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6 New Books for Your Summer Reading List
Reading List Summer 2025
Books

6 New Books for Your Summer Reading List

From A'Lelia Bundles ’76JRN, John McWhorter, and other Columbia authors

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The Pacifist's Guide to Satanism
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The Pacifist's Guide to Satanism

La Carmina, an award-winning blogger, journalist, and author, offers a spirited defense of the often-misunderstood religion

The Best Way to Stop a Negative-Thought Spiral
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The Best Way to Stop a Negative-Thought Spiral

Psychologist Ethan Kross ’07GSAS suggests strategies to root out negative self-talk 

Genius at Work: How Franz Boas Created the Field of Cultural Anthropology
Archive photo of Franz Boas reenacting a Kwakiutl ceremonial dance to assist Smithsonian Institution sculptors building a diorama
Boas reenacts a Kwakiutl ceremonial dance to assist Smithsonian Institution sculptors building a diorama. (Courtesy of Smithsonian Institution Archives)

Genius at Work: How Franz Boas Created the Field of Cultural Anthropology

A century ago, when people believed that human potential was determined by race and gender, a maverick Columbia professor decided everyone was wrong

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Gained in Translation
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Gained in Translation

If This Be Treason: Translation and Its Dyscontents, by Gregory Rabassa ’54GSAS

Call Him Herman
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Call Him Herman

Melville: His World and Work, by Andrew Delbanco

The Columbian Candidate
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The Columbian Candidate

Nicholas Murray Butler served as Columbia’s president for 44 years and created the University in his own image. But there was another job he wanted

From 8:46 to 10:28
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From 8:46 to 10:28

102 Minutes: The Untold Story of the Fight to Survive Inside the Twin Towers, by Jim Dwyer ’80JRN and Kevin Flynn ’79JRN

Found Art
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Found Art

New York, Empire City 1920–1945, by David Stravitz with Christopher Gray ’75GS

They Invented It, We Reinvented it
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They Invented It, We Reinvented it

The Invention of Painting in America, by David Rosand ’59CC, ’65GSAS

90 Miles from Oblivion
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90 Miles from Oblivion

High Noon in the Cold War: Kennedy, Khrushchev, and the Cuban Missile Crisis, by Max Frankel ’52CC, ’53GSAS

New York Underfoot
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New York Underfoot

Touring Gotham’s Archaeological Past: 8 Self-Guided Walking Tours through New York City

If These Dolls Could Talk
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If These Dolls Could Talk

The Art of the Russian Matryoshka, by Rett Ertl ’74/’86GSAS and Rick Hibberd

Porn in the USA
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Porn in the USA

XXX: 30 Porn-Star Portraits, by Timothy Greenfield-Sanders ’74CC

Hell Froze
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Hell Froze

Red Sox vs. Yankees: The Great Rivalry and Babe Ruth: Launching the Legend

Canada Lee’s Curtain Call
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Canada Lee’s Curtain Call

Becoming Something: The Story of Canada Lee, by Mona Z. Smith ’94GSAS

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