Winter Reading List

It’s that time of year again— school is officially over for a while, which means I can get lost in a book without repercussions— no distraction, no time limit, and no assignment post-reading. So, here's everything on my list-⁣

The Heart is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers: a southern gothic classic on every lit major's shelf. I’m a little late getting to it but excited nonetheless. ⁣

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Eating Animals by Jonathan Safran Foer: part memoir, part investigative journalism that provides a moral examination into why and what we eat. ⁣
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$2.00 A Day by Kathryn J. Edin and H. Luke Shaefer: a nonfiction piece that offers new ideas and evidence to our national debate on income inequality and poverty.⁣
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The Sellout by Paul Beatty: a satirical novel about race in America. For anyone interested in race, tribalism, and human psychology, Beatty is an author to keep in your library. ⁣
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The White Man's Burden by William easterly: in his previous book, the elusive quest for growth, easterly criticized the utter ineffectiveness of Western organizations to mitigate global poverty, and he was promptly fired by his then—employer, the World Bank. This time around he explores why the western world's attempt at providing aid to "developing countries" has proven to be so ineffective. ⁣
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To the End of June by Cris Beam: an intimate look into America's foster care system, that tries to answer the questions of who are our invisible children, and what as a country we owe them. ⁣
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happy reading!

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