Stories of Your Life and Others
Collection of short stories by American writer Ted Chiang originally published in 2002 by Tor Books
masterpiece
The Good Lord Bird
2013 novel by James McBride about Henry Shackleford, an enslaved person, who unites with John Brown in Brown’s abolitionist mission
The Overstory
Novel by Richard Powers about nine Americans whose unique life experiences with trees bring them together to address the destruction of forests.
The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle
Series of children’s books by Hugh Lofting
Guns, Germs and Steel
Transdisciplinary non-fiction book by Jared Diamond
Conquistador: Hernan Cortes, King Montezuma, and the Last Stand of the Aztecs
History by Buddy Levy about the Spanish conquest of Mexico
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
Memoir by American author Stephen King that describes his experiences as a writer and his advice for aspiring writers
On Writing Well
A leading contender among the definitive works on writing, On Writing Well has sold over 1 million copies. Primarily a guide for non-fiction writers, it focuses on brevity, simplicity and clarity. Written by a Yale professor who was famous among his students for returning their papers littered with brackets that denoted any “writing that wasn’t …
Sapiens
Historian Yuval Noah Harari’s narrative of humanity’s creation and evolution
Goodnight Moon
American children’s book written by Margaret Wise Brown and illustrated by Clement Hurd