Penguin Random House compiled a list of over 440 collegiate summer reading programs for the 2017-2018 academic year.
This book list focuses on how to motivate students as professionals and individuals. Publisher’s Weekly elaborates that “the best way to motivate people — at school, at work, or at home — is to support their sense of autonomy.”
Brown
Program: First Readings
Book: “The Tsar of Love and Techno: Stories,” by Anthony Marra
Dartmouth College
Program: Common Reading Book
Book: “A Man of the People,” by Chinua Achebe
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Program: MIT Reads
Book: “Americanah,” by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Northwestern University
Program: One Book, One Northwestern
Book: “A Reading of the Declaration of Independence in Defense of Equality,” by Danielle Allen
Olin College of Engineering
Program: Summer Book Program
Book: “Why We Do What We Do: Understanding Self-Motivation,” by Edward L. Deci and Richard Flaste
Pomona College
Program: First-Year Book / Freshman Book
Book: “Strangers in Their Own Land: Anger and Mourning on the American Right,” by Arlie Russell Hochschild
Princeton University
Program: Princeton Pre-Read
Book: “What Is Populism?,” by Jan-Werner Müller
Smith College
Program: Smith Reads
Book: “The Book of Unknown Americans,” by Cristina Henríquez
University of California, Berkeley
Program: On the Same Page
Book: “Hamilton,” by Lin-Manuel Miranda (cast album)
Williams College
Program: Williams Reads
Book: “Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption,” by Bryan Stevenson