We created Unreadable Books to put you in the shoes of the 1 in 5 adult New Yorkers who are functionally illiterate. Books from 12 authors have had their titles scrambled so readers can feel what it’s like when reading’s a struggle.
The full list of titles in the Unreadable Books program are:
- The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
- Fruit of The Drunken Tree by Ingrid Roja Contreras
- The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
- An American Marriage by Tayari Jones
- Chaos by Patricia Cornwell
- The War of The Roses by Warren Adler
- Secrets of Cavendon by Barbara Taylor Bradford
- No One Can Pronounce My Name by Rakesh Satyal
- This Chair Rocks by Ashton Applewhite
- The Undesirables by Mark Isaacs
- Fall of Giants by Ken Follett
- People Like Us by Sayu Bhojwani
You can find these books in two New York City bookstores:
McNally Jackson – 76 N 4th St Unit G, Brooklyn, NY 11249
The Mysterious Bookshop – 1099, 58 Warren St, New York, NY 10007
