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Simon & Schuster Freshman Year Reading Catalog 2020–2021 FreshmanYearReads.com
Dear FYE Committee Member,
We are delighted to present the 2020 – 2021 Freshman Year Reading catalog from
Simon & Schuster.
Simon & Schuster publishes a wide variety of fiction and nonfiction titles that align with the
core purpose of college and university programs across the country—to support students in
transition, promote engaging conversations, explore diverse perspectives, and foster community
during the college experience.
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(866) 248‑3049.
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Simon & Schuster Education & Library
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Table of Contents
Featured Titles Page 4
Black Voices Page 8
Campus Issues Page 12
Fiction Page 14
Food, Environment, & Sustainability Page 21
FYE Seminar Page 24
History & Society Page 27
Immigrant Experience & Diversity Page 34
Jewish Interest Page 37
LGBTQ+ Page 40
Life Lessons from Laughs Page 42
Memoir & Biography Page 44
Mindfulness Page 53
Science & Technology Page 55
Social Change, Leadership, & Education Page 58
Writing & Creativity Page 65
Speakers Bureau Page 68
Index Page 69
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FEATURED TITLES
FEATURED TITLES
BLACK VOICES
The Black Kids
A Novel
Christina Hammonds Reed
9781534462724 y Hardcover
368 pages y $18.99 y S&S Books for Young Readers
“Infused with honesty, heart, and humor, The Black Kids
is a true love letter to Los Angeles, highlighting the beauty
and flaws of the city, and the people who call it home.”
—Brandy Colbert, award-winning author of Little & Lion
“Should be required reading in every classroom.”
—Nic Stone, #1 New York Times bestselling author of
Dear Martin
New York Times Bestseller
Reading Group Guide Available
Themes: Reluctant Reader, Regional: Los Angeles,
Coming of Age
New Title
Perfect for fans of The Hate U Give, this unforgettable coming‑of‑age debut novel
explores issues of race, class, and violence through the eyes of a wealthy black teenager
whose family gets caught in the vortex of the 1992 Rodney King Riots.
LOS ANGELES, 1992. Ashley Bennett and her friends are living the charmed life. It’s the
end of senior year and they’re spending more time at the beach than in the classroom.
Everything changes one afternoon in April, when four LAPD officers are acquitted after
beating a black man named Rodney King half to death. Suddenly, Ashley’s not just one of
the girls. She’s one of the black kids.
As violent protests engulf LA and the city burns, Ashley tries to continue on as if life
were normal. Even as her self‑destructive sister gets dangerously involved in the riots.
Even as the model black family façade her wealthy and prominent parents have built
starts to crumble.
With her world splintering around her, Ashley, along with the rest of LA, is left to question
who is the us? And who is the them?
Christina Hammonds Reed holds an MFA from the University of Southern
California’s School of Cinematic Arts. A native of the Los Angeles area, her work has
previously appeared in the Santa Monica Review and One Teen Story. The Black Kids is her
4 first novel.
© Elizabeth T. Nguyen
FEATURED TITLES
MEMOIR & BIOGRAPHY
Heavy
An American Memoir
Kiese Laymon
9781501125669 y Trade Paper
256 pages y $16.00 y Scribner
“Spectacular…So artfully crafted, miraculously personal,
and continuously disarming, this is, at its essence,
powerful writing about the power of writing.” —Booklist
(starred review)
Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in
Nonfiction Winner y Kirkus Prize Finalist
Reading Group Guide Available
Themes: Coming‑of‑Age, African American, Society, Family
In this powerful, provocative, and universally lauded memoir, genre-bending essayist and
novelist Kiese Laymon “provocatively meditates on his trauma growing up as a black
man, and in turn crafts an essential polemic against American moral rot” (Entertainment
Weekly).
In Heavy, Laymon writes eloquently and honestly about growing up a hard-headed black
son to a complicated and brilliant black mother in Jackson, Mississippi. From his early
experiences of sexual violence, to his suspension from college, to time in New York as a
college professor, Laymon charts his complex relationship with his mother, grandmother,
anorexia, obesity, sex, writing, and ultimately gambling. Heavy is a “gorgeous, gutting…
generous” (The New York Times) memoir that combines personal stories with piercing
intellect to reflect both on the strife of American society and on Laymon’s experiences
with abuse. By attempting to name secrets and lies he and his mother spent a lifetime
avoiding, he asks us to confront the terrifying possibility that few in this nation actually
know how to responsibly love, and even fewer want to live under the weight of actually
becoming free.
Born and raised in Jackson, Mississippi, Kiese Laymon, Ottilie Schillig Professor in
English and Creative Writing and the University of Mississippi, is the author of the novel
Long Division and the memoir Heavy. 5
FEATURED TITLES
LGBTQ+
How We Fight for Our Lives
A Memoir
Saeed Jones
9781501132742 y Trade Paper
224 pages y $17.00 y Simon & Schuster
“Extremely personal, emotionally gritty, and unabashedly
honest, How We Fight for Our Lives is an outstanding
memoir that somehow manages a perfect balance
between love and violence, hope and hostility,
transformation and resentment. This is an important
coming‑of‑age story that’s also a collection of tiny but
significant joys.” —NPR
Kirkus Prize Winner y Stonewall Book Award Winner
Reading Group Guide Available
Themes: Memoir, Coming‑of‑Age, Identity
Now in Paperback
From award-winning poet Saeed Jones, How We Fight for Our Lives is a stunning
coming‑of‑age memoir written at the crossroads of sex, race, and power.
“People don’t just happen,” writes Saeed Jones. “We sacrifice former versions of ourselves.
We sacrifice the people who dared to raise us. The ‘I’ it seems doesn’t exist until we are
able to say, ‘I am no longer yours.’”
Haunted and haunting, How We Fight for Our Lives is a stunning coming‑of‑age memoir
about a young, black, gay man from the South as he fights to carve out a place for himself,
within his family, within his country, within his own hopes, desires, and fears. Through
a series of vignettes that chart a course across the American landscape, Jones draws
readers into his boyhood and adolescence—into tumultuous relationships with his family,
into passing flings with lovers, friends, and strangers. Each piece builds into a larger
examination of race and queerness, power and vulnerability, love and grief: a portrait of
what we all do for one another—and to one another—as we fight to become ourselves.
Saeed Jones is the author of Prelude to Bruise, winner of the 2015 PEN/Joyce
Osterweil Award for Poetry and the 2015 Stonewall Book Award/Barbara Gittings Literature
Award. The poetry collection was also a finalist for the 2015 National Book Critics Circle
Award, as well as awards from Lambda Literary and the Publishing Triangle in 2015.
