/acad%2Badmin_policies/S31.pdf). Discriminatory conduct (such as sexual harassment). UWM and SOIS are committed to building and maintaining a campus environment that recognizes the inherent worth and dignity of every person, fosters tolerance, sensitivity, understanding, and mutual respect, and encourages the members of its community to strive to reach their full potential. The UWM policy statement (http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/SecU/acad%2Badmin_policies/S47.pdf) summarizes and defines situations that constitute discriminatory conduct. If you have questions, please contact an appropriate SOIS administrator. Academic misconduct. Cheating on exams and plagiarism are violations of the academic honor code and carry severe sanctions, ranging from a failing grade for a course or assignment to expulsion from the University. See the following document (http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/OSL/DOS/conduct.html) or contact the SOIS Investigating Officer (currently the Associate Dean) for more information. Complaints. Students may direct complaints to the SOIS Dean or Associate Dean. If the complaint allegedly violates a specific university policy, it may be directed to the appropriate university office responsible for enforcing the policy. Grade appeal procedures. A student may appeal a grade on the grounds that it is based on a capricious or arbitrary decision of the course instructor. Such an appeal shall follow SOIS appeals procedures or, in the case of a graduate student, the Graduate School. These procedures are available in writing from the respective department chairperson or the Academic Dean of the College/School (http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/SecU/acad%2Badmin_policies/S28.htm). Examinations, Finals. The Secretary of the University is authorized to prepare the final examination schedule. The time of the final examination for an individual or a class may be changed only with the prior approval of the dean or director of the respective college/school. The change will involve a postponement to a later date. For individuals with exam conflicts, a separate week at the very end of the exam week will be reserved to take one of the conflicting exams (http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/SecU/acad+adm
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GENRE READING LIST You are asked to read ONE book from EACH genre designated each week and to submit a 200-word book review on the choice of your book. You have to choose your books ahead at D2L’s Discussion section so that no multiple students read the same book. Please, make sure to post the title of a specific volume, not its series title, if you choose one from a series. Historical Fiction Auel, Jean M. Clan of the Cave Bear Byatt, A.S. Possession Cornwell, Bernard. The Last Kingdom Diamant, Anita. The Red Tent Doctorow, E.L. Ragtime Dunant, Sarah. The Birth of the Venus Faber, Michel. The Crimson Petal and the White Follett, Ken. The Pillars of the Earth Frazier, Charles. Cold Mountain Gabaldon, Diana. Outlander Golden, Arthur. Memoirs of a Geisha Graves, Robert. I, Claudius Gregory, Philippa. The Other Boleyn Girl Haley, Alex. Roots Holland, Cecelia. Great Maria Kent, Kathleen. The Heretic’s Daughter Mantel, Hilary. Wolf Hall McCullough, Colleen. The First Man in Rome McEwan, Ian. Atonement Michener, James. Hawaii Mitchell, Margaret. Gone with the Wind Morrison, Toni. Beloved O’Brian, Patrick. Master and Commander Penman, Sharon Kay. The Sunne in Splendour Pressfield, Steven. Gates of Fire Renault, Mary. The King Must Die See, Lisa. Snow Flower and the Secret Fan Seton, Anya. Katherine Shaara, Michael. The Killer Angels Shaffer, Mary Ann and Barrows, Annie. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society Mystery Fiction Andrews, Donna. Meg Langslow Series Bowen, Rhys. A Royal Pain Bowen, Rhys. Molly Murphy Series Burke, James Lee. Dave Robicheaux Series Butcher, Jim. The Dresden Files Connelly, Michael. Harry Bosch Mysteries Connelly, Michael. The Brass Verdict Coonts, Deborah. Lucky O’Toole Novels Crombie, Deborah. Duncan Kincaid/Gemma James Series Davidson, Diane Mott. Goldy Schulz Culinary Mysteries L&I SCI 691 Readers and Readers’ Advisory – Syllabus – page 7 of 12
