"ONE BOOK" READING PROMOTION PROJECTS

ALABAMA

Bay Minette
"One Book"
Bay Minette Public Library
2003 - To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
For information, contact Charlotte Cabaniss Robertson, Director of Library Services at 251-580-1648

Decatur
"Same Book, Same Time"
Calhoun Community College and Wheeler Basin Regional Library
2002 - It Wasn't All Dancing and Other Stories by Mary Ward Brown

Fairhope
"One Town, One Tale"
Page and Palette, phone: 251-928-5295
2005 - The Poet of Tolstoy Park by Sonny Brewer
2006 - Alabama Moon by Watt Key
2007 - A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hossieni
2008 - Peony in Love by Lisa See

Gadsden
"One Book"
Gadsden State Community College, The City of Gadsden, The Gadsden Times, and the Center for Cultural Arts
Contact Charles Hill at chill@gadsdenstate.edu
2006-07 - Big Fish by Daniel Wallace

Grove Hill
"Community Read"
Grove Hill Arts Council
2006 - Rocket Boys by Homer Hickam
2007 - Run with the Horsemen by Ferrol Sams

Guntersville
"City-Wide Read"
Friends of the Guntersville Library
Nov. 2004 - Rocket Boys by Homer Hickam

Huntsville
"Get Caught Reading"
Huntsville-Madison County Public Library
June 2002 - All the King's Men by Robert Penn Warren
Apr. - June 2003 - Seabiscuit: An American Legend by Laura Hillenbrand
2004 - The Hornet's Nest by Jimmy Carter
2005 - Three books by David Baldacci - Wish You Well, Absolute Power, and Hour Game
2007 (The Big Read) - To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

Mobile
"Mobile's Book: A Shared Experience"
Mobile Annual Book Committee, phone: 251-380-3874
2002 - Ava's Man by Rick Bragg
2003 - Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
2004 - Tears of the Giraffe by Alexander McCall Smith

Montgomery
"Montgomery Reads"
Montgomery City-County Public Library
2004 - Out of the Night That Covers Me by Pat Cunningham Devoto

Scottsboro
"Community Read Project"
Impact Learning Center, phone: 256-218-2121
October 2004 - Rocket Boys by Homer Hickam

South Baldwin County
"South Baldwin Reads"
Orange Beach Public Library
2003 - Big Fish by Daniel Wallace
2004 - The books of Ann George

ALASKA

"Alaska Reads"
Sponsor: Alaska Sisters in Crime / email: aksinc@hotmail.com
2002- North Star Conspiracy by Miriam Grace Monfredo
2003 - Any Small Goodness by Tony Johnson
2004 - Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage by Alfred Lansing
2005 - Walking the Choctaw Road by Tim Tingle

Anchorage
"The Big Read"
Anchorage Municipal Libraries
2007 - Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

ARIZONA

"ONE BOOK AZ"
Arizona State Library
2002 - Animal Dreams by Barbara Kingsolver
2003 - Plainsong by Kent Haruf
2004 - Life of Pi by Yann Martel
2005 #1 - Sunk Without a Sound by Brad Dimock
2005 #2 - Grand Ambition by Lisa Michaels
2006 - An Unfinished Life by Mark Spragg
2007 - Going Back to Bisbee by Richard Shelton
2008 - These Is My Words by Nancy E. Turner
http://www.onebookaz.org

Safford City (Graham County)
"The Big Read"*
Safford Public Library, Gila Valley Arts Council, Graham County Schools, and others
2007 - Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
*NEA's The Big Read

West Valley
"The Big Read"*
West Valley Arts Council (phone: 623-935-6384) in partnership with Maricopa County Library District, Glendale Public Library, Phoenix Art Museum, Luke Air Force Base, Arizona Humanities Council, and other organizations
2007 - To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
*NEA grant

Yuma
"One Book Yuma"
Yuma County Library District, The Sun, Arizona Western College/Northern Arizona University Academic Library, AWC Office of Diversity
2003 - Bless Me Ultima by Rudolfo Anaya
2006 - The Devil's Highway by Luis Alberto Urrea
2007 - They Poured Fire On Us From the Sky by Judy Bernstein, Benson Deng, Alephonsion Deng, and Benjamin Ajak
http://media.yumasun.com/onebookyuma

ARKANSAS

"If All Arkansas Read the Same Book"
Arkansas Center for the Book
2001- To Dance With the White Dog by Terry Kay
2002- The Captain's Wife by Doug Kelly
2003 #1 - All Over But the Shoutin' by Rick Bragg
2003 #2 - Promises Kept by Sidney S. McMath
2004 - The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros
2005 - Gods and Generals by Jeff Shaara
2006 - The Great Gadsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald (The Big Read Project)
2006 - The Bookmaker's Daughter by Shirley Abbott
2007 - The Brief History of the Dead by Kevin Brockmeier

Fayetteville
"The Big Read"
Fayetteville Public Library, phone: 479-571-2222
2007 - Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

CALIFORNIA

"California Stories: Reading The Grapes of Wrath" (2004)
California Council for the Humanities, California Center for the Book, and California State Library
http://www.californiastories.org/

Albany
"Albany Reads"
Cooperative program with the Albany Library (phone: 510-526-3720, ext. 16), Alameda County Library, City of Albany, Albany YMCA and the Albany Unified School District
2006 - The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
2007 - The Samurai's Garden by Gail Tsukiyama

Aliso Viejo
"One Book, One City!"
Aliso Viejo Library, phone: 949-360-1730
2005 - Tortilla Curtain by T. C. Boyle

Antelope Valley
"One Book, One Valley"
Contact: Fannie Love, Lancaster Regional Office, County of Los Angeles Public Library, phone: 661-948-5029
2007 - Rocket Boys by Homer Hickam
http://www.colapublib.org/obov-av/

Bakersfield
"One Book, One Bakersfield"
Kern County Library System
March-May 2002- To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Summer-Fall 2002 - The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
2002 - The Right Stuff by Tom Wolfe
2003 (adults) - Tortilla Curtain by T. C. Boyle
2003 (juvenile) - Esperanza Rising by Pam Muñoz Ryan
2004 (adults) - It's Not About the Bike by Lance Armstrong
2004 (juvenile) - On the Bike with Lance Armstrong by Matt Christopher
2005 - Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
2006 - Epitaph for a Peach by David Mas Masumoto
2007 - All the King's Men by Robert Penn Warren
2008 - Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser
http://onebookonebakersfield.com

Brentwood
"Brentwood CityRead"
Brentwood Library, phone: 925-634-4101 - member of the Contra Costa County Library System
2006 - Epitaph for a Peach by David Mas Masumoto
2007 - The Samurai's Garden by Gail Tsukiyama

Burbank
"Burbank READS, Building Community Page by Page"
Burbank Public Library - phone: 818-238-5551
2007 - Marley & Me by John Grogan

Carlsbad
"Carlsbad Reads Together"
Carlsbad City Library, phone: 760-602-2012
2004 - The Tortilla Curtain by T. C. Boyle
2006 - Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
2007 - Night by Elie Wiesel
2008 - The No. 1 Ladies' Dectective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith

Concord
"Big Read"
Concord Library, phone: 925-646-5455
2007 - Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

Contra Costa County (communities of Lafayette, Moraga, Orinda)
"Lamorinda Reads"
Lafayette, Moraga, and Orinda Libraries. Go here for more information.
2007 - Down to a Soundless Sea by Thomas Steinbeck

Danville and San Ramon (San Ramon Valley)
"Two Cities, One Tale"
Danville Library (phone: 925-837-4889) and San Ramon Library (phone: 925-973-2850) of the Contra Costa County Library System
2004 - Cannery Row by John Steinbeck
2005 - Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett
2006 - The Samurai's Garden by Gail Tsukiyama
2007 - Locked Rooms: A Mary Russell Novel by Laurie R. King

Escondido
"Escondido Reads: One City, One Book"
Escondido Public Library
2006 - The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
2007 - The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros

Fallbrook
"Community Read"
Friends of Fallbrook Library
Mar. 6- Apr. 30, 2004 - Girl in Hyacinth Blue by Susan Vreeland
2006 - California Girl by T. Jefferson Parker
2007 - My Life in France by Julia Child and Alex Prud'homme

Fresno County
"The Big Read"
Fresno County Public Library, phone: 559-488-3195
2006 - To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
2007 - The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan

Huntington Beach
"Huntington Beach Reads One Book"
Huntington Bech Human Relations Task Force and the Huntington Beach Library Board of Trustees
For updated information: email:HBReads@social.rr.com or phone: 714-374-1645
Fall 2007-Feb. 2008 - Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin

La Cañada Flintridge
"One City/One Book"
Contact: One Book/One City Committee, c/o Friends of the Library, County of Los Angeles Public Library, phone: 818-790-3330
email: lcfonecityonebook@gmail.com
2004 - Travels With Charley by John Steinbeck
2005 - The Soloist by Mark Salzman
2006 - March by Geraldine Brooks
2007 - González & Daughter Trucking Co. by María Amparo Escandón
http://www.lcfonecityonebook.org/

Laguna Beach
"Laguna On the Same Page"
Latitue 33 Bookshop, phone: 949-494-5403
Oct. 2006-Mar. 2007 - Tortilla Curtain by T. C. Boyle
Mar. 2007 - Oct. 2007 - White Oleander by Janet Fitch

Lodi
"If All Lodi Reads One Book"
Lodi Arts Commission
2002 - Farewell to Manzanar by Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston and James D. Houston
See San Joaquin for later initiatives.

