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Simon & Schuster Freshman Year Reading Catalog 2019–2020 FreshmanYearReads.com
Dear FYE Committee Member,
We are delighted to present the 2019 – 2020 Freshman Year Reading catalog from
Simon & Schuster.
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core purpose of college and university programs across the country—to support students in
transition, promote engaging conversations, explore diverse perspectives, and foster community
during the college experience.
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Table of Contents
Featured Titles Page 4
African American Page 6
Campus Issues Page 10
Classics Page 12
Fiction Page 14
Food, Environment, & Sustainability Page 21
FYE Seminar Page 24
History & Society Page 27
Immigrant Experience & Diversity Page 34
Jewish Interest Page 37
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, & Transgender Page 40
Life Lessons from Laughs Page 42
Memoir & Biography Page 44
Mindfulness Page 53
Science & Technology Page 55
Social Change, Leadership, & Education Page 58
Writing & Creativity Page 65
Speakers Bureau Page 68
Index Page 69
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FEATURED TITLES
FEATURED TITLES
IMMIGRANT EXPERIENCE
& DIVERSITY
American Like Me
Reflections on Life Between Cultures
America Ferrera
9781501180927 y Trade Paper
336 pages y $17.99 y Gallery Books
From award-winning actress and political activist America
Ferrera comes a vibrant and varied collection of first-person
accounts from prominent figures about the experience of
growing up between cultures.
“Readers will come for the big names, but they’ll stay
for the powerful stories, excellent writing, and feeling
of connection. An absolute must for well-rounded
collections.” —Library Journal (starred review)
New York Times Bestseller
SELECTED BY Chadbourne Residential College at the
University of Wisconsin–Madison, University of Houston–
Now in Paperback Downtown
Themes: Social Activism, Coming of Age
CAMPUS ISSUES
Bad with Money
The Imperfect Art of Getting Your Financial Sh*t Together
Gaby Dunn
9781501176333 y Trade Paper
304 pages y $16.00 y Atria Books
The beloved writer-comedian expands on her popular
podcast with an engaging and empowering financial literacy
book for Millennials and Gen Z.
“Humorous and forthright…[Gaby] Dunn makes facing
money issues seem not only palatable but possibly even
fun.…Dunn’s book delivers.” —Publishers Weekly
Themes: Financial Literacy, Personal Success
New Title Available
in Paperback
4
FEATURED TITLES
HISTORY & SOCIETY
Good and Mad
The Revolutionary Power of Women’s Anger
Rebecca Traister
9781501181818 y Trade Paper
320 pages y $17.00 y Simon & Schuster
Journalist Rebecca Traister’s exploration of the
transformative power of female anger and its ability
to transcend into a political movement is “a hopeful,
maddening compendium of righteous feminine anger,
and the good it can do when wielded efficiently—and
collectively” (Vanity Fair ).
“The combined strength of these many individual
voices and stories gives the book tremendous
gravity.…A gripping call to action that portends
greater liberty and justness for all.” —Kirkus Review
(starred review)
New York Times Bestseller
Themes: Gender Issues, Society
Now in Paperback
MEMOIR & BIOGRAPHY
Heavy
An American Memoir
Kiese Laymon
9781501125669 y Trade Paper
256 pages y $16.00 y Scribner
In this powerful, provocative, and universally lauded
memoir, genre-bending essayist and novelist Kiese Laymon
“provocatively meditates on his trauma growing up as a
black man, and in turn crafts an essential polemic against
American moral rot” (Entertainment Weekly).
“Spectacular…So artfully crafted, miraculously personal,
and continuously disarming, this is, at its essence,
powerful writing about the power of writing.” —Booklist
(starred review)
Kirkus Prize Finalist y Andrew Carnegie Medal for
Excellence in Nonfiction Winner
Reading Group Guide Available
Themes: Coming of Age, African American, Society, Family
Now in Paperback
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AFRICAN AMERICAN
AFRICAN AMERICAN
What Set Me Free
A True Story of Wrongful Conviction, a Dream Deferred, and a Man Redeemed
Brian Banks
9781982121310 y Trade Paper y 320 pages y $16.99 y Atria Books
Discover the unforgettable and inspiring true story of Brian Banks—a young man
who was wrongfully convicted as a teenager and imprisoned for more than five
years, only to emerge with his spirit unbroken and determined to achieve his dream
of playing in the NFL.
“What Set Me Free encourages people to advocate for policy change and the
restructuring of this system that allowed years of Banks’s life to be wrongly
taken away from him.” —California Innocence Project
Themes: Sports, Memoir, Crime & Justice
New Title Available
in Paperback
Black Privilege
Opportunity Comes to Those Who Create It
Charlamagne Tha God
9781501145315 y Trade Paper y 320 pages y $16.00 y Atria Books
Charlamagne Tha God—co-host of Power 105.1’s The Breakfast Club and
“hip‑hop’s Howard Stern”—shares his unlikely success story as well as how
embracing one’s truths is a fundamental key to success and happiness.
New York Times Bestseller
Themes: Coming of Age, Overcoming Life’s Challenges, Inspirational, Diversity
The Blood of Emmett Till
Timothy B. Tyson
9781476714851 y Trade Paper y 304 pages y $17.00 y Simon & Schuster
In 1955, white men in the Mississippi Delta lynched a fourteen-year-old from
Chicago named Emmett Till. The case galvanized the Civil Rights Movement of the
50s and 60s, but the lessons are relevant today. Timothy B. Tyson relies on the
only interview granted by the woman at the center of the trial, Carolyn Bryant, the
transcript of the trial, which was only recovered in 2005, as well as a recent FBI
report on the case.
New York Times Bestseller y National Book Award Longlist
Themes: Society, History
Everyday People
The Color of Life—a Short Story Anthology
Edited by: Jennifer Baker
9781501134944 y Trade Paper y 336 pages y $17.00 y Atria Books
This gorgeously wrought anthology represents a wide range of styles, themes, and
perspectives on a variety of topics. The carefully selected stories depict moments
that linger—moments of doubt, crossroads to be chosen, relationships, epiphanies,
loss, and of discovery. A celebration of writing and expression featuring critically
lauded writers including Alexander Chee, Mitchell S. Jackson, and Jason Reynolds.
Author Video Available
Themes: Diversity, Literary
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The Fire This Time
AFRICAN AMERICAN
A New Generation Speaks about Race
Jesmyn Ward
9781501126352 y Trade Paper y 240 pages y $16.00 y Scribner
National Book Award–winning author Jesmyn Ward takes James Baldwin’s 1963
examination of race in America, The Fire Next Time, as a jumping off point for this
groundbreaking collection of essays and poems about race from the most important
voices of our time. All confront the timely question—What does it mean to be black
in America today? Works from Roxane Gay, Kevin Young, Isabel Wilkerson, Edwidge
Danticat, and more.