Jones was born in Memphis, Tennessee, and grew up in Lewisville, Texas. He earned a
BA at Western Kentucky University and an MFA at Rutgers University-Newark. He lives in
6 Columbus, Ohio, and tweets @TheFerocity.
© Saeed Jones
FEATURED TITLES
IMMIGRANT EXPERIENCE
& DIVERSITY
Infinite Country
A Novel
Patricia Engel
9781982159467 y Hardcover
208 pages y $26.00 y Simon & Schuster
“Patricia Engel is a wonder; her novels are marvels of
exquisite control and profound and delicately evoked
feeling. Infinite Country knocked me out with its elegant
and lucid deconstruction of yearning, family, belonging,
and sacrifice. This is a book that speaks into the present
moment with an oracle’s devastating coolness and
clarity.” —Lauren Groff, author of Florida and Fates
and Furies
Themes: Coming‑of‑Age, Literary, Immigrant Experience
New Title
For readers of Valeria Luiselli and Edwidge Danticat, an urgent and lyrical novel about
a Colombian family fractured by deportation, offering an intimate perspective on an
experience that so many have endured—and are enduring right now.
At the dawn of the new millennium, Colombia is a country devastated by half a century of
violence. Elena and Mauro are teenagers when they meet, and once their first daughter is
born, and facing grim economic prospects, they set their sights on the United States.
As their family expands, and they move again and again, their decision to ignore their
exit dates plunges them into the precariousness of undocumented status, the threat of
discovery menacing a life already strained. When Mauro is deported, Elena, now tasked
with caring for their three small children, makes a difficult choice that will ease her burdens
but splinter the family even further.
Award-winning, internationally acclaimed author Patricia Engel, herself the daughter of
Colombian immigrants gives voice to Mauro and Elena, as well as their children—each one
navigating a divided existence. Rich with Bogotá urban life, steeped in Andean myth, and
tense with the daily reality for the undocumented in America, Infinite Country is the story of
two countries and one mixed-status family—for whom every triumph is stitched with regret
and every dream pursued bears the weight of a dream deferred.
Patricia Engel is the author of The Veins of the Ocean, winner of the Dayton Literary
Peace Prize; It’s Not Love, It’s Just Paris, winner of the International Latino Book Award;
and Vida, a finalist for the Pen/Hemingway and Young Lions Fiction Awards, New York
Times Notable Book, and winner of Colombia’s national book award, the Premio Biblioteca
de Narrativa Colombiana. She is a recipient of fellowships from the Guggenheim
Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts. Her stories appear in The Best
American Short Stories, The Best American Mystery Stories, The O. Henry Prize Stories,
and elsewhere. Born to Colombian parents, Patricia teaches creative writing at the
University of Miami. 7
© Elliot & Erick Jimenez
Simon & Schuster Freshman Year Reading
BLACK VOICES
BLACK VOICES
Survival Math
Notes on an All-American Family
Mitchell S. Jackson
9781501131738 y Trade Paper y 336 pages y $17.00 y Scribner
“A vibrant memoir of race, violence, family, and manhood…a virtuosic wail of a
book” (The Boston Globe), Survival Math calculates how award-winning author
Mitchell S. Jackson survived the Portland, Oregon, of his youth. Jackson charts
a course through drug‑ravaged neighborhoods and a struggling family, with this
cohesive collection of linked autobiographical essays, written with language that is
thrillingly alive, original, and candid.
“The prose is a stunning mix of internal monologue and historical and religious
references that he incorporates to tell his story…Thanks to Jackson’s fresh
voice, this powerful autobiography shines an important light on the generational
problems of America’s oft-forgotten urban communities.” —Publishers Weekly
Now in Paperback (starred review)
Reading Group Guide Available
SELECTED BY Southern New Hampshire University–Mountainview
Theme: Overcoming Life’s Challenges
The Black Kids
A Novel
Christina Hammonds Reed
9781534462724 y Hardcover y 368 pages y $18.99 y S&S Books for Young Readers
Perfect for fans of The Hate U Give, this unforgettable coming‑of‑age debut novel
explores issues of race, class, and violence through the eyes of a wealthy black
teenager whose family gets caught in the vortex of the 1992 Rodney King Riots.
New York Times Bestseller
Reading Group Guide Available
Themes: Reluctant Reader, Regional: Los Angeles, Coming‑of‑Age
New Title
Black Magic
What Black Leaders Learned from Trauma and Triumph
Chad Sanders
9781982104221 y Hardcover y 288 pages y $27.00 y Simon & Schuster
A powerful exploration of Black achievement in a white world based on honest,
provocative, and moving interviews with Black leaders, scientists, artists, activists,
and champions.
Themes: Memoir, History
New Title Available
February 2021
The Blood of Emmett Till
What Black Leaders Learned from Tragedy and Triumph
Timothy B. Tyson
9781476714851 y Trade Paper y 304 pages y $17.00 y Simon & Schuster
In 1955, white men in the Mississippi Delta lynched a fourteen-year-old from
Chicago named Emmett Till. The case galvanized the Civil Rights Movement of the
50s and 60s, but the lessons are relevant today. Timothy B. Tyson relies on the
only interview granted by the woman at the center of the trial, Carolyn Bryant, the
transcript of the trial, which was only recovered in 2005, as well as a recent FBI
report on the case.
New York Times Bestseller y National Book Award Longlist
8 Themes: Memoir, History
Everyday People
BLACK VOICES
The Color of Life—A Short Story Anthology
Edited by Jennifer Baker
9781501134944 y Trade Paper y 336 pages y $17.00 y Atria Books
This gorgeously wrought anthology represents a wide range of styles, themes, and
perspectives on a variety of topics. The carefully selected stories depict moments
that linger—moments of doubt, crossroads to be chosen, relationships, epiphanies,
loss, and of discovery. A celebration of writing and expression featuring critically
lauded writers including Alexander Chee, Mitchell S. Jackson, and Jason Reynolds.
Author Video Available
Themes: Diversity, Literary
The Fire This Time
A New Generation Speaks about Race
Jesmyn Ward
9781501126352 y Trade Paper y 240 pages y $16.00 y Scribner
National Book Award–winning author Jesmyn Ward takes James Baldwin’s 1963
examination of race in America, The Fire Next Time, as a jumping off point for this
groundbreaking collection of essays and poems about race from the most important
voices of our time. All confront the timely question—What does it mean to be black
in America today? Works from Roxane Gay, Kevin Young, Isabel Wilkerson, Edwidge
Danticat, and more.
