Overview:

Penn State Greater Allegheny's campus community and the Nittany Lion have composed a comprehensive list of the books we're reading this summer. Join us by submitting what you're reading here. Happy Reading!

Books we're reading:

Selected by Lorraine Craven:

  • The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
  • Something in the Water by Cathrine Steadman

​Selected by Erica Tachoir:

  • Dare to Lead by Brené Brown
  • Girl, Wash Your Face by Rachel Hollis
  • Girl, Stop Apologizing by Rachel Hollis
  • Becoming by Michelle Obama
  • The Blood of Emmit Till by Timothy B. Tyson

Selected by Tony Gomez:

  • Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City by Matthew Desmond
  • Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay and a Mother's Will to Survive by Stephanie Land

Selected by Elizabeth Mazur:

  • Save Me the Plums by Ruth Reichl
  • Transcription by Kate Atkins

Selected by Andrew Marshall:

  • Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders
  • The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini

Selected by Jacqueline Edmondson:

  • Democracy in Black by Eddie Glaude Jr.
  • Ethics by Benedict Spinoza
  • The Smartest Places on Earth by Antoine Van Agtmael and Fred Bakker
  • A Place on Earth by Wendell Berry

Selected by Johnathan White:

  • Zora and Langston: A Story of Betrayal by Yuval Taylor
  • Democracy in Black by Eddie Glaude Jr.

Selected by Zack Rosen:

  • Be Our Guest: Perfecting the Art of Customer Service by Disney Institute with Theodore Kinni

Selected by Michael Vicaro:

  • Disagreements by Jacques Rancière
  • Democracy and Demogogary by Patricia Roberts-Miller
  • Nothing is True and Everything is Possible by Peter Pomerantsev

​Selected by Erin Morton:

  • The First Mistake by Sadie Jones
  • Eleanor Oliphant is completely fine by Gail Honeyman
  • Little Fires Everywhere by Celest Ng
  • Next Year in Havana by Chanel Cleeton
  • This is how it always is by Laurie Frankel