New York Times Bestseller
SELECTED BY University of South Carolina–Upstate, New York University–Liberal
Studies, CUNY Medgar Evers College
Theme: Social Activism
Heads of the Colored People
Stories
Nafissa Thompson-Spires
9781501168000 y Trade Paper y 224 pages y $16.00 y 37 INK
In this acclaimed works of fiction, Nafissa Thompson-Spires offers “a firecracker of a
book…a triumph of storytelling: intelligent, acerbic, and ingenious” (Financial Times).
National Book Award Finalist y PEN Open Book Award Winner
Reading Group Guide Available
Themes: Diversity, Literary
Now in Paperback
Long Way Down
Jason Reynolds
9781481438261 y Trade Paper y 336 pages y $10.99 y Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books
An ode to Put the Damn Guns Down, this is New York Times bestselling author
Jason Reynolds’s electrifying novel that takes place in sixty potent seconds—the
time it takes a kid to decide whether or not he’s going to murder the guy who killed
his brother.
National Book Award for Young People’s Literature Longlist
Reading Group Guide Available
SELECTED BY Northern Vermont University–Johnson
New Title Available
Themes: Family, Society
in Paperback
Middle Passage
25th Anniversary Edition
Charles Johnson with a new introduction by Stanley Crouch
9780684855882 y Trade Paper y 224 pages y $16.00 y Scribner
Rutherford Calhoun, a newly freed slave is desperate to escape unscrupulous bill
collectors and an impending marriage. He jumps aboard the first boat leaving
New Orleans, the Republic, a slave ship en route to collect members of a legendary
African tribe. Thus begins a daring voyage of horror and self-discovery.
National Book Award Winner
Reading Group Guide Available
SELECTED BY The College of Charleston, Wofford College
Theme: Fiction
My Mother. Barack Obama. Donald Trump.
And the Last Stand of the Angry White Man.
Kevin Powell
9781982105259 y Trade Paper y 304 pages y $17.00 y Atria Books
Written in the spirit of Joan Didion’s essay “Notes from a Native Daughter” and
James Baldwin’s The Fire Next Time, a revelatory look at today’s America from
writer and activist Kevin Powell as told through an examination of three crucial
figures in his life: his mother, Barack Obama, and Donald Trump.
Theme: Social Activism
Now in Paperback 7
Never Caught
AFRICAN AMERICAN
The Washingtons’ Relentless Pursuit of Their Runaway Slave, Ona Judge
Erica Armstrong Dunbar
9781501126413 y Trade Paper y 288 pages y $16.99 y 37 INK
Forced to begin hard labor at the age of twelve, Ona Judge slowly worked her way
to become the first attendant to Martha Washington. But what little pleasantries
Judge was afforded under Mrs. Washington could never compare to the life of a
free woman. This is the powerful journey of a twenty-two-year-old slave who dared
attempt escape from one of the nation’s most powerful Founding Fathers.
National Book Award Finalist
Reading Group Guide Available y Author Video Available y Young Readers
Edition Available
SELECTED BY Franklin College, University of Missouri–Kansas City, Southern
Methodist University–University Honors Program
Themes: History, Women’s Studies
Olympic Pride, American Prejudice
The Untold Story of 18 African Americans Who Defied Jim Crow and Adolf Hitler to Compete
in the 1936 Berlin Olympics
Deborah Riley Draper
9781501162152 y Hardcover y 320 pages y $28.00 y Atria Books
Discover the astonishing, inspirational, and largely unknown true story of the
eighteen African American athletes who competed in the 1936 Berlin Olympic
Games, defying the racism of both Nazi Germany and the Jim Crow South.
Themes: Sports, History
New Title Available
February 2020
Passing
Nella Larsen
9781632062024 y Trade Paper y 192 pages y $19.99 y Restless Books
A captivating and prescient exploration of identity, sexuality, belonging,
self‑invention, and race set amidst the pealing boisterousness of the Jazz Age.
Theme: Gender Issues
Race Against Time
A Reporter Reopens the Unsolved Murder Cases of the Civil Rights Era
Jerry Mitchell
9781451645132 y Hardcover y 448 pages y $28.00 y Simon & Schuster
The MacArthur Genius investigative reporter tells the tick-tock story of three
infamous, unsolved Civil Rights Era murders and how he reopened these cold cases,
ultimately bringing Klansmen to justice, decades after they’d gotten away with
murder.
Themes: Journalism, Civil Rights, Race Relations
New Title Available
February 2020
Shook One
Anxiety Playing Tricks on Me
Charlamagne Tha God
9781501193262 y Trade Paper y 288 pages y $17.00 y Atria Books
New York Times bestselling author of Black Privilege and cohost of Power 105.1’s
The Breakfast Club reveals his blueprint for breaking free from your fears and
anxiety to reach the elusive next level of success.
New York Times Bestseller
Themes: Mental Health, Inspirational
8 Now in Paperback
The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace
AFRICAN AMERICAN
A Brilliant Young Man Who Left Newark for the Ivy League
Jeff Hobbs
9781476731919 y Trade Paper y 432 pages y $17.00 y Scribner
Author Jeff Hobbs became fast friends with Robert Peace as his college roommate
at Yale University. But Hobbs didn’t know Peace was navigating two fiercely insular
worlds—the Ivy League and Newark, NJ where his struggling mother, incarcerated
father, friends, and fellow drug dealers still held influence. A brilliantly written and
deeply researched account of the short life of a talented young African American
man striving to reach his full potential.
Reading Group Guide Available y Author Video Available
Themes: Biography, Education
Survival Math
Notes on an All-American Family
Mitchell Jackson
9781501131738 y Trade Paper y 336 pages y $17.00 y Scribner
Mitchell Jackson takes us inside his rocky youth, charting a course through
drug‑ravaged neighborhoods and a struggling family, with this cohesive collection
of linked autobiographical essays, written with language that is thrillingly alive,
original, and candid.
SELECTED BY Southern New Hampshire University–Mountainview
Theme: Overcoming Life’s Challenges
Available in Paperback
February 2020
They Come in All Colors
A Novel
Malcom Hansen
9781501172335 y Trade Paper y 336 pages y $17.00 y Atria Books
An “urgent and heartrending novel about an America on the brink” (Matt Gallagher,
author of Youngblood ), They Come in All Colors follows a biracial teenage boy who
finds his new life in the big city disrupted by childhood memories of the summer
when racial tensions in his hometown reached a tipping point.
