What Your College Thinks You Should Read Before Your Freshman Year
/Every year, students are given a reading list before heading to campus; books vary by college. The Chronicle of Higher Education analyzed common reads across 700 institutions, 1,000 titles over four academic years.
The Chronicle discovered personal narratives were popular among the reading lists — topics of politics, history, technology, education, and psychology. In addition to personal narratives — poems, podcasts, TedTalks, films, and Netflix series were also popular.
See below for the top common reads across college campuses:
Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption by Bryan Stevenson
Educated: A Memoir by Tara Westover
What the Eyes Don’t See: A Story of Crisis, Resistance, and Hope in an American City by Mona Hanna-Attisha
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates by Wes Moore
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
Make Your Home Among Strangers by Jennine Capó Crucet
Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood
Callings: The Purpose and Passion of Work by David Isay
There There by Tommy Orange
Spare Parts: Four Undocumented Teenagers, One Ugly Robot, and the Battle for the American Dream by Joshua Davis
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