Photo by Carmen Cheng | Model: Minaka Okabe
Summer is a great time to read non-curricular books. The included books have been suggested by WCC faculty members. Thanks to all the instructors and staff members who recommended these books.
Information gathered by Ala Kaymaram.
| Non-Fiction, Memoirs, Biographies, Autobiographies | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Title | Author | Genre | Suggested by |
| “Who Thought This Was a Good Idea? And Other Questions You Should Have Answers to When You Work in the White House” | Alyssa Mastromonaco | Political memoir | Molly Letermann |
| “Born to Run” | Bruce Springsteen | Autobiography | Maryam Barrie |
| “The Same River Twice” | Chris Offutt | Biography | Dave Waskin |
| “Angela’s Ashes” | Frank McCourt | Biography | Lisa Veasey |
| “The Glass Castle” | Jeannette Walls | Memoir | Lisa Veasey |
| “Me Talk Pretty One Day” | David Sedaris | Essay | Lisa Veasey |
| “The Liar’s Club” | Mary Karr | Memoir | Lisa Veasey |
| “The Color of Water” | James McBride | Memoir | Heather Zettelmaier |
| “The Blind Side” | Michael Lewis | Non-Fiction | Heather Zettelmaier |
| “Unbroken” | Laura Hillendbrand | Non-Fiction | Heather Zettelmaier |
| “Never Cry Wolf” | Farley Mowat | Nature (Non-fiction) | Heather Zettelmaier |
| “The Hiding Place” | Corrie Ten Boom | Non-fiction | Heather Zettelmaier |
| “Rocket Boys” | Homer Hickam, Jr. | Memoir | Heather Zettelmaier |
| Fantasy, Children’s Literature | |||
| Title | Author | Genre | Suggested by |
| “Harry Potter” series | J. K. Rowling | Fantasy | Michael Thompson |
| “Lamb” | Christopher Moore | Comic Fantasy | Michael Thompson |
| “The Higher Power of Lucky” | Susan Patron | Children’s Literature | Michael Thompson |
| Poetry | |||
| Title | Author | Genre | Suggested by |
| “100 Selected Poems” | E.E. Cummings | Poetry | James Obrecht |
| “Night Sky with Exit Wounds” | Ocean Vuong | Poetry | Tom Zimmerman |
| “Dog Songs” | Mary Oliver | Poetry | Dave Waskin |
| Novels, Fiction, sub-genre fictions | |||
| Title | Author | Genre | Suggested by |
| “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer” | Mark Twain | Picaresque Fiction | James Obrecht |
| “The Fifth Letter” | Nicola Moriarty | Fiction | Dr. Kimberly Jones |
| “The Turner House” | Angela Flourney | Historical Fiction | Molly Letermann |
| “Station Eleven” | Emily St. John Mandel | Post-Apocalyptic fiction | Molly Letermann |
| “Where’d You Go, Bernadette” | Maria Semple | Fiction | Molly Letermann |
| “The Handmaid’s Tale” | Margaret Atwood | Speculative fiction | Molly Letermann, Carrie Krantz |
| “The Sound and the Fury” | William Faulkner | Modern Literature (Novel) | Tom Zimmerman |
| “The Postman Always Rings Twice” | James M. Cain | Crime Fiction | Tom Zimmerman |
| “Pride and Prejudice” | Jane Austen | Fiction | Tom Zimmerman |
| “Tales of H.P. Lovecraft” | H.P. Lovecraft | Speculative Fiction | Tom Zimmerman |
| “Maddadam trilogy: Oryx and Crake, the Year of the Flood, and Maddadam” | Margaret Atwood | Speculative Fiction | Maryam Barrie |
| “The North Water” | Ian McGuire | Fiction | Dave Waskin |
| “For a Little While” | Rick Bass | Fiction | Dave Waskin |
| “Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage” | Alice Munro | Fiction | Dave Waskin |
| “Thirteen Moons” | Charles Frazier | Historical Novel | Dave Waskin |
| “Tropic of Cancer” | Henry Miller | Autobiographical Fiction | Dave Waskin |
| “All the King’s Men” | Robert Penn Warren | Political Fiction | Dave Waskin |
| “A Good Man is Hard to Find” | Flannery O’Connor | Short Story | Dave Waskin |
| “Hap and Leonard” | Joe R. Lansdale | Mystery Series (Fiction) | Dave Waskin |
| “Water for Elephants” | Sara Gruen | Fiction | Heather Zettelmaier |
| “The Beekeeper’s Apprentice” | Laurie R. King | Detective Fiction | Heather Zettelmaier |
| “Tuesdays with Morrie” | Mitch Albom | Philosophical Fiction | Heather Zettelmaier |
| “The Help” | Kathryn Stockett | Historical Novel | Heather Zettelmaier |
| “She’s Come Undone” | Wally Lamb | Drama (Novel) | Heather Zettelmaier |
| “Coming Home” | Rosamund Pilcher | Fiction | Heather Zettelmaier |
| “Gilead” | Marilynne Robinson | Novel | Michael Thompson |
| “Peace Like a River” | Leif Enger | Novel | Michael Thompson |
