Past books
Fall 2020
There There by Tommy Orange
Fall 2019
A Cup of Water Under My Bed by Daisy Hernández
Spring 2019
Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? by Beverly Daniel Tatum, PhD
Fall 2018
Dawn by Octavia E. Butler
Partner: MIT Black Students’ Union
Spring 2018
Casual Vacancy by J.K. Rowling
Partner: Alpha Chi Omega
Fall 2017
Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Partner: My Sister’s Keeper
Spring 2017
Paper Menagerie and Other Stories by Ken Liu
Partner: MIT Literary Society
Winter 2017
Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly
Partner: Black Women’s Alliance
Fall 2016
Redefining Realness by Janet Mock
Partners: LBGTQ@MIT and the Gender Fluidity Group
MIT Reads began in the Fall of 2016