For eleven years, Meredith's Summer Reading Program has brought together students, faculty, staff and alumnae in a common reading experience. This shared intellectual endeavor kicks off our exploration of the campus theme each year and helps to foster the strong sense of community that is a hallmark of Meredith's campus.

The campus theme for 2009-10 is “Catalysts for Change.” This year’s summer reading selection is “Unbowed,” by Nobel laureate Wangari Maathai.

Maathai will also deliver the 2009 Lillian Parker Wallace Lecture on October 1, 2009 at 7 p.m. in the McIver Amphitheater.

Previous Summer Reading Program books are listed below. To nominate a book for next year’s Program, please use the Book Nomination Form.

2008 – “An Inconvenient Truth: The Planetary Emergency of Global Warming and What We Can Do About It” by Al Gore.
2007 - “The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down” by Anne Fadiman
2006 – "No Ordinary Time" by Doris Kearns Goodwin
2005 – "Telling Tales" by Nadine Gordimer
2004 – "Naked in Baghdad" by Anne Garrels
2003 – "Night" by Elie Wiesel
2002 – "Ice Bound" by Jerri Nielson
2001 – "In the Time of the Butterflies, Julia Alvarez
2000 – "Tuesdays with Morrie" by Mitch Albom
1999 – "Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years" by Sarah L. Delany and A. Elizabeth Delany with Amy Hill Hearth

2007 Meredith College SRP Book:“An Inconvenient Truth: The Planetary Emergency of Global Warming and What We Can Do About It” by Al Gore.	2007 Meredith College SRP Book: “The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down,” by Anne Fadiman
2006 Meredith College SRP Book: "No Ordinary Time" by Doris Kearns Goodwin	2005 Meredith College SRP Book: "Telling Tales" edited by Nadine Gordimer
2004 Meredith College SRP Book: "Naked In Baghdad: The Iraq war as seed by NPR's correspondent" by Anne Garrels	2003 Meredith College SRP Book: "Night" by Elie Wiesel, Stella Rodway (Translator), Francois Mauriac
2002 Meredith College SRP Book: "Ice Bound: A Doctor's Incredible Battle for Survival at the South Pole" by Dr. Jerri Nielsen	2001 Meredith College SRP book: "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez
2000 Meredith College SRP book: "Tuesdays with Morrie" by Mitch Albom	1999 Meredith College SRP book: "Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years" by Sarah L. Delany and A. Elizabeth Delany with Amy Hill Hearth