Fiction/Poetry
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The Help by Kathryn Stockett
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Super: A Novel by Jim Lehrer
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The New Yorker Stories by Ann Beattie (faculty)
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Windy City: A Novel of Politics by Scott Simon
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The Brothers’ Lot by Kevin Holohan
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Transbluesency: The Selected Poems of Amiri Baraka/Leroi Jones by Amiri Baraka
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The Gathering by Anne Enright
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The False Friend by Myla Goldberg
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Tales of the Out & the Gone by Amiri Baraka
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Morning Knowledge by Kevin Hart
Nonfiction
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A History of Cancer Care at the University of Virginia: 1901-2011 by Henry K. Sharp (Arch ’96, ’10) and Morton C. Wilhelm (faculty)
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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
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The Healing of America: A Global Quest for Better, Cheaper, and Fairer Health Care by T.R. Reid
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Baby, We Were Meant for Each Other: In Praise of Adoption by Scott Simon
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The Leroi Jones/Amiri Baraka Reader by Amiri Baraka
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Crash Into Me: A Survivor’s Search for Justice by Liz Seccuro (Col ’88)
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The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America’s Great Migration by Isabel Wilkerson
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Asylum: Inside the Closed World of State Mental Hospitals by Christopher Payne
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Josie’s Story: A Mother’s Inspiring Crusade to Make Medical Care Safe by Sorrel King
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The Green Collar Economy: How One Solution Can Fix Our Two Biggest Problems by Van Jones