Penguin Random House Leads Forbes Top Campus Common Reads Titles List
Forbes published “A Sampling Of The Common Readers That Colleges Are Assigning This Year.” Among the nine titles on Forbes’ list, there were six titles from Penguin Random House and its distributed publishers.
“Among the rituals that new students will be expected to participate in on many campuses is what’s often referred to as the “common reader.” . . . That’s a tradition where colleges assign all of their new students the same book to read over the summer. . . . That shared experience, which most institutions reinforce with additional programs and events throughout the year, is thought to build a sense of community and stimulate thoughtful interactions among students and faculty.” —Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes
Here is the list of universities and colleges mentioned in the article that have chosen Penguin Random House titles and titles from its distributed publishers:
ALL WE CAN SAVE: Truth, Courage, and Solutions for the Climate Crisis, edited by Ayana Elizabeth Johnson and Katharine Wilkinson, selected by Duke University.
THE ANTHROPOCENE REVIEWED by John Green, selected by The University of Idaho.
BUILD THE LIFE YOU WANT: The Art and Science of Getting Happier by Arthur C. Brooks and Oprah Winfrey, selected by The University of Mississippi.
CRYING IN H-MART by Michelle Zauner, selected by California State Polytechnic University-Pomona.
EXHALATION by Ted Chiang, selected by The University of Tulsa.
I NEVER THOUGHT OF IT THAT WAY: How To Have Fearlessly Curious Conversations In Dangerously Divided Times by Monica Guzman, selected by The University of Delaware, Mount Holyoke College, and Binghamton University.
Read the full article from Forbes here.