The Writer’s Library

Come hear Mia’s takes on some of her favorite books, from contemporary fiction to canonized classics

Giovanni’s Room by James Baldwin

Giovanni’s Room portrays the anguish and yearning of a secret affair between American expatriate David and Italian bartender Giovanni in Paris.

 

Bewilderment by Richard Powers

Bewilderment explores the delicate relationship between a father and his troubled, precocious son as they navigate loss and healing.

 

While Justice Sleeps by Stacey Abrams

While Justice Sleeps is a political thriller exploring the relationship between the Supreme Court, the government, and justice.

 

Berta Isla by Javier Marías

Berta Isla by Javier Marías is a page-turning Spanish thriller about a woman who unknowingly marries a spy during Franco’s dictatorship.

 

Top 5 Books From May and June of 2021

These are Mia’s top 5 books that she ready during the early summer of 2021: Madame Bovary, The City We Became, Whereabouts, Swimming Back to Trout River, and Notes on Grief!

 

Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi

Yaa Gyasi’s Transcendent Kingdom is the poignant story of Gifty, a young Black PhD student studying addiction and depression in mice, coming to terms with her own family’s history of mental illness.

 

A Promised Land by Barack Obama

Barack Obama’s A Promised Land is an intimate look at the former president’s first four years in office.

 

The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy

Arundhati Roy's The God of Small Things follows an affluent Indian family devastated by the events, both internal and external, of the late 1960s in India.

Another Country by James Baldwin

Baldwin’s Another Country follows the lives of a group of artists, both black and white, as they grapple with their artistry, race, and sexuality.