Summer Reading List 2021

By Kate Lebo
A cookbook/memoir with razor-sharp writing

By Claire Saffitz
The title says it all.

By Wally Koval
A visual delight.

By Lisa Ludwinski
All killer, no filler (except, of course pie filling)

By Zadie Smith
I cannot wait to start this one. Smith is my favorite author!

By Marilynne Robinson
An all-time favorite, Pulitzer-prize finalist poetically highlighting the story of three generations of women

Preston & Child
A thrilling favorite!

By Kurt Vonnegut
I’m currently reading this.

By S.C. Gwynne
Recently finished this historical account of the fight between Comanche Indians and white settlers for control of the American West.

By Frank Herbert
One worth coming back to! Read this a long time ago and Jake is planning to re-read it this summer.

By Robert A. Heinlein
Just some good old, golden age classic sci-fi.

By Alexis Pauline Gumbs
Marian can’t wait to start this one.

By Alice Wong
Another must-read.

By adrienne maree brown
Also on the list!

By Joan Didion
A California classic and a favorite!

By Clarice Lispector
Currently reading!

By Gay Hendricks

By Simon Sinek
Learn more about what goes behind marketing and business!

By Jen Sincero
Does what’s on the tin.

By Casey Wilson
Never has an opening line of a book resonated with Nathan more than “I am a bed person.”

By Brian Moylan
Finally, historians are fixating on world events that are truly notable.

By Teju Cole
Beautiful pairings of photographs and free-associative prose.

By Jeff Lemire

By Marilynne Robinson
Picked up per Sam’s recommendation!

By John Boyne
A favorite, set in Ireland over the course of seven decades. Fun fact: John Boyne also wrote The Boy in the Striped Pajamas – definitely a different vibe, but amazing writing nonetheless!

Sally Rooney
Another Irish book, written by the newly-famed Sally Rooney

By Alison Bechdel
Graphic novel written by the creator of the “Bechdel Test”