First-Gen Reading List

I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter

by Erika L. Sanchez

Educated

by Tara Westover

Bread Givers

by Anzia Yezierska

Every Student Has a Story: Personal Narratives from First-Gen Students

by TRIO Student Support Services at IPFW

50 Things I Wish Someone Would Have Told Me About College

by Angel D. Flores, Dion Duran, and others

Undocumented: A Dominican Boy's Odyssey from a Homeless Shelter to the Ivy League

by Dan-el Padilla Peralta

The Invitation

by Anne Cherian

The Glass Castle

by Jeannette Walls

My Beloved World

by Sonja Sotomayor

The Journey Before Us

by Laura Nichols