BCALA First Novelist Award Winner
Reading Group Guide Available
Themes: Coming of Age, Diversity
Now in Paperback
We Speak for Ourselves
A Word from Forgotten Black America
D.Watkins
9781501187827 y Hardcover y 208 pages y $26.00 y Atria Books
From the row houses of Baltimore to the stoops of Brooklyn, with searing conviction
and full compassion, D. Watkins lays bare the voices of the most vulnerable and
allows their raw, intimate stories to uncover the systematic injustice threaded within
our society. Honest and eye-opening, We Speak for Ourselves makes us listen, feel,
and create a course toward change that starts right where we are.
Theme: Society, Race Relations, Urban Living
New Title
Writing to Save a Life
The Louis Till File
John Edgar Wideman
9781501147296 y Trade Paper y 224 pages y $16.00 y Scribner
A major literary figure tells “a searching tale of loss, recovery, and déjà vu that is
part memoir and what-if speculation, part polemic and exposé” (The Washington
Post ) about two generations of one family—civil rights martyr Emmett Till and his
father, Louis.
National Book Critics Circle Award Shortlist
Reading Group Guide Available
Themes: Biography, History
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CAMPUS ISSUES
CAMPUS ISSUES
Self-Care for College Students
From Orientation to Graduation, 150+ Easy Ways to Stay Happy, Healthy, and Stress-Free
Julia Dellitt
9781507211151 y Hardcover y 224 pages y $15.99 y Adams Media
Make the most out of your college experience with these manageable self-care tips
that are easy to incorporate into your busy college lifestyle.
“Self-care is an all-too-important topic these days, and this book breaks it
down perfectly for the college audience with specific, practical, actionable ideas
that help readers put their best selves forward.” —Stephanie Kaplan Lewis,
cofounder of Her Campus Media and coauthor of The Her Campus Guide to
College Life
Themes: Personal Success, Mental Health
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
Power Lessons in Personal Change
Stephen R. Covey
9781982137274 y Trade Paper y 432 pages y $18.99 y Simon & Schuster
This thirtieth anniversary edition of Stephen Covey’s beloved classic The 7 Habits
of Highly Effective People commemorates the timeless wisdom of the seven habits
with modern additions from Sean Covey.
SELECTED BY Harding University
Themes: Personal Success, Leadership
New Title Available
in Paperback
Bad With Money
The Imperfect Art of Getting Your Financial Sh* t Together
Gaby Dunn
9781501176333 y Trade Paper y 304 pages y $16.00 y Atria Books
The beloved writer-comedian expands on her popular podcast with an engaging and
empowering financial literacy book for Millennials and Gen Z.
Themes: Financial Literacy, Personal Success
New Title Available
in Paperback
For Every One
Jason Reynolds
9781481486255 y Trade Paper y 112 pages y $7.99 y Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books
Originally performed at the Kennedy Center for the unveiling of the Martin Luther
King, Jr. Memorial, and later as a tribute to Walter Dean Myers, this stirring and
inspirational poem is New York Times bestselling author and National Book Award
finalist Jason Reynolds’s rallying cry to the dreamers of the world.
Themes: Inspirational, Reluctant Reader
10 Now in PaperbackGender: Your Guide
CAMPUS ISSUES
A Gender-Friendly Primer on What to Know, What to Say, and What to Do in the New Gender
Culture
Lee Airton, PhD
9781507210703 y Trade Paper y 240 pages y $15.99 y Adams Media
“An invaluable resource for both new and veteran allies…obvious and necessary”
(Library Journal, starred review) information for everyone who wants to learn
more about how to navigate gender diversity in today’s families, communities, and
workplaces.
Theme: Modern Culture
Now in Paperback
The Her Campus Guide to College Life
How to Manage Relationships, Stay Safe and Healthy, Handle Stress, and Have the Best Years
of Your Life—Updated and Expanded Edition
By Stephanie Kaplan Lewis, Annie Chandler Wang,
Windsor Hanger Western, and Her Campus Editors
9781507210321 y Trade Paper y 320 pages y $15.99 y Adams Media
Every young woman’s essential guide to tackling all of the challenges of college, from
stress to debt to scholarships, in a completed updated new edition: “Some things are
common sense but some things aren’t—especially when it comes to navigating a
college campus in a way that’s fun, independent, and totally safe” (Today).
Themes: Student Affairs, Transition/Orientation
The Infographic Guide to College
A Visual Reference for Everything You Need to Know
Adams Media
9781507203361 y Trade Paper y 128 pages y $16.99 y Adams Media
For fans of the popular Show Me How series, this illustrated guide to college life has
everything a student needs to excel in their first year, from tips on getting involved
around campus to advice about applying for loans and studying for exams.
Themes: Student Affairs, Transition/Orientation
Leading the Way
Inspiring Words for Women on How to Live and Lead with Courage, Confidence, and
Authenticity
Marianne Schnall
9781982130916 y Trade Paper y 240 pages y $16.99 y Tiller Press
From the author of What Will It Take to Make a Woman President? and founder of
Feminist.com and WhatWillItTake.com, Marianne Schnall, a rousing call to action for
women everywhere to not only see themselves as leaders, but also discover that
when more women step up and speak out, powerful things can happen.
Themes: Personal Success, Motivational
New Title Available
in Paperback
Stress Less
Stop Stressing, Start Living
Kate Hanley
9781507201930 y Trade Paper y 208 pages y $13.99 y Adams Media
Mindset coach Kate Hanley has developed 100 practical, helpful mindfulness
exercises that will inspire you to combat stress and restore your inner peace.
Each exercise allows you to take stock of how you’re feeling and change your
state of mind. Where stress and anxiety once lived, you’ll now enjoy a calm,
clear-minded base.
Themes: Mental Health
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CLASSICS
CLASSICS
Fahrenheit 451
60th Anniversary Edition
Ray Bradbury
9781451673319 y Trade Paper y 272 pages y $15.99 y Simon & Schuster
Guy Montag is a fireman. In his world, where television rules and literature is on
the brink of extinction, firemen start fires rather than put them out. Montag never
questions work, returning each day to his bland life. When his wife attempts suicide
and a neighbor suddenly disappears, Montag begins to question everything he has
ever known.
