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must-read books

updated november 2020

non-fiction

  •  The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander

  • Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer

  • Know My Name by Chanel Miller

  • Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World by David Epstein

  • Being Mortal by Atul Gawande

  • Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams by Matthew Walker

  • Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China by Jung Chang

  • The Ends of the World: Supervolcanoes, Lethal Oceans, and the Search for Past Apocalypses by Peter Brannen

  • The Secret Life of Groceries: The Dark Miracle of the American Supermarket by Benjamin Lorr

fiction

  • The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories by Ken Liu

  • A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki