Vote: UCSB Reads 2027 Shortlist

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Submit your input to the UCSB Reads 2027 Advisory Committee by voting for your favorite title from the UCSB Reads 2027 shortlist by 8:00 AM on Wednesday, August 26, 2026.

All survey participants will be entered into a random drawing for a free copy of the book that is selected. The winner will be notified by email and can pick up the book at the UCSB Library.

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Select your top pick for UCSB Reads 2027. (Books are listed in randomized order.) *

Monsters: A Fan's Dilemma (2023) by Claire Dederer

Enshittification: Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What to Do About It (2025) by Cory Doctorow

Is a River Alive? (2025) by Robert Macfarlane

Raising Hare: A Memoir (2024) by Chloe Dalton

Wild Dark Shore (2025) by Charlotte McConaghy

40 Maps That Will Change How You See the World (2024) by Alastair Bonnett

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If you'd consider teaching one or more of these books in a Winter or Spring 2027 course, or developing related programming, please list the book(s) and course(s) below.

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