Spines of Book Project selections from 2002 to 2023

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Initiated in 2002, the Campus Community Book Project has featured the following titles in previous years:
Front covers of Zach Norris' Defund Fear: Safety Without Policing, Prisons, and Punishment & We Keep Us Safe: Building Secure, Just, and Inclusive Communities


2022-2023 Campus Community Book Project: Defund Fear: Safety Without Policing, Prisons and Punishment by Zach Norris

Theme: Transformative justice and police reform

How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi

 

2021-2022 Campus Community Book Project: How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi

Theme: Social justice in practice

Marbles: Mania, Depression, Michelangelo, & Me by Ellen Forney

 

2020-2021 Campus Community Book Project: Marbles: Mania, Depression, Michelangelo, & Me by Ellen Forney

Theme: Mental health

Another Day in the Death of America by Gary Younge, 2019-2020 CCBP featured selection

 

2019-2020 Campus Community Book Project: Another Day in the Death of America: A Chronicle of Ten Short Lives by Gary Younge

Theme: Violence-gun violence

The Book of Joy by the Dalai Lama, Desmond Tutu, and Douglas Abrams

 

2018-2019 Campus Community Book Project: The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World by the Dalai Lama, Desmond Tutu, and Douglas Abrams

Theme: Community building

Redefining Realness by Janet Mock

 

2017-2018 Campus Community Book Project: Redefining Realness: My Path to Womanhood, Identity, Love & So Much More by Janet Mock

Theme: Intersection of LGBTQIA+ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex, Asexual) and racial identities

Stuffed and Starved by Raj Patel

 

2016-2017 Campus Community Book Project: Stuffed and Starved: The Hidden Battle for the World Food System by Raj Patel

Theme: Food insecurity/hunger/poverty

The Divide by Matt Taibi

 

2015-2016 Campus Community Book Project: The Divide: American Injustice in the Age of the Wealth Gap by Matt Taibbi

Theme: Structural inequality

Thinking in Pictures by Temple Grandin

 

2014-2015 Campus Community Book Project: Thinking in Pictures: My Life with Autism by Temple Grandin

Theme: Disability and disability issues

Half the Sky by Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn

 

2013-2014 Campus Community Book Project: Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide by Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn

Theme: Gender issues-gender equity

The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson

 

2012-2013 Campus Community Book Project: The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson

Theme: Civility and civil rights

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie

 

2011-2012 Campus Community Book Project: The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie

Theme: Native American-American Indian culture

Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? by Beverly Daniel Tatum

 

2010-2011 Campus Community Book Project: Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? And Other Conversations About Race by Beverly Daniel Tatum

Theme: Quality education and barriers to higher education

The Geography of Bliss by Eric Weiner

 

2009-2010 Campus Community Book Project: The Geography of Bliss: One Grump’s Search for the Happiest Places in the World by Eric Weiner

Theme: Mental health

Mountains Beyond Mountains by Tracy Kidder

 

2008-2009 Campus Community Book Project: Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, A Man Who Would Cure the World by Tracy Kidder

Theme: Community service

The Devil's Highway by Luis Alberto Urrea

 

2007-2008 Campus Community Book Project: The Devil's Highway by Luis Alberto Urrea

Theme: Immigration

The Omnivore’s Dilemma by Michael Pollan

 

2006-2007 Campus Community Book Project: The Omnivore’s Dilemma by Michael Pollan

Theme: Healthy foods

The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini

 

2005-2006 Campus Community Book Project: The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini

Theme: South Asia

Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992 by Anna Deavere Smith

 

2004-2005 Campus Community Book Project: Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992 by Anna Deavere Smith

Theme: Racism

Gandhi’s Way by Mark Juergensmeyer

 

2003-2004 Campus Community Book Project: Gandhi’s Way: A Handbook of Conflict Resolution by Mark Juergensmeyer

Theme: Peaceful conflict resolution

The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down by Anne Fadiman

 

2002-2003 Campus Community Book Project: The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures by Anne Fadiman