Weber Reads is funded in part by a generous donation from the Ralph Nye Charitable Foundation

What is Weber Reads?

The Weber Reads program was developed in 2008 with the goal of providing opportunities for community-wide reading, reflecting, and engagement in meaningful dialogue. The annual Weber Reads program provides opportunities for community-wide reading, reflecting, and engagement. Each year, texts or themes are selected that help illuminate experiences and beliefs while transcending group values to unite us as human beings. The American Library Association has three times chosen Weber Reads to receive its Community Reading Program “Best of Show” award. Weber Reads is funded in part by a generous donation from the Ralph Nye Charitable Foundation.

Weber Reads is now in its 18th year. Sponsored jointly by the Weber County Commission and the Weber County Library System, Weber Reads encourages discovery, reflection, and engagement in meaningful dialogue around a yearly topic as we read books; listen to presentations; watch films; and, most importantly, talk and learn from one another.

2024 Theme: Read. Think. Vote.

“We are bound by ideals that move us beyond our backgrounds, lift us above our interests and teach us what it means to be citizens. Every child must be taught these principles. Every citizen must uphold them… I ask you to be citizens: citizens, not spectators; citizens, not subjects; responsible citizens, building communities of service and a nation of character.”

-George W. Bush Inaugural Address, January 20, 2001

About the 2024 Theme

As election season begins, the pressure mounts for citizens to sort through candidates and hot-button issues to determine which direction their votes will go. As a library system, we encourage open, civil discussions on voting, informed citizenship, and civic engagement and reflect on our shared history, both as a state and a country. We invite all to participate in book discussions, film screenings, interactive programs, and presentations that will thoughtfully explore the role each of us plays in our democratic society. All events are free and open to the public.