New York Times Bestseller
SELECTED BY University of South Carolina–Upstate, New York University–Liberal
Studies, CUNY Medgar Evers College
Theme: Social Activism
Heads of the Colored People
Stories
Nafissa Thompson-Spires
9781501168000 y Trade Paper y 224 pages y $17.00 y 37 INK
In this acclaimed works of fiction, Nafissa Thompson-Spires offers “a firecracker of a
book…a triumph of storytelling: intelligent, acerbic, and ingenious” (Financial Times).
National Book Award Finalist y PEN Open Book Award Winner
Reading Group Guide Available
SELECTED BY University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Gettysburg College
Themes: Diversity, Literary
How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in
America
Essays
Kiese Laymon
9781982170820 y Trade Paper y 176 pages y $16.00 y Scribner
A revised edition, with six new essays and seven original essays, by the “star in the
American literary firmament, with a voice that is courageous, honest, loving, and
singularly beautiful” (NPR).
Theme: Society
New Title Available
in Paperback
Ida B. the Queen
The Extraordinary Life and Legacy of Ida B. Wells
Michelle Duster
9781982129811 y Hardcover y 176 pages y $27.00 y Atria Books / One Signal
Called “a dangerous negro agitator” by the FBI, and a “brave woman” by
Frederick Douglass, an inspiring biography of the American pioneer
by Ida B. Wells’s great‑granddaughter, Michelle Duster.
Themes: Women’s Rights, Social Activism, History
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New Title
Middle Passage
BLACK VOICES
25th Anniversary Edition
Charles Johnson with a new introduction by Stanley Crouch
9780684855882 y Trade Paper y 224 pages y $17.00 y Scribner
Rutherford Calhoun, a newly freed slave is desperate to escape unscrupulous bill
collectors and an impending marriage. He jumps aboard the first boat leaving
New Orleans, the Republic, a slave ship en route to collect members of a legendary
African tribe. Thus begins a daring voyage of horror and self-discovery.
National Book Award Winner
Reading Group Guide Available
SELECTED BY The College of Charleston, Wofford College
Theme: Fiction
Never Caught
The Washingtons’ Relentless Pursuit of Their Runaway Slave, Ona Judge
Erica Armstrong Dunbar
9781501126413 y Trade Paper y 288 pages y $16.99 y 37 INK
A startling and eye-opening look into America’s First Family, Never Caught is the
powerful story about a daring woman of “extraordinary grit” (The Philadelphia
Inquirer ).
National Book Award Finalist
Reading Group Guide Available y Author Video Available y Young Readers
Edition Available
SELECTED BY Franklin College, University of Missouri–Kansas City, Southern
Methodist University–University Honors Program, Marywood University
Themes: History, Women’s Studies
Nobody
Casualties of America’s War on the Vulnerable, from Ferguson to Flint and Beyond
Marc Lamont Hill
9781501124969 y Trade Paper y 272 pages y $17.00 y Atria Books
Scholar and journalist Marc Lamont Hill presents a powerful and thought-provoking
analysis of race and class by examining a growing crisis in America: the existence
of a group of citizens who are made vulnerable, exploitable, and disposable through
the machinery of unregulated capitalism, public policy, and social practice.
New York Times Bestseller y Nautilus Award Winner
SELECTED BY St. Bonaventure University
Themes: African American, Social Change, American History
She Came to Slay
The Life and Times of Harriet Tubman
Erica Armstrong Dunbar
9781982139599 y Hardcover y 176 pages y $23.99 y 37 INK
In the bestselling tradition of The Notorious RBG comes a lively, informative, and
illustrated tribute to one of the most exceptional women in American history—
Harriet Tubman—a heroine whose fearlessness and activism still resonates today.
SELECTED BY Bunker Hill Community College
Themes: Women’s Rights, Social Activism, History
New Title
These Ghosts Are Family
A Novel
Maisy Card
9781982117443 y Trade Paper y 304 pages y $17.00 y Simon & Schuster
A “rich, ambitious debut novel” (The New York Times Book Review) that reveals
the ways in which a Jamaican family forms and fractures over generations, in the
tradition of Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi.
Reading Group Guide Available
Themes: Immigrant Experience, Family
10 Now in PaperbackThey Come in All Colors
BLACK VOICES
A Novel
Malcolm Hansen
9781501172335 y Trade Paper y 336 pages y $17.00 y Atria Books
An “urgent and heartrending novel about an America on the brink” (Matt Gallagher,
author of Youngblood ), They Come in All Colors follows a biracial teenage boy who
finds his new life in the big city disrupted by childhood memories of the summer
when racial tensions in his hometown reached a tipping point.
BCALA First Novelist Award Winner
Reading Group Guide Available
Themes: Coming‑of‑Age, Diversity
Walking with the Wind
A Memoir of the Movement
John Lewis with Michael D’Orso
9781476797717 y Trade Paper y 544 pages y $18.99 y Simon & Schuster
An award-winning national bestseller, Walking with the Wind is one of our most
important records of the American Civil Rights Movement. Told by John Lewis, who
Cornel West calls a “national treasure,” this is a gripping first-hand account of the
fight for civil rights and the courage it takes to change a nation.
Themes: African American History, Civil Rights
We Speak for Ourselves
How Woke Culture Prohibits Progress
D. Watkins
9781501187834 y Trade Paper y 208 pages y $16.00 y Atria Books
From the row houses of Baltimore to the stoops of Brooklyn, with searing conviction
and full compassion, D. Watkins lays bare the voices of the most vulnerable and
allows their raw, intimate stories to uncover the systematic injustice threaded within
our society. Honest and eye-opening, We Speak for Ourselves makes us listen, feel,
and create a course toward change that starts right where we are.
Theme: Society, Race Relations, Urban Living
Now in Paperback
What Set Me Free
A True Story of Wrongful Conviction, a Dream Deferred, and a Man Redeemed
Brian Banks
9781982121310 y Trade Paper y 320 pages y $16.99 y Atria Books
Discover the unforgettable and inspiring true story of Brian Banks—a young man
who was wrongfully convicted as a teenager and imprisoned for more than five
years, only to emerge with his spirit unbroken and determined to achieve his dream
of playing in the NFL.
Themes: Sports, Memoir, Crime & Justice
Writing to Save a Life
The Louis Till File
John Edgar Wideman
9781501147296 y Trade Paper y 224 pages y $16.00 y Scribner
A major literary figure tells “a searching tale of loss, recovery, and déjà vu that is
part memoir and what-if speculation, part polemic and exposé” (The Washington
Post ) about two generations of one family—civil rights martyr Emmett Till and his
father, Louis.