Long Beach
"Long Beach Reads One Book"
Long Beach Public Library Foundation
April 29-May 5, 2002- Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom
2003 - To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
2004 - The Freedom Writers Diary
2005 - Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
2006 - My California: Journeys by Great Writers, edited by Donna Wares
2007 -The Greatest Generation by Tom Brokaw

Los Angeles
"One Book, One City L.A."
Mayor's Office and Los Angeles Public Library
April 2002 - Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
2003 - The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros
2004 - Seabiscuit by Laura Hillenbrand
2005 - Little Scarlet by Walter Mosley

Malibu
"One Book One City-Malibu"
Malibu Library, Malibu City Council, and others
e-mail: info@1b1c-bu.com, phone: 310-456-6438
2005 - Gidget by Frederick Kohner
2006 - White Album by Joan Didion
2007 - Grayson by Lynne Cox
http://www.1b1c-bu.com/

Marin
"One Book One Marin"
The Marin County Public Libraries and their community partners
Project Coordinator: Earp Events, phone: 510-839-3100, email: laurie@earpevents.com
2007 - Daughter of Fortune by Isabel Allende
2008 - Saving Fish From Drowning by Amy Tan
http://www.onebookonemarin.org/

Nevada County
"Nevada County Reads"
Nevada County Library and others
2005 - Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
2006 - Epitaph for a Peach by David Mas Masumoto
2007 - Holes by Louis Sachar
2008 - Nature Noir by Jordan Fisher Smith
NevadaCountyReads.com

Oakland
"One City One Book"
Oakland Public Library, phone: 510-238-6173
2006 - The Mistress of Spices by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

Orange County
"Orange County Reads One Book"
Orange County Dept. of Education and others
phone: 714-846-8717
2003 - featuring the work of Adeline Yen Mah, an Orange County author
2004 - Funny in Farsi by Firoozeh Dumas

Palo Alto
"Palo Alto Reads"
Sponsors: Palo Alto City Library and others
Contact: Maya Spector by phone: 650-444-5966 or email: maya.spector@cityofpaloalto.org
2006 - Funny in Farsi by Firoozeh Dumas
GO TO Silicon Valley - "Silicon Valley Reads"

Pasadena
"One City, One Story"
2002 - The Soloist by Mark Salzman
2003 - Peace Like a River by Leif Enger
2005 - The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
2006 - Kindred by Octavia Butler
2007 - The Distant Land of My Father by Bo Caldwell
http://www.ci.pasadena.ca.us/library/1bookdefault.asp

Pico Rivera
"One Book, One City"
The city of Pico Rivera, the County of Los Angeles Public Library/Pico Rivera Library (phone: 562-942-7394), and the El Rancho Unified School District
2002 - The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros
2004 - The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom

Redwood City
"The Big Read"
Community partnership including the Montalvo Arts Center and Redwood City Public Library with a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts
2007 - Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
http://www.redwoodcity.org/thebigread/

Roseville
"Roseville Reads"
Roseville Public Library, phone: 916-774-5221
2005 - To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
2006 - The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger
2007 - The Pearl by John Steinbeck
2008 - Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See

Sacramento
"One Book Sacramento"
Sacramento Library Foundation
2005 - Epitaph for a Peach: Four Seasons on My Family Farm by David Mas Masumoto
2006 - California Uncovered: Stories for the 21st Century edited by Chitra Bannerjee Divakaruni and others
2007 - The Suspect by John Lescroart

San Bernardino
"One Book, One City, San Bernardino Reads"
San Bernardino Public Library, phone: 909-381-8251
2007 - How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents by Julia Alvarez

San Diego
"One Book, One San Diego"
For information, contact: San Diego Public Library, 619-236-5821
2007 - Enrique's Journey by Sonia Nazario
2008 - Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin
http://www.sandiego.gov/public-library/news-events/onebookcal.shtml

San Francisco
"One City, One Book: San Francisco Reads"
San Francisco Public Library
2005 - China Boy by Gus Lee
2006 - The Hummingbird's Daughter by Luis Alberto Urrea
2007 - Cane River by Lalita Tademy
www.sfpl.org/news/onecity.htm

San Joaquin County
"One Book, One San Joaquin"
Stockton-San Joaquin County Public Library, Lodi Public Library (phone: 209-937-8221) and others
2003 - Tortilla Curtain by T. C. Boyle
2004 - Epitaph for a Peach by David Mas Masumoto
2005 - The Watsons Go To Birmingham - 1963 by Christopher Paul Curtis
2006 - Barrio Boy by José Hernández
2007 - Plainsong by Kent Haruf
http://www.readsanjoaquin.org/

San Leandro
"San Leandro Reads"
San Leandro Public Library, phone: 510-377-3971
2001 - Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
2006 - White Fang by Jack London
2007 - Long Days Journey Into Night by Eugene O'Neill

San Mateo County
"One Book, One Community: San Mateo County Reads"
http://www.smcl.org/
2006 - The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
2007 - Daughter of Fortune by Isabel Allende
2008 - What is the What by Dave Eggers

San Mateo County
"The Big Read"
Peninsula Library System
2007 - To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

Santa Clarita
"One Book, One Santa Clarita"
The Libraries of the City of Santa Clarita. Contact Susan Broman by email: susanb@gw.colapl.org or phone: 661-251-2720
2005 - Life of Pi by Yann Martel
2006 - Zorro by Isabel Allende
2007 - [SEE Santa Clarita Valley] www.santa-clarita.com/book

Santa Clarita Valley
"The Big Read: Santa Clarita Valley"
Sponsors include Valencia Library, Canyon County Jo Anne Darcy Library, and New Hall Library
2007 - Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
http://www.thebigread-scv.org/

Santa Monica
"Santa Monica Citywide Reads" (formerly "What If All Santa Monica Read the Same Book")
Santa Monica Public Library
2003 - Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie
2004 - The Berlin Stories by Christopher Isherwood
2005 - The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
2006 - Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer
2007 - The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
2008 - The Highest Tide by Jim Lynch
http://www.smpl.org/cwr/

Saratoga
"Saratoga Reads"
Saratoga Library, Friends of the Saratoga Libraries, Saratoga Library Commission, The City of Saratoga, Redwood City Public Libraries
2004 - The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts by Maxine Hong Kingston
2005 - Friday Night Lights by H. G. "Buzz" Bissinger
2006 - The writings of Mark Salzman
GO TO: Silicon Valley

Sierra Madre
"One Book, One City"
Sierra Madre Public Library
2003 - The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck (California Stories project)
2005 - The Tortilla Curtain by T. C. Boyle
2007 - The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L.Frank Baum

Silicon Valley
"Silicon Valley Reads"
San Jose Library Foundation, the Santa Clara County Library, and others
2003 - Breaking Through by Francisco Jiminez
2004 - Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
2005 - Epitaph for a Peach by David Mas Masumoto
2006(1) - When the Emperor was Divine by Julie Otsuka
2006(2) - The Souvenir: A Daughter Discovers Her Father's War by Louise Steinman
2006-07 - The Tortilla Curtain by T. C. Boyle
2008 - The Distant Land of My Father by Bo Caldwell
www.siliconvalleyreads.org/

Sonoma County
"Sonoma County Reads"
Sonoma County Library, phone: 707-545-0831
2002 - The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
2003 - The Call of the Wild by Jack London
2004 - The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros
2005 - Theme: California Stories
2006 - Zorro by Isabelle Allende
2007 - Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
http://www.sonomalibrary.org/SCReads/

Stockton
"One Book, One Stockton"
Stockton Public Library
2002- To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee
2003 -- see San Joaquin County

Thousand Oaks
"Thousand Oaks Reads--One City, One Book"
Thousand Oaks Library -phone: 805-449-2660, ext. 204
2007 - Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer
http://www.thousandoaksreads.org/

Truckee
"Truckee Reads"
Truckee Public Library and Bookshelf Stores,inc.
2002 - Snow Mountain Passage by James D. Houston
For more recent, see Nevada County.

