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NEA Big Read

An initiative of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with Arts Midwest, the NEA Big Read broadens our understanding of our world, our communities, and ourselves through the joy of sharing a good book. Showcasing a diverse range of contemporary titles that reflect many different voices and perspectives, the NEA Big Read aims to inspire conversation and discovery.
This are all of the past and present books chosen by the NEA as of March 2018.
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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
1
Mark Twain
The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears by Dinaw Mengestu
The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears by Dinaw Mengestu
2
The Big Smoke (Adrian Matejka)
The Big Smoke
3
Adrian Matejka
Bless Me, Ultima (Rudolfo Anaya)
Bless Me, Ultima
4
Rudolfo Anaya
Book of Hours (Kevin Young)
Book of Hours
5
Kevin Young
The Bridge of San Luis Rey (Thornton Wilder)
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
6
Thornton Wilder
Brother, I'm Dying (Edwidge Danticat)
Brother, I'm Dying
7
Edwidge Danticat
Burning Bright: Stories (Ron Rash)
Burning Bright: Stories
8
Ron Rash
The Call of the Wild (Jack London)
The Call of the Wild
9
Jack London
Can't We Talk About Something More Pleasant? (Roz Chast)
Can't We Talk About Something More Pleasant?
10
Roz Chast
Citizen (Claudia Rankine)
Citizen
11
Claudia Rankine
Everything I Never Told You (Celeste Ng)
Everything I Never Told You
12
Celeste Ng
Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
Fahrenheit 451
13
Ray Bradbury
A Farewell to Arms (Ernest Hemingway)
A Farewell to Arms
14
Ernest Hemingway
Five Skies (Ron Carlson)
Five Skies
15
Ron Carlson
Gilead (Marilynne Robinson)
Gilead
16
Marilynne Robinson
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath
17
John Steinbeck
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
18
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Great Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe (Edgar Allan Poe)
Great Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe
19
Edgar Allan Poe
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (Carson McCullers)
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
20
Carson McCullers
Housekeeping (Marilynne Robinson)
Housekeeping
21
Marilynne Robinson
How We Became Human (Joy Harjo)
How We Became Human
22
Joy Harjo
In the Shadow of the Banyan (Vaddey Ratner)
In the Shadow of the Banyan
23
Vaddey Ratner
In the Time of the Butterflies (Julia Alvarez)
In the Time of the Butterflies
24
Julia Alvarez
Into the Beautiful North
Into the Beautiful North
25
The Joy Luck Club (Amy Tan)
The Joy Luck Club
26
Amy Tan
The Latehomecomer: A Hmong Family Memoir (Kao Kalia Yang)
The Latehomecomer: A Hmong Family Memoir
27
Kao Kalia Yang
A Lesson Before Dying (Ernest J. Gaines)
A Lesson Before Dying
28
Ernest J. Gaines
Love Medicine (Louise Erdrich)
Love Medicine
29
Louise Erdrich
The Maltese Falcon (Dashiell Hammett)
The Maltese Falcon
30
Dashiell Hammett
My Antonia (Willa Cather)
My Antonia
31
Willa Cather
The Namesake (Jhumpa Lahiri)
The Namesake
32
Jhumpa Lahiri
Old School (Tobias Wolff)
Old School
33
Tobias Wolff
Our Town (Thornton Wilder)
Our Town
34
Thornton Wilder
Poems by Emily Dickinson
Poems by Emily Dickinson
35
Pretty Monsters (Kelly Link)
Pretty Monsters
36
Kelly Link
The Round House (Louise Erdrich)
The Round House
37
Louise Erdrich
Selected Poems of Robinson Jeffers (Jeffers)
Selected Poems of Robinson Jeffers
38
Jeffers
The Shawl
The Shawl
39
Silver Sparrow
Silver Sparrow
40
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