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Ruth Amos

Ruth Amos has worked on children's and adults' books for more than 10 years as an editor and author. She has written several books for DK including the Disney Pixar Toy Story 4 Official Guide, as well as sticker books and character guides for Disney, Marvel, and Star Wars. Ruth lives in London with her cat Mr. Alfred Pickles.

2025 Catalog for First-Year & Common Reading

We are delighted to present our new First-Year & Common Reading Catalog for 2025! From award-winning fiction, poetry, memoir, and biography to new books about science, technology, history, student success, the environment, public health, and current events, the titles presented in our common reading catalog will have students not only eagerly flipping through the pages,

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What Students Will Be Reading: Campus Common Reading Roundup, 2024-25

With the fall semester in full swing, colleges and universities around the country have announced their Common Reading books for the upcoming 2024-25 academic year. We’ve compiled a list of over 340 programs and their title selections from publicly available sources, which you can download here: First-Year Reading 2024-25. We will continue to update this

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