Nominations
Nominations are now being accepted for the 2024-25 common book. We are looking for books that meet this year’s theme:
Radical hope - Books that take readers from inspiration to action.
Nominate a book now!
How we pick books
The selection committee, made up of students, staff, and faculty, reviews nominations and narrows down the list of titles to one. Their work officially begins in the summer and ends in November.
Spring 2023 | Select a theme Form a committee Solicit book nominations |
Summer 2023 | Review book samples and narrow to 12 |
Fall 2023 | Read books and narrow to 3 Solicit campus feedback the top 3 books Rank titles and get feedback from the Provost |
Spring 2024 | Announce the book |
Nominated for the 2024-25 academic year
A Man Called Ove - Fredrik Backman
The Belles - Dhonielle Clayton
How You Say It: Why We Judge Others by the Way They Talk—and the Costs of This Hidden Bias - Katherine Kinzler
Deaf Utopia: A Memoir―and a Love Letter to a Way of Life - Nyle DiMarco and Robert Siebert
Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-First Century - Alice Wong
What the Eyes Don't See: A Story of Crisis, Resistance, and Hope in an American City - Mona Hanna-Attisha
On the Line: Two Women's Epic Fight to Build a Union - Daisy Pitkin
Saving Us: A Climate Scientist's Case for Hope and Healing in a Divided World - Katharine Hayhoe
The Good Food Revolution: Growing Healthy Food, People, and Communities - Will Allen
Good Arguements - Bo Seo
Solito Javier - Zamora
The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and The Horse - Charlie Mackesy
Radical Inclusion: Seven Steps to Help You Create a More Just Workplace, Home and World - David Moinina Sengeh
Coyote America: A Natural and Supernatural History - Dan Flores
Long Way Down - Jason Reynolds
A Long Walk To Water - Linda Sue Park
The Humans - Matt Haig
Milk and Honey - Rupi Kaur
Lore Olympus: Volume One - Rachel Smythe- Persephone
The Comfort Crisis - Michael Easter
Long Way Down - Jason Reynolds
I Am Strong: The Life and Journey of an Autistic Pastor - Lamar Hardwick
Mario Barradas and Son Jarocho: The Journey of a Mexican Regional Music - Yolanda Broyles-González
John Lewis: Making Good Trouble - Amanda Jackson Green
Sisters of the Lost Nation - Nick Medina
Station Eleven - Emily St. John Mandel
The Measure - Nikki Erlick