Upland
"Upland Reads"
Upland Public Library, phone: 909-931-4202
2006 - Seedfolks by Paul Fleischman

Walnut Creek
"One City, One Book"
Walnut Creek (phone: 925-646-6775) and Ygnacio Valley Libraries (925-646-6085)
Library Website: http://www.ccclib.org/
2006 - The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri
2007 - All the Little Live Things by Wallace Stegner

Whittier
"Whittier Reads"
Whittier Public Library
2005 - Funny in Farsi by Firoozeh Dumas
2006 - Farewell to Manzanar by Jeanne Houston
2007 - My California Journeys By Great Writers edited by Donna Wares
2008 - The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri

Woodland
"Woodland Reads"
2002 - The Circuit by Francisco Jimenez
2003 - Epitaph for a Peach by David Mas Masumoto
2004 - The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
2006 - The Devil in the Details by Jennifer Traig
members.aol.com/nextchap44/woodlandreads.htm

SEE ALSO: What California is Reading: Community Reading Programs

COLORADO

Broomfield
"One Book, One Broomfield"
Mamie Doud Eisenhower Public Library, phone: 720-887-2355
2006 - The Meadow by James Galvin
2007 - The Greatest Generation by Tom Brokaw
http://www.broomfieldlibrary.com/OneBook/

Colorado Springs
Pikes Peak Library District
"All Pikes Peak Reads"
Sept. - Oct. 2002 - To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
2003 - Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
2004 - Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
2005 - Tales from the Arabian Nights
2006 - Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
2007 - Zorro by Isabel Allende
See information at: http://library.ppld.org/AboutYourLibrary/Events/alternatemenu.asp

Denver
"One Book, One Denver"
A collaborative project between the City and County of Denver's Office of Art, Culture and Film and the Denver Public Library
2004 - Peace Like a River by Leif Enger
2005 - Caramelo by Sandra Cisneros
2006 - The Milagro Beanfield by John Nichols
2007 - Articles of War by Nick Arvin
www.denvergov.org/onebook

Durango-La Plata County
"Durango-La Plata County Reads"
Durango Public Library
2002 - Angle of Repose by Wallace Stegner
2003 - Cadillac Desert by Marc Reisner
2004 - Dissonance by Lisa Lenard-Cook

Grand County
"One Grand Book"
Grand County Library District
2004 - The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom
2005 - Doc Susie: the true story of a country physician in the Colorado Rockies by Virginia Cornell
2006 - The Cowboy and His Elephant by Malcolm MacPherson
2007 - Marley and Me: Life and Love with the World's Worst Dog by John Grogan

Gunnison
"One Book, One Valley"
Western State College (Contact Beth Avery), Gunnison County Library, and others
2004 - Plainsong by Kent Haruf
2005 - Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time by Mark Haddon
2006 - The Silverville Swindle by Kym O'Connell-Todd and Mark Todd

Loveland
"One Book, One Community"
Loveland Public Library, phone: 979-962-2400
2004 - Plainsong by Ken Haruf
2005 - The Eagle Catcher by Margaret Coel
2006 - The Meadow by James Galvin
2007 - The Whistling Season by Ivan Doig

Mesa County
"Mesa County Reads"
Mesa County Public Library District
2004 - Bless Me, Ultima by Rudolfo Anaya
2006 - Kira-Kira by Cynthia Kadohata
2007 - Marley & Me by John Grogan
2008 - The God of Animals by Aryn Kyle
http://www.mcpld.org/oneBook/index.html

Pagosa Springs
"Pagosa Reads!
Ruby M. Sisson Memorial Library
April 2006 - Cadillac Desert by Mark Reisner
April-May 2006 - Chinatown by Robert Towne
May 2006 - Common Ground by Molly Bang
May-June 2006 - People of the Moon by W. Michael Gear and Kathleen O'Neal Gear
2007 (Nonfiction) - Seasons of Fire by David Strohmaier
2007 (fiction) - Firestorm by Nevada Barr
http://www.pagosalibrary.org/PagosaReads.html

Pueblo
"All Pueblo Reads"
Pueblo City-County Library District
2005 - To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
2006 - The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton
2007 - Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

CONNECTICUT

Berlin, Newington, Rocky Hill, Wethersfield
"One Book 4 Towns"
Berlin-Peck Library, Berlin; Cora J. Belden Library, Rocky Hill; Lucy Robbins Welles Library, Newington; and Wethersfield Library, Wethersfield
2006 - The Good Wife by Stewart O'Nan
2007 - The Surrogate Thief by Archer Mayor

Bridgeport
"The Big Read"
Bridgeport Public Library, phone: 203-576-7413
2007 - To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
2008 - The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan

Cheshire
"Cheshire Reads: One Book One Town"
Cheshire Public Library, phone: 203-272-2245
2007 - When the Emperor Was Divine by Julie Otsuka
http://www/cheshirelib.org/books/cheshirereads/cheshirereads.htm

Durham and Middlefield
"One Book, One Community"
Durham Public Library, phone: 860-349-9544
2006 - The Search for Major Plagge by Michael Good

East of the Connecticut River (Towns of Andover, Bolton, Colchester, Columbia, Glastonbury , Hebron, Manchester, Marlborough, and Portland)
"East of the River Reads"
Contact: Welles-Turner Memorial Library, phone: 860-652-7719
2006 - Girls of Tender Age: A Memoir by Mary-Ann Throne Smith
2007 - Mr. Emerson's Wife by Amy Belding Brown
http://www.wtmlib.com/EOTRR.htm

Eastern Connecticut
"One Book, One Region"
Eastern Connecticut Libraries
2002 - Snow in August by Peter Hamill
2003 - Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
2004 - The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
2005 - Mountains Beyond Mountains by Tracy Kidder
2006 (adult) - The True Story of Hansel and Gretel by Louise Murphy
2006 (teens) - Briar Rose by Jane Yolen
2006 (children) - Hansel and Gretel illustrated by Paul O. Zelinsky
2007 - Across a Hundred Mountains by Reyna Grande
www.onebookoneregion.org

Fairfield
"One Book, One Town - Fairfield Reads Together!"
Fairfield Public Library, phone: 203-256-3155
2008 - Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin

Farmington Valley
"One Book, One Valley"
Avon Free Public Library, phone: 860-673-9712
2007 - Girls of Tender Age by Mary-Ann Tirone Smith
http://www.avonctlibrary.info/OneBookOneValley.html

Glastonbury
"Glastonbury Reads a Book"
Welles-Turner Memorial Library ,phone: 860-652-7719
2002 - Where the Heart Is by Billie Letts
2003 - A Stranger in the Kingdom by Howard Mosher
2004 - In The Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel Philbrick
2005 - Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
2006 - SEE ENTRY: EAST OF THE CONNECTICUT RIVER

Haddam and Killingworth
"Three Books, Two Towns, One Community Read!"
Multiple community organizations, businesses, residents, and librarians - contact Linda Valley
2007 (fiction) - Hidden Talents by David Lubar
2007 (nonfiction) - Sudden Seas: The Great Hurricane of 1938 by R. A. Scotti
2007 (classic) - The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton
http://www.mylibraryrocks.com/321

Lower Naugatuck Valley (Ansonia, Beacon Falls, Derby, Oxford, Seymour, and Shelton)
"One Book, One Valley"
United Valley Libraries
2005 - The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
Note: Switched to annual theme after 2005
http://www.unitedvalleylibrariesct.org/onebook.htm

Madison
"One Book, One Town"
Scranton Memorial Library, phone: 203-245-7365
2005 - Waiting for Snow in Havana by Carlos Eire
2007 - Journey from the Land of No by Roya Hakakian

Manchester
"One Book, One Village"
Manchester Public Library, phone: 860-645-0821
2006 - The Promise by Oral Lee Brown
GO TO: EAST OF THE CONNECTICUT RIVER

