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The 2025 Common Book
This year's book is Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, by Gabrielle Zevin, which tells the story of two lifelong friends, Sam and Sadie, whose life journeys highlight the struggles and strength of true friendship through adversity within the backdrop of the gaming industry. This book offers meaningful opportunities to explore human resilience and overcoming hardship, the importance of friendship and community, and the lessons learned from both success and failure. Additionally, Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow provides great opportunities to showcase creativity in gaming and communities built through gaming across campus.
Optional copies of the book are available for interested students, faculty, and staff during Camp War Eagle, at the Campus Involvement Fair, at the RBD Library Help Desk, and other events throughout the Fall semester.
Game On: Auburn’s Common Book fall events dive into connection and creativity
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Special Events
Join Jenny Jackson, Editor of Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow (and Author herself) to learn about the wild process of getting a book to print. Jenny will share her experiences as a writer and editor as well as take questions from the audience.
Jenny Jackson is Vice President and Editorial Director of Fiction at Knopf; she joined the group in 2002. She publishes a range of literary and commercial fiction, from Gabrielle Zevin’s Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, to Emily St. John Mandel’s Station Eleven, to Kevin Kwan’s Crazy Rich Asians trilogy. One strange summer she simultaneously edited Cormac McCarthy’s The Passenger and Stella Maris, Dave Eggers’s The Circle, and Helen Fielding’s Bridget Jones’s Baby. She counts Dolly Alderton, J. Courtney Sullivan, Chris Bohjalian, Ayobami Adebayo, Peter Heller, Katherine Heiny, Jennifer Close, Caroline O’Donoghue, Erin Morgenstern, and Lauren Fox among her writers. In 2023 Jenny wrote her own novel, Pineapple Street, which was published by Pamela Dorman Books at Viking and became a New York Times bestseller. She is a graduate of Williams College and attended the Columbia Publishing Course.
At this incredibly special event, Matthew Mercer, Actor and DM of Critical Role, will have a conversation with Emily Friedman, Associate Professor, about his career, gaming, and community. Matthew will answer your questions as well.
Matthew Mercer is a Los Angeles-based actor best known for his roles in animation and video games, as well as the massively popular hit show and media brand, Critical Role.
Critical Role has become one of the most popular storytelling and world building independent media companies in the world, and Matthew plays a pivotal role within the company as Chief Creative Officer, primary cast member, and executive producer of The Legend of Vox Machina animated series which will air exclusively on Amazon Prime Video. As CCO, Matthew helps shape the overall creative vision of the company, helping it become the powerhouse organization it is today.
Celebration Activities
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Resources
About the Program
Auburn University's Common Book program was started in Fall 2010.
2025 Selection
This year's book is Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin.
Getting Involved
Participate in events tied to the themes of the Common Book during the fall semester!
Teaching Resources
Integrate the AU Common Book in your class.
