The One Book, One U program offers an opportunity for the University of Miami community to explore issues of belonging through the reading of a selected text and to engage the entire University community in dialogue about the human experience. Each year, the University Libraries work with various campus partners and co-sponsors to offer a schedule of events related to the book’s theme, including a signature event with the author, traditionally held in the spring semester. Free copies of the book are often made available at select events.
Announcing the One Book One U selection for 2025-2026
“The Vanishing Half”
by Brit Bennett
The University of Miami’s selection for 2025-2026 is Brit Bennett’s “The Vanishing Half,” a New York Times #1 bestseller and “Good Morning America” June Book Club pick. This engrossing page-turner, longlisted for both the 2021 Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and the 2020 National Book Award for Fiction, explores the lasting influence of the past as it shapes a person’s decisions, desires, and expectations.
Through various activities and events in the 2025-2026 academic year, we look forward to reaffirming One Book, One U’s mission to use shared reading and engagement to explore the interrelated issues that foster or impede a culture of belonging.
Previous Selections
“The Kissing Bug: A True Story of a Family, an Insect, and a Nation’s Neglect of a Deadly Disease”
by Daisy Hernández
“If I Survive You”
by Jonathan Escoffery
“The Water Will Come: Rising Seas, Sinking Cities, and the Remaking of the Civilized World”
by Jeff Goodell
“Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City”
by Matthew Desmond
“So You Want to Talk About Race”
by Ijeoma Oluo
“Brother, I’m Dying”
by Edwidge Danticat
“The Veins of the Ocean”
by Patricia Engel
“Make Your Home Among Strangers”
by Jennine Capó Crucet
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