National Book Critics Circle Award Shortlist
Reading Group Guide Available
Themes: Biography, History
11Simon & Schuster Freshman Year Reading
CAMPUS ISSUES
CAMPUS ISSUES
The Mindful Guide to Conflict Resolution
How to Thoughtfully Handle Difficult Situations, Conversations, and Personalities
Rosalie Puiman
9781507211328 y Trade Paper y 240 pages y $15.99 y Adams Media
Successfully handle difficult conversations, remain civil, and end an argument
peacefully with this straightforward and mindful guide to conflict resolution.
“Every one of us can benefit from Rosalie Puiman’s practical wisdom and
immediately effective approaches. In truth, this book is not just about resolving
conflicts; it’s actually an incredibly user-friendly guidebook for daily living and
interaction.” —Alan Seale, director of The Center for Transformational Presence
New Title Available
in Paperback
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
Power Lessons in Personal Change
Stephen R. Covey
9781982137274 y Trade Paper y 464 pages y $18.99 y Simon & Schuster
This thirtieth anniversary edition of Stephen Covey’s beloved classic The 7 Habits
of Highly Effective People commemorates the timeless wisdom of the seven habits
with modern additions from Sean Covey.
SELECTED BY Harding University
Themes: Personal Success, Leadership
30th Anniversary Edition
Bad with Money
The Imperfect Art of Getting Your Financial Sh* t Together
Gaby Dunn
9781501176333 y Trade Paper y 304 pages y $16.00 y Atria Books
The beloved writer-comedian expands on her popular podcast with an engaging and
empowering financial literacy book for Millennials and Gen Z.
Themes: Financial Literacy, Personal Success
For Every One
Jason Reynolds
9781481486255 y Trade Paper y 112 pages y $7.99 y Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books
Originally performed at the Kennedy Center for the unveiling of the Martin Luther
King, Jr. Memorial, and later as a tribute to Walter Dean Myers, this stirring and
inspirational poem is New York Times bestselling author and National Book Award
finalist Jason Reynolds’s rallying cry to the dreamers of the world.
Author Videos Available
Themes: Inspirational, Reluctant Reader
12Gender: Your Guide
CAMPUS ISSUES
A Gender-Friendly Primer on What to Know, What to Say, and What to Do in the New
Gender Culture
Lee Airton, PhD
9781507210703 y Trade Paper y 240 pages y $15.99 y Adams Media
“An invaluable resource for both new and veteran allies…obvious and necessary”
(Library Journal, starred review) information for everyone who wants to learn
more about how to navigate gender diversity in today’s families, communities, and
workplaces.
Theme: Modern Culture
The Her Campus Guide to College Life
How to Manage Relationships, Stay Safe and Healthy, Handle Stress, and Have the Best Years
of Your Life!—Updated and Expanded Edition
By Stephanie Kaplan Lewis, Annie Chandler Wang,
Windsor Hanger Western, and Her Campus Editors
9781507210321 y Trade Paper y 320 pages y $15.99 y Adams Media
Every young woman’s essential guide to tackling all of the challenges of college, from
stress to debt to scholarships, in a completely updated new edition: “Some things are
common sense but some things aren’t—especially when it comes to navigating a
college campus in a way that’s fun, independent, and totally safe” (Today).
Themes: Student Affairs, Transition/Orientation
The Infographic Guide to College
A Visual Reference for Everything You Need to Know
Adams Media
9781507203361 y Trade Paper y 128 pages y $16.99 y Adams Media
For fans of the popular Show Me How series, this illustrated guide to college life has
everything a student needs to excel in their first year, from tips on getting involved
around campus to advice about applying for loans and studying for exams.
Themes: Student Affairs, Transition/Orientation
Self-Care for College Students
From Orientation to Graduation, 150+ Easy Ways to Stay Happy, Healthy, and Stress-Free
Julia Dellitt
9781507211151 y Hardcover y 224 pages y $15.99 y Adams Media
Make the most out of your college experience with these manageable self-care tips
that are easy to incorporate into your busy college lifestyle.
Themes: Personal Success, Mental Health
Stress Less
Stop Stressing, Start Living
Kate Hanley
9781507201930 y Trade Paper y 208 pages y $13.99 y Adams Media
Mindset coach Kate Hanley has developed 100 practical, helpful mindfulness
exercises that will inspire you to combat stress and restore your inner peace.
Each exercise allows you to take stock of how you’re feeling and change your
state of mind. Where stress and anxiety once lived, you’ll now enjoy a calm,
clear-minded base.
Themes: Mental Health
13Simon & Schuster Freshman Year Reading
FICTION
FICTION
Don’t Ask Me Where I’m From
Jennifer De Leon
9781534438248 y Hardcover y 336 pages y $18.99 y Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books
First-generation American LatinX Liliana Cruz does what it takes to fit in at her
new nearly all-white school. But when family secrets spill out and racism at school
ramps up, she must decide what she believes in and take a stand.
“An energetically paced, boundary-pushing novel that raises important questions
of race, identity, belonging, true friendship, and how to stand up for a cause you
truly believe in.” —Booklist
Reading Group Guide Available
Themes: Reluctant Reader, Social Justice, Diversity
New Title
All American Boys
A Novel
Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely
9781481463348 y Trade Paper y 336 pages y $11.99 y Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books
In an unforgettable novel from award-winning authors Jason Reynolds and Brendan
Kiely, two teens—one black, one white—must grapple with the repercussions of
a single violent act that leaves their school, their community, and, ultimately, the
country bitterly divided by racial tension.
ALA Coretta Scott King Author Honor Book y New York Times Bestseller
Reading Group Guide Available y Author Videos Available
AllAmericanBoysNovel.com
SELECTED BY Millersville University, Holy Names University
Themes: Sports, Diversity, Understanding Others, Reluctant Reader
All the Light We Cannot See
A Novel
Anthony Doerr
9781501173219 y Trade Paper y 544 pages y $18.00 y Scribner
A stunningly ambitious and beautiful novel about a blind French girl and a German
boy whose paths collide in occupied France as both try to survive the devastation of
World War II. From the highly acclaimed, multiple award-winning Anthony Doerr, a
magnificent, deeply moving novel by a writer “whose sentences never fail to thrill”
(Los Angeles Times).
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction Winner y New York Times Bestseller
ALA Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction Winner
Reading Group Guide Available
SELECTED BY The University of Idaho, Case Western Reserve University,
Carroll College, University of Dallas, Baylor University—Honors Program
Themes: Coming‑of‑Age, Overcoming Life’s Challenges
Amnesty
A Novel
Aravind Adiga
9781982127244 y Hardcover y 272 pages y $26.00 y Scribner
A riveting, suspenseful, and exuberant novel from the bestselling, Man Booker
Prize–winning author of The White Tiger and Selection Day about a young illegal
immigrant who must decide whether to report crucial information about a murder—
and thereby risk deportation.
