Common Reads & First-Year Experience

Diana Abu-Jaber

Diana Abu-Jaber

Author • Essayist • Memoirist

Dr. Danielle Allen

Dr. Danielle Allen

Political Theorist • Public Intellectual • Cultural Commentator

Ishmael Beah

UNICEF Advocate • Bestselling Author • Memoirist

Paul Beatty

Bestselling Author • Novelist • Poet

Chris Bohjalian

Bestselling Author • Novelist • Human Rights Advocate

Katherine Boo

Pulitzer Prize Winner • Bestselling Author • Journalist

Taylor Branch

Historian • Pulitzer Prize Winner • Bestselling Author

Jessica Bruder

Bestselling Author • Journalist

NoViolet Bulawayo

Novelist • Essayist • Short Story Writer

Margaret A. Burnham

Margaret A. Burnham

Civil Rights Attorney • Legal Scholar • Racial & Restorative Justice Advocate

Dr. Matthew Desmond

Poverty Abolitionist • Pulitzer Prize Winner • Bestselling Author

Anthony Doerr

Pulitzer Prize Winner • Bestselling Author • Novelist

Heidi Durrow

Bestselling Author • Novelist • Essayist

Esi Edugyan

Bestselling Author • Novelist • Essayist

Dr. Sheri Fink

Pulitzer Prize Winner • Bestselling Author • Journalist

David Finkel

Pulitzer Prize Winner • Bestselling Author • Journalist

Masha Gessen

National Book Award Winner • Bestselling Author • Journalist

Elizabeth Gilbert

Elizabeth Gilbert

Bestselling Author • Novelist • Memoirist

Jeff Goodell

Author • Energy & Environment Expert • Investigative Journalist

Alice Hoffman

Bestselling Author • Novelist • Short Story Writer

John Irving

National Book Award Winner • Bestselling Author • Screenwriter

Mitchell S. Jackson

Mitchell S. Jackson

Pulitzer Prize Winner • Author • Cultural Commentator

Suleika Jaouad

Bestselling Author • Memoirist • Emmy Award-Winner

Tayari Jones

Bestselling Author • Novelist

Hillary Jordan

Bestselling Author • Novelist • Screenwriter

Piper Kerman

Bestselling Author • Memoirist • Social Justice Advocate

Sue Monk Kidd

Bestselling Author • Novelist • Memoirist

Tracy Kidder

Pulitzer Prize Winner • Bestselling Author

Jamaica Kincaid

Jamaica Kincaid

Novelist • Memoirist • Gardener

Lisa Ko

Novelist • Author • Essayist

Alex Kotlowitz

Bestselling Author • Journalist • Documentary Filmmaker

The Lacks Family

The Lacks Family of THE IMMORTAL LIFE OF HENRIETTA LACKS

Laila Lalami

Award-Winning Author • Novelist • Essayist

Stephanie Land

Bestselling Author • Memoirist • Economic Justice Advocate

Jeanne Marie Laskas

Jeanne Marie Laskas

Bestselling Author • Journalist • Memoirist

Kiese Laymon

Bestselling Author • Social Critic • Essayist

Gayle Tzemach Lemmon

Gayle Tzemach Lemmon

Adjunct Senior Fellow-Council on Foreign Relations • Bestselling Author

Roberto Lovato

Award-Winning Author • Journalist • Cultural Commentator

Ayana Mathis

Bestselling Author • Novelist • Essayist

Imbolo Mbue

Bestselling Author • Novelist

Colum McCann

National Book Award Winner • Bestselling Author • Novelist

Jeremy McCarter

Jeremy McCarter

Storyteller • Cultural Historian • Bestselling Author

Maaza Mengiste

Award-Winning Author • Novelist • Essayist

Dr. Reuben Jonathan Miller

Dr. Reuben Jonathan Miller

Sociologist • Social Justice Advocate

Téa Obreht

Bestselling Author • Novelist

Susan Orlean

Bestselling Author • Journalist • Essayist

Casey Parks

Journalist • Author

Christa Parravani

Essayist • Memoirist • Women's Rights Advocate

Dr. Imani Perry

Dr. Imani Perry

Public Intellectual • Cultural Historian • Bestselling Author

Jodi Picoult

Bestselling Author • Novelist

Ben Rhodes

National Security Expert • Democratic Theorist • Bestselling Author

Eli Saslow

Pulitzer Prize Winner • Journalist • Author

Lisa See

Bestselling Author • Novelist • Memoirist

Curtis Sittenfeld

Curtis Sittenfeld

Bestselling Author • Novelist • Short Story Writer

Rebecca Skloot

Bestselling Author • Journalist

Rachel Louise Snyder

Rachel Louise Snyder

Journalist • Author • Domestic Violence Advocate

Nic Stone

Young Adult Literature • Bestselling Author • Mental Health Advocate

Krista Tippett

Public Radio & Podcast Host • Bestselling Author • Social Entrepreneur

Linda Villarosa

Linda Villarosa

Public Health Reporter • Journalist

Jesmyn Ward

National Book Award Winner • Essayist • Memoirist

Jacqueline Woodson

Jacqueline Woodson

Young People’s Poet Laureate • National Book Award Winner • Bestselling Author

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