Campus Book Clubs
Supporting Campus Book Clubs
The Downs-Jones Library is proud to support all book clubs, read-ins, and author events on campus with the goal of bringing the Huston-Tillotson community together by creating common ground and shared experiences, and promoting a love of reading by introducing participants to books that encourage and inspire.
Whether it’s recommending titles, providing books (and eBooks) to readers, or welcoming groups into the library space, the Downs-Jones Library continuously promotes reading for learning, pleasure, and community in partnership with other departments on campus. We have worked with the President’s Office, the Center for Academic Innovation and Transformation, and the College of Arts and Sciences, among others, to bring new and classic titles to the attention of HT and Austin community members in a shared and sharing environment.
Book Clubs
Big Library Read
Black History Month Annual Book Club
Environmental Literature Campus Read
Honors Program Book Club
National Hispanic Heritage Month Book Club
The President’s Book Club
The President’s Reading List
School of Business and Technology/Parsley Energy Book Club
Books and Events
| Spring 2024:
6th Annual Black History Month Book Club
The Color Purple by Alice Walker
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| Fall 2023:
English Classes Campus Read
Black Chameleon by Deborah D.E.E.P. Mouton
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| Spring 2023:
5th Annual Black History Month Book Club
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou |
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| Fall 2022:
Environmental Literature Campus Read
The Confession of Copeland Cane by Keenan Norris |
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| Spring 2022:
W.E.B. DuBois Honors Program Book Club
The Souls of Black Folk by W.E.B. DuBois |
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| Spring 2022:
4th Annual Black History Month Book Club
The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story by Nikole Hannah-Jones |
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| 2021-2022 Academic Year:
The President’s Reading List
Black Buck (Mateo Askaripour) You Are Your Best Thing (Tarana Burke and Brené Brown) The City We Became (N.K. Jemisin) Just As I Am (Cicely Tyson) Find Where the Wind Goes (Dr. Mae Jemison) Conjure Women (Afia Atakora) The Other Black Girl (Zakiya Dalila Harris) The Energy Bus (Jon Gordon) |
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| Spring 2021:
3rd Annual Black History Month Book Club
The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead |
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| Fall 2020:
School of Business and Technology/Parsley Energy Book Club
Let Them See You by Porter Braswell |
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| 2020-2021 Academic Year:
The President’s Book Club
More Than Enough: Claiming Space for Who You Are (No Matter What They Say) by Elaine Welteroth |
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| Spring 2020:
2nd Annual Black History Month Book Club
A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest J. Gaines and Sula by Toni Morrison |
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| Fall 2019:
National Hispanic Heritage Month Book Club
Everyone Knows You Go Home by Natalia Sylvester |
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| Spring 2019:
1st Annual Black History Month Book Club
Barracoon: The Story of the Last “Black Cargo” by Zora Neale Hurston |
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