Man Booker Prize Winner
Themes: Literary Fiction, Immigrant Experience
14Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the
FICTION
Universe
Benjamin Alire Sáenz
9781442408937 y Trade Paper y 368 pages y $14.99 y S&S Books for Young Readers
A “tender, honest exploration of identity” (Publishers Weekly) that distills lyrical
truths about family and friendship.
ALA Michael L. Printz Award Honor Book
Reading Group Guide Available
Themes: Coming‑of‑Age, Reluctant Reader, Friendship, LGBTQ+ Issues
Beartown
A Novel
Fredrik Backman
9781501160776 y Trade Paper y 432 pages y $17.00 y Washington Square Press
The bestselling author of A Man Called Ove returns with a dazzling, profound novel
about a small town with a big dream—and the price required to make it come true.
New York Times Bestseller
Reading Group Guide Available
SELECTED BY Tulane University, East Stroudsburg University
Themes: Sports, Community
The Deep
Rivers Solomon
9781534439870 y Trade Paper y 192 pages y $14.99 y Saga Press
Octavia E. Butler meets Marvel’s Black Panther in The Deep, a story rich with
Afrofuturism, folklore, and the power of memory, inspired by the Hugo Award–
nominated song “The Deep” from Daveed Diggs’s rap group Clipping.
Themes: African Experience, Science Fiction
Now in Paperback
Dry
Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
9781481481977 y Trade Paper y 416 pages y $12.99 y S&S Books for Young Readers
When the California drought escalates to catastrophic proportions, one teen is
forced to make life and death decisions for her family in this harrowing story of
survival.
New York Times Bestseller y Chicago Public Library’s Best of the Best
Reading Group Guide Available
Themes: Reluctant Reader, Dystopian
The Eight Mountains
A Novel
Paolo Cognetti
9781501169892 y Trade Paper y 224 pages y $16.99 y Washington Square Press
For fans of Elena Ferrante and Paulo Coelho comes a moving and elegant novel
about the friendship between two young Italian boys from different backgrounds
and how their connection evolves and challenges them throughout their lives.
Reading Group Guide Available
Themes: Global Perspective, Coming‑of‑Age
15Fahrenheit 451
FICTION
60th Anniversary Edition
Ray Bradbury
9781451673319 y Trade Paper y 272 pages y $17.00 y Simon & Schuster
Guy Montag is a fireman. In his world, where television rules and literature is on
the brink of extinction, firemen start fires rather than put them out. Montag never
questions work, returning each day to his bland life. When his wife attempts suicide
and a neighbor suddenly disappears, Montag begins to question everything he has
ever known.
Pulitzer Prize Special Citation y National Endowment for the Arts Big Read
Classroom Discussion Guide Available
Now an HBO Film SELECTED BY Xavier University of Ohio, University of Houston Victoria,
Wesley College, University of Lynchburg, Maryville University,
American University in Cairo, Oakland University The Honors College
Themes: Science Fiction, Dystopian
The Falconer
A Novel
Dana Czapnik
9781501193231 y Trade Paper y 304 pages y $16.00 y Washington Square Press
In this “frank, bittersweet coming‑of‑age story that crackles with raw adolescent
energy, fresh-cut prose, and a kinetic sense of place” (Entertainment Weekly), a
teenaged tomboy explores love, growing up, and New York City in the early 1990s.
A New York Times Editor’s Choice
Reading Group Guide Available
Themes: Coming‑of‑Age, Literary
Frankenstein
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
9781982146153 y Hardcover y 288 pages y $29.99 y Gallery 13
Frankenstein’s Monster lives on—and so does legendary artist Bernie Wrightson’s
legacy—in this landmark illustrated edition of Mary Shelley’s classic novel, featuring
an introduction by Stephen King.
Themes: Ethics, Science Fiction
The Good Earth
Pearl S. Buck
9781982147174 y Trade Paper y 384 pages y $17.00 y Washington Square Press
The timeless Pulitzer Prize–winning masterpiece following a humble farmer’s
journey through 1920s China returns with this beautifully repackaged edition that
celebrates its nearly ninety years as an American classic.
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction Winner
Reading Group Guide Available
Theme: Global Perspective
A Heart in a Body in the World
Deb Caletti
9781481415217 y Trade Paper y 384 pages y $12.99 y Simon Pulse
A girl tries to outrun her demons in this searing, universal novel about the impact of
gun violence, everyday sexism, rape culture, and internalizing—and overcoming—
guilt from National Book Award finalist Deb Caletti.
ALA Michael L. Printz Award Honor Book
Reading Group Guide Available
Themes: Social Change, Social Activism, Inspirational, Coming‑of‑Age,
Reluctant Reader
16The History of Bees
FICTION
A Novel
Maja Lunde
9781501161384 y Trade Paper y 352 pages y $16.00 y Atria Books
In the spirit of Station Eleven and Never Let Me Go, this “spectacular and deeply
moving” (Lisa See) novel follows three generations of beekeepers from the past,
present, and future, weaving a spellbinding story of their relationship to the
bees—and to their children—against the backdrop of an urgent global crisis.
Reading Group Guide Available
Themes: Environment
In the Midnight Room
A Novel
Laura McBride
9781501157790 y Trade Paper y 416 pages y $18.00 y Atria Books
From the author of the acclaimed novel We Are Called to Rise comes a powerful,
intergenerational story of four women whose lives become intertwined through the
changing fates of a Las Vegas casino. Exploring womanhood, family bonds, and
immigration, In the Midnight Room is about the way we live in America now.
Reading Group Guide Available y Author Video Available
Themes: Regional: Las Vegas, Community, Women’s Issues, Immigration
In the Shadow of the Banyan
A Novel
Vaddey Ratner
9781451657715 y Trade Paper y 352 pages y $17.00 y Simon & Schuster
Told from the tender perspective of a young girl who comes of age amid the
Cambodian killing fields, this searing first novel—based on the author’s personal
story—has been hailed by Little Bee author Chris Cleave as “a masterpiece…
utterly heartbreaking and impossibly beautiful.”
New York Times Bestseller y PEN/Hemingway Award Finalist
Reading Group Guide Available
SELECTED BY Kalamazoo College, Georgetown University, Montgomory College,
Roger Williams University, Arizona State University Honors College
Themes: Global Perspective, Diversity
Little Bee
A Novel
Chris Cleave
9781416589648 y Trade Paper y 320 pages y $17.00 y Simon & Schuster
The lives of a sixteen-year-old Nigerian orphan and a well-off British woman collide
in this haunting novel. Chris Cleave tells the story of an African refugee, nicknamed
Little Bee, whose violent and courageous journey from a Nigerian beach to a
suburban London home and back puts a stunning face on the worldwide refugee
crisis.
