Previous Books in Common
- 2007-08, Mountains Beyond Mountains, by Tracy Kidder
- 2006-07, Never Let Me Go, by Kazuo Ishiguro
- 2005-06, True Notebooks, by Mark Salzman
- 2004-05, Plan B, by Lester Brown
- 2003-04, The American Soul, Joseph Needleman
- 2002-03, Fast Food Nation, Eric Schlosser
- 2001-02, The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down, by Anne Fadiman
- 2000-01, The Moon by Whalelight, by Diane Ackerman
