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They picked them, we read them

Each summer, Marianne Novy rummages through her home, gathering the books she hadn’t had a chance to read during the school year.

Novy, a literature professor at Pitt, said like many others, she gets to read more in the summer because she has more time. She starts at home, then builds a list of new books that she wants to explore.

“I like to find out more about what’s going on in the world and the research people are doing to find that out,” Novy said. “There are real problems and [reading makes you] think about different ways to help.”

This summer, The Pitt News, along with Novy and English professors Cindy Skrzycki and David Bartholomae have compiled a summer reading list for you to catch up on while you relax in Schenley Plaza with a bubble tea.

From English Literature Professor Marianne Novy:

“Everything I Never Told You” Celeste Ng

“Just Mercy” by Bryan Stevenson

“MaddAddam” by Margaret Atwood

“Station Eleven” by Emily St. John Mandel

“The Red and Black” by Stendhal

“The Love Wife” by Gish Jen

From English Department Senior Lecturer Cindy Skrzycki:

“The Boys in the Boat” by Daniel James Brown

“Lincoln and the Power of the Press: The War for Public Opinion” by Harold Holzer

“The Georgetown Set: Friends and Rivals in Cold War Washington” by Deckle Edge

From English Professor David Bartholomae:

“The Lost City of Z” by David Grann

“Barren in the Andes” by Laura Resau

“Like Butterflies in the Jungle: The Quest for the New El Dorado” by Damon Tabor

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