“A masterpiece.…A glorious American classic everyone should read: It’s life-
changing if you read it as a teen, and still stunning when you reread it as an
adult.” —Alice Hoffman, The Boston Globe
Pulitzer Prize Special Citation y National Endowment for the Arts Big Read
Classroom Discussion Guide Available
Now an HBO Film SELECTED BY Xavier University of Ohio, University of Houston Victoria, Wesley
College, University of Lynchburg, Maryville University, American University in Cairo
Themes: Science Fiction, Dystopian
Being and Nothingness
Jean-Paul Sartre
9781982105457 y Trade Paper y 736 pages y $22.00 y Washington Square Press
The first new English translation in more than sixty years of Jean-Paul Sartre’s
seminal phenomenological treatise on existentialism. One of the most important
philosophical works of the twentieth century, Being and Nothingness is a pillar in the
canon of modern philosophy, and will be available as an ebook for the first time.
Themes: Philosophy
Available July 2020
Catch-22
50th Anniversary Edition
Joseph Heller
9781451626650 y Trade Paper y 544 pages y $18.00 y Simon & Schuster
Fifty years after its original publication, Catch-22 remains a cornerstone of
American literature and one of the funniest—and most celebrated—books of all
time. In recent years it has been named to best novel lists by Time, Newsweek, the
Modern Library, and the London Observer.
Classroom Discussion Guide Available
Themes: Humor
Now a Hulu
Original Series
Darkness at Noon
A Novel
Arthur Koestler
9781501161315 y Trade Paper y 272 pages y $17.00 y Scribner
The newly discovered lost text of Arthur Koestler’s modern masterpiece, Darkness
at Noon—the haunting portrait of a revolutionary, imprisoned and tortured under
totalitarian rule—is now restored and in a completely new translation.
Themes: Psychological, Literary
New Title Available
12 in PaperbackA Farewell to Arms
CLASSICS
The Hemingway Library Edition
Ernest Hemingway
9781476764528 y Trade Paper y 352 pages y $17.00 y Scribner
The best novel to emerge from World War I, A Farewell to Arms is the unforgettable
story of an American ambulance driver on the Italian front and his passion for
a beautiful English nurse. Set against the looming horrors of the battlefield this
gripping, semiautobiographical work captures the harsh realities of war.
Nobel Prize for Literature Winner
Reading Group Guide Available
SELECTED BY University of Kansas
Themes: War
Frankenstein
Or, The Modern Prometheus
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
9781632060785 y Trade Paper y 336 pages y $19.99 y Restless Books
A towering masterpiece of gothic fiction, Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein: Or, the
Modern Prometheus birthed the horror and science fiction genres and spawned
countless cultural offspring. Amid the pervasive images of Boris Karloff’s flat-
headed, bolt-necked monster, it’s easy to forget how radical, insightful—and, yes,
terrifying—the book is on its own terms.
Themes: Ethics, Science Fiction
The Good Earth
By Pearl S. Buck Adapted by: Nick Bertozzi
9781501132766 y Hardcover y 144 pages y $26.99 y Simon & Schuster
Pearl S. Buck’s classic novel of rural China is adapted into the graphic novel format
by an award-winning artist.
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction Winner
Themes: Global Perspective, Graphic Novel
Illustrated Edition
The Great Gatsby
F. Scott Fitzgerald
9780743273565 y Trade Paper y 208 pages y $17.00 y Scribner
The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald’s third book, stands as the supreme
achievement of his career. This exemplary novel of the Jazz Age has been acclaimed
by generations of readers, and is one of the great classics of twentieth century
literature.
Reading Group Guide Available
SELECTED BY Concordia University
Themes: American Literature
New Edition with an
Introduction by Jesmyn Ward
A Separate Peace
John Knowles
9780743253970 y Trade Paper y 224 pages y $16.00 y Scribner
Set at a boys’ boarding school in New England during the early years of World War II,
A Separate Peace is a harrowing and luminous parable of the dark side of
adolescence. Gene is a lonely, introverted intellectual. Phineas is a handsome,
taunting, daredevil athlete. What happens between the two friends one summer, like
the war itself, banishes the innocence of these boys and their world.
Reading Group Guide Available
Themes: Coming of Age
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FICTION
FICTION
The Map of Salt and Stars
A Novel
Zeyn Joukhadar
9781501169052 y Trade Paper y 384 pages y $16.99 y Atria Books
This powerful and lyrical debut novel is to Syria what The Kite Runner was to
Afghanistan; the story of two girls living eight hundred years apart—a modern-day
Syrian refugee seeking safety and an adventurous mapmaker’s apprentice.
“A wise, vibrantly told story for a wide range of readers, particularly relevant
now.” —Library Journal
Reading Group Guide Available y Author Videos Available
Themes: Coming of Age, Diversity
New Title Available
in Paperback
All American Boys
A Novel
Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely
9781481463348 y Trade Paper y 336 pages y $11.99 y Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books
In an unforgettable novel from award-winning authors Jason Reynolds and Brendan
Kiely, two teens—one black, one white—must grapple with the repercussions of
a single violent act that leaves their school, their community, and, ultimately, the
country bitterly divided by racial tension.
ALA Coretta Scott King Author Honor Book y New York Times Bestseller
Reading Group Guide Available y Author Videos Available y
AllAmericanBoysNovel.com
SELECTED BY Millersville University, Holy Names University
Themes: Sports, Diversity, Understanding Others, Reluctant Reader
All the Light We Cannot See
A Novel
Anthony Doerr
9781501173219 y Trade Paper y 544 pages y $17.00 y Scribner
A stunningly ambitious and beautiful novel about a blind French girl and a German
boy whose paths collide in occupied France as both try to survive the devastation of
World War II. From the highly acclaimed, multiple award-winning Anthony Doerr, a
magnificent, deeply moving novel by a writer “whose sentences never fail to thrill”
(Los Angeles Times).
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction Winner y New York Times Bestseller
ALA Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction Winner
Reading Group Guide Available
SELECTED BY The University of Idaho, Case Western Reserve University,
Carroll College
Themes: Coming of Age, Overcoming Life’s Challenges
Amnesty
A Novel
Aravind Adiga
9781982127244 y Hardcover y 272 pages y $26.00 y Scribner
From the bestselling, Man Booker-prize winning author of The White Tiger
and Selection Day comes the timely, riveting, and exuberant story of a young
undocumented immigrant in Sydney who must decide whether to come forward
with information about a murder though doing so may mean his deportation.
Man Booker Prize Winner
Themes: Literary Fiction, Immigrant Experience
14 New Title Available
February 2020Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the
FICTION
Universe
Benjamin Alire Sáenz
9781442408937 y Trade Paper y 368 pages y $14.99 y Simon & Schuster BFYR
A “tender, honest exploration of identity” (Publishers Weekly) book that distills lyrical
truths about family and friendship.
