The Common Read
The common read is more than an assignment—it’s an invitation to join the conversation!
New students will discuss the common read during Orientation. Books are selected to encourage critical thinking and deliberation.
2026 Common Read
This year, our campus community is reading Everything is Tuberculosis by John Green.
Books will be mailed to all incoming students in mid-June.
Past Reads
Common Read Books from recent years include:
- 2025: The Light Pirate
- 2024: The Courage of Compassion
- 2023: The Movement Made Us
- 2022: How the Word Is Passed
- 2021: Transcendent Kingdom
- 2020: Just Mercy
- 2019: My Brother Moochie
- 2018: Color and Character
- 2017: Good Kings Bad Kings
- 2016: Between the World and Me
- 2015: Americanah
- 2014: The Other Wes Moore
- 2013: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks