What Should College Freshmen Be Reading?

Many colleges now assign reading to all incoming freshman. Below are five nonfiction titles that are popular among colleges this fall.

Enrique's Journey by Sonia Nazario
A 17-year-old boy risks his life traveling from his native Honduras to the U.S. in search of his mother, who left when he was 5.

The Soloist by Steve Lopez
A memoir turned movie (starring Robert Downy, Jr. and Jamie Foxx-now out on DVD) about a journalist who befriends a homeless violinist and tries to help him find success onstage.

Zeitoun by Dave Eggers
A New Orleans resident who stays behind after Hurricane Katrina is arrested and accused of belonging to Al-Qaeda.

This I Believe by Jay Allison and Dan Ediman, eds.
Editors Allison and Gedman collected essays from the National Public Radio series This I Believe
about people's guiding values.

The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Polan
A critical look at the American food chain from cornfield to factory farm to drive-thru window.
Very timely with the current egg recall from Iowas farms that led to salmonella outbreaks.

Source: http://www.parade.com/