Faculty & Staff Recommend Books

The Library and Learning Center (LLC) recently asked faculty and staff to complete a survey about their reading preferences and recommendations. This was prompted by the New York Times Book Review - By the Book: Writers on Literature and the Literary Life. Responses were compiled and are now displayed in the LLC. These recommendations may prompt some great book selections to be read while on the

 

Christmas break. Please stop in and see the display.

 

Some of the books that were highly recommended:

 

Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates

The Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh

Pilgrim at Tinker Creek by Annie Dillard

LaRose by Louise Erdrich

The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins

The Book of Night Women by Marlon James

The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce

World from the Periodic Table of the Elements by Sean Kean

The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd

Mountains Beyond Mountains by Tracy Kidder

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch

Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lack by Rebecca Skloot

Just Kids: from Brooklyn to the Chelsea Hotel: a Life of Art and Friendship by Patti Smith

Just Mercy: a Story of Justice and Redemption by Bryan Stevenson

Life of Pi by Martel Yann

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak