Appalachian State University common read: every book
Appalachian State University's Common Reading Program (formerly Summer Reading) gives incoming students one shared book. The university lists 18 picks from 2008 to 2025; the most recent is Callings: The Purpose and Passion of Work by Dave Isay (2025). 4 of these books were also picked by other programs we collected.
Retrieved 3 October 2026. Years are shown as the university prints them.
Every pick, newest first
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- 2025Callings: The Purpose and Passion of WorkDave Isay
- 2022Junaluska: oral histories of a Black Appalachian communitySusan E. Keefe (Editor)
- 2019Just MercyBryan Stevenson
- 2015A Long Way GoneIshmael Beah
Other common-read programs
- Cornell University · 10 picks
- Washington State University · 17 picks
- University of Mississippi · 14 picks
- University of Houston-Clear Lake · 11 picks
- Binghamton University · 6 picks
- Duke University · 25 picks
- South Dakota State University · 16 picks
- University of Kansas · 12 picks
- Arizona State University (West Valley campus) · 15 picks
How this list was made
We fetched the list from the institution's own page or PDF on the date shown and recorded each title and author as printed. We did not add books, and we copied no descriptions. Obvious misprints are corrected and marked. The extraction was done with AI assistance and checked against the source. Lists change every year, so check the source page before you buy anything.