The following are the top seven selections for the 2008 United We Read. These are all excellent books and the MARRT committee recommends these to add to your reading list.

Water For Elephants by Sara Gruen

A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest Gaines

TheBridge of San Luis Rey by Thornton Wilder

Drinking Coffee Elsewhere by ZZ Packer

The Glass Castle:  A Memoir by Jeannette Walls

The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood

The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid