Peace Corps


River Town: Two Years on the Yangtze
Nine Hills to Nambonkaha: Two Years in the Heart of an African Village
Slaughterhouse-Five
The Poisonwood Bible
The Alchemist
Life of Pi
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter, #3)
The Book Thief
Living Poor: A Peace Corps Chronicle
Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the World
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)
First Comes Love, then Comes Malaria: How a Peace Corps Poster Boy Won My Heart and a Third World Adventure Changed My Life
Me Talk Pretty One Day
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter, #2)
Monique and the Mango Rains: Two Years With a Midwife in Mali
Little Princes by Conor GrennanBetween Inca Walls, A Peace Corps Memoir by Evelyn Kohl LaTorreRiver Town by Peter HesslerMonique and the Mango Rains by Kris HollowayThe Color of the Elephant by Christine  Herbert
Volunteers - Memoirs
74 books — 24 voters
River Town by Peter HesslerThe Color of the Elephant by Christine  HerbertMonique and the Mango Rains by Kris HollowayNine Hills to Nambonkaha by Sarah ErdmanThe Village of Waiting by George Packer
Best Peace Corps Books
74 books — 92 voters

Paul Theroux
The Peace Corps was innocent and inefficient, and we weren't under any pressure to join. ...more
Paul Theroux

Peter Hessler
Like many Peace Corps volunteers all over the world, I found that the parent visit was a kind of revelation: suddenly I saw how much I had learned and how much I had forgotten.
Peter Hessler, River Town: Two Years on the Yangtze

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