The Common Reader Program consists of faculty in different courses across different disciplines using a common book to provide an enrichment experience for students and to facilitate active learning and critical thinking activities. The program unites students and faculty members in a year-long discussion about a single book across many different academic contexts. The Common Reader Committee selects a new book each year. Below is a list of previous Common Readers used at MCC:
- 2024-25 The Anthropocene Reviewed, by John Green
- 2023-24 Being Heumann, by Judith Heumann
- 2022-23 Thirst, by Scott Harrison
- 2020-22 Turtles All the Way Down, by John Green
- 2019-20 Lost City of the Monkey God, by Douglas Preston
- 2018-19 The Lion in the Living Room, by Abigail Tucker
- 2017-18 Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End, by Atul Gawande
- 2016-17 The Martian, by Andy Weir
- 2015-16 Garbology: Our Dirty Love Affair With Trash, by Edward Humes
- 2013-15 Full Body Burden, by Kristen Iversen
- 2011-13 The American Plague, by Molly Caldwell Crosby
- 2010-11 Children of the Great Depression, by Russell Freedman