Middletown
"One Book, One Middletown"
The Middletown Rotary Club, Russell Library, and others
Contact Alice Clayton at 860-347-3331, x224
2003 - The Giver by Lois Lowry
2004 - Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom
2005 - The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
2006 - My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult
2007 - The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
2008 - Where the Heart Is by Billie Letts

New Haven
"The Big Read - New Haven"
The International Festival of Arts & Ideas, City of New Haven public libraries, and others
2007 - To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

Norwalk
"Big Read"
Norwalk Public Library, phone: 203-853-0085
2007 - To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
2008 - Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
http://www.thebigreadnorwalk.org/

Ridgefield
"Ridgefield Reads"
Ridgefield Library Association, phone: 203-438-2282
2003 - The Wonderful World of Oz by L. Frank Baum

Rowayton
"One Read"
Rowayton Library
2004 - The Cruelest Miles by Laney and Gay Salisbury

Shelton
"The Big Read"
Plumb Memorial Library, phone: 202-924-1580
2007 - To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

Southington
"Southington Reads"
Southington Library and Museum
2006 - Honkey by Dalton Conley
2007 - Girls of Tender Age by Mary-Ann Tirone Smith
2008 - As Long As It Takes by William Pinkney

Stamford
"The Big Read"
Ferguson Library, phone: 203-964-1000
2007 - To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

Stratford
"One Book, One Stratford"
Stratford Library, phone: 203-385-4164
2007 - Hamlet's Dresser by Bob Smith

Waterbury
"The Big Read - Waterbury Reads!"
Mattatuck Museum Arts & History Center, phone: 203-753-0381 and others
2007 - To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

Westport
"WestportREADS"
Westport Public Library
2002 - The Giver by Lois Lowry
2003 - Snow in August by Pete Hamill
2004 - When the Emperior Was Divine by Julie Otsuka
2006 - The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon
2007 - The Soloist by Mark Salzman
2008 - The Wonderful World of Oz by L. Frank Baum
http://www.westportlibrary.org/events/specialevents/westportreads/index.html

Windsor
"One Book, One Windsor"
Windsor Public Library, phone: 860-285-1910
2003 - The Color of Water by James McBride
2005 - Buffalo Soldier by Chris Bohjalian
2007 - Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston (in conjunction with HARTFORD 2007/February)
2007 - The Year the Colored Sisters Came to Town by Jacqueline Guidry
http://www.onebookonewindsor.com/index.htm

SEE ALSO: the Connecticut Library Consortium's "One Book Community Reading Program in Connecticut" at: http://www.ctlibrarians.org/ctlibs/onebook.html

DELAWARE

"Delaware Reads"
Delaware Center for the Book, Delaware Division of Libraries, State Library
2002- About the American Dream
www.state.lib.de.us/Center_For_The_Book/DE_Reads/

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

"DC We Read"
D.C.Public Library, D.C. Center for the Book, phone: 202-727-2313
2002 - Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years
2003 - Fathering Words: The Making of An African American Writer by E. Ethelbert Miller
2004 - Interpreter of the Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri

"DC's The Big Read"
Humanities Council of Washington, D.C. in partnership with the D. C. Commission on Arts and Humanites
2007 - Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston

FLORIDA

STATEWIDE
"Read Together, Florida"
Volunteer Florida Foundation
2005 - Hoot by Carl Hiaasen
2006 - The Zero Game by Brad Meltzer

Brevard County
"The Big Read"
Brevard County Libraries
2007 - To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

Broward County
"One Book, One Broward"
Florida Center for the Book at the Broward County Library
2004 - Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom

Central Florida
"Central Florida Reads"
Orange County Public Library (phone: 407-835-7481) and other partners
2002 - Rocket Boys by Homer Hickam
2003 - A Land Remembered by Patrick Smith
2004 - Before Women Had Wings by Connie Mae Fowler
2005 - River of Lakes by Bill Belleville
2006 - Last Train to Paradise by Les Sandiford

Citrus County
"Reading Across Citrus: One Community, One Book
Citrus County Library System
2005 - Ecology of a Cracket Childhood by Janisse Ray

Gainesville
"One City One Story"
Hippodrome State Theater
2001-2002 - The Diary of Anne Frank
2002-2003 - Romeo and Juliet
2004 - The War of Worlds by H. G. Wells
2006 - A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
2007 - The Chosen by Chaim Potok
2008 - Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt
http://thehipp.org/programs/onecity.php

Hendry County
"One Book. One Community"
Hendry County Public Library System
2004 - Pay It Forward by Catherine Ryan Hyde

Indian River County
"Indian River County Reads"
IRC Main Library, Vero Beach, phone: 772-770-5060
2007 - A Land Remembered by Patrick Smith
http://www.irclibrary.org/ircreads.htm

Jacksonville
"Jax Reads"
Jacksonville Public Library
2002 - To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee
2003 - Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
2004 - House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros
2005 - The Life of Pi by Yann Martel
2007 - Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston (TBR)
http://jpl.coj.net/Jax_Reads/jaxreads.html

Lake County
"Lake County Reads"
Lake County Library System
2006 (adult) - The Grail Conspiracy by Lynn Sholes and Joe Moore
2006 (teens) - Quest of the Century by Kristen Renner
2006 (youth) - The Rockhound Science Mysteries by Mark H. Newhouse
2007 (adult) - Bermuda Schwartz by Bob Morris
2007 (teens) - Sister Spider Knows All by Adrian Fogelin
2007 (youth) - There's a frog trapped in the bathroom by Susan E. Snyder
http://www.lakeline.lib.fl.us/programs_and_services/lake_reads.aspx

Lee County
"One Book, One Community: Lee County Reads"
Lee County Library System / Contact Heather O'Connell by phone: 239-461-2924 or email: hoconnell@leegov.com.
2005 - A Land Remembered by Patrick Smith
2006 (spring) - To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
2006 (fall) - The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
2007 - Florida Roadkill by Tim Dorsey

Miami
"The Big Read" formerly "One Book, One Community"
Florida Center for the Literary Arts (FCLA) at Miami-Dade Community College
phone: 305-237-7261
2003 - A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest J. Gaines
spring 2004 - Breath, Eyes, Memory by Edwidge Danticat
fall 2004 - Persepolis 2: The Story of a Return by Marjane Satrapi
fall 2005 - Don Quijote de la Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes
2006 - Prospero's Daughter by Elizabeth Nunez
Feb 2007 - The Color Purple by Alice Walker
2007 (spring) - A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway (TBR)
2007 (fall) - The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan
http://www.flcenterlitarts.com/new/pages/big_read/tbr_what_is.htm

Miami-Dade area
"One Picture Book, One Community"
Florida Center for the Literary Arts, the City of Miami Parks and Recreation Dept., WLRN Radio and TV, the Miami Herald, and Humana Family
Oct. 2003 - The Scaredy Cats by Barbara Bottner
2004 - No Dogs Allowed by Sonia Manzano
2005 - Little Cliff and the Porch People by Clifton Taubert
2006 - A Duck in New York City by Connie Kaldor
2007 - Bob and Otto by Robert Bruel
http://www.flcenterlitarts.com/new/pages/opboc_current.htm

New Port Richey see Tampa Bay Area

Ocala
"One Book/One Community"
Marion County Public Library System
2005 - The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
2006 - The Yearling by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
2007 - Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston (TBR)

Orlando
"One Book, One Community"
The Orlando Sentinel and the Orange County Library. Contact Ted Caviness at 407-420-5677, email: sisaac@orlandosentinel.com
March-April 2002 - Charlotte's Web by E.B. White
Jan. 12-14, 2003 - Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DeCamillo
2004 - Holes by Louis Sachar
2005 - James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl
2006 - Esperanza Rising by Pam Muñoz Ryan
2007 - Mr. Popper's Penguins by Richard and Florence Atwater
2008 - The Cricket in Times Square by George Selden

Palm Beach
"Read Together Palm Beach County"
Coordinated by the Palm Beach County Literacy Coalition (phone: 800-372-1030), The Palm Beach County Public Library, and others
March - April 2002 - Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
2004 - Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
2006 - To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
2008 - NEXT
http://readtogether.palmbeachpost.com/

Pasco County
"One Book, One Pasco"
2002 - Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
2003 - SEE Tampa Bay Area

