Previous Years

Archives of the WSU Common Reading Program

Book cover for Born a Crime.2020 Archives (coming soon)

Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood, by Trevor Noah was the fourteenth WSU Common Reading book, utilized during the 2020-21 academic year.


Book cover for Refuge.2019 Archives (coming soon)

Refuge: Rethinking Refugee Policy in a Changing World, by Alexander Betts and Paul Collier was the thirteenth WSU Common Reading book, utilized during the 2019-20 academic year.


Book cover for Soonish.2018 Archives (coming soon)

Soonish: Ten Emerging Technologies That’ll Improve and/or Ruin Everything, by Kelly Weinersmith and Zach Weinersmith was the twelfth WSU Common Reading book, utilized during the 2018-19 academic year.


Book cover for Ready Player One.2017 Archives

Ready Player One, by Ernest Cline was the eleventh WSU Common Reading book, utilized during the 2017-18 academic year.


Book cover of I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and was Shot by the Taliban.2016 Archives

I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and was Shot by the Taliban, by Malala Yousafzai with Christina Lamb was the tenth WSU Common Reading book, utilized during the 2016-17 academic year.


Book cover of Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption, by Bryan Stevenson.2015 Archives

Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption by Bryan Stevenson was the ninth WSU Common Reading book, utilized during the 2015-16 academic year.


Book cover of Garbology.2014 Archives

Garbology: Our Dirty Love Affair with Trash by Edward Humes was the eighth WSU Common Reading book, utilized during the 2014-15 academic year.


Book cover of Being Wrong.2013 Archives

Being Wrong: Adventures in the Margin of Error by Kathryn Schulz was selected as the WSU Common Reading book for the 2013-14 academic year.


The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks.2012 Archives

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot was the sixth WSU Common Reading book for the 2012-13 academic year.


Book cover of Physics for Future Presidents.2011 Archives

Physics for Future Presdients: The Science behind the Headlines by Richard A. Muller was chosen as the fifth WSU Common Reading book for the 2011-12 academic year.


Book cover of Stones into Schools.2010 Archives

Stones into Schools: Promoting Peace with Books, not Bombs by Greg Mortenson was chosen as the fourth WSU Common Reading book for the 2010-11 academic year.


Book cover of Omnivore's Dilemma.2009 Archives

Omnivore’s Dilemma: A History of Four Meals by Michael Pollan was chosen as the third WSU Common Reading book for the 2009-10 academic year.


Book cover of Stiff.2008 Archives

Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach was selected as the second WSU Common Reading book for the 2008-09 academic year.


Flu2007 Archives

Flu: The Story of the Great Influenza Pandemic of 1918 by Gina Kolata was the first WSU Common Reading book for the 2007-08 academic year.