2022 holiday book recommendations from the SMPH community

In the Dec. 15, 2022 issue of the school’s internal newsletter In the Know, we asked members of the SMPH community to submit titles of books that they would recommend for gift-giving or adding to a year-end reading list. The robust response covers a wide variety of genres, and we’re pleased to share the following titles recommended by your peers and colleagues. Looking for even more ideas? Check out the Recreational Reading Collection from colleagues at Ebling Library for the Health Sciences.

  1. The Education of an Idealist by Samantha Power
  2. The Overstory by Richard Powers
  3. Burn: New research blows the lid off how we really burn calories, stay healthy and lose weight by Herman Pontzer
  4. Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas
  5. The Power by Naomi Alderman
  6. Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner
  7. Walking Together, Walking Far: How a U.S. and African Medical School Partnership Is Winning the Fight against HIV/AIDS by Fran Quigley
  8. The Trauma of Caste by Thenmozhi Soundararajan
  9. The Viral Underclass: The Human Toll When Inequality and Disease Collide by Steven W. Thrasher, PhD
  10. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah
  11. The Moral Hazard of Lime Daiquiris by Bob Lewis and Dave Kaiser
  12. Reminders of Him by Colleen Hoover
  13. From Here to Eternity: Traveling the World to Find the Good Death by Caitlin Doughty
  14. Upgrade by Blake Crouch
  15. The London House by Katherine Reay
  16. Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz
  17. Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan
  18. Between Two Kingdoms: A Memoir of Life Interrupted by Suleika Jaouad
  19. The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
  20. Whisper Network by Chandler Baker