25 BOOKS YOU SHOULD READ THIS YEAR
(ACCORDING TO THE CLINTON GLOBAL INITIATIVE COMMUNITY)
As part of CGI’s focus on what it takes to keep going — we asked CGI staff, partners, and special guests what they’re reading in the world of social impact.
From nonfiction works that drive deeper understanding of our world’s most pressing challenges, to children’s books, cookbooks, and so much more — we hope these books keep you going in your work to build a better, more equitable world.How to Live in a Chaotic Climate: 10 Steps to Reconnect with Ourselves, Our Communities, and Our Planet by Laura Schmidt
Black Earth Wisdom: Soulful Conversations with Black Environmentalists by Leah Penniman
Soil: The Story of a Black Mother’s Garden by Camille Dungy
Heat Will Kill You First: Life and Death on a Scorched Planet by Jeff Goodell
The Underworld: Journeys to the Depths of the Ocean by Susan Casey
Speed & Scale: An Action Plan for Solving Our Climate Crisis Now by John Doerr
Awe:The New Science of Everyday Wonder and How It Can Transform Your Life by Dacher Keltner
Raising Lazarus: Hope, Justice, and the Future of America’s Overdose Crisis by Beth Macy
Fevers, Feuds, and Diamonds: Ebola and the Ravages of History by Paul Farmer
Being Heumann: An Unrepentant Memoir of a Disability Rights Activist by Judy Heumann
Bootstrapped: Liberating Ourselves from the American Dream by Alissa Quart
Tomorrowmind: Thriving at Work with Resilience, Creativity, and Connection Now and in an Uncertain Future by Gabriella Rosen Kellerman & Martin Seligman
Sink: A Memoir by Joseph Earl Thomas (won Chautauqua Janus Prize 2020)
Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together by Heather McGhee
Good Economics for Hard Times by Abhijit V. Banerjee & Esther Duflo
You Don’t Know What War Is: The Diary of a Young Girl from Ukraine by Yeva Skalietska
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All Else Failed: The Unlikely Volunteers at the Heart of the Migrant Aid Crisis by Dana Sachs
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Asylum Speakers: Stories of Migration From the Humans Behind the Headlines by Jasmine O’Hara
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The World Central Kitchen Cookbook: Feeding Humanity, Feeding Hope by José Andrés, World Central Kitchen, Sam Chapple-Sokol (With), Stephen Colbert (Foreword by)
Lady Justice: Women, the Law, and the Battle to Save America by Dahlia Lithwick
Let This Radicalize You: Organizing and the Revolution of Reciprocal Care by Kelly Hayes & Mariame Kaba
King: A Life by Jonathan Eig
There Are Places in the World Where Rules Are Less Important Than Kindness: And Other Thoughts on Physics, Philosophy and the World by Carlo Rovelli
Just Ask! Be Different, Be Brave, Be You (¡Solo pregunta!: Sé Diferente, Sé Valiente, Sé Tú) by Sonia Sotomayor (in both Spanish and English)
A Place to Stay: A Shelter Story by Erin Gunti
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Thank you to Northshire Bookstore, a family-owned, independent, community bookstore who served as our partner in building out this year’s CGI Book Corner.