Webster Book Clubs

How it works

Each group spans an average of 5-9 weeks, with the understanding that participants might miss a meeting.  Students can sign up to participate in one or two groups per semester. All books are provided free of charge by the college. 

Past authors include Jane Austen, Matt Haig, Agatha Christie, Isabel Allende, Ray Bradbury, Friedrich Nietzsche, R.F. Kuang, and Julia Quinn among many others.

Become a Moderator Spring 2025

We invite students to apply to moderate (alone or with a co-moderator) a reading group/Webster Book Club section. Applications for Moderators close December 6, 2024. Spring 2025 Webster Book Club meetings begin on February 3, 2025.

SIGN UP TO MODERATE

All groups begin the week of September 4, 2024. Please sign-up by September 13, 2024. After signing up, you will receive information regarding when you can pick up your copy of the book!

Current Reading List (DOC). 

Webster Book Clubs - Fall 2024 (PDF)

MONDAY

• James Baldwin, Giovanni’s Room
  Monday 12:00 pm @ Cate 1, Rm 214
  Moderator: Mack Krebs, mackkrebs@ou.edu

• Atul Gawande, Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End
  Monday 2:00 pm@ Cate 1, Rm 217
  Moderator: Brady Sloat, bsloat@ou.edu

• Jeff VanderMeer, Annihilation
  Monday 3:00 pm @ Cate 1, Rm. 214
  Moderator: Jessica Zimmerman, jessica.n.zimmerman-1@ou.edu

• Donna Tartt, The Secret History
  Monday 4 pm @ Cate 1, Rm. 217
  Moderator: Kaitlyn Denton, Kaitlyn.E.Denton-1@ou.edu

• R. F. Kuang, Yellowface
  Monday 5:00 pm @ Cate 1, Rm. 217
  Moderator: Shelby Massey, shelby.p.massey-1@ou.edu

• Angela Chen, Ace: What Asexuality Reveals About Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex
  Monday 6:00 pm @ Cate 1, Rm. 214
  Moderator: Mary Ann Livingood, mlivingood@ou.edu, and Haidyn Peterson, Haidyn.P.Peterson-1@ou.edu

• Kurt Vonnegut, Cat's Cradle
  Tuesday 12:00 pm @ Cate 1, Rm. 217
  Moderator: Ethan Pigg, Ethan.C.Pigg-1@ou.edu

• Elysha Chang, A Quitter’s Paradise
  Tuesday 4:30 pm @ Cate 1, Rm. 217
  Moderator: Emily Newby, newbythree@ou.edu

• Alison Bechdel, Fun Home
  Wednesday 12:00 pm @ Cate 1, Rm. 214
  Moderator: Dr. James Zeigler, jzeigler@ou.edu

• Brandon Sanderson, The Final Empire
  Wednesday 1:30 pm @ Cate 1, Rm. 214
  Moderator: Nolen Jackson, nolenj@ou.edu

• Patrick Ness, The Knife of Never Letting Go
  Wednesday 5:00 pm @ Cate 1, Rm. 214
  Moderator: Caleb Anagnos, caleb.x.anagnos-1@ou.edu

• Philip Roth, The Plot Against America
  Wednesday 5:30 pm @ Cate 1, Rm. 217
  Moderator: Audrey Reese, audrey.a.reese-1@ou.edu

• Cedric G. Johnson, After Black Lives Matter: Policing and Anti-Capitalist Struggle
  Thursday 4:00 pm @ Cate 1, Rm. 214
  Moderator: Dr. David Song, dsong@ou.edu

• Rick Riordan, Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief
  Thursday 4:00 pm @ Cate 1, Rm. 217
  Moderator: Taylor Albin, taylor.g.albin-1@ou.edu, and Isabelle Kuriger, isabelle.e.kuriger-1@ou.edu

FRIDAY

• Andy Weir, Project Hail Mary
  Friday 11:00 am @ Cate 1, Rm. 214
  Moderator: Sam Hunt, shunt@ou.edu

• Jacqueline Woodson, Red at the Bone
  Friday 2:30 pm @ Cate 1, Rm. 214
  Moderator: Dr. Trina Hope, thope@ou.edu, and Lanessa Siggers, lanessa.m.siggers-1@ou.edu

• Ashley Poston, The Seven Year Slip 
  Friday 4 pm in Cate 1, Rm 214
  Moderator: Madeline Stout, madeline.g.stout-1@ou.edu

SIGN UP TO PARTICIPATE

Questions? Email us at honors@ou.edu.