New York Times Bestseller
Reading Group Guide Available
SELECTED BY Pace University, University of North Carolina–Wilmington
Themes: Global Perspective, Immigrant Experience
Long Way Down
Jason Reynolds
9781481438261 y Trade Paper y 336 pages y $11.99 y Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books
An ode to Put the Damn Guns Down, this is New York Times bestselling author
Jason Reynolds’s electrifying novel that takes place in sixty potent seconds—the
time it takes a kid to decide whether or not he’s going to murder the guy who killed
his brother.
National Book Award for Young People’s Literature Longlist
Reading Group Guide Available y Graphic Novel Adaptation Available
SELECTED BY Northern Vermont University–Johnson
Themes: Family, Society
17A Man Called Ove
FICTION
A Novel
Fredrik Backman
9781476738024 y Trade Paper y 368 pages y $17.00 y Washington Square Press
A charming novel from Sweden about a hilariously grumpy old man whose solitary
world is intruded on—and slowly changed—by the boisterous young family that
moves in next door. A Man Called Ove wonderfully enforces the power of community
friendship and family and why it is so important to never judge someone without
knowing them.
New York Times Bestseller
Reading Group Guide Available
SELECTED BY Regis College
Themes: Friendship, Community
The Map of Salt and Stars
A Novel
Zeyn Joukhadar
9781501169052 y Trade Paper y 400 pages y $16.99 y Atria Books
This powerful and lyrical debut novel is to Syria what The Kite Runner was to
Afghanistan; the story of two girls living eight hundred years apart—a modern-day
Syrian refugee seeking safety and an adventurous mapmaker’s apprentice.
“A wise, vibrantly told story for a wide range of readers, particularly relevant
now.” —Library Journal
Reading Group Guide Available y Author Videos Available
Themes: Coming‑of‑Age, Diversity
Music of the Ghosts
A Novel
Vaddey Ratner
9781476795799 y Trade Paper y 352 pages y $21.99 y Atria Books
From the award-winning author of In the Shadow of the Banyan comes a novel set
in contemporary Cambodia that follows a former child refugee as she returns home
to discover the truth about her father, who went missing during the Khmer Rouge
regime.
Reading Group Guide Available y Author Video Available
SELECTED BY Montgomery College
Themes: Global Perspective, Diversity
The New American
A Novel
Micheline Aharonian Marcom
9781982120726 y Hardcover y 288 pages y $26.00 y Simon & Schuster
The epic journey of a young Guatemalan American college student, a “dreamer,”
who gets deported and decides to make his way back home to California.
Themes: Coming‑of‑Age, Literary, Immigrant Experience
New Title
Ohio
A Novel
Stephen Markley
9781501174483 y Trade Paper y 512 pages y $16.99 y Simon & Schuster
The critically acclaimed “remarkable debut novel…a wild, angry, and devastating
masterpiece of a book” (NPR) by Stephen Markley, Ohio is a lyrical, emotional,
and “genuinely absorbing” (The Washington Post) story set in northeastern Ohio
depicting one feverish, fateful summer night when as four former classmates return
to their hometown, all haunted by the ghosts of their shared histories.
Reading Group Guide Available
Themes: Literary, Regional: The Midwest
18The Only Good Indians
FICTION
A Novel
Stephen Graham Jones
9781982136451 y Hardcover y 320 pages y $26.99 y Saga Press
From the Jordan Peele of horror literature comes a cutting tale of revenge, identity
politics, and the American Indian experience, in a novel the New York Times calls
“gritty and gorgeous.”
Reading Group Guide Available
Themes: Supernatural, Society, Indigenous Literature
New Title
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Stephen Chbosky
9781982110994 y Hardcover y 240 pages y $24.00 y Gallery Books
Standing on the fringes of life offers a unique perspective. But there comes a time
to see what it looks like from the dance floor. This modern classic coming‑of‑age
is a The Catcher in the Rye for a whole new generation. Featuring a brand‑new
“Dear Friend” letter from Charlie.
New York Times Bestseller
Reading Group Guide Available
SELECTED BY Slippery Rock University
Themes: Reluctant Reader, Coming‑of‑Age
20th Anniversary Edition
Sing, Unburied, Sing
A Novel
Jesmyn Ward
9781501126079 y Trade Paper y 320 pages y $17.00 y Scribner
Sing, Unburied, Sing grapples with the ugly truths at the heart of the American
story and the power, and limitations, of the bonds of family. Set in rural Mississippi
amongst spirits of the past, the novel follows one family’s journey to collect their
patriarch from prison.
National Book Award Winner y BCALA Literary Award Honor
Reading Group Guide Available y Author Video Available
SELECTED BY Duke University, Williams College, Xavier University, The University
of Michigan–Flint
Themes: Coming‑of‑Age, African American, Regional: The South
This Tender Land
A Novel
William Kent Krueger
9781476749303 y Trade Paper y 464 pages y $17.00 y Atria Books
The acclaimed author of Ordinary Grace returns with a powerful novel about four
orphans’ life-changing adventure traveling down America’s great rivers during the
1930s, seeking a place to call home and a sense of purpose in a world sinking
into despair.
New York Times Bestseller
Themes: Coming‑of‑Age, American History
Now in Paperback
Tradition
Brendan Kiely
9781481480352 y Trade Paper y 368 pages y $11.99 y Margaret K. McElderry Books
From New York Times bestselling and award-winning author Brendan Kiely, a
stunning new novel that explores the insidious nature of tradition at a prestigious
boarding school.
Reading Group Guide Available
Themes: Friendship, Coming‑of‑Age, Reluctant Reader
19Two Dead
FICTION
Van Jensen and Nate Powell
9781501168956 y Trade Paper y 256 pages y $19.99 y Gallery 13
From the acclaimed DC Comics writer and the artist of the #1 New York Times
bestselling and National Book Award–winning illustrated trilogy March comes
a stunning crime noir graphic novel exploring the intertwining threads of crime,
conspiracy, racism, and insanity in the post-World War II Deep South.
Themes: Graphic Novel, Crime & Mystery
Graphic Novel
We Are Called to Rise
A Novel
Laura McBride
9781476738970 y Trade Paper y 336 pages y $16.00 y Simon & Schuster
Based on a true and shocking split-second moment, Laura McBride expertly links
three lives and narratives to tell a story about America today, where so many
cultures and points of view collide and coexist. Set in the suburban sprawl of
Las Vegas, Nevada.
