U.S. News & World Report Recommends 9 Penguin Random House Titles in Their List of “10 Books to Read Before College”

By Spenser Stevens | July 19 2021 | GeneralHigh School

U.S. News & World Report, which publishes the most widely quoted annual set of rankings for American colleges and universities, recently shared their list of “10 Books to Read Before College.” Describing these books as “assigned texts [that] are regularly used in freshman-level classes and offer students a chance to come together to discuss a book they’ve all read,” the list includes nine titles published by Penguin Random House and Penguin Random House distribution partners, including:

 

Born a Crime by Trevor Noah 

Selected for common reading at: Northern Illinois University; the College of Engineering at the University of Michigan – Ann Arbor; Indiana University Kelley School of Business; Oklahoma City University; Syracuse University; Washington, State University; and many more

 

Educated by Tara Westover 

Selected for common reading at: Harvard University; New York University; University of California, Berkeley; University of South Carolina; and many more

 

Exit West by Mohsin Hamid

Selected for common reading at: University of California – Berkeley; New York University; Vassar College; Ramapo College; Georgetown University; University of Utah; Skidmore College; Chaffey College; Penn State Altoona; Pomona College; Connecticut College; Rhode Island College; Eastern Mennonite University; Muhlenberg College; St. Francis University; Smith College, and many more

 

How to be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi

Selected for common reading at: Skidmore College; Cornell University, Temple University College of Public Health, University of Denver, University of Michigan-Dearborn, and many more

 

Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson

Selected for common reading at: Seton Hall University; Northwestern University, Southern Methodist University, SUNY Binghamton, University of Michigan, University of Mississippi, and many more

 

Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid

Selected for common reading at: Duke University

 

There There by Tommy Orange

Selected for common reading at: California State University – Sacramento; Stanford University; SUNY Oswego; University of California – Berkley; University of California – Santa Cruz; University of Idaho; University of Montana; Vassar College; College of William & Mary; Cuyahoga Community College; Duke University; Lansing Community College; Manchester Community College; Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and many more

 

They Called Us Enemy by George Takei

Selected for common reading at: California State University – San Marcos; CUNY Queensborough Community College; San Diego State University, and many more

 

Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi

Selected for common reading at: College of St. Scholastica; Davidson College; Northeastern University; Simmons University; Tulane University; and University of Wisconsin, Madison

 

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