ALA Michael L. Printz Award Honor Book
Reading Group Guide Available
Themes: Coming of Age, Reluctant Reader, Friendship, LGBT Issues
Autoboyography
Christina Lauren
9781481481694 y Trade Paper y 416 pages y $12.99 y Simon & Schuster BFYR
Fangirl meets Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda in this coming-of-age novel
from Christina Lauren about two boys who fall in love in a writing class—one from a
progressive family and the other from a conservative religious community.
Lambda Literary Award Finalist y ALA Rainbow Book
Themes: Coming of Age, Inspirational, LGBT Issues, Understanding Others,
Reluctant Reader
Beartown
A Novel
Fredrik Backman
9781501160776 y Trade Paper y 432 pages y $17.00 y Washington Square Press
The bestselling author of A Man Called Ove returns with a dazzling, profound novel
about a small town with a big dream—and the price required to make it come true.
New York Times Bestseller
Reading Group Guide Available
SELECTED BY Tulane University, East Stroudsburg University
Themes: Sports, Community
Brooklyn
A Novel
Colm Tóibín
9781501106477 y Trade Paper y 288 pages y $15.00 y Scribner
“One of the most unforgettable characters in contemporary literature” (Pittsburgh
Post-Gazette), Ellis Lacey has come of age in small-town Ireland in the hard years
following World War II. When an Irish priest from Brooklyn offers to sponsor Ellis in
America, she decides she must go, leaving her fragile mother and her charismatic
sister behind. But soon, disturbing news from Ireland threatens the promise of
her future.
New York Times Bestseller y Costa Book Award Winner
Reading Group Guide Available
SELECTED BY Baruch College, Fairleigh Dickinson University, Ithaca College
Themes: Regional: New York, American History
The Deep
Solomon Rivers
9781534439863 y Hardcover y 176 pages y $19.99 y Saga Press
The water-breathing descendants of African slave women tossed overboard have
built their own underwater society—and must reclaim the memories of their past to
shape their future in this brilliantly imaginative novella.
Themes: African Experience, Science Fiction
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November 2019Dry
FICTION
Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Schusterman
9781481481977 y Trade Paper y 416 pages y $12.99 y Simon & Schuster BFYR
When the California drought escalates to catastrophic proportions, one teen is
forced to make life and death decisions for her family in this harrowing story of
survival.
New York Times Bestseller y Chicago Public Library’s Best of the Best
Reading Group Guide Available
Themes: Reluctant Reader, Dystopian
Now in Paperback
The Eight Mountains
A Novel
Paolo Cognetti
9781501169892 y Trade Paper y 224 pages y $16.00 y Washington Square Press
For fans of Elena Ferrante and Paulo Coelho comes a moving and elegant novel
about the friendship between two young Italian boys from different backgrounds
and how their connection evolves and challenges them throughout their lives.
Reading Group Guide Available
Themes: Global Perspective, Coming of Age
Now in Paperback
The Falconer
A Novel
Dana Czapnik
9781501193231 y Trade Paper y 304 pages y $16.00 y Washington Square Press
In this “frank, bittersweet coming-of-age story that crackles with raw adolescent
energy, fresh-cut prose, and a kinetic sense of place” (Entertainment Weekly), a
teenaged tomboy explores love, growing up, and New York City in the early 1990s.
A New York Times Editor’s Choice Pick
Reading Group Guide Available
Themes: Coming of Age, Literary
New Title Available
in Paperback
The Gilded Years
A Novel
Karin Tanabe
9781501110450 y Trade Paper y 400 pages y $16.00 y Washington Square Press
Born to the descendants of slaves, Anita Hemmings was the first African American
woman to attend Vassar, over forty-five years before the college officially allowed
black students to enroll. Anita’s olive complexion helped her successfully pass as white
but Anita’s secret could be her undoing. This gripping novel imagines Anita’s life and
how one woman dared to risk everything for the chance to earn a college degree.
Reading Group Guide Available
Themes: African American, Society
A Heart in a Body in the World
Deb Caletti
9781481415217 y Trade Paper y 384 pages y $12.99 y Simon Pulse
A girl tries to outrun her demons in this searing, universal novel about the impact of
gun violence, everyday sexism, rape culture, and internalizing—and overcoming—
guilt from National Book Award finalist Deb Caletti.
ALA Michael L. Printz Award Honor Book
Reading Group Guide Available
Themes: Social Change, Social Activism, Inspirational, Coming of Age,
Reluctant Reader
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16 Paperback April 2020The History of Bees
FICTION
A Novel
Maja Lunde
9781501161384 y Trade Paper y 352 pages y $16.99 y Atria Books
In the spirit of Station Eleven and Never Let Me Go, this “spectacular and deeply
moving” (Lisa See) novel follows three generations of beekeepers from the past,
present, and future, weaving a spellbinding story of their relationship to the
bees—and to their children—against the backdrop of an urgent global crisis.
Reading Group Guide Available
Themes: Environment
In the Midnight Room
A Novel
Laura McBride
9781501157790 y Trade Paper y 416 pages y $16.00 y Atria Books
From the author of the acclaimed novel We Are Called to Rise comes a powerful,
intergenerational story of four women whose lives become intertwined through the
changing fates of a Las Vegas casino. Exploring womanhood, family bonds, and
immigration, In the Midnight Room is about the way we live in America now.
Reading Group Guide Available y Author Video Available
Themes: Regional: Las Vegas, Community, Women’s Issues, Immigration
In the Shadow of the Banyan
A Novel
Vaddey Ratner
9781451657715 y Trade Paper y 352 pages y $16.00 y Simon & Schuster
Told from the tender perspective of a young girl who comes of age amid the
Cambodian killing fields, this searing first novel—based on the author’s personal
story—has been hailed by Little Bee author Chris Cleave as “a masterpiece…
utterly heartbreaking and impossibly beautiful.”
New York Times Bestseller y PEN/Hemingway Award Finalist
Reading Group Guide Available
SELECTED BY Kalamazoo College, Georgetown University, Montgomory College,
Roger Williams University
Themes: Global Perspective, Diversity
Little Bee
A Novel
Chris Cleave
9781416589648 y Trade Paper y 320 pages y $15.99 y Simon & Schuster
The lives of a sixteen-year-old Nigerian orphan and a well-off British woman collide
in this haunting novel. Chris Cleave tells the story of an African refugee, nicknamed
Little Bee, whose violent and courageous journey from a Nigerian beach to a
suburban London home and back puts a stunning face on the worldwide refugee
crisis.
