Honors Book Club

The Honors Book Club is a student initiative that is sponsored by the Honors Program. The club is comprised of Honors students from all grade levels and across majors, and this variety of perspectives is what makes the conversation about these books so interesting. At the beginning of each semester, members nominate books and two to three selections are made by popular vote. The club meets bi-monthly, which allows each book to be discussed in part over the course of several weeks. With certain selections, such as Watchmen and Atonement, the club combines a discussion of the literature with watching and discussing film. The Honors Book Club provides both a social and intellectual outlet for students in the Honors Program.

For more information regarding the Honors Book Club, please contact the Honors Program Office.

Previous Book Selections

Fall 2012
The Thieves of Manhattan, Adam Langer
The Virgin Suicides, Jeffrey Eugenides

Summer 2012:
The Lacuna, Barbara Kingsolver
American Subversive, David Goodwillie

Spring 2012
The Street Sweeper, Elliot Perlman
Galapagos, Kurt Vonnegut

Fall 2011
The Sunset Limited, Cormac McCarthy
Island, Aldous Huxley

Summer 2011
Room, Emma Donoghue
Consider the Lobster and Other Essays, David Foster Wallace

Spring 2011
The Glass Castle, Jeannette Walls
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly: A Memoir of Life in Death, Jean-Dominique Bauby

Fall 2010
Waiting for Superman, Karl Webber
It’s Kind of a Funny Story, Ned Vizzini

Summer 2010
The Corrections, Jonathan Franzen
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, Stieg Larsson

Spring 2010
Let the Great World Spin, Colum McCann
Gang Leader for a Day, Sudhir Venkatesh
Atonement, Ian McEwen

Fall 2009
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, Jonathan Saffron Foer
Flashback, Gary Braver

Spring 2009
Watchmen, Alan Moore
Devil in the White City, Erik Larsen

Fall 2008
Water for Elephants, Sara Gruen
A Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, Junot Diaz