All Iowa Reads

The purpose of All Iowa Reads is to encourage Iowans statewide to read and talk about a single title in the same year. Libraries and other local organizations are encouraged to sponsor discussions of the title.

• 2009.  The Rope Walk by Carrie Brown 
  
• 2008.  Digging to America by Anne Tyler
  

• 2007.  Splendid Solution:  Jonas Salk and the Conquest of Polio by Jeffrey Kluger
  
• 2006. Gilead by Marilynne Robinson
• 2005. The Master Butchers Singing Club by Louise Erdrich
• 2004. Niagara Falls All Over Again by Elizabeth McCracken
• 2003. Peace Like a River by Leif Enger
  
  

Other titles considered for 2010

• A Person of Interest by Susan Choi

• America, America by Ethan Canin
• Gardens of Water by Alan Drew
• Irreplaceable by Stephen Lovely
• Mudbound by Hillary Jordan
  

Criteria used to select the All Iowa Reads title

The Book must:

1. Be available in paperback, large print and unabridged audio
2. Lend itself to in-depth discussion and raise universal social issues relevant to Iowans
3. Be accessible to adults and high school age youth

It is desirable, but not required, that the book:

1. Have an Iowa or Midwest connection
2. Is a recent publication that has not been widely read

For more information, contact the Coordinator of the Iowa Center for the Book.