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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:

2017	*Station Eleven* (NEA Big Read) by Emily St. John Mandel
2016	*Just Mercy* by Bryan Stevenson
2015	*Orange is the New Black: My Year in a Women's Prison* by Piper Kerman
2014	*The Big Burn: Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire That Saved America* by Timothy Egan
2013	*Moonwalking with Einstein: the Art and Science of Remembering Everything* by Joshua Foer
2013	*The Things They Carried* (NEA Big Read) by Tim O'Brien
2012	*Moby-Duck* by Donovan Hohn
2011	*The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks* by Rebecca Skloot
2010	*Enrique's Journey* by Sonia Nazario
2009	*Fahrenheit 451* (NEA Big Read) by Ray Bradbury
2009	*Ethics for the New Millennium* by His Holiness the Dalai Lama
2008	*Housekeeping* by Marilynne Robinson
2008	*The Travels of a T-Shirt in the Global Economy* by Pietra Rivoli
2007	Mountains Beyond Mountains by Tracy Kidder
2007	*Island of the Blue Dolphins* by Scott O'Dell
2007	*Field Notes from a Catastrophe:* *Man, Nature, and Climate Change* by Elizabeth Kolbert
2006	*My California: Journeys By Great Writers* edited by Donna Wares
2005	*When the Emperor was Divine* by Julie Otsuka
2004	*The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time* by Mark Haddon
2003	*Life of Pi* by Yann Martel
2002	*The Tortilla Curtain* by T.C. Boyle