In the fall of 2011, the University of Connecticut introduced UConn Reads, a common reading program that invites the University community to join in a book discussion which culminates with the author of the chosen book holding an open discussion/lecture about their work.

 

 

UConn Reads: Current and Previous Selections

2023-2024 (Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and Agriculture Sustainabilityachings of Plants)

Braiding Sweetgrass
by Robin Wall Kimmerer

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2020-2021  (Acceptance, Creativity, and Joy: An Asian American Sci-Fi Journey into Transgender Identity Formation)

Light From Uncommon Stars
by Ryka Aoki

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2020-2021  (Climate Change)

The Great Derangement: Climate Change and the Unthinkable
by Amitav Ghosh

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2018-2019  (Novel)

A Game of Thrones : A Song of Fire and Ice
by George R.R. Martin

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2017-2018 (Immigration and Refugees)

The Refugees
by Viet Thanh Nguyen

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2016-2017  (Religion in America)

Sacred Ground: Pluralism, Prejudice, and the Promise of America
by Eboo Patel

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2015-2016 (Race in America)

The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness 
by Michelle Alexander

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2014-2015 (“A Book that Changed My Life”)

The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals 
by Michael Pollan

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2013-14 (World Literature)

Persepolis
by Marjane Satrapi

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2012-13 (Classic Literature)

The Great Gatsby
by F. Scott Fitzgerald

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2011-12 (Inaugural Year)

Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide
by Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn