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Overview
Founded in 1998, Seattle Reads is a city-wide book group, where people are encouraged to read and discuss the same book. Originally called “If All of Seattle Read the Same Book,” Seattle Reads was the first “One Book, One City” program. It proved so popular that that concept has spread across all 50 states and even internationally. These programs are designed to deepen engagement in literature through reading and discussion.
(Note: No book was chosen in 2000.)
(Note: No book was chosen in 2000.)
Seattle Reads
5 participants (25 books)
Overview
Founded in 1998, Seattle Reads is a city-wide book group, where people are encouraged to read and discuss the same book. Originally called “If All of Seattle Read the Same Book,” Seattle Reads was the first “One Book, One City” program. It proved so popular that that concept has spread across all 50 states and even internationally. These programs are designed to deepen engagement in literature through reading and discussion.
(Note: No book was chosen in 2000.)
(Note: No book was chosen in 2000.)
Challenge Books
3
Fooling with Words: A Celebration of Poets and Their Craft
Bill Moyers
Year: 2001
6
(bonus)
The House of the Spirits
Isabel Allende
The 2004 series featured seven titles from Allende's body of work.
- “My Invented Country: A Nostalgic Journey Through Chile” (HarperCollins, 2003)
- “City of the Beasts” (HarperCollins, 2002)
- “Paula” (HarperCollins, 1995)
- “The Infinite Plan” (HarperCollins, 1993)
- “The Stories of Eva Luna” (Atheneum, 1991)
- “Eva Luna” (Knopf, 1988)
- “The House of the Spirits” (Knopf, 1985)
8
Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood
Marjane Satrapi
Year: 2006
10
The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears
Dinaw Mengestu
Year: 2008