Pinellas
"Read Around Pinellas"
Pineallas Public Library Cooperative
2004 - A Land Remembered by Patrick Smith
Nov. 2005 - Feb. 2006 - Hoot by Carl Hiaasen
2006 - The Flamingo Rising by Larry Baker
2007 - The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald (TBR)

Ponte Vedra Beach
"Ponte Vedra Reads Cross Creek"
Friends of the Library Ponte Vedra Beach
phone: 904-273-3990
Sept.-Nov. 2003 - Cross Creek by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings

Sanibel
"Sanibel Reads"
Sanibel Public Library
Oct. 2004 - April 2005 --young readers: Hoot by Carl Hiassen
Oct. 2004 - April 2005 -- adults: Small Wonder by Barbara Kingsolver
2005 - A Land Remembered by Patrick Smith
2006-07 - The Orchid Thief by Susan Orlean
www.zebis.com/sanibelreads

Sarasota County
"One Book, One Community"
Sarasota County Libraries
2003 - A Land Remembered by Patrick D. Smith
2004 - Last Train to Paradise by Les Sandiford
2005 - Mountain Beyond Mountain by Tracy Kidder
2006 - Remembering Blue by Connie May Fowler
2008 - Sweetheart Deal by Claire Hamner Matturro

Sarasota/Manatee Counties
"Beyond the Book"
Asolo Repertory Theatre (phone: 941-351-9010, ext. 3308) and other partners
2006 - Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
2007 - A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
http://www.BeyondtheBookFL.org/

Tampa Bay Area
"One Bay One Book"
Tampa Bay Library Consortium
2002 - Killing Mr. Watson by Peter Matthiessen
2003 - The Right Stuff by Tom Wolfe
GO TO Tampa-Hillsborough County

Tampa-Hillsborough County
"One Community, One Book: Tampa-Hillsborough Reads"
Hillsborough County Public Library Cooperative
2004 - Anna in the Tropics by Nilo Cruz
2005 - Lay That Trumpet in Our Hands by Susan Carol McCarthy
2006 - The books of Connie May Fowler

GEORGIA

"All Georgia Reads" formerly "All Georgia Reading the Same Book"
Georgia Center for the Book
2002 - Ecology of a Cracker Childhood by Janisse Ray(Title chosen from the 2002 Georgia Top 25 Reading List)
2006 - Trouble No More by Tony Grooms (Title chosen from the 2005 Georgia Top 25 Reading List)

Atlanta
"Atlanta Reads: One Book, One Community"
City of Atlanta, Office of Cultural Affairs, Atlanta-Fulton Public Libraries, and others. Phone: 404-817-6999
2006 - Run With the Horsemen by Ferrol Sams
2007(1) - To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
2007 (2) - The Women of Brewster Place by Gloria Naylor

Columbus
"Valley Reads"
Chattahoochee Valley Regional Library System
2002 - The Heart is a Lonley Hunter by Carson McCullers
2003 - An Hour Before Daylight by Jimmy Carter and First Lady from Plains by Rosalynn Carter

Rome/Floyd County
"One Book, Many Voices"
Sara Hightower Regional Library System, phone: 706-236-4609
2007 - I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
2008 - The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
http://www.romelibrary.org/onebook.htm

Roswell
"Roswell Reads"
Roswell Regional Library, phone: 770-640-3075
2007(adult) - The Valley of Light by Terry Kay
2007 (children) - The Biggest Fish in the Lake by Margaret Carney
2008 - The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards

Savannah
"Savannah Reads" formerly "Campus Read"
Armstrong Atlantic State University and Live Oak Public Libraries
Contact Beth Howells
April 5-9, 2004 - A Good Man is Hard To Find and Other Stories by Flannery O'Connor
April 3-9, 2005 - "Savannah Reads Ernest Gaines"
April 3-6, 2006 - Featured author: Richard Selzer
2007 (The Big Read) - Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
www.faculty.armstrong.edu/read.htm

HAWAII

Honolulu
"The Big Read"*
Hawaii Capitol Cultural District, Hawaii Council for Humanities, and Hawaii State Library System
2007 - The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan
*NEA grant

Maui - "Maui Reads"
Hawaii Center for the Book - Maui
April 2002- Middle Son by Deborah Iida

IDAHO

Boise
"Read the Same Book" (formerly "What If Everyone Read the Same Book?")
Boise Public Library and others
2001 - Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson
2002 - The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
2003 - Bel Canto by Ann Patchett
2004 - Angel of Repose by Wallace Stegner
2005 - Caramelo by Sandra Cisneros
2006 (adult) -SEE ENTRY for BOISE, Log Cabin Literary Center
2006(young readers) - Enemy Pie by Derek Munson
2006(middle readers) - The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C. S. Lewis
2006 (young adult) The Ear, the Eye and the Arm by Nancy Farmer
2007 (young readers) - How I Became a Pirate by Melinda Long
2007 (middle readers) - Thief Lord by Cornelia Funke
2007 (young adult) - Heir Apparent by Vivian Vande Velde
http://www.idahokidsread.org/

Boise
"The Big Read"
Log Cabin Literary Center
2006 - Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
2007 - A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway

Teton Valley
"One Book, One Community"
Sponsors include the Idaho Humanities Council, Teton County Library and Dark Horse Books
For information, contact Jeanne Anderson at 208-354-8882
Fall 2003 - Bel Canto by Ann Patchett
2004-2005 - Undaunted Courage by Stephen Ambrose
2007 - Where Rivers Change Direction by Mark Spragg

ILLINOIS

Batavia
"One Book, One Batavia"
Batavia Public Library, phone: 630-879-1393
2003 - The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
2004 - Of Beetles and Angels by Mawi Asgedom
2005 - The Encyclopedia of Chicago
2006 - The Giver by Lois Lowry
2007 - There Are No Children Here by Alex Kotlowitz
2008 - Doomsday Book by Connie Willis

Bloomington-Normal
"A Tale for Two Cities"
Bloomington Public Library and Normal Public Library
2002 - Long Way from Chicago by Richard Peck
2003 - The Giver by Lois Lowry
2004 - Montana 1948 by Larry Watson
2005 - Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

Chicago
"One Book, One Chicago"
Chicago Public Library and the Mayor's Office
Fall 2001 - To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Spring 2002- Night by Elie Wiesel
Fall 2002- My Antonia by Willa Cather
Spring 2003 - A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry
Fall 2003 - The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien
Spring 2004 - The Coast of Chicago by Stuart Dybek
Fall 2004 - In the Time of the Butterflies by Julia Alvarez
Spring 2005 - The Ox-Bow Incident by Walter Van Tilburg Clark
Fall 2005 - Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Spring 2006 - One Day in the Life by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Fall 2006 - Interpreter of the Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri
2007 (Spring) - Go Tell It on the Mountain by James Baldwin
2007 (Fall) - The Crucible by Arthur Miller
2008 - The Long Goodbye by Raymond Chandler

Clarendon Hills, Downers Grove, Hinsdale, Indian Prairie, Lisle, Thomas Ford, Westmont, and Woodridge
"The Big Read"
For information contact Laura Birmingham, Indian Prairie Public Library, Darien, IL, phone: 630-887-8760
2005 - The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson
2006 - Seabiscuit by Laura Hillenbrand
2007 - The March by E. L. Doctorow
http://thebigread.org/

Evanston
"Evanston Reads!"
Evanston Public Library, phone: 847-448-8623
2007-08 - Of Beetles and Angels by Mawi Asgedom

Fox Valley (communities of Aurora, Montgomery, North Aurora, and Oswego)
"Fox Valley Reads"
Aurora Public Library, Messenger Public Library of North Aurora, and Oswego Public Library District
2006 - Rocket Boys (October Sky) by Homer Hickam
2007 - My Antonia by Willa Cather (TBR)
http://www.foxvalleyreads.org/

Harrisburg
"One Community, One Author"
Harrisburg District Library (phone 618-253-7455) and Southeastern Illinois College
2003 -- The works of Lee Martin
2005 - The writings of Silas House
2008 - The works of Jacquelyn Mitchard

Henderson County
"Henderson County Reads"
Contact Virginia Ross at 309-324-1879 or email: vahross2003@yahoo.com
2006 - Can of Peas by Traci DePrees
2007 - Once Upon a Town: The North Platte Canteen by Bob Greene

Highland Park
"One Book One Highland Park"
Highland Park Public Library, phone: 847-432-0720
2008 - Maus: A Survivor's Tale by Art Spiegelman

Jacksonville
"Jacksonville Reads"
Jacksonville Public Library
Feb. - Sept. 2005 - Two books by Richard Peck: A Long Way from Chicago and A Year Down Yonder

