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 | |||
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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 |
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