UMass Amherst

Past Dean's Book Course Book Selections

Elegy for Iris jacket
Fall 2001
Elegy for Iris by John Bayley

Brothers and Keepers jacket
Spring 2002
Brothers and Keepers by John Edgar Wideman

Professor and the Madman jacket
Fall 2002
The Professor and the Madman by Simon Winchester

Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius jacket
Spring 2003
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers

The Natural jacket
Fall 2003
The Natural by Joe Klein

Bodega Dreams jacket
Spring 2004
Bodega Dreams by Ernesto Quiñonez

Small Wonder jacket
Fall 2004
Small Wonder by Barbara Kingsolver

War Is a Forece That Gives Us Meaning jacket
Spring 2005
War is a Force That Gives Us Meaning by Chris Hedges

Remaking Eden jacket
Fall 2005
Remaking Eden by Lee M. Silver

The Working Poor jacket

Spring 2006
The Working Poor by David K. Shipler

Aquariums of Pyongyang jacket

Fall 2006
The Aquariums of Pyongyang by Kang Chol-Hwan and Pierre Rigoulot

Persepolis and Persepolis 2 jackets

Spring 2007
Persepolis and Persepolis 2 by Marjane Satrapi

Terror in the Name of God

Fall 2007
Terror in the Name of God by Jessica Stern

A Primate's Memoir

Spring 2008
A Primate's Memoir by Robert M. Sapolsky

A Primate's Memoir

Fall 2008
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer

Terror in the Name of God

Spring 2009
Monique and the Mango Rains by Kris Halloway