Hey Honors Students! Do you love reading? We hope you will join us in reading and discussing any, or all, of our 2025-2026 Honors Reads selections!This past summer, the Honors Program read The Volcano Daughters, which repeated the mantra “The Word Makes the World.” This curious phrase inspired us to consider how writing and storytelling not only reflect culture and individual experience, they actively shape it. Through this theme, we hope to:Explore how authors channel history, identity and lived experience through words.Discuss how texts and the act of writing can expand our perspectives and foster understanding. Fall Term Selections (Registration required, links below):September 23rd, 5-6PM:  She Would Be King by Wayétu MooreOctober 16th, 11AM-12PM: Plato and the Tyrant by James RommNovember 12th, 3-4PM:  The Correspondent, by Virginia EvansDecember - none...classes end early on Dec 8.Winter Term Selections (Registration required, links will be available in December):January date tbd: Twist by Colum McCannFebruary 18, 4-5PM :  Kitchen, by Banana Yoshimoto, Megan Backus  (Translator)How does it work?Review the options and select the book or books that you want to read.Register to attend the relevant discussion.Read the book in advance of the discussion and come prepared to share your reactions. What questions or insights did the book provoke?Book discussions will (generally) last 50 minutes.Who can attend?Honors students at all levels are welcome.There is no limit to the number of sessions you can attend.Does it count toward the Sophomore Honors Award (avialable to current second year students or new transfer students) or the new Junior Honors Award (available to 2025 first year students)?2nd year Honors students and new transfer students to the Honors Program are eligible to earn engagement points towards the Sophomore Honors Award. Earn 1 point/book read for a maximum of 3 points.New first 1st year students to the Honors Program may count each Honors Reads participation as a "breadth engagement experience" toward the Junior Honors Award requirements. Reading the book and participating in the discussion are required in order for this activity to be eligible toward either the SHA or the JHA.Questions? Email Denise at dguillot@umich.edu