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2004 Common Reading Finalists

This page contains the list of 2004 finalists, alphabetized by author, that were considered by the Common Book Selection Committee. To read the summaries and reviews of these books, click on the linked titles. You will be taken to the Barnes & Noble website. For comments or suggestions, please send an e-mail to orientation@case.edu.

  1. Kindred
    Octavia Butler
  2. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America
    Barbara Ehrenreich,
  3. Finding Fish
    Antwone Fisher
  4. Future of Ideas
    Lawrence Lessig
  5. Lies My Teacher Told Me
    James Loewen
  6. Reading Lolita in Tehran
    Azar Nafisi
  7. Regarding the Pain of Others
    Susan Sontag
  8. First Darling of the Morning: Selected Memories of an Indian Childhood
    Thrity Umrigar
  9. Certain Trumpets: The Nature of Leadership
    Garry Wills
  10. Future of Life
    Edward O. Wilson