English 98 Reading Choices
Our last writing assignment, for Credit Five, involves writing an essay about a non-fiction book you’ve
read this quarter. While you won’t need to have the book completely read for another seven or eight
weeks, you’ll want to choose a book and get started reading in short order. The directions and list below
are a good place to start as you select a book.
Logon to the computer and go to Amazon.com. From there, search a title that interests you. Read the
summary, read a few of the reviews to get a sense of what the book is about, and take a few notes.
After you have looked at a few titles, decide which book you’d like to read over the next several weeks.
If none of these titles hits the spot, feel free to choose another non-fiction book. In any case, let me
know your book choice no later than Monday, 29 Sept.
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A Walk in the Woods, by Bill Bryson
A Big Little Life: A Memoir of a Joyful Dog, by Dean Kuntz
Call the Midwife: A Memoir of Birth, Joy, and Hard Times, Jennifer Worth
The Color of Water, by James McBride
The Finish: The Killing of Osama Bin Laden, by Mark Bowden
Girl Interrupted, by Susanna Kaysen
The Glass Castle, by Jeannette Walls
Growing Up Amish: A Memoir, by Ira Wagler
Into the Wild (2013), by Jon Krakauer
Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster, by Jon Krakauer
Life Is So Good, by George Dawson
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier, by Ishmael Beah
Marley and Me: Life and Love with the World’s Worst Dog, by John Grogan
Memoir of the Sunday Brunch, by Julia Pandl
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, by Rebecca Skloot
My Beloved World, by Sonia Sotamayor
A Stolen Life, by Jaycee Dugard
Tender at the Bone, by Ruth Reichl
Three Little Words: A Memoir, by Ashley Rhodes-Courter
Tuesdays With Morrie, by Mitch Albom
Until Tuesday: A Wounded Warrior and the Golden Retriever Who Saved Him, by Luis Carlos
Montalvan and Brett Witter
Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail, by Cheryl Strayed