LINKS:
Common Reading Photo Gallery
Previous Common Reading Book List
Other Recommended Books:
A list of books recommended by the members of the Common Reading Committee and other OCTC faculty, staff, and students. These books are, or will soon be, available in the on-campus library at OCTC. (The list will be updated occasionally as more books are added).
Novels or Short Story Collections:
Midnight Magic (and various other titles) by Bobbie Ann Mason
Come and Go Molly Snow by Mary Ann Taylor Hall
Poetry Collections
When Winter Come: The Ascension of York by Frank X Walker (a sequel to Buffalo Dance)
The Farmgirl Poems by Elizabeth Oakes
Ultima Thule by Davis McCombs
Non-Fiction/Memoirs:
Night by Elie Wiesel
Writing From the Center by Scott Russell Sanders
A Private History of Awe by Scott Russell Sanders
Staying Put: Making a Home in a Restless World by Scott Russell Sanders
Creeker: A Woman's Journey by Linda Scott Derosier
In Search of Our Mothers' Gardens by Alice Walker
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life by Barbara Kingsolver
A list of the previous Common Reading selections (all available in the OCTC campus library) is at: Previous Common Reading Books