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South Dakota State University common read: every book

South Dakota State University's Campus and Community Common Read (Honors College) gives incoming students one shared book. The university lists 16 picks from 2009 to 2024; the most recent is The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd (2024). 5 of these books were also picked by other programs we collected.

Source

Retrieved 3 October 2026. Years are shown as the university prints them.

Every pick, newest first

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  1. 2024
    The Invention of Wings
    Sue Monk Kidd
  2. 2023
    An Immense World
    Ed Yong
  3. 2022
    Crossing the Line
    Kareem Rosser
  4. 2021
    What the Eyes Don't See
    Mona Hanna-Attisha
  5. 2020
    There There
    Tommy Orange
  6. 2019
    Irresistible: The Rise of Addictive Technology and the Business of Keeping Us Hooked
    Adam Alter
  7. 2018
    Wrecked
    Maria Padian
  8. 2017
    How Does it Feel to be a Problem?: Being Young & Arab in America
    Moustafa Bayoumi
  9. 2016
    Boy Meets Depression
    Kevin Breel
  10. 2015
    The Other Wes Moore
    Wes Moore
  11. 2014
    The Good Food Revolution
    Will Allen
  12. 2013
    The Heart and the Fist
    Eric Greitens
  13. 2012
    The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
    Sherman Alexie
  14. 2011
    Outcasts United
    Warren St. John
  15. 2010
    Three Cups of Tea
    Greg Mortenson
  16. 2009
    Mountains Beyond Mountains
    Tracy Kidder

Other common-read programs

All programs, and the books more than one picked →

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.