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Community Book Discussions Themes

If you’d like to pick a book or organize a series of discussions around a specific theme, here are several suggestions (by no means exhaustive) from which to choose. Of course, you are welcome to mix and match titles in any way. Most titles are found in the fiction section. Titles with an asterisk (*) are listed in the nonfiction section.


African and African American
Beloved
Going To Meet the Man
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings*
Invisible Man
Jonah’s Gourd Vine
Their Eyes Were Watching God
The Women of Brewster Place


American Dream
Death of a Salesman
The Grapes of Wrath
The Great Gatsby
Rabbit Is Rich


Art
Frida: A Biography of Frida Kahlo*
The Horse’s Mouth
A Room of One’s Own*


Asian American
Farewell to Manzanar*
No-No Boy
Snow Falling on Cedars
Thousand Pieces of Gold
What the Scarecrow Said


Between Fences
Black Elk Speaks*
Caramelo
The Devil’s Highway*
Enrique’s Journey*
Farewell to Manzanar*
The Grapes of Wrath
Hard Line*
The Hummingbird’s Daughter
Lazy B*
Lives on the Line*
The Milagro Beanfield War
The Sea of Grass
The Tortilla Curtain


Biography
Beyond the Hundredth Meridian*
Billy the Kid*
Frida: A Biography of Frida Kahlo*
Sunk Without a Sound*
Vanished Arizona*


Coming of Age
Bless Me, Ultima
The Chosen
Crazy Weather
Daisy Miller
Housekeeping
Hummingbird’s Daughter
Hunger of Memory*
The Iguana Killer
The Kite Runner
Life of Pi
Lost in Translation*
Siddhartha
These is My Words
To Kill a Mockingbird


Community
Animal Dreams
Caramelo
Empire Falls
The Handmaid’s Tale
The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse
Plainsong
The Professor’s House
What the Scarecrow Said
The Tortilla Curtain


Difference
The Crucible
The Elephant Man
A Good Man Is Hard To Find
The Hummingbird’s Daughter
Invisible Man
Life of Pi
The Tortilla Curtain


Environment
Animal Dreams
Beyond the Hundredth Meridian*
The Brave Cowboy
Death Comes for the Archbishop
Desert Solitaire*
The Devil’s Highway
Encounters with the Archdruid*
Going Back to Bisbee*
Hard Line*
The Land of Little Rain
The Milagro Beanfield War
The Monkey Wrench Gang
People of the Valley
A Sand County Almanac*
The Sea of Grass
These is My Words
Wildfire: A Reader*
Winter Brothers: A Season at the Edge of America*
Young Men and Fire*


Families
Animal Dreams
Beloved
Bless Me, Ultima
Caramelo
Enrique’s Journey*
Filaree
Howard’s End
The Hummingbird’s Daughter
The Iguana Killer
Jonah’s Gourd Vine
Life of Pi
One Hundred Years of Solitude
Plainsong
The Sea of Grass
The Shipping News
These is My Words
The Tie That Binds
To Kill a Mockingbird
The Tortilla Curtain
An Unfinished Life
Where Angels Fear To Tread
The Women of Brewster Place


Finding Meaning in Life
Black Elk Speaks*
The Chosen
Death of a Salesman
The Horse’s Mouth
The House of Mirth
Life of Pi
A Room of One’s Own*
Siddhartha
Slaughterhouse-Five
Their Eyes Were Watching God
An Unfinished Life


Hispanic and Latin American
Bless Me, Ultima
Caramelo
Cuentos Chicanos
The Devil’s Highway*
Enrique’s Journey*
Frida: A Biography of Frida Kahlo*
Hard Line*
The Hummingbird’s Daughter
Hunger of Memory*
I, Rigoberta Menchu*
The Iguana Killer
La Maravilla
Lives on the Line*
The Milagro Beanfield War
One Hundred Years of Solitude
The Tortilla Curtain

International
The Kite Runner
Life of Pi
Lost in Translation*
Reading Lolita in Tehran*
Siddhartha
Slaughterhouse-Five


Marriage
The Age of Innocence
Daisy Miller
Grand Ambition
The House of Mirth
Howard's End
A Room of One’s Own*
A Room with a View
The Turn of the Screw
Washington Square
Where Angels Fear To Tread


Memoirs/Autobiography
Farewell to Manzanar*
Going Back to Bisbee*
Hunger of Memory*
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings*
Lazy B*
Lost in Translation*
The Names*
Reading Lolita in Tehran*
Vanished Arizona*


Mythic West
Billy the Kid*
The Brave Cowboy
The Bronc People
Buffalo Girls
Dance Hall of the Dead
Fool’s Crow
The Ghostway
Grand Ambition
The Ox-Bow Incident
The Sea of Grass
These is My Words
Vanished Arizona*
The Virginian


Native American
Black Elk Speaks*
Ceremony
Crazy Weather
Dance Hall of the Dead
The Dine’*
Fool’s Crow
The Ghostway
Lame Deer, Seeker of Visions*
The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse
The Names*


Plays
The Crucible
Death of a Salesman
The Elephant Man


Rebels
Desert Solitaire*
The Milagro Beanfield War
The Monkey Wrench Gang
No-No Boy
To Kill a Mockingbird


Rights and Justice
The Crucible
The Grapes of Wrath
The Handmaid’s Tale
Invisible Man
The Ox-Bow Incident
Thousand Pieces of Gold
To Kill a Mockingbird


Short Stories
Cuentos Chicanos
Going To Meet the Man
A Good Man Is Hard To Find
The Iguana Killer
Short Story Masterpieces


Western History and Journeys
Arizona: A History*
Beyond the Hundredth Meridian*
A Bride Goes West*
A Colorado River Reader*
Crazy Weather
Death Comes for the Archbishop
The Devil’s Highway*
The Dine’*
Encounters with the Archdruid*
Enrique’s Journey*
Filaree
Going Back to Bisbee*
Grand Ambition
The Grapes of Wrath
Lame Deer, Seeker of Visions*
Lazy B*
Lives on the Line*
People of the Valley
The Sea of Grass
Sunk Without a Sound*
These is My Words
Thousand Pieces of Gold
Vanished Arizona*
Wildfire: A Reader*
Young Men and Fire*


Women
Animal Dreams
Beloved
A Bride Goes West*
Buffalo Girls
Caramelo
Daisy Miller
Filaree
The Handmaid’s Tale
The House of Mirth
The Hummingbird’s Daughter
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings*
I, Rigoberta Menchu*
Jane Eyre
Reading Lolita in Tehran*
A Room of One’s Own*
Their Eyes Were Watching God
These is My Words
The Tie That Binds
Thousand Pieces of Gold
Vanished Arizona*
Washington Square
The Women of Brewster Place


World War II
Ceremony
Farewell to Manzanar*
No-No Boy
Slaughterhouse-Five
Snow Falling on Cedars
What the Scarecrow Said