Kankakee County
"Kankakee County Reads"
Kankakee County Public Library, phone: 815-939-4564
2003 - Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
2004 - The Hobbit by J. R. Tolkein
2005 - I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
2006 - The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
2007 - Playing with the Enemy by Gary Moore

Libertyville
"One Book, One District"
Cook Memorial Public Library
2006 - Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
2007 (The Big Read) - The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
2007 (youngsters) - Dave At Night by Gail Carson Levine

Mount Prospect
"Surburban Mosaic Book of the Year" (community reading program for Northwest Chicago suburbs)
Contact: Marilyn Genther, Mount Prospect Public Library, email: mgenther@mppl.org
2007 Theme: Immigration - Books for several reading levels follow
2007 (high school and adult) - Enrique's Journey by Sonia Nazario
2007 (grades 7-10) - Ask Me No Questions by Marina Budhos
2007 (grades 5-7) - Project Mulberry by Linda Sue Park
2007 (grades 3-5) - Lowji Discovers America by Candace Fleming
2007 (pre-school - grade 2) - My Name is Yoon by Helen Recorvits

Naperville
"Naperville Reads"
Naperville Public Library, Anderson's Bookshop and School Districts 203 and 204
Jan-Feb. 2002 - Gary Paulsen
2003 - Kevin Hankes, Jerry Spinelli, and Pete Hamill
2004 - Girl With a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier
2005 - Life of Pi by Yann Martel
2006(children) - The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo
2006 (adult) - My Sister's Keeper by Jodie Picoult
2007 (adult fiction) - Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See
2007 (adult non-fiction) - Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson
2007 (children) - The writings of Joseph Bruhac
2008 (adult non-fiction) - A Whole New Mind by Daniel Pink
2008 (children) - The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick
http://napervillereads.org/

Northern Illinois
"One System, One Book"
Prairie Area Library System
2005 - Binder Twine 'n Bandaids: Homegrown Humor from the Heartlands by D. D. Dunn
www.palsnet.info/osob/

Peoria
"Peoria Reads"
Peoria Public Library and Common Place
Jan-April 2002 - A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest Gaines
Jan - Apr 2003 - The Reappearance of Sam Webber by Jonathan Scott Fuqua
2004 - Speed of Light by Elizabeth Rosner
2005 - Pay It Forward by Catherine Ryan Hyde
2006 - Nickel and Dimed by Barbara Ehrenreich
2007 - To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee (TBR)
2008 - Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury (TBR)

Princeton
"Princeton Reads Together"
Princeton Public Library
2003 - Tuesdays With Morrie by Mike Albom
2005 - Binder Twine'n Band-Aids by D. D. Dunn

Rockford
"One Book, One Rockford"
Rockford Public Library
2003 - Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer
2004 - Stone Heart: A Novel of Sacajawea by Diane Glancy
2006 - A Place Where the Sea Remembers by Sandra Benitez
2007 - Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain
http://www.rockfordpubliclibrary.org/services/programs/onebook.asp

Springfield
"Together We Read"
Lincoln Library, phone: 217-753-4900, ext. 236
2002 - Plainsong by Kent Haruf
2005 - The Emancipator's Wife by Barbara Hambly
2006 - Ordinary Heroes by Scott Turow
2007 - The Double Bind by Chris Bohjalian

Sycamore
"Sycamore: One Community Reading Together"
Sycamore Public Library
2002 - Great Plains by Ian Frazier
2003 - The Rich Part of Life by Jim Kokoris
2004 - The Solitaire Mystery by Jostein Gaarder
2005 - The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell
2006 - The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien
2007 - Marley & Me by John Grogan

Wilmette
"One Book, Everybody Reads"
Wilmette Public Library (phone: 847-256-6930)
2006 - Before You Know Kindness by Chris Bohjalian
2007 - A Hope in the Unseen by Ron Suskind
2008 - Loving Frank by Nancy Horan

Winnetka-Northfield
"One Book Two Villages
Winnetka Public Library District
2004 (adult)- Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks
2004 (young readers) - Fever 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson
2005 (adult) - The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
2005 (young readers) - The Breadwinner by Deobrah Ellis
2006 (Adult) - When the Emperor Was Divine by Julie Otsuka
2006 (Children) - Thin Wood Walls by David Patneaude
2007 (Adult) - Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
2007 (Children) - Lionboy by Zizou Corder
2008 (adult) - The Septembers of Shiraz by Dalia Sofer
2008 (children) - Esperanza Rising by Pam Muñoz Ryan
www.onebooktwovillages.org

INDIANA

Allen County (Fort Wayne)
"One Community. One Story
Allen County Public Library
2003 - Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
2004 - The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
2005 Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

Bloomington
"One Book, One Bloomington and Beyond"
Bloomington Area Arts Council
Feb - Apr 2002 - A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest J. Gaines
Jan - May 2003 - 1984 by George Orwell
2004 - Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir of Books by Azar Nafisi
2005 - The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
2006 - The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
2007 - Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury (TBR)

Brownsburg
"Brownsburg Reads"
Brownsburg Public Library
2003 - O Pioneers! by Willa Cather
2004 - Ghost Soldiers: The Epic Account of World War II's Greatest Rescue Mission by Hampton Sides
2005 - Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom

Carmel
"Carmel Clay Reads"
Carmel Clay Public Library, City of Carmel, Clay Township
2003 (adult) - Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
2003 (children) - A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
2004 (adult) - When the Emperor Was Divine by Julie Otsuka
2004 (children) - A Long Way From Chicago by Richard Peck
2005 - The City of Ember by Jeanne DuPran

Connersville
"One Book, One Community"
Fayette County Public Library
2003 - Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom
2005 - The Friendly Persuasion by Jessamyn West

Evansville
"One Book, One Community: Reading Together in Southwestern Indiana"
Evansville-Vanderburgh Public Library
2002 - Vernon Can Read by Vernon Jordan
2003 - All Over But the Shoutin' by Rick Bragg
2004 (adult choice)- Invitation to Valhalla by Mike Whicker
2004 (youth choice) - How I Found the Strong by Margaret McMullan
2005 - The Buffalo Soldier by Chris Bohjalian
2006 - Marley & Me by John Grogan
2007 - Friday Night Lights by H. G. Bissinger
http://www.evpl.org/onebook/index.html

Greenwood
"Community Wide Read"
Greenwood Public Library, phone: 317-881-4249 (Public Relations)
2002 - October Sky by Homer Hikam
2003 - The Captain's Dog: My Journey with the Lewis and Clark Tribe by Roland Smith
2004 - Big Stone Gap by Adriana Trigiani
2005 - Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier
2006 - Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
2007 - Freckles by Gene Stratton Porter

Howard County
"HOWARD COUNTY READS"
Kokomo-Howard County Public Library and Greentown Public Library
2004 - O Pioneers! by Willa Cather
2005 - Cold Sassy Tree by Olive Ann Burns
2006 - The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith
2007 - Killer Angels by Michael Shaara
http://www.howardcountyreads.org/

Indianapolis
"One Book, One City"
Indianapolis Marion County Public Library and the Mayor's Office
2002-03 - The Friendly Persuasion by Jessamyn West
2003-04 - Endurance by Alfred Lansing
2004-05 - The Bondwoman's Narrative by Hannah Crafts (edited by Henry Louis Gates, Jr.)
2005-06 - Catch Me If You Can by Frank Abagnale and Stan Redding
2007 - The works of Kurt Vonnegut
http://onebook.imcpl.org/

Jay County
"Jay County Reads"
Jay County Library
Feb. - Apr. 2004 - Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom
March - May 2006 - Pay It Forward by Catherine Ryan Hyde
Sept.- Oct. 2007 - Writings of Jacquelyn Mitchard

Johnson County
"One Book One Community"
Johnson County Public Library
2006 - The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd

Lafayette
"One Great Read, One Greater Lafayette"
Tippecanoe County Public Library and West Lafayette Public Library (phone: 765-743-2261)
2002 - Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
2003 - Watership Down by Richard Adams
2006 - Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America by Barbara Ehrenreich
2007 - Flags of Our Fathers by James Bradley

LaPorte County
"One Book, One Community"
LaPorte County Public Library, LaCrosse Public Library, Michigan City Public Library, Westville Public Library, Wanatah Public Library
2004 - The Whale Rider by Witi Ihlmaera
2005 - Pay It Forward by Catherine Ryan Hyde
2006 - The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
2007 - SEE Northwest Indiana Region