Reading Group Guide Available
SELECTED BY Molloy College, Owensboro Community & Technical College
Themes: Coming‑of‑Age, Diversity
Where the Line Bleeds
A Novel
Jesmyn Ward
9781501164330 y Trade Paper y 256 pages y $17.00 y Scribner
A timeless Southern fable of brotherly love and familial conflict—“a lyrical yet
clear-eyed portrait of a rural South and an African American reality that are rarely
depicted” (The Boston Globe).
Reading Group Guide Available
Themes: Coming‑of‑Age, Regional: The South
The White Tiger
A Novel
Aravind Adiga
9781416562603 y Trade Paper y 320 pages y $17.00 y Free Press
The White Tiger follows a darkly comic Bangalore driver through the poverty and
corruption of modern India’s caste society, guided by his great ambition.
Man Booker Prize Winner
Reading Group Guide Available
SELECTED BY Winona State University
Themes: Coming‑of‑Age, Global Perspective
Your Corner Dark
Desmond Hall
9781534460713 y Hardcover y 384 pages y $19.99 y Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books
American Street meets Long Way Down in this searing and gritty debut novel that
takes an unflinching look at the harsh realities of gang life in Jamaica and how far a
teen is willing to go for family.
Themes: Reluctant Reader, Global Perspective
New Title Available
20 January 2021Simon & Schuster Freshman Year Reading
FOOD, ENVIORNMENT, & SUSTAINABILITY
FOOD, ENVIRONMENT,
& SUSTAINABILITY
On Fire
The (Burning) Case for a Green New Deal
Naomi Klein
9781982129927 y Trade Paper y 320 pages y $18.00 y Simon & Schuster
#1 New York Times and internationally bestselling author Naomi Klein makes
the case for a Green New Deal in this “keenly argued, well-researched, and
impassioned” manifesto (The Washington Post).
“Masterful…What separates Klein from many other advocates for a Green
New Deal is her balanced combination of idealism and politics-based realism…
Another important addition to the literature on the most essential issue of our
day.” —Kirkus Reviews
New York Times Bestseller
Themes: Science, Political Science, Climate Change
Now in Paperback
Abundance
The Future Is Better Than You Think
Peter H. Diamandis and Steven Kotler
9781451616835 y Trade Paper y 432 pages y $18.00 y Free Press
An antidote to pessimism by tech entrepreneur turned philanthropist, Peter H.
Diamandis and award-winning science writer Steven Kotler. Examining human need
by category—water, food, energy, healthcare, education, freedom—Diamandis and
Kotler introduce dozens of innovators making great strides in each area. Providing
abundance is humanity’s grandest challenge—this is a book about how we rise to
meet it.
Theme: Altruism
The American Way of Eating
Undercover at Walmart, Applebee’s, Farm Fields and the Dinner Table
Tracie McMillan
9781439171967 y Trade Paper y 352 pages y $19.00 y Scribner
Fearlessly reported and beautifully written, The American Way of Eating goes
beyond statistics and culture wars to deliver a book that is fiercely honest, strikingly
intelligent, and compulsively readable. In making the simple case that—city or
country, rich or poor—everyone wants good food, McMillan guarantees that talking
about dinner will never be the same again.
SELECTED BY Texas A&M University
Themes: Agriculture, Society
The Big Thirst
The Secret Life and Turbulent Future of Water
Charles Fishman
9781439102084 y Trade Paper y 416 pages y $18.00 y Free Press
Praised as “an entertaining and torrential flow of a book” by Nature magazine,
The Big Thirst is a startling examination of the passing of the golden age of water
and the shocking facts about how water scarcity will soon be a major factor in
our lives.
SELECTED BY Carroll University, College of Charleston, California State
University–Bakersfield, Occidental College, Western Carolina University
Themes: Conservation, Nature
21The Dirty Life
FOOD, ENVIORNMENT, & SUSTAINABILITY
A Memoir of Farming, Food, and Love
Kristin Kimball
9781416551614 y Trade Paper y 320 pages y $17.00 y Scribner
From a “graceful, luminous writer with an eye for detail,” this riveting memoir
explores a year on a sustainable farm—and the real world epitome of Michael
Pollan’s food philosophy.
Reading Group Guide Available
SELECTED BY SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry–Newcomb
Themes: Agriculture, Community
The Dorito Effect
The Surprising New Truth About Food and Flavor
Mark Schatzker
9781476724232 y Trade Paper y 272 pages y $17.00 y Simon & Schuster
A lively and important argument from an award-winning journalist proving that the
key to reversing America’s health crisis lies in the overlooked link between nutrition
and flavor.
SELECTED BY Lehigh University
Themes: Science, Nutrition
Exposure
Poisoned Water, Corporate Greed, and One Lawyer’s Twenty-Year Battle against DuPont
Robert Bilott
9781501172823 y Trade Paper y 400 pages y $18.00 y Atria Books
Silent Spring meets Erin Brockovich in this eye-opening, riveting true story of the
lawyer who spent two decades building a case against DuPont, one of the world’s
largest chemical companies, after uncovering a shocking history of environmental
pollution and heartless corruption.
Themes: Public Policy, Law
Now in Paperback
On Trails
An Exploration
Robert Moor
9781476739236 y Trade Paper y 352 pages y $16.00 y Simon & Schuster
From a debut talent who’s been compared to Annie Dillard, Edward Abbey, David
Quammen, and Jared Diamond, On Trails is a wondrous exploration of how trails
help us understand the world—from invisible ant trails to hiking paths that span
continents, from interstate highways to the internet.
New York Times Bestseller y Pacific Northwest Book Award Winner
SELECTED BY University of Arizona–Honors Program
Themes: Nature, Science, Memoir
The Patch
The People, Pipelines, and Politics of the Oil Sands
Chris Turner
9781501115103 y Trade Paper y 368 pages y $16.99 y Simon & Schuster
Bestselling author Chris Turner brings readers into the heart of the oil industry,
showing the myriad ways the oil sands impact North America and demanding that
we ask the question: To both fuel the world and to save it, what do we do about
the Patch?
National Business Book Award
Theme: Global Perspective
22The Story of Stuff
FOOD, ENVIORNMENT, & SUSTAINABILITY
The Impact of Overconsumption on the Planet, Our Communities, and Our Health—And How
We Can Make It Better
Annie Leonard
9781451610291 y Trade Paper y 368 pages y $18.00 y Free Press
A classic exposé in company with An Inconvenient Truth and Silent Spring,
The Story of Stuff expands on the celebrated documentary exploring the threat
of overconsumption on the environment, economy, and our health. Leonard
examines the “stuff” we use everyday, offering a galvanizing critique and steps
for a changed planet.
