Review copies are books supplied to individual faculty members, instructors, and book discussion leaders for planning and preparation of events, discussions, or assignments related to the Go Big Read. The information you provide about your group or class will be used to coordinate the distribution of copies in larger quantities at a later time.

To request copies of the Go Big Read for your class, group, or organization, please fill out the Request a Book Form. 

• If you are a faculty member/instructor at UW-Madison, the Go Big Read program will send book vouchers for you to distribute to your enrolled students. These book vouchers can be exchanged for a free copy of the Go Big Read book at our distribution libraries–College Library, Ebling Library, Law Library, Memorial Library, Steenbock Library, and Morgridge Hall Library & Commons. 
• If you are a staff member who is coordinating a reading group, there are a couple of options for how the Go Big Read program can distribute books to your members.
  • Each participating staff member can fill out the Request a Book form, and we can send each member a copy via interdepartmental mail. 
  • If the request is for 10 or less books, then the Go Big Read program can send the books to the group leader via interdepartmental mail. Please note that we can only fit 1-2 books per envelope, so you may receive the books in multiple envelopes. 
  • The Go Big Read program can coordinate a book pick up from Memorial Library (728 State Street, Madison, WI 53706). 
• If you are a community member and/or book club leader, the Go Big Read program will email you to coordinate a book pick up time from Memorial Library (728 State Street, Madison, WI 53706). 
• If you are a representative of an organization, the Go Big Read program will email you to coordinate a book pick up time from Memorial Library (728 State Street, Madison, WI 53706).

After you officially register your course to use the Go Big Read, our office adds your class to a spreadsheet. In the course semester, we will send book vouchers for you to distribute to your enrolled students. These book vouchers can be exchanged for a free copy of the Go Big Read book at our distribution libraries–College Library, Ebling Library, Law Library, Memorial Library, Steenbock Library, and Morgridge Hall Library & Commons. 

You can register your class to use the Go Big Read by filling out the Request a Book Form.

If you are looking for a more-accessible format of the current Go Big Read book, there are a few options for obtaining audiobook and e-book copies:

• There are audiobook and e-book editions of the Go Big Read available through the University of Wisconsin-Madison Libraries and Madison Public Libraries, as well as through libraries that serve communities with disabilities in Wisconsin and the United States.
• If you are a UW-Madison student looking for an alternative format copy, please contact the McBurney Disability Center. 
• If you are UW-Madison faculty, staff, or another party who is not serviced by the McBurney Disability Center, please email Todd Michelson-Ambelang with your request at accommodation-request@library.wisc.edu. Please remember not to share your disability or medical information in your message. We are able to share individual e-book and audiobook copies of the Go Big Read on a case-by-case basis for those with accommodation needs.

You can nominate a book for the Go Big Read program via the Suggest a Book Form. Please note depending on the timing of your nomination, your suggestion may not be considered until the following academic year.

The Go Big Read selection process takes place from ~November through ~April each year. Books are nominated by community members, and those nominations are reviewed by the Go Big Read Book Selection Committee and the Office of the Chancellor. The committee and Office of the Chancellor work together to evaluate the books, and ultimately, the Chancellor makes the final selection. 

If you have questions about the selection process, please email gobigread@library.wisc.edu or bwillig@wisc.edu.