Book Selection Process
The book selection committee includes representatives from MSU and the City of East Lansing. Among the criteria that committee members use in making their selection are:
- a work by a major author;
- a reading level appropriate for high school and college students, as well as community residents;
- a strong plot and well-developed characters;
- a moral or humanistic vision;
- the cultural resonance of the book within American culture.
These selection criteria were adapted from those used by the Seattle Public Library, a pioneer in developing community reading programs