Evanovich, Janet. Stephanie Plum Novels Harris, Charlaine. Sookie Stackhouse Series Hart, Carolyn. Death on Demand Series Hyzy, Julie. State of the Onion Johnson, Craig. Walt Longmire Series Lehane, Dennis. Kenzie/Gennaro Series Lehane, Dennis. Moonlight Mile Littlefield, Sophie. Stella Hardesty Series Muller, Marcia. Sharon McCone Series Parker, Robert B. Spenser Series Penny, Louise. Armand Gamache Series Penny, Louise. Bury Your Dead Robb, J.D. In Death Series Spencer-Fleming, Julia. Clare Fergusson/Russ Van Alystyne Series Stanley, Kelli. Miranda Corbie Series Winspear, Jacqueline. Maisie Dobbs Series Thrillers Baldacci, David. Camel Club Series, The Camel Club Clancy, Tom. Jack Ryan Series, The Bear and the Dragon Cook, Robin. Shock Crichton, Michael. Prey Cussler, Clive. Dirk Pitt Series, Trojan Odyssey Deaver, Jeffery. Lincoln Rhyme Series, The Vanished Man Dekker, Ted. Paradise Series, Showdown DeMille, Nelson. John Corey Series, Night Fall Fairstein, Linda. Alexandra Cooper Series, The Deadhouse Frey, Stephen. Christian Gillette Series, The Chairman Johansen, Iris. Eve Duncan Series, Blind Alley Khoury, Raymond. The Last Templar (Templar Series #1) Lindsay, Jeffry P. Darkly Dreaming Dexter Meltzer, Brad. The Book of Fate Pelecanos, George. The Night Gardener Reichs, Kathy. Temperance Brennan Series, Fatal Voyage Rosenberg, Joel C. The Twelfth Imam Silva, Daniel. Gabriel Allon Series, Prince of Fire Stark, Richard. Parker Series, Firebreak Turow, Scott. Reversible Errors Other titles from the series listed above are allowed. Westerns Blevins, Win. Rendezvous Series Burke, James Lee. Hack Holland Series Cather, Willa. Death Comes for the Archbishop Clark, Walter Van Tilburg. The Ox-Bow Incident Hillerman, Tony. Joe Leaphorn/Jim Chee Mysteries McCarthy, Cormac. All the Pretty Horses Portis, Charles. True Grit L&I SCI 691 Readers and Readers’ Advisory – Syllabus – page 8 of 12
Priest, Cherie. Boneshaker Schaefer, Jack. Shane Vories, Eugene C. Pinon Mesa Wister, Owen. The Virginian One book from one of the series listed above. Romance Fiction Balogh, Mary. The Plumed Bonnet Bliss, Karina. What the Librarian Did Cole, Kresley. A Hunger Like No Other Gabaldon, Diana. Outlander Gist, Deanne. A Bride in the Bargain Griffin, Laura. One Last Breath Hart, Megan. Broken Heyer, Georgette. Sylvester or The Wicked Uncle Higgins, Kristan. Too Good to Be True Hoyt, Elizabeth. The Raven Prince Jennifer, Crusie. Bet Me Kenyon, Sherrilyn. Acheron Kinsale, Laura. Flowers from the Storm Krentz, Jayne Ann. Sizzle and Burn Lewis, Beverly. The Postcard Phillips, Susan Elizabeth. Nobody’s Baby but Mine Putney, Mary Jo. The Rake Roberts, Nora. Northern Lights Stacey, Shannon. Yours to Keep Ward, J.R. Dark Lover Willig, Lauren. Mischief of the Mistletoe Women’s Fiction Ahern, Cecelia. P.S. I Love You Andrews, Mary Kay. Deep Dish Berg, Elizabeth. The Last Time I Saw You Binchy, Maeve. Whitethorn Woods Bradford, Barbara Taylor. Just Rewards Cabot, Meg. Boy Meets Girl Center, Katherine. The Bright Side of Disaster Cook, Claire. Summer Blowout Delinsky, Barbara. Family Tree Giffin, Emily. Heart of the Matter Green, Jane. Another Piece of My Heart Meacham, Lila. Roses Moriarty, Laura. The Rest of Her Life Packer, Ann. The Dive from Clausen’s Pier Picoult, Jodi. Handle with Care Riggle, Kristina. Real Life and Liars Ross, Jennifer. The Icing on the Cupcake Scotch Allison Winn. Time of My Life: A Novel L&I SCI 691 Readers and Readers’ Advisory – Syllabus – page 9 of 12
Weiner, Jennifer. Little Earthquakes Weiner, Jennifer. Then Came You Wells, Rebecca. Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood Winston, Lolly. Happiness Sold Separately Wolff, Isabel. A Vintage Affair Fantasy Black, Holly. Modern Faerie Tales Bull, Emma. Territory Butcher, Jim. The Dresden Files Carriger, Gail. Soulless Frost, Jeaniene. Halfway to the Grave Gaiman, Neil. American Gods Gaiman, Neil. The Ocean at the End of the Lane Harkness, Deborah. All Souls Trilogy Series Holly, Black & Krushner, Ellen, eds. Welcome to Bordertown: New Stories and Poems of the Borderlands Jones, Dianna Wynne. The Tough Guide to Fantasyland: The Essential Guide to Fantasy Travel Maguire, Gregory. Wicked: the Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West (Wicked Years Series) Martin, George R.R. A Song of Ice and Fire Series Mieville, China. Perdido Street Station (New Crobuzon Series) Morgenstern, Erin. The Night Circus Murakami, Haruki. Kafka