UC Berkeley Summer Reading List2024

Given by Unversity of California Berkeley

Other Names: Berkeley Summer Reading, UC Berkeley Summer Readin List
18 Works 47,068 Books 2,100 Reviews ½ 4.0
From the website: These readings aren't required; they're offered for pleasure. They've been suggested by Cal faculty, staff, and students as great readings that will introduce incoming students show more to a small slice of the intellectual life of the university and perhaps send them exploring the library's rich collections. Also, the readings aren't selected by us, the list's curators. Instead, we ask people on the Cal campus for their suggestions of great readings that would fit within a given theme, and then see what we get. (Also, we don't accept suggestions from publishers or authors.) The list is always potluck, always eclectic, and always full of worthwhile readings. We feel sure you'll find something on one of these lists that will spark your interest. show less
Years:
All, 2024 (18), 2023 (34), 2022 (19), 2021 (18), 2020 (23), 2018 and 2019 (1), 2019 (26), 2018 (19), 2017 (30), 2016 (20), 2015 (13), 2014 (16), 2013 (18), 2012 (12), 2011 (10), 2010 (15), 2009 (10), 2008 (15), 2007 (16), 2006 (14), 2005 (12), 2004 (9), 2003 (12), 2002 (10), 2001 (10), 2000 (23), 1999 (11), 1997 (17), 1995 (11), 1991 (9), 1990 (10), 1989 (8), 1988 (12), 1985 (25)
Announced:
May 23: 2024 Recent
WorkYear
A Life on Our Planet: My Witness Statement and a Vision for the Future by Sir David Attenborough
Theme: Defining Moments
2024
The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett
Theme: Defining Moments
2024
Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead by Brené Brown
Theme: Defining Moments
2024
Chronicles: Volume One by Bob Dylan
Theme: Defining Moments
2024
The Vaster Wilds by Lauren Groff
Theme: Defining Moments
2024
The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
Theme: Defining Moments
2024
When Brute Force Fails: How to Have Less Crime and Less Punishment by Mark A. R. Kleiman
Theme: Defining Moments
2024
Pachinko by Min Jin Lee
Theme: Defining Moments
2024
Live at the Masque: Nightmare in Punk Alley by Brendan Mullen
Theme: Defining Moments
2024
The Bee Sting by Paul Murray
Theme: Defining Moments
2024
Oppenheimer [2023 film] by Christopher Nolan
Theme: Defining Moments
2024
Wandering Stars by Tommy Orange
Theme: Defining Moments
2024
The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage: The (Mostly) True Story of the First Computer by Sydney Padua
Theme: Defining Moments
2024
Boundaries: The Making of France and Spain in the Pyrenees by Peter Sahlins
Theme: Defining Moments
2024
His Name Is George Floyd: One Man's Life and the Struggle for Racial Justice by Robert Samuels
Theme: Defining Moments
2024
To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis
Theme: Defining Moments
2024
The Riders Come Out at Night: Brutality, Corruption, and Cover-up in Oakland by Ali Winston
Theme: Defining Moments
2024
Crying in H Mart: A Memoir by Michelle Zauner
Theme: Defining Moments
2024

Descriptions

From the website: These readings aren't required; they're offered for pleasure. They've been suggested by Cal faculty, staff, and students as great readings that will introduce incoming students to a small slice of the intellectual life of the university and perhaps send them exploring the library's rich collections. Also, the readings aren't selected by us, the list's curators. Instead, we ask people on the Cal campus for their suggestions of great readings that would fit within a given theme, and then see what we get. (Also, we don't accept suggestions from publishers or authors.) The list is always potluck, always eclectic, and always full of worthwhile readings. We feel sure you'll find something on one of these lists that will spark your interest. (English, Member-written)
From the website: "Since 1985, the University has offered the UC Berkeley Summer Reading List for New Students as one of the welcomes to the incoming classes of freshmen and transfer students. Whether you’re a new student at Cal, an alum, a UC Berkeley employee, or an avid reader who’s found your way to our site (in which case, welcome!), we invite you to have a look at the current list of suggestions as well as an archive of past years’ reading lists." See http://reading.berkeley.edu/index.html. (English, Member-written)

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