For Juniors in Mrs. Kies’ AP Language class:
This is a list of all the books the Platteville Public Library owns on your summer reading list, as well as all the books you can request from the other libraries in our system. Happy reading!

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Memoirs

at Platteville Public Library in the Southwest Wisconsin Library System call number # of pages Title Author
yes yes 306.4 Fad 339 The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down Anne Fadiman
yes yes B Barker, Russell 278 Growing Up Russell Baker
yes yes B McCourt Family 364 Angela’s Ashes Frank McCourt also on tape: PT B McCourt Family
yes yes B McCourt, Malachy 290 A Monk Swimming Malachy McCourt also on tape: PT B McCourt, Malachy
yes yes B Sedaris, David 291 Naked David Sedaris
yes yes B X, Malcolm 460 The Autobiography of Malcolm X 2 copies
yes 209 The Woman Warrior Maxine Hong Kingston
yes 304 This Boy’s Life Tobias Wolff
yes 205 In Patagonia Bruce Chatwin
yes 380 Out of Africa Isaak Dinesen
yes 214 An American Childhood Annie Dillard
yes 449 Hand To Mouth: A Chronicle of Early Failure Paul Auster
yes 316 Speak, Memory Vladimir Nabokov
yes 293 West with The Night Beryl Markham
yes 238 The Road From Coorain Jill Ker Conway
yes 328 The Color of Water James McBride
Colored People Henry Louis Gates
The Duke of Deception Geoffrey Wolff
Hunger of Memory Richard Rodriquez

Travel Narrative

at Platteville Public Library in the Southwest Wisconsin Library System call number # of pages Title Author
yes yes 914.4 Bry 276 A Walk in The Woods Bill Bryson
yes yes 914.5 May 280 Under the Tuscan Sun Francis Mayes
yes yes 944 May 207 A Year in Provence Peter Mayle
yes yes 973.7 Hor 406 Confederates in the Attic Tony Horwitz
yes 509 The Pillars of Hercules Paul Theroux
yes 379 The Great Railway Bazaar Paul Theroux
yes 438 Coming into the Country John McPhee
yes 246 Travels with Charley John Steinbeck
yes 307 Balkan Ghosts Robert Kaplan
yes 448 Blue Highways William Least-Heat Moon
yes 271 Travels with Lizbeth Lars Eighner
The Seasons of Rome Paul Hofmann
A Wolverine Is Eating My Leg Tim Cahill
Road Fever Tim Cahill

Essayists and other general non-fiction

at Platteville Public Library in the Southwest Wisconsin Library System call number # of pages Title Author
yes yes 305.42 Wol 348 The Beauty Myth Naomi Wolf (cultural criticism)
yes yes 305.568 Did 237 Slouching Towards Bethlehem Joan Didion (essays)
yes yes 305.569 Her 221 Nickel and Dimed Barbara Ehrenreich (cultural criticism)
yes yes 305.569 Shi 319 The Working Poor David K. Shipler (cultural criticism)
yes yes 364.1 Cap 343 In Cold Blood Truman Capote (true crime)
yes yes 394.1 Sch 356 Fast Food Nation Eric Schlosser (food)
yes yes 818 Tho 291 Walden Henry David Thoreau (nature)
yes yes 940.5318 Are 312 Eichmann in Jerusalem Hannah Arendt (political)
yes yes 976.1 Age 471 Let Us Now Praise Famous Men James Agee and Walker Evans (hard to classify)
yes yes B Bourdain, Anthony 307 Kitchen Confidential Anthony Bourdain (food)
yes 221 The White Album Joan Didion (essays)
yes 108 Salvador Joan Didion (travel/essays)
yes 428 Lincoln at Gettysburg Garry Wills (history)
yes 270 Mother Tongue Bill Bryson (language)
yes 417 Made in America Bill Bryson (language)
yes 194 Red Lobster, White Trash, and the Blue Lagoon Joe Queenan (cultural criticism)
yes 356 The Age of American Unreason Susan Jacoby (cultural criticism)
After Henry Joan Didion (essays)
The Armies of the Night Norman Mailer (war)
Homage to Catalonia George Orwell (political/war)
The Art of Eating M.F.K. Fisher (food critic)
I Lost It At the Movies Pauline Kael (film critic)
Waist-High in the World Nancy Mairs (essays)
The Miracle of Language Richard Lederer (language)
Socrates Cafe Christopher Phillips (philosophy)
Bad, or The Dumbing of America Paul Fussell (cultural criticism)
Into the Buzzsaw Kristina Borjesson (media studies)
Killed Cartoons David Wallis (media studies)

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