Reading Group Guide Available
SELECTED BY over seven, most recently at Oakton Community College,
Moravian College
Themes: Political Science, Conservation
This Changes Everything
Capitalism vs. The Climate
Naomi Klein
9781451697391 y Trade Paper y 576 pages y $18.99 y Simon & Schuster
Forget everything you think you know about global warming. The really inconvenient
truth is that it’s not about carbon—it’s about capitalism. The convenient truth is that
we can seize this existential crisis to transform our failed economic system and
build something radically better.
Classroom Discussion Guide Available y Author Video Available
SELECTED BY Amherst College, Alaska Pacific University, University of Alaska–
Anchorage
Themes: Political Science, Conservation
What Stands in a Storm
A True Story of Love and Resilience in the Worst Superstorm in History
Kim Cross
9781476763071 y Trade Paper y 320 pages y $17.00 y Atria Books
A real-life thriller, the dramatic true story of America’s biggest tornado outbreak
since the beginning of recorded weather, a three-day superstorm with 358 separate
tornadoes touching down in twenty‑one states and destroying entire towns.
SELECTED BY University of Mount Union
Themes: Nature, Regional: Alabama
Why Did The Chicken Cross the World?
The Epic Saga of the Bird that Powers Civilization
Andrew Lawler
9781476729909 y Trade Paper y 336 pages y $17.00 y Atria Books
Lawler discovers the secrets behind the chicken’s transformation from a shy,
wild bird into an animal of astonishing versatility, capable of serving our species’
changing needs more than the horse, cow, or dog. The natural history of the
chicken, and its role in entertainment, food history, and food politics, as well as the
debate raging over animal welfare, comes to light in this “witty, conversational”
(Booklist) volume.
Themes: History, Nature
Winning the Green New Deal
Why We Must, How We Can
Varshini Prakash and Guido Girgenti
9781982142438 y Trade Paper y 384 pages y $18.00 y Simon & Schuster
An urgent and definitive collection of essays from leaders and experts championing
the Green New Deal—and a detailed playbook for how we can win it—including
contributions by leading activists and progressive writers like Varshini Prakash,
Rhiana Gunn-Wright, Bill McKibben, Rev William Barber II, and more.
Themes: Political Science, Climate Change
New Title 23Simon & Schuster Freshman Year Reading
FYE SEMINAR
FYE SEMINAR
The Leader’s Guide to Unconscious Bias
How To Reframe Bias, Cultivate Connection, and Create High-Performing Teams
Pamela Fuller and Mark Murphy with Anne Chow
9781982144319 y Hardcover y 304 pages y $28.00 y Simon & Schuster
A timely, must-have guide to understanding and overcoming bias in the
workplace, from the experts at FranklinCovey.
“A useful toolkit for organizations looking to face institutional- and
individual‑level unconscious bias…Fuller’s tone is encouraging without
letting readers off the hook, and she provides a plethora of tools for nurturing
diversity and inclusion…this is a clearheaded, no‑nonsense approach to
addressing bias in all the places it may be found.” —Publishers Weekly
Themes: Leadership, Personal Success
New Title
24/6
Giving up Screens One Day a Week to Get More Time, Creativity, and Connection
Tiffany Shlain
9781982116873 y Trade Paper y 256 pages y $16.99 y Gallery Books
A far-reaching examination of the digital revolution and the complex world we’ve
created, 24/6 is an incisive, intimate, and urgent call to rebalance ourselves, and
ultimately help rebalance society through a transformative weekly practice.
Themes: Technology, Personal Success
Now in Paperback
CliftonStrengths for Students
Your Strengths Journey Begins Here
Created by: Gallup
9781595621252 y Hardcover y 224 pages y $29.99 y Gallup Press
College is a chance for you to start fresh. You get to learn and grow in ways that will
amaze you. You get to write your own story. CliftonStrengths for Students will help
you discover and develop your strengths—and reach your full potential.
Theme: Personal Success
Decoding Greatness
How the Best in the World Reverse Engineer Success
Ron Friedman
9781982135799 y Hardcover y 288 page y $28.00 y Simon & Schuster
Decoding Greatness reveals a game-changing approach to mastery, one that will
transform the way you learn new skills, generate creative ideas, and think about
success.
Themes: Critical Thinking, Personal Success
New Title Available
24 April 2021Get a Financial Life
FYE SEMINAR
Personal Finance in Your Twenties and Thirties
Beth Kobliner
9781476782386 y Trade Paper y 352 pages y $16.99 y Simon & Schuster
A completely revised and updated fourth edition designed to guide younger adults
through the world of personal finance.
New York Times Bestseller
Theme: Personal Success
Great at Work
The Hidden Habits of Top Performers
Morten T. Hansen, PhD
9781476765822 y Trade Paper y 320 pages y $18.00 y Simon & Schuster
After a unique, five-year study of more than 5,000 managers and employees,
Morten Hansen reveals the answers in his “Seven Work Smarter Practices” that can
be applied by anyone looking to maximize their time and performance.
Themes: Leadership, Personal Success
Grit
The Power of Passion and Perseverance
Angela Duckworth
9781501111112 y Trade Paper y 368 pages y $17.99 y Scribner
In this must-read book for anyone striving to succeed, pioneering psychologist
Angela Duckworth shows parents, educators, students, and business people—both
seasoned and new—that the secret to outstanding achievement is not talent but a
focused persistence called grit. “Inspiration for non-geniuses everywhere” (People ).
New York Times Bestseller
Reading Group Guide Available
SELECTED BY California State Polytechnic University–Pomona, Buena Vista
University, University of Pittsburgh Katz Graduate School of Business,
New York University Tandon School of Engineering, Stanford University,
Seton Hall University, Pennsylvania State University–Berks
Themes: Leadership, Personal Success
In Praise of Wasting Time
Alan Lightman
9781501154362 y Hardcover y 128 pages y $16.99 y TED Books
In this timely and essential book that offers a fresh take on the qualms of
modern‑day life, Professor Alan Lightman investigates the creativity born from
allowing our minds to freely roam, without attempting to accomplish anything and
without any assigned tasks.
Theme: Psychology
It’s Great to Suck at Something
The Unexpected Joy of Wiping Out and What It Can Teach Us About Patience, Resilience, and
the Stuff that Really Matters
Karen Rinaldi
9781501195761 y Hardcover y 256 pages y $26.00 y Atria Books
Discover how the freedom of sucking at something can help you build resilience,
embrace imperfection, and find joy in the pursuit rather than the goal.
Themes: Personal Success, Motivational
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