Summer Reading List 2011
Memoirs
This year we are asking all students to read one memoir from the following list. We have offered a wide
variety of options (over 100 titles) in hopes that you will find at least one that interests you. All titles have been well-
reviewed. However, it is the nature of the memoir to examine personal challenges, and thus these works vary in terms of
readability and may include mature content. Therefore, we encourage student to involve parents in helping them select a
book that is right for them. Reviews of all these books can be found on online bookseller websites.
Author Title
Adorjan, Johanna An Exclusive Love
Agassi, Andre Open
Ali, Ayan Kirsi Infidel
Armstrong, Lance It's Not About the Game
Axelrod, Jim In the Long Run: A Father, a Son, and Unintentional Lessons in Happiness
Bauby, Jean Dominque Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Beah, Ishmael A Long Way Home:Memoirs of a Boy Soldier
Bradley, Bill My Life on the Road
Bragg, Rick All Over But the Shoutin'
Bryson, Bill The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid: A Memoir
Burroughs, Augusten Dry
Burroughs, Augusten Running With Scissors
Chang, Jung Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China
Clapton, Eric Clapton: The Autobiography
Cleary, Beverly A Girl from Yamhill
Conlon, Edward Blue Blood
Conroy, Pat My Losing Season
Conway, Jill Ker Road From Coorain
Deresiewicz, William A Jane Austen Education: How Six Novels Taught Me About Love, Friendship, and the Things That Really Matter
deWaal, Edmund The Hare With Amber Eyes: A Family's Century of Art and Loss
Dillard, Annie An American Childhood
Dubus, Andre Townie
Dugard, Martin To Be a Runner: How Racing Up Mountains, Running with the Bulls, or Just Taking On a 5-K Makes You a Better Person
Dumas, Firoozah Funny in Farsi
Dungy, Tony Quiet Strength
Dunn, Warrick Running for My Life
Eire, Carlos Waiting for Snow in Havana: Confessions of a Cuban Boy
Fey, Tina Bossypants
Feynman, Richard "Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!" (adventures of a Curious Character)
Summer Reading List 2011
Memoirs
Finkel, David The Good Soldiers
Fisher, Derek Character Driven
Fong-Torres, Ben The Rice Room: Growing Up Chinese-American From Number Two Son to Rock 'n' Roll
Gill, Michael Gates How Starbucks Saved My Life: A Son of Privilege Learns to Live Like Everyone Else
Graham, Katherine Personal History
Grandin, Temple Thinking in Pictures
Hamilton, Gabrielle Blood, Bones, and Butter
Hari, Daoud The Translator: A Memoir
Harrison, George I, Me, Mine
Hickam, Homer Rocket Boys
Hill, Julia Butterfly The Legacy of Luna: The Story of a Tree, a Woman, and the Struggle to Save the Redwoods
Hnida, Dr. Dave Paradise General: Riding the Surge at a Combat Hospital in Iraq
Howe, Ben Ryder My Korean Deli: Risking It All For A Convenience Store
Hurston, Zora Neale Dust Tracks on a Road
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James, LeBron & Bissinger, Buzz hooting Stars
Joyner-Kersee, Jackie A Kind of Grace: The Autobiography of the World's Greatest Female Athlete
Karr, Mary The Liar's Club
Kaysen, Susanna Girl Interrupted
Kimmel, Haven A Girl Named Zippy: Growing Up Small in Moorlland, Indiana
Kimmel, Haven She Got Up Off the Couch and Other Heroic Acts From Mooreland, Indiana
Kingston, Maxine Hong Woman Warrior
Leonard, Sugar Ray The Big Fight: My Life In and Out of the Ring
Maathai, Wangari Unbowed: A Memoir
Mah, Adeline Chinese Cinderella:The True Story of an Unwanted Daughter
Mah, Adeline Falling Leaves
Mancuso, Sarah The Two Kinds of Decay
Markham, Beryl West With the Night
Martin, Steve Born Standing Up
Marton, Kati Enemies of the People
Marx, Jeffrey Season of Life: A Football Star, A Boy, A Journey to Manhood
McBride, James The Color of Water
McCourt, Frank Angela's Ashes
McDougall, Sean Born To Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen
Meggysey, Dave Out of Their League
Min, Anchee Red Azalea
Moehringer, J.R. The Tender Bar
Moses, Kate Cakewalk: A Memoir
Nabokov, Vladimir Speak, Memory
Summer Reading List 2011
Memoirs
Nafisi, Azar Reading Lolita in Tehran
O'Brien, Tim If I Die in a Combat Zone: Box Me Up and Ship Me Home
Obama, Barack Dreams From My Father
Oher, Michael I Beat the Odds: From Homelessness, to the Blind Side, and Beyond
Patchett, Ann Truth and Beauty
Paul, Allan Big in China
Pausch, Randy The Last Lecture
Pele´ Pele´: My Life and The Beautiful Game
Renn, Crystal Hungry
Rice, Condoleezza Extraordinary, Ordinary People: A Memoir of Family
Robison, John Elder Look Me in the Eye: My Life with Asperger's
Robison, John Elder Be Different
Rodriguez, Luis Always Running
Rosenthal, Amy Krouse Encyclopedia of an Ordinary Life
Sachs, Oliver Uncle Tungsten: Memories of a Chemical Boyhood
Satrapi, Marjane Persepolis
Sebold, Alice Lucky
Sedaris, David Me Talk Pretty One Day
Sheff, Nic Tweak
Small, David Stitches
Smith, Alison Name All the Animals
Smith, Patti Just Kids
Strauss, Darin Half a Life
Tan, Amy The Opposite of Fate
Taylor, Jill Bolte My Stroke of Insight
Torre, Joe The Yankee Years
Volk, Patricia Stuffed: Adventures of a Restaurant Family
Walls, Jeannette The Glass Castle
Wilson, Diane An Unreasonable Woman: A True Story of Shrimpers, Politicos, Polluters, and the Fight for Seadrift, Texas
Wolff, Mishna I'm Down
Wolff, Tobias This Boy's Life
Wooden, John John Wooden: A Lifetime of Observations and Reflections On and Off the Court
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