New York Times Bestseller
Reading Group Guide Available
SELECTED BY Pace University, University of North Carolina–Wilmington
Themes: Global Perspective, Immigrant Experience
A Man Called Ove
A Novel
Fredrik Backman
9781476738024 y Trade Paper y 368 pages y $16.00 y Washington Square Press
A charming novel from Sweden about a hilariously grumpy old man whose solitary
world is intruded on—and slowly changed—by the boisterous young family that
moves in next door. A Man Called Ove wonderfully enforces the power of community
friendship and family and why it is so important to never judge someone without
knowing them.
New York Times Bestseller
Reading Group Guide Available
SELECTED BY Regis College
Themes: Friendship, Community 17Manhattan Beach
FICTION
Jennifer Egan
9781476716749 y Trade Paper y 448 pages y $17.00 y Scribner
A spectacular World War II-era novel from a Pulitzer Prize–winning author featuring
an indomitable and unforgettable heroine. With the atmosphere of a noir thriller,
Manhattan Beach is a dazzling, propulsive explanation of a transformative moment
in American History from the one of the great writers of our time.
Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction Winner
New York Times Bestseller
Reading Group Guide Available
Theme: Coming of Age
Music of the Ghosts
A Novel
Vaddey Ratner
9781476795799 y Trade Paper y 352 pages y $16.00 y Atria Books
From the award-winning author of In the Shadow of the Banyan comes a novel set
in contemporary Cambodia that follows a former child refugee as she returns home
to discover the truth about her father, who went missing during the Khmer Rouge
regime.
Reading Group Guide Available y Author Video Available
Themes: Global Perspective, Diversity
Ohio
A Novel
Stephen Markley
9781501174483 y Trade Paper y 512 pages y $16.99 y Simon & Schuster
The critically acclaimed “remarkable debut novel…a wild, angry and devastating
masterpiece of a book” (NPR) by Stephen Markley, Ohio is a lyrical, emotional,
and “genuinely absorbing” (The Washington Post) story set in northeastern Ohio
depicting one feverish, fateful summer night when as four former classmates return
to their hometown, all haunted by the ghosts of their shared histories.
Reading Group Guide Available
Themes: Literary, Regional: The Midwest
Now in Paperback
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Stephen Chbosky
9781982110994 y Hardcover y 240 pages y $24.00 y Gallery Books
Standing on the fringes of life offers a unique perspective. But there comes a time
to see what it looks like from the dance floor. This modern classic coming-of-age is
a The Catcher in the Rye for a whole new generation. Featuring a brand new “Dear
Friend” letter from Charlie.
New York Times Bestseller
Reading Group Guide Available
SELECTED BY Slippery Rock University
Themes: Reluctant Reader, Coming of Age
20th Anniversary Edition
Roughneck
Jeff Lemire
9781476773995 y Trade Paper y 272 pages y $19.99 y Gallery 13
From the New York Times bestselling author and award-winning creator
of Essex County, comes an all-original graphic novel about a brother and sister who
must come together after years apart to face the disturbing history that has cursed
their family.
YALSA Alex Award
Reading Group Guide Available y Author Video Available
Themes: Graphic Novel, Coming of Age
18Saving Beck
FICTION
Courtney Cole
9781501197024 y Trade Paper y 304 pages y $16.00 y Gallery Books
In the wake of the harrowing heroin epidemic ravaging the country today, New York
Times and USA TODAY bestselling author Courtney Cole writes a chilling portrayal of
a son’s addiction and its traumatic effects on both him and his family.
Reading Group Guide Available
Theme: Overcoming Life’s Challenges
Now in Paperback
Silent Hearts
A Novel
Gwen Florio
9781501181931 y Trade Paper y 336 pages y $17.00 y Atria Books
For fans of A Thousand Splendid Suns, “a rich, haunting, immersive story of cultures
at the crossroads” (Jamie Ford, bestselling author of Hotel on the Corner of Bitter
and Sweet) that follows two women in Afghanistan—an American aid worker and
her local interpreter—as they form an unexpected friendship despite their utterly
different life experiences and the ever-increasing violence in Kabul.
Reading Group Guide Available
Theme: Global Perspective
Sing, Unburied, Sing
A Novel
Jesmyn Ward
9781501126079 y Trade Paper y 320 pages y $17.00 y Scribner
Sing, Unburied, Sing grapples with the ugly truths at the heart of the American
story and the power, and limitations, of the bonds of family. Set in rural Mississippi
amongst spirits of the past, the novel follows one family’s journey to collect their
patriarch from prison.
National Book Award Winner y BCALA Literary Award Honor
Reading Group Guide Available y Author Video Available
SELECTED BY Duke University, Williams College, Xavier University, The University
of Michigan–Flint
Themes: Coming of Age, African American, Regional: The South
These Ghosts are Family
A Novel
Maisy Card
9781982117436 y Hardcover y 288 pages y $24.00 y Simon & Schuster
A transporting debut novel that reveals the ways in which a Jamaican family forms
and fractures over the course of three generations.
Themes: Immigrant Experience, Family
New Title
Tradition
Brendan Kiely
9781481480352 y Trade Paper y 368 pages y $11.99 y Margaret K. McElderry Books
From New York Times bestselling and award-winning author Brendan Kiely, a
stunning new novel that explores the insidious nature of tradition at a prestigious
boarding school.
Reading Group Guide Available
Themes: Friendship, Coming of Age, Reluctant Reader
Now in Paperback
19This Tender Land
FICTION
A Novel
William Kent Krueger
9781476749297 y Hardcover y 464 pages y $27.00 y Atria Books
The acclaimed author of Ordinary Grace returns with a powerful novel about four
orphans’ life-changing adventure traveling down America’s great rivers during the
1930s, seeking a place to call home and a sense of purpose in a world sinking
into despair.
New York Times Bestseller
Themes: Coming of Age, American History
New Title
Two Dead
Van Jensen and Nate Powell
9781501168956 y Hardcover y 256 pages y $19.99 y Gallery 13
From the acclaimed DC Comics writer and the artist of the #1 New York Times
bestselling and National Book Award-winning illustrated trilogy March comes a
stunning crime noir graphic novel exploring the intertwining threads of crime,
conspiracy, racism, and insanity in the post-World War II Deep South.