Madison
"One Book, One Community, Madison, Hanover, Jefferson County"
Sponsor: The Human Relations Commission and Madison-Jefferson County Public Library
2003 - The Hoosier School-boy by Edward Eggleston
2004 - Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom
2005 - The Twelfth Angel by Og Mandino
2006 - Pay It Forward by Catherine Ryan Hyde
2007 - River Town by Peter Hessler
2008 - Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson

Michigan City
"One Book, One Community"
Michigan City Public Library (phone: 219-873-3049) or contact by email: jkostielney@emichigancity.com
2002 - To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
2003 - Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry
2004 - The Whale Rider by Witi Ihimaera
2005 - Pay It Forward by Catherine Ryan Hyde
2006 - The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time by Mark Haddon
2007 - Good Brother, Bad Brother by James Cross Giblin

Montgomery County
"Montgomery County One Great Read"
Crawfordsville District Public Library, phone: 765-362-2242
2004 - Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
2005 - The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon

Northwest Indiana
"Books to Bridge the Region" (beginning Oct. 2007) formerly known as"One Region One Book"
For information, contact: Chris Rettig, Lake County Library, phone: 219-322-4731, ext. 4
2002 - A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest Gaines
2003 - A Girl Named Zippy: Growing Up Small in Mooreland, Indiana by Haven Kimmel
2004 - Rocket Boys/October Sky by Homer Hickam
2005 - Big Fish by Daniel Wallace
2006 - Suspended for one year
2007 - Theme: Our Choices, Our World -selections for four reading levels follow
2007 (adult) - Into the Forest by Jean Hegland
2007 (teen) - Never Cry Wolf by Farley Mowat
2007 (middle readers) - Flush by Carl Hiaasen
2007 (early readers) - The Great Kapok Tree by Lynne Cherry
http://www.books2bridge.org/

Putnam County
"Putnam County READS"
Putnam County Public Library, Greencastle, IN, phone: 765-653-2755, ext. 118
2008 - An Unfinished Life by Mark Spragg
http://www.putnam.lib.in.us/pcreads.php

Salem
"One Book, One Community"
Salem Public Library, phone: 812-883-5600
2004 - To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

Shelby County
"Shelby County Reads"
Shelbyville-Shelby County Public Library
2004 - Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom
2005 - Pay It Forward by Catherine Ryan Hyde
2006 (young adult) - The Breadwinner by Deborah Ellis
2006 - The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
2007 - Getting Open by Tom Graham and Rachel Graham Cody

2008 (adult) - My Sister's Keeper by Jodie Picoult
2008 - Go to the web site for all 2008 choices
http://www.shelbycountyreads.org/

South Bend
"One Book, One Campus"
Indiana University South Bend
Contact Julie Elliott, email: jmfelli@iusb.edu or phone: 574-237-4410
2004-2005 - War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning by Chris Hedges
2005-2006 - Do Androids Dream of Electric Sleep by Philip K. Dick
2006-2007 - The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down by Anne Fadiman
2007-2008 - An Enemy of the People by Henrik Ibsen
www.iusb.edu/~libg/onebook/

Vigo County
"If All of Vigo County Read the Same Book"
Vigo County Public Library, phone: 812-232-1113
April 2002 - Snow Falling on Cedars by David Guterson
2003 - Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America by Barbara Ehrenreich
2004 - The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien
2005 - The Sweet Hereafter by Russell Banks
2006 - The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan
2007 - The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald (TBR)

Vincennes
"One Book, One Community"
Knox County Public Library
Contact: Emily Bunyan by email: ebunyan@kcpl.lib.in.us or phone: 812-886-4380
2003 - Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom
2004 - To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
2006 - The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

Zionsville
"ONE BOOK/ONE TOWN"
Hussey-Mayfield Public Library (phone: 317-873-3149)
2004 - Band of Brothers by Stephen Ambrose
2005 - Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
2006 - The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
2007 - Day of the Dead by J.A. Jance

IOWA

Ames
"The Big Read"
Ames Public Library and local organizations
2007 - My Ántonia by Willa Cather

Davenport
"QCA Reads" formerly "Davenport Reads!"
Community partners including Davenport Public Library and Davenport Community School District
April - May 2003 - A Long Way from Chicago by Richard Peck
2004 - The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
2005 - Motherland: Beyond the Holocaust by Fern Schumer Chapman
2006 - The Ponder Heart by Eudora Welty
2007 - To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
http://www.qcareads.org/

Johnson County
"One Community, One Book--Johnson County Reads" (formerly "All Johnson County Reads the Same Book")
The University of Iowa Center for Human Rights, Iowa City Public Library, and others
2001 - The Last Summer of Reason by Tahar Djaout
2002 - First They Killed My Father by Loung Ung
2003 - Bel Canto by Ann Patchett
2004 - The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
2005 - When the Emperor Was Divine by Julie Otsuka
2006 - The Tortilla Curtain by T. C. Boyle
2007 - Blood Done Sign My Name by Timothy B. Tyson
http://www.icpl.org/programs/onebook/

Linn County (changed from Cedar Rapids)
"Linn Area Reads" formerly "CR Reads"
Metro public libraries of Cedar Rapids, Marion, Hiawatha and others
2003 - Plainsong by Kent Haruf
2004 - Nickel and Dimed by Barbara Ehrenreich
2005 - Pigs in Heaven by Barbara Kingsolver
2006 - Change Me Into Zeus's Daughter by Barbara Robinette Moss
2007 - The Palace Thief by Ethan Canin
2008 - A Lucky American Childhood by Paul Engle
http://www.crlibrary.org/events/linnareareads/

Sioux City
See listing with South Sioux City, Nebraska under MULTI-STATE, REGIONAL, OR NATIONWIDE

KANSAS

"Kansas Reads"
Kansas Center for the Book at the Kansas State Library
Contact Roy Bird by phone: 785-296-4105 or email: kcfb@kslib.info
Jan. 29-April 30, 2007 - The Learning Tree by Gordon Parks
2008 (January) - In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
2009 - The Virgin of Small Plains by Nancy Pickard

"One Book, One State: Kansas Reads to Preschoolers"
Kansas State Library - contact Vikki Jo Stewart by phone: 620-331-8218 or email: vikkijo@kslib.info
Nov. 14-20, 2005 - No Matter What by Debi Gliori
Nov. 13-19, 2006 - Bunny Cakes by Rosemary Wells
Nov. 11-17, 2007 - About Safety
2008 - About Health
Go to http://skyways.lib.ks.us/orgs/kcfb/preschool.htm for specific titles

Arkansas City
"Arkansas City Reads Together"
Arkansas City Public Library, phone: 620-442-1280; email: arkcitypl@acpl.org
2005 - Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo
2006 - Loser by Jerry Spinelli

El Dorado
"One Book, One Community: El Dorado Reads"
Butler Community College, Bradford Memorial Library and others
2004 - Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse
2005 - To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
2006 - Touching Spirit Bear by Ben Mikaelsen
2007 - The Learning Tree by Gordon Parks
2008 - In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
http://boeintranet.butlercc.edu/reads/index.html

Iola
"Iola Reads"
Project partners: Iola Public Library, Unified School District #257, Allen County Community College Library, and the Bowlus Fine Arts Center
2006 (1)- Touching Spirit Bear by Ben Mikaelsen
2006 (2) - The Greatest Generation by Tom Brokaw
2007 (1) - Steal Away Home by Lois Ruby
2007 (2) - The Man Who Loved Clowns by June Rae Wood
2008 - The Learning Tree by Gordon Parks

Lawrence
"Read Across Lawrence"
Lawrence Public Library and others
Feb. 1999 - Nothing But the Truth by Avi
Feb. 2001 - Having Our Say:The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years
Feb. 2002 - Not Without Laughter by Langston Hughes
Feb. 2003 - Secrets of the Tsil Café by Thomas Fox Averill
Feb. 2004 - The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum
Feb.-Mar. 2005 - Blue Horses Rush In by Luci Tapahonso
Feb. - Mar. 2006 - The Center of Everything by Laura Moriarty
Sept-Oct. 2007 - Revolutionary Heart by Diane Eickhoff

Louisburg
"1 Book, 1 Burg"
Louisburg Library District #1, Miami County /phone: 913-837-2217
2005 - Once Upon a Town by Bob Greene

Manhattan
"One Book, One Community"
Manhattan Public Library
2006 - Plainsong by Ken Haruf
2007 - The Worst Hard Time by Timothy Egan

Topeka
"On the Same Page in Shawnee County"
Friends of the Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library and the National Endowment for the Humanities
For information contact Diana Friend at 785-580-4486
October 2003 - Rocket Boys by Homer Hickam
2005 - When the Emperor Was Divine by Julie Otsuka
2006 - Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston (TBR)
2007 - Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury (TBR)
http://bigread.tscpl.org/

KENTUCKY

"What If All Kentucky Reads the Same Book"
Kentucky Educational Television Project(bookclub@KET)
May 2001- The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver

Bowling Green
"One Book, One Campus, One Community"
Southern Kentucky Book Fest partners: Western Kentucky University Libraries, Bowling Green Public Library, and Barnes & Noble Booksellers
Contact Jayne Pelaski at 270-745-5016
2004 - A Parchment of Leaves by Silas House
2005 - Coiled in the Heart by Scott Elliott
2006 - In Country by Bobbie Ann Mason
2007 - The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards
2008 - Days of the Endless Corvette by Man Martin
http://www.bgonebook.org/

Lexington
"One Book, One Lexington"
Friends of the Lexington Public Library
2005 - Clay's Quilt by Silas House
2006 - The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
2007 - The Watsons Go To Birmingham - 1963 by Christopher Paul Curtis
http://www.onebookonelexington.org/

Northern Kentucky
"Northern Kentucky: One Book One Community" (formerly "Boone County: One Book, One Community")
Boone County Public Library (phone: 859-384-5550)
2006 - Clay's Quilt by Silas House
2007 - The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter by Sharyn McCrumb
http://www.nkyonebook.org/

LOUISIANA

Baton Rouge
"The Big Read: One Book/One Community"
Baton Rouge Area Chamber and the East Baton Rouge Parish Library, phone: 225-231-3710
2007 - To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
2008 - Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
http://www.ebr.lib.la.us/circ/advisory/onebook/onebook.htm

Lafayette
"Lafayette Reads Ernest Gaines"
Coordinated by the National Writing Project of Acadiana,cosponsored by the Lafayette Public Library, endorsed by the Lafayette Parish School Board
Feb. 18 - March 26, 2002
For information, contact Ann Dobie, director of the project

Monroe
"River Reads"
Ouachita Parish Public Library / phone: 318-327-1490, ext. 3017/ email: RvReads@oplib.org
2004 - Bayou Farewell by Mike Tidwell
2005 - Ava's Man by Rick Bragg
2006 - A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest Gaines
2007 - Nickel and Dimed by Barbara Ehrenreich
http://www.oplib.org/riverreads.htm

New Orleans
"One Book One New Orleans"
Coordinated by the Young Leadership Council and Literacy Alliance
For information: amy@youngleadershipcouncil.org or phone: 504-585-1500
2004 - A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest Gaines
2005 - Rising Tide by John Barry
2007 - Coming Out the Door for the Ninth Ward by the Nine Times Social and Pleasure Club
http://www.youngleadershipcouncil.org/obonol

Augusta
"A Capital Read"
Lithgow Public Library, Bennett Katz Library, UMA, Maine State Law and Reference Library, Maine General Medical Center Library, Augusta Public School Libraries, and Maine State Library
2004 - A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson
2005 - The Lobster Chronicles by Linda Greenlaw
2006 - Before You Know Kindness by Chris Bohjalian
2007 - Mountains Beyond Mountains by Tracy Kidder
http://www.capitalread.org/

Bangor
"Penobscot Reads" formerly "Bangor Reads"
Bangor Public Library (phone: 207-947-8336)
2002 - Killer Angels by Michael Shaara
2003 - The Maine Woods by Henry David Thoreau
2004 - The Life of Pi by Yan Martel
2005 - Stephen King On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
2006 - Lizzie Bright and the Buckminister Boy by Gary D. Schmidt
2007 - Papa Martel by Gerard Robichaud
2008 - Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde
http://www.bpl.lib.me.us/penobscotreads.htm

Bath and Brunswick
"Midcoast Community Read"
Patten Free Library(Bath),Curtis Memorial Library (Brunswick), Topsham Public Library and Wiscasset Public Library
2002 - To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
2003 - 1984 by George Orwell
2004 - Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage by Alfred Lansing
2005 - The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
2005 (youth) - The Breadwinner by Deborah Ellis
2006 - The Secret Life of Lobsters by Trevor Corson
2006 (youth) - The Young Man and the Sea by Rodman Philbrick
2007 (The Big Read) - The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
2007 (youth) - Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse
2008 (adult) - Shadow Divers by Robert Kurson
2008 (youth) - Dive: The Discovery by Gordon Korman
www.midcoastreads.com

Oxford Hills
"Oxford Hills Reads"
Bolsters Mills Village Library, Freeland Holmes Library (Oxford), Harrison Village Library, Hebron Academy Library, Norway Memorial Library (phone: 207-743-5309), Oxford Hill Comprehensive High School Library, South Paris Public Library, Stephens Memorial Hospital Library, Waterford Library, West Paris Public Library
2005 - Ernie's Ark by Monica Wood
2006 - Suburban Safari by Hannah Holmes
2007 - Yeh Yeh's House by Evelina Chao
http://www.oxfordhillsreads.blogspot.com/

Portland
"One Book-1 Community"
Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, University of Southern Maine
Contact by email: olli@usm.main.edu
2004-05 - Turnaround: Musing on Earth's Future, by Edward A. Myers
2006 - Cordelia Underwood by Van Reid

Scarborough
"Scarborough Reads"
Friends of the Scarborough Library
2005 - Ernie's Ark by Monica Wood
www.scarboroughcrossroads.org/libraryfriends/oboc.html

Skowhegan
"The Skowhegan Community Reads"
Skowhegan Free Public Library
2007 - Once Upon a Town by Bob Greene

South Portland
"One Community, One Book"
South Portland Public Library and South Portland School Libraries
2004 - The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963 by Christopher Paul Curtis
2005 - A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson

ALSO GO TO: http://www.mainehumanities.org/onebook/calendar.html to view Maine information in more detail.

MARYLAND

Carroll County
"On the Same Page: Carroll County Reads Together"
Carroll County Public Library
2002 - The Greatest Generation by Tom Brokaw
2004 - To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
2005 - Seabiscuit by Laura Hillenbrand
2006 - Killer Angels by Michael Shaara
2007 - Ava's Man by Rick Bragg
2008 - Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson

Frederick
"Frederick Reads"
Frederick County Public Libraries and local organizations
2006 - The writings of Frank Deford
2007 - Manhunt: The Twelve-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer by James L. Swanson

MASSACHUSETTS

Amherst
"Amherst Reads"
Jones Public Library
2004 - The Spiderwick Chronicles by Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black
2005 - The works of Jon Scieszka

Arlington
"Arlington Reads Together"
Robbins Library
2005 - Snow in August by Peter Hamill
2006 - Moutains Beyond Mountains by Tracy Kidder
2007 - To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

Athol
"On the Same Page"
Athol Public Library, phone: 978-249-9515
2004 - Someday by Jackie French Koller
2005 - Rocket Boys by Homer Hickam
2006 - "Reading up a Storm!"
 The Children's Blizzard by David Laskin
 Issac's Storm by Erik Larson
 Ten Hours Until Dawn by Michael Tougias
 Sudden Sea by R. A. Scotti
2007 - Tracking Trash by Loree Griffin Burns

Bridgewater
"One Book, One Community"
Bridgewater Public Library, Bridgewater State College and Bridgewater-Raynham Regional High School
For information, send email to: sbrougham@bridge.rayn.org
2005-06 - Nickel and Dimed by Barbara Ehrenreich
2006-07 - My Sister's Keeper by Jodie Picoult
2007-08 - Night by Elie Wiesel
2008-09 (1) - Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
2008-09 (2) - Silent Spring by Rachel Carson

Brookline
"Brookline Reads"
Public Library of Brookline, email:info@brooklinereads.org
2005 - Snow in August by Pete Hamill
2006 - North Star Conspiracy by Miriam Grace Monfredo
2007 - Aice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
http://www.brooklinelibrary.org/get/brookline-reads

Cambridge
"Cambridge Reads"
Cambridge Public Library
2003 - The Color of Water by James McBride
2004 - The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri
2005 - The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
2006 - Moutains Beyond Mountains by Tracy Kidder
2007 - Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin
www.c