Now in its ninth year, Meredith's Summer Reading Program brings together students, faculty, staff and alumnae in a common reading experience. The program illustrates how understanding and involvement work together to create a community at Meredith.

The Summer Reading Book selection relates to the College's campus-wide theme each year. For 2007-08, Meredith will focus on "Ethical Leadership," beginning with the Summer Reading selection, "The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down," by Anne Fadiman. The book explores medical ethics in the case of an epileptic Hmong child and her family living in California.

In previous years, the Summer Reading Program books have included:

• 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

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