Themes: Graphic Novel, Crime & Mystery
New Title Available
November 2019
We Are Called To Rise
A Novel
Laura McBride
9781476738970 y Trade Paper y 336 pages y $16.00 y Simon & Schuster
Based on a true and shocking split-second moment, Laura McBride expertly links
three lives and narratives to tell a story about America today, where so many
cultures and points of view collide and coexist. Set in the suburban sprawl of
Las Vegas, Nevada.
Reading Group Guide Available
SELECTED BY Molloy College
Themes: Coming of Age, Diversity
Where the Line Bleeds
A Novel
Jesmyn Ward
9781501164330 y Trade Paper y 256 pages y $15.00 y Scribner
A timeless Southern fable of brotherly love and familial conflict—“a lyrical yet
clear-eyed portrait of a rural South and an African American reality that are rarely
depicted” (The Boston Globe).
Reading Group Guide Available
Themes: Coming of Age, Regional: The South
The White Tiger
A Novel
Aravind Adiga
9781416562603 y Trade Paper y 320 pages y $17.00 y Free Press
The White Tiger follows a darkly comic Bangalore driver through the poverty and
corruption of modern India’s caste society, guided by his great ambition.
Man Booker Prize Winner
Reading Group Guide Available
SELECTED BY Winona State University
Themes: Coming of Age, Global Perspective
20Simon & Schuster Freshman Year Reading
FOOD, ENVIORNMENT, & SUSTAINABILITY
FOOD, ENVIRONMENT,
& SUSTAINABILITY
The Dirty Life
A Memoir of Farming, Food, and Love
Kristin Kimball
9781416551614 y Trade Paper y 304 pages y $17.00 y Scribner
From a “graceful, luminous writer with an eye for detail,” this riveting memoir
explores a year on a sustainable farm—and the real world epitome of Michael
Pollan’s food philosophy.
“As Kimball chronicles that first year in supple prose, the farm takes on
vivid form, with the frustrations balancing the satisfactions and the dark
complementing the light. Throughout the book, the author ably describes the
various trials and tribulations involved…A hearty, chromatic account of a
meaningful accomplishment in farming.” —Kirkus Reviews
Reading Group Guide Available
SELECTED BY SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry–Newcomb
Themes: Agriculture, Community
Abundance
The Future Is Better Than You Think
Peter H. Diamandis and Steven Kotler
9781451616835 y Trade Paper y 432 pages y $18.00 y Free Press
An antidote to pessimism by tech entrepreneur turned philanthropist, Peter H.
Diamandis and award-winning science writer Steven Kotler. Examining human need
by category—water, food, energy, healthcare, education, freedom—Diamandis and
Kotler introduce dozens of innovators making great strides in each area. Providing
abundance is humanity’s grandest challenge—this is a book about how we rise to
meet it.
Theme: Altruism
The American Way of Eating
Undercover at Walmart, Applebee’s, Farm Fields and the Dinner Table
Tracie McMillan
9781439171967 y Trade Paper y 352 pages y $18.00 y Scribner
Fearlessly reported and beautifully written, The American Way of Eating goes
beyond statistics and culture wars to deliver a book that is fiercely honest, strikingly
intelligent, and compulsively readable. In making the simple case that—city or
country, rich or poor—everyone wants good food, McMillan guarantees that talking
about dinner will never be the same again.
SELECTED BY Texas A&M University
Themes: Agriculture, Society
The Big Thirst
The Secret Life and Turbulent Future of Water
Charles Fishman
9781439102084 y Trade Paper y 416 pages y $17.00 y Free Press
Praised as “an entertaining and torrential flow of a book” by Nature magazine, The
Big Thirst is a startling examination of the passing of the golden age of water and
the shocking facts about how water scarcity will soon be a major factor in our lives.
SELECTED BY Carroll University, College of Charleston, California State
University–Bakersfield, Occidental College
Themes: Conservation, Nature
21Clean Meat
FOOD, ENVIORNMENT, & SUSTAINABILITY
How Growing Meat Without Animals Will Revolutionize Dinner and the World
Paul Shapiro
9781501189081 y Hardcover y 256 pages y $26.00 y Gallery Books
Paul Shapiro gives you a front-row seat for the wild story of the race to create and
commercialize cleaner, safer, sustainable meat—real meat—without the animals.
From the entrepreneurial visionaries to the scientists’ workshops to the big business
board rooms—Shapiro details that quest for clean meat and other animal products
and examines the debate raging around it.
Theme: Social Science
The Dorito Effect
The Surprising New Truth About Food and Flavor
Mark Schatzker
9781476724232 y Trade Paper y 272 pages y $16.00 y Simon & Schuster
A lively and important argument from an award-winning journalist proving that the
key to reversing America’s health crisis lies in the overlooked link between nutrition
and flavor.
SELECTED BY Lehigh University
Themes: Science, Nutrition
Exposure
Poisoned Water, Corporate Greed, and One Lawyer’s Twenty-Year Battle against DuPont
Robert Bilott
9781501172816 y Hardcover y 400 pages y $28.00 y Atria Books
Silent Spring meets Erin Brockovich in this eye-opening, riveting true story of the
lawyer who spent two decades building a case against DuPont, one of the world’s
largest chemical companies, after uncovering a shocking history of environmental
pollution and heartless corruption.
Themes: Public Policy, Law
New Title
The Future of Food
How Digital Technology Is Changing the Way We Feed the World
Caleb Harper
9781501158841 y Hardcover y 352 pages y $28.99 y Atria Books
From the Director of the Open Agriculture Initiative at MIT’s Media Lab, the
fascinating story of how digital technology is revolutionizing the way we feed the
planet, offering surprising solutions to the global food crisis and redefining what it
means to be a farmer.
Themes: Envinomental Science, Engineering
New Title Availble
January 2020
On Fire
The (Burning) Case for a Green New Deal
Naomi Klein
9781982129910 y Hardcover y 320 pages y $27.00 y Simon & Schuster
Naomi Klein, author of the international bestseller This Changes Everything, makes
the case in her most important book yet for a Green New Deal. Reflecting on
rampant environmental catastrophe, lax governmental policy, and elite, free-market
fanaticism, Klein underscores why a greener future is not only possible in our
lifetime but absolutely necessary.
Themes: Science, Political Science
22 New TitleOn Trails
FOOD, ENVIORNMENT, & SUSTAINABILITY
An Exploration
Robert Moor
9781476739236 y Trade Paper y 352 pages y $16.00 y Simon & Schuster
From a debut talent who’s been compared to Annie Dillard, Edward Abbey, David
Quammen, and Jared Diamond, On Trails is a wondrous exploration of how trails
help us understand the world—from invisible ant trails to hiking paths that span
continents, from interstate highways to the internet.
