Books

In his latest book, University: A Reckoning, former Columbia president Lee C. Bollinger ’71LAW, ’02HON defends the role of higher education in America

MFA graduate Woody Brown ’24SOA draws from some of his own experiences as a non-verbal autistic man for his debut novel

In A Short, Strange Trip, John O’Connor ’03SOA looks at the history, impact, and mystique of magic mushrooms and the psychedelic movement

Cozy up with new reads from Mitch Albom ’82JRN, ’83BUS, Natan Last ’21SIPA, and other Columbia authors

In Five Bullets, CNN legal analyst Elliot Williams ’02JRN, ’02LAW looks back at a controversial 1984 shooting

By Kiran Desai ’99SOA

Shows like American Idol and MasterChef give viewers an inflated sense of their own economic prospects, finds Columbia political scientist Eunji Kim

In The Age of Extraction, law professor Tim Wu warns about the unchecked power of tech platforms to manipulate our spending habits and emotions 

In Uncompete, Ruchika T. Malhotra ’10JRN touts the benefits of collaborating over competing, and gives concrete strategies for how to do it

In The Little Book of Data, ad-tech executive Justin Evans ’93CC shows that anyone can succeed in our information-based economy

Luisa Navarro ’13JRN, author of Mexico’s Day of the Dead, explains the history and meaning behind a frequently misunderstood holiday

In Lab Dog, Melanie D.G. Kaplan ’02JRN delves into the history, ethics, and future of experimenting on animals