Behind the Headlines

Now that the literary events for this year’s Big Read program are over, organizers are setting up plans for the next go-round.

The book that was chosen this year was Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury. They are now discussing more than a dozen possible titles for Big Read 2008.

The idea is to follow the mold of this year’s program, including book club discussions, marquee events, film showings, etc. Any thoughts?
Here’s the list of books they are choosing from:
Bless Me, Ultima by Rudolfo Anaya
My Ántonia by Willa Cather
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest Gaines
The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett
A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway
Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
The Call of the Wild by Jack London
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers
The Shawl by Cynthia Ozick
The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan
The Death of Ivan Ilych by Leo Tolstoy
The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton