Have fond memories of One Book, One Community reads from past years? Revisit our previous One Book, One Community titles!
To Kill a Mockingbird - 2008
The explosion of racial hate and violence in a small Alabama town is viewed by a young girl whose father defends a black man accused of rape.
Cannery Row - 2009
Vividly depicts the colorful, sometimes disreputable, inhabitants of a run-down area in Monterey, California.
Hotel on the corner of bitter and sweet : a novel - 2010
When artifacts from Japanese families sent to internment camps during World War II are uncovered in Seattle, Henry Lee embarks on a quest that leads to memories of growing up Chinese in a city rife with anti-Japanese sentiment.
The big burn : Teddy Roosevelt and the fire that saved America - 2011
Narrates the struggles of the overmatched rangers against the implacable fire of August, 1910, and Teddy Roosevelt's pioneering conservation efforts that helped turn public opinion permanently in favor of the forests, though it changed the mission of theforest service with consequences felt in the fires of today.
The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks - 2012
Documents the story of how scientists took cells from an unsuspecting descendant of freed slaves and created a human cell line that has been kept alive indefinitely, enabling discoveries in such areas as cancer research, in vitro fertilization and gene mapping. Includes reading-group guide. Reprint. A best-selling book.
The leisure seeker - 2013
John and Ella Robina, a couple married 50+ years--she has stopped her cancer treatments, he has Alzheimer's-- kidnap themselves from the adult children and the doctors who seem to run their lives, and steal off on a forbidden vacation determined to prove that, when it comes to life, you can go back for seconds and sneak a little extra time.
The boys in the boat : nine Americans and their epic quest for gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics - 2014
Traces the story of an American rowing team from the University of Washington that defeated elite rivals at Hitler's 1936 Berlin Olympics, sharing the experiences of such contributors as their enigmatic coach, a visionary boat builder and a homeless teen rower. By the author of <IT>Under a Flaming Sky<RO>.
The revised fundamentals of caregiving : a novel - 2015
After losing virtually everything meaningful in his life, Benjamin trains to be a caregiver, but his first client, a fiercely independent teen with muscular dystrophy, gives him more than he bargained for and soon the two embark on a road trip to visit the boy's ailing father.
A Sudden Light - 2017
A 14-year-old boy's efforts to save his parents' troubled marriage and uphold his dementia-afflicted grandfather's final wishes are shaped by a ghost who cannot rest until past debts are paid. By the best-selling author of <IT>The Art of Racing in the Rain<RO>. Simultaneous.
The smell of other people's houses - 2018
"Growing up in Alaska in the 1970s isn't like growing up anywhere else: Don't think life is going to be easy. Know your place. And never talk about yourself. Four vivid voices tell intertwining stories of hardship, tragedy, wild luck, and salvation"--
Behold the dreamers : a novel - 2019
An immigrant working class couple from Cameroon and the upper class American family for whom they work find their lives and marriages shaped by financial circumstances, infidelities, secrets, and the 2008 recession.
Evicted : poverty and profit in the American city - 2020
The light of the world : a memoir
Clean getaway
Piecing me together
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