Are you looking for something to do over this very unusual winter break? Check out this awesome list of book recommendations from the English Department!
Favorite book of 2020:
- The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel–Ms. K and Mr. Kennedy and Ms NovoWeather by Jenny Offill–Mr. Kennedy & Monty OgdenA Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles–Ms. Perez How to make a Slave and Other Essays by Jerald Walker–Tr. Megan Milkman by Anna Burns–Mr. Mac Just Us by Claudia Rankine–Mr. SowerThe Vanishing Half by Britt Bennett–Katie Dickerson
The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel–Ms. K and Mr. Kennedy and Ms Novo
Weather by Jenny Offill–Mr. Kennedy & Monty Ogden
A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles–Ms. Perez
How to make a Slave and Other Essays by Jerald Walker–Tr. Megan
Milkman by Anna Burns–Mr. Mac
Just Us by Claudia Rankine–Mr. Sower
The Vanishing Half by Britt Bennett–Katie Dickerson
Book(s) read over quarantine and loved:
- Washington Black by Esi Edugyan–Mr. MacIf Beale Street Could Talk by James Baldwin–Ms. K On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong–Mr. V 97,196 Words: Essays by Emmanuel Carrère–Mr. KennedyConvenience Store Women by Sayaka Murata–Mr. KennedyGeneration Loss by Elizabeth Hand–Mr. KennedyNight Boat to Tangier by Kevin Barry–Mr. KennedyDodgers by Bill Beverly–Mr. Kennedy Case Histories by Kate Atkinson–Mr. KennedySing, Unburied, Sing, by Jesmyn Ward–Mr. Soper On the Come Up by Angie Thomas–Katie DickersonWhere’d You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple–Katie DickersonExit West by Mohsin Hamid–Monty OgdenTracks by Louise Erdrich–Monty Ogden Circe by Madeline Miller–Laurie NovoThe Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead–Laurie NovoNormal People by Sally Rooney–Laurie Novo
Washington Black by Esi Edugyan–Mr. Mac
If Beale Street Could Talk by James Baldwin–Ms. K
On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong–Mr. V
97,196 Words: Essays by Emmanuel Carrère–Mr. Kennedy
Convenience Store Women by Sayaka Murata–Mr. Kennedy
Generation Loss by Elizabeth Hand–Mr. Kennedy
Night Boat to Tangier by Kevin Barry–Mr. Kennedy
Dodgers by Bill Beverly–Mr. Kennedy
Case Histories by Kate Atkinson–Mr. Kennedy
Sing, Unburied, Sing, by Jesmyn Ward–Mr. Soper
On the Come Up by Angie Thomas–Katie Dickerson
Where’d You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple–Katie Dickerson
Exit West by Mohsin Hamid–Monty Ogden
Tracks by Louise Erdrich–Monty Ogden
Circe by Madeline Miller–Laurie Novo
The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead–Laurie Novo
Normal People by Sally Rooney–Laurie Novo
Other recommendations:
- Manhattan Beach by Jennifer Egan–Ms. Perez The Keep by Jennifer Egan–Ms. Perez Notes of a Native Son by James Baldwin–Tr. Megan Slouching Towards Bethlehem by Joan Didion (essays)–Tr. Megan Woman at Point Zero by Nawal El Saadawi–Tr. MeganThe Marriage of Heaven and Hell by William Blake–Mr. Soper Finnegan’s Wake by James Joyce–Mr. Soper The Third Policeman by Flann O’Brien–Mr. Soper Flight Behavior by Barbara Kingsolver–Katie DickersonDeaf Republic by Ilya Kaminsky–Monty OgdenA Change of Climate by Hilary Mantel–Laurie NovoJesusland by Julia Scheeres–Laurie NovoThe Boneclocks by David Mitchell–Laurie Novo
Manhattan Beach by Jennifer Egan–Ms. Perez
The Keep by Jennifer Egan–Ms. Perez
Notes of a Native Son by James Baldwin–Tr. Megan
Slouching Towards Bethlehem by Joan Didion (essays)–Tr. Megan
Woman at Point Zero by Nawal El Saadawi–Tr. Megan
The Marriage of Heaven and Hell by William Blake–Mr. Soper
Finnegan’s Wake by James Joyce–Mr. Soper
The Third Policeman by Flann O’Brien–Mr. Soper
Flight Behavior by Barbara Kingsolver–Katie Dickerson
Deaf Republic by Ilya Kaminsky–Monty Ogden
A Change of Climate by Hilary Mantel–Laurie Novo
Jesusland by Julia Scheeres–Laurie Novo
The Boneclocks by David Mitchell–Laurie Novo