A common 1Y reading program began at Wartburg College in 2003, although it wasn't officially called “Readings in Common” until 2005. It was renamed "Knight Reading" in 2015.
Recent books are listed below.
- 2022-2023 Tell Me Who You Are, Priya Vulchi and Winona Guo
- 2021-2022 Tell Me Who You Are, Priya Vulchi and Winona Guo
- 2020-2021 Climate Justice, Mary Robinson
- 2019-20 Glimmer of Hope, Founders of March for our Lives
- 2018-19 Never Let Me Go, Kazuo Ishiguro
- 2017-18 Martin Luther: A Very Short Introduction, Scott H. Hendrix
- 2016-17 I am Malala, Malala Yousafzai
- 2015-16 The Other Wes Moore, Wes Moore
- 2014-15 Brave New World, Aldous Huxley
- 2013-14 The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, Rebecca Skloot
- 2012-13 An Ordinary Man, Paul Rusesabagina
- 2011-12 The Complete Persepolis, Marjane Satrapi
- 2010-11 Animal Dreams, Barbara Kingsolver
- 2009-10 Ishmael, Daniel Quinn
- 2008-09 The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down, Anne Fadiman
- 2007-08 Three Cups of Tea, Greg Mortenson
- 2006-07 The Chosen, Chaim Potok
- 2005-06 Frankenstein, Mary Shelley
- 2004-05 A Hope in the Unseen, Ron Suskind
- 2003-04 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, J.K. Rowling