on the Shore Novik, Naomi. Temeraire Rothfuss, Patrick. The Name of the Wind (Kingkiller Chronicles Series) Walton, Jo. Among Others One book from one of the series listed above. Horror Cronin, Justin. The Passage (The Passage, #1) Doiron, Paul. The Poacher's Son (Mike Bowditch, #1) Hill, Joe. 20th Century Ghosts Hill, Joe. Heart-Shaped Box Hill, Joe. Horns Hill, Joe. Locke & Key, Vol. 1: Welcome to Lovecraft Hill, Joe. NOS4A2 Hill, Susan. The Man in the Picture Ketchum, Jack. Off Season Kiernan, Caitlin R. The Red Tree King, Stephen. Cell King, Stephen. Doctor Sleep (The Shining #2) King, Stephen. Duma Key King, Stephen. Everything's Eventual: 14 Dark Tales King, Stephen. Full Dark, No Stars King, Stephen. Under the Dome Koontz, Dean. Odd Thomas (Odd Thomas, #1) McCarthy, Cormac. The Road Sutherland, Joel. Frozen Blood L&I SCI 691 Readers and Readers’ Advisory – Syllabus – page 10 of 12
Wong, David. John Dies at the End Wong, David. This Book Is Full of Spiders: Seriously, Dude, Don't Touch It (John Dies at the End, #2)
Science Fiction Adams, Douglas. The Hitch-Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy Alfred, Bester. The Stars My Destination Asimov, Isaac. Foundation & I, Robot Bacigalupi, Paolo. The Windup Girl Bradbury, Ray. Fahrenheit 451 Card, Orson Scott. Ender’s Game Clarke, (Sir) Arthur C. Childhood’s End & Rendezvous with Rama Collins, Suzanne. Hunger Game Trilogy Corey, James S. A. (Abraham, Daniel & Franck, Ty). Leviathan Wakes Dick, Philip K. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? & The Man in the High Castle Finney, Jack. Time and Again Gibson, William. Neuromance Halderman, Joe. The Forever War Heinlein, Robert A. The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress & Stranger in a Strange Land Herbert, Frank. Dune Hoban, Russell. Riddley Walker Howey, Hugh. Wool Omnibus (Silo #1) Le Guin, Ursula K. The Left Hand of Darknes Miller, Walter M. A Canticle for Leibowitz Rajaniemi, Hannu. The Quantum Thief Smith, E. E. “Doc”. The Skylark of Space Stephenson, Neal. Snow Crash Vonnegut, Kurt Slaughterhouse Five Wells, H. G. The War of the Worlds Willis, Connie. Blackout/All Clear Mainstream Fiction Donoghue, Emma. Room Egan, Jennifer. A Visit from the Goon Squad Esquivel, Laura. Like Water for Chocolate Gruen, Sara. Water for Elephants Henriquez, Cristina. The Book of Unknown Americans Hosseini, Khaled. The Kite Runner Kidd, Sue Monk. The Secret Life of Bees Kline, Christina Baker. Orphan Train Mandel, Emily St. John. Station Eleven Marlantes, Karl. Matterhorn McCann, Colum. Let the Great World Spin Moriarty, Liane. The Husband's Secret Moyes, Jojo. Me Before You Obreht, Tea. The Tiger’s Wife Picoult, Jodi. Leaving Time Rowell, Rainbow. Landline Simsion, Graeme. The Rosie Project (Don Tillman #1) L&I SCI 691 Readers and Readers’ Advisory – Syllabus – page 11 of 12
Stockett, Kathryn. The Help Strout, Elizabeth. Olive Kitteridge Tyler, Anne, A Spool of Blue Thread Verghese, Abraham. Cutting for Stone Nonfiction Bryson, Bill. A Walk in the Woods Capote, Truman. In Cold Blood Didion, Joan. The Year of Magical Thinking Dillard, Annie. Pilgrim at Tinker Creek Egan, Timothy. The Worst Hard Time Ehrenreich, Barabara. Nickel and Dimed Gilbert, Elizabeth. Eat, Pray, Love Gladwell, Malcolm. Blink Greene, Brian. The Elegant Universe Grogan, John. Marley and Me Isaacson, Walter. Steve Jobs Junger, Sebastian. The Perfect Storm Kingsolver, Barbara. Animal, Vegetable, Miracle Krakauer, Jon. Into Thin Air Kurlansky, Mark. Salt: A World History Langewiesche, William. The Outlaw Sea Larson, Erik. The Devil in the White City MacIntyre, Ben. Operation Mincemeat Mayes, Frances. Under the Tuscan Sun McCullough, David. 1776 McKibben, Bill. Earth: Making a Life on a Tough New Planet Nuland, Sherwin B. The Doctor’s Plague Putnam, Robert D. Bowling Alone Sedaris, David. Me Talk Pretty One Day Skloot, Rebecca. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks Smith, Patti. Just Kids Sobel, Dava. Longitude Summerscale, Kate. The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher Taraborrelli, J. Randy. The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe Troost, J. Maarten. Lost on Planet China Zuckoff, Mitchell. Lost in Shangri-La: A True Story of Survival, Adventure, and the Most Incredible Rescue Mission of World War II
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