Duke University common read: every book
Duke University's Duke Common Experience (summer reading) gives incoming students one shared book. The university lists 25 picks from 2002 to 2026; the most recent is Never Caught by Erica Armstrong Dunbar (2026). 4 of these books were also picked by other programs we collected.
- students.duke.edu/info-for/students/incoming-students/summer-engagement/
- undergrad.duke.edu/intellectual-community/student-faculty-engagement-office/duke-common-experience/
Retrieved 3 October 2026. Years are shown as the university prints them.
Every pick, newest first
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- 2024All We Can Saveedited by Ayanna Elizabeth Johnson, Katharine K. WilkinsonAlso on: Binghamton University
- 2016Just MercyBryan Stevenson
- 2011Eating AnimalsJonathan Safran FoerSpelling corrected; the source prints “Jonathan Safran”.
Other common-read programs
- Cornell University · 10 picks
- Washington State University · 17 picks
- Appalachian State University · 18 picks
- University of Mississippi · 14 picks
- University of Houston-Clear Lake · 11 picks
- Binghamton University · 6 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.