New York Times Bestseller y Pacific Northwest Book Award Winner
SELECTED BY University of Arizona–Honors Program
Themes: Nature, Science, Memoir
The Patch
The People, Pipelines, and Politics of the Oil Sands
Chris Turner
9781501115103 y Trade Paper y 368 pages y $16.99 y Simon & Schuster
Bestselling author Chris Turner brings readers into the heart of the oil industry,
showing the myriad ways the oil sands impact North America and demanding that
we ask the question: To both fuel the world and to save it, what do we do about
the Patch?
National Business Book Award
Theme: Global Perspective
The Story of Stuff
The Impact of Overconsumption on the Planet, Our Communities, and Our Health—And How
We Can Make It Better
Annie Leonard
9781451610291 y Trade Paper y 368 pages y $1800 y Free Press
A classic exposé in company with An Inconvenient Truth and Silent Spring,
The Story of Stuff expands on the celebrated documentary exploring the threat
of overconsumption on the environment, economy, and our health. Leonard
examines the “stuff” we use everyday, offering a galvanizing critique and steps
for a changed planet.
Reading Group Guide Available
SELECTED BY over seven, most recently at Oakton Community College,
Moravian College
Themes: Political Science, Conservation
This Changes Everything
Capitalism vs. The Climate
Naomi Klein
9781451697391 y Trade Paper y 576 pages y $18.99 y Simon & Schuster
Forget everything you think you know about global warming. The really
inconvenient truth is that it’s not about carbon—it’s about capitalism. The
convenient truth is that we can seize this existential crisis to transform our failed
economic system and build something radically better.
Classroom Discussion Guide Available y Author Video Available
SELECTED BY Amherst College, Alaska Pacific University, University of Alaska–
Anchorage
Themes: Political Science, Conservation
What Stands in a Storm
A True Story of Love and Resilience in the Worst Superstorm in History
Kim Cross
9781476763071 y Trade Paper y 320 pages y $16.00 y Atria Books
A real-life thriller, the dramatic true story of America’s biggest tornado outbreak
since the beginning of recorded weather, a three-day superstorm with 358 separate
tornadoes touching down in twenty‑one states and destroying entire towns.
SELECTED BY University of Mount Union
Themes: Nature, Regional: Alabama
23Simon & Schuster Freshman Year Reading
FYE SEMINAR
FYE SEMINAR
It’s Great to Suck at Something
The Unexpected Joy of Wiping Out and What It Can Teach Us About Patience, Resilience, and
the Stuff that Really Matters
Karen Rinaldi
9781501195761 y Hardcover y 256 pages y $26.00 y Atria Books
Discover how the freedom of sucking at something can help you build resilience,
embrace imperfection, and find joy in the pursuit rather than the goal.
“A goofy yet wise celebration of taking joy in passions instead of talents…
Rinaldi’s seductive lessons and ‘embrace of messiness and incompleteness’ will
inspire readers looking to spark personal change.” —Publishers Weekly
Themes: Personal Success, Motivational
New Title
24/6
The Power of Unplugging One Day a Week
Tiffany Shlain
9781982116866 y Hardcover y 256 pages y $26.00 y Gallery Books
A far-reaching examination of the digital revolution and the complex world we’ve
created, 24/6 is an incisive, intimate, and urgent call to rebalance ourselves, and
ultimately help rebalance society through a transformative weekly practice.
Themes: Technology, Personal Success
New Title
CliftonStrengths for Students
Your Strengths Journey Begins Here
Created by: Gallup
9781595621252 y Hardcover y 224 pages y $29.99 y Gallup Press
College is a chance for you to start fresh. You get to learn and grow in ways that will
amaze you. You get to write your own story. CliftonStrengths for Students will help
you discover and develop your strengths—and reach your full potential.
Theme: Personal Success
Get a Financial Life
Personal Finance in Your Twenties and Thirties
Beth Kobliner
9781476782386 y Trade Paper y 352 pages y $16.99 y Simon & Schuster
A completely revised and updated fourth edition designed to guide younger adults
through the world of personal finance.
New York Times Bestseller
Theme: Personal Success
24Great at Work
FYE SEMINAR
The Hidden Habits of Top Performers
Morten T. Hansen, PhD
9781476765822 y Trade Paper y 320 pages y $18.00 y Simon & Schuster
After a unique, five-year study of more than 5,000 managers and employees,
Morten Hansen reveals the answers in his “Seven Work Smarter Practices” that can
be applied by anyone looking to maximize their time and performance.
Themes: Leadership, Personal Success
Grit
The Power of Passion and Perseverance
Angela Duckworth
9781501111112 y Trade Paper y 368 pages y $17.99 y Scribner
In this must-read book for anyone striving to succeed, pioneering psychologist
Angela Duckworth shows parents, educators, students, and business people—both
seasoned and new—that the secret to outstanding achievement is not talent but a
focused persistence called grit. “Inspiration for non-geniuses everywhere” (People ).
New York Times Bestseller
Reading Group Guide Available
SELECTED BY California State Polytechnic University–Pomona, Buena Vista
University, University of Pittsburgh Katz Graduate School of Business,
New York University Tandon School of Engineering
Themes: Leadership, Personal Success
In Praise of Wasting Time
Alan Lightman
9781501154362 y Hardcover y 128 pages y $16.99 y TED Books
In this timely and essential book that offers a fresh take on the qualms of modern
day life, Professor Alan Lightman investigates the creativity born from allowing our
minds to freely roam, without attempting to accomplish anything and without any
assigned tasks.
Theme: Psychology
The Latte Factor
Why You Don’t Have to be Rich to Live Rich
David Bach
9781982120238 y Hardcover y 160 pages y $20.00 y Atria Books
Discover #1 New York Times bestselling author David Bach’s three secrets to
financial freedom in an engaging story that will show you that you are richer
than you think. Drawing on the author’s experiences teaching millions of people
around the world to live a rich life, this fast, easy read reveals how anyone—from
millennials to baby boomers—can still make their dreams come true.
New York Times Bestseller
Themes: Finance, Personal Success
New Title
The Path
What Chinese Philosophers Can Teach Us About the Good Life
Michael Puett and Christine Gross-Loh
9781476777849 y Trade Paper y 240 pages y $16.00 y Simon & Schuster
For the first time an award-winning Harvard professor shares the lessons from
his wildly popular course on classical Chinese philosophy, showing you how these
ancient ideas can guide you on the path to a good life today.
New York Times Bestseller
Theme: Inspirational
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