Tapping The Great Wisdom, #2: Great books for the college-bound.

[silveradept]

So, my workplace is putting together a book list of books that kids who are college-bound should read. The lists that are the base point for such a thing are remarkably full of old dudes, white dudes, dead dudes, straight dudes, and a good smattering of old, dead, white, straight dudes. A little diversity is in order, and it's been actively solicited from us.

So, while they're still in the formative stages, any suggestions for good books for the college bound that can bring some color and alternative thinking into their lives before they go?

(Not to say that really good books by men, white men, dead white men, and straight dead white men won't be accepted, but they're already pretty well represented, yeh?)

Comments

[jenett]

Alex Award winners? (adult-aimed fic + nonfic that's a great read for younger readers). They've made a decent attempt to have diverse voices, though it's imperfect.

[silveradept]

I think they want something a little less year-based and something more "we only want to reprint this every five years or so."