As the weather heats up in New Haven, we’re planning to head to the beach or stay inside in the air conditioning with a good book. Join the YAA’s reading journey with our summer reading list featuring recent publications from members of the esteemed Yale faculty, which includes novels, how to use your influence superpower, and learning about the context of loneliness and what people have done to navigate it.
- The Words That Made Us: America’s Constitutional Conversation, 1760-1840 by Akhil Reed Amar, Sterling Professor of Law and Political Science
- Beautyland: A Novel by Marie-Helene Bertino, Ritvo-Slifka Writer-in-Residence and Lecturer in English
- Yale and Slavery: A History by David Blight, Sterling Professor of History and African American Studies [Note: Please also see the companion website.]
- Influence is Your Superpower: How to Get What You Want Without Compromising Who You Are by Zoe Chance, Senior Lecturer in Management
- This Exquisite Loneliness: What Loners, Outcasts, and the Misunderstood Can Teach Us about Creativity by Richard Deming, Senior Lecturer in English, Director of Creative Writing
- Motherhood on Ice: The Mating Gap and Why Women Freeze Their Eggs by Marcia Inhorn, William K. Lanman Jr. Professor of Anthropology and International Affairs
- In the Land of the Unreal: Virtual and Other Realities in Los Angeles by Lisa Messeri, Assistant Professor of Anthropology
- Inverno: A Novel by Cynthia Zarin, Senior Lecturer in English, Writing Concentration Coordinator
Have more suggestions for this list? Tag us with your summer reading finds #YaleAlumni or @YaleAlumni on social!
