Past Core Books

2000: Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom

2001: A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest Gaines

2002: Two Old Women by Velma Wallis

2003: Postville by Stephen Bloom

2004: Water Runs Downhill by Arne Waldstein

2005: The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini

2006: Common Nonsense by Andy Rooney

2007: A Sand County Almanac by Aldo Leopold

2008: A Long Way Gone by Eshmael Beah

2009: The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch

2010: Stones Into Schools by Greg Mortenson

2011: Hidden Heritage by Barbara Marshak and Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell

2012: Half a Life by Darin Strauss