Santa Barbara Reads is a reading program that encourages community members to read a chosen book, engage in discussions about it, and participate in related events sponsored by the Public Library system. Copies of the books (in various formats) are available at all local public libraries.
Santa Barbara Reads Previous Selections:
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2016
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Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson
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2015
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Orange is the New Black: My Year in a Women's Prison by Piper Kerman
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2014
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The Big Burn: Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire That Saved America by Timothy Egan
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2013
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Moonwalking with Einstein: the Art and Science of Remembering Anything
by Joshua Foer
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| 2013 |
The Things They Carried (NEA Big Read)
by Tim O'Brien
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2012
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Moby-Duck: the true story of 28,800 bath toys lost at sea, and of the beachcombers, oceanographers, environmentalists, and fools-- including the author-- who went in search of them
by Donovan Hohn
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2011
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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
by Rebecca Skloot
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| 2010 |
Enrique's Journey
by Sonia Nazario |
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2009
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Fahrenheit 451 (NEA Big Read)
by Ray Bradbury
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2009
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Ethics for the New Millennium
by His Holiness the Dalai Lama
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2008
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Housekeeping
by Marilynne Robinson
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2008
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The Travels of a T-Shirt in the Global Economy: An Economist Examines the Markets, Power, and Politics of World Trade
by Pietra Rivoli
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| 2007 |
Mountains Beyond Mountains
by Tracy Kidder
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| 2007 |
Island of the Blue Dolphins
by Scott O'Dell |
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| 2007 |
Field Notes from a Catastrophe : Man, Nature, and Climate Change
by Elizabeth Kolbert |
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| 2006 |
My California: Journeys By Great Writers
edited by Donna Wares |
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| 2005 |
When the Emperor was Divine
by Julie Otsuka |
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| 2004 |
The Curious Incident of
the Dog in the Night-Time
by Mark Haddon |
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| 2003 |
Life of Pi
by Yann Martel |
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| 2002 |
The Tortilla Curtain
by T.C. Boyle |
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