Overview UB Reads
UB Reads is the University at Buffalo’s annual book club. The goal of the program is to contribute to the sense of community at UB – among students, faculty, and staff – through a shared reading experience. Each year, a new book is chosen that reflects topics and issues of global importance.
The program objectives are to:
- Encourage students, faculty, and staff to read the selected book;
- Provide opportunities for discussion and active engagement related to the topics and issues addressed in the book;
- Provide a Distinguished Speakers Series lecture related to the book and encourage students to attend; and
- Emphasize the value of reading as a form of lifelong learning. The program works with UB's Distinguished Speakers Series, bringing many authors to campus to discuss their work with students and the community.
Here are previous UB Reads books:
- 2011: The Meaning of Matthew by Judy Shepard
- 2010: Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson*
- 2009: The Soloist by Steve Lopez*
- 2008: The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini* (Riverhead Trade)
- 2007: A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier by Ishmael Beah* (Sarah Crichton Books)
- 2006: Freedom in Exile: The Autobiography of Dalai Lama by the Dalai Lama* (Harper San Francisco)
- 2005: There Are No Children Here: The Story of Two Boys Growing Up in the Other America by Alex Kotlowitz* (Anchor Books)
- 2004: Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America by Barbara Ehrenreich* (Owl Books)
- 2003: Finding Fish: A Memoir by Antwone Fisher* with Mim Eichler Rivas (Harper Torch)
- 2002: Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson by Mitch Albom* (Doubleday)
- 2001: It's Not About the Bike: My Journey Back to Life by Lance Armstrong with Sally Jenkins (Putnam)
- 2000: John Glenn: A Memoir by John Glenn with Nick Taylor (Bantam Books)
* Authors who have visited UB
