Are you looking for a great read for winter break? Look no further than then the Sundberg Library’s popular books collection.
We have a wide selection of books to fit nearly any taste. Sorted by authors’ last names, our popular books section makes it easy to find books to read over the cold winter months.
If you are in the mood for fiction, check out multiple award winner, The Poet X. This novel by Elizabeth Acevedo tells the story of Xiomara Batista, a teenager in Harlem frustrated with feeling out of place learns to use slam poetry instead of her fists to express her emotions.
We also have Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin about two brilliant college students that can only express their feelings through the video games they create.
If those titles don’t grab you, perhaps Lan Samantha Chang’s novel, The Family Chao will. This novel follows the Chao family who own an Americanized Chinese restaurant in Haven, Wisconsin. When the family patriarch is found dead, the town looks to his three sons as the most likely culprits.
Graphic novels, more your thing? No problem. We have several in our popular books section and upstairs such as the graphic novel version of Frank Herbert’s science fiction classic and popular film, Dune.
Of course, we also have a great selection of non-fiction as well. If you need a good laugh after finals, pick up Quietly Hostile: Essays by the riotously funny Samantha Irby, in which she makes light of everything from Hollywood job offers to an acute QVC addiction.
In Pageboy: A Memoir, academy award nominated Elliot Page recounts navigating his journey from Hollywood starlet, to defining his sexual identity on his own terms.
I’m Glad My Mom Died is the provocative title of iCarly star Jennette McCurdy’s memoir describing her struggles as a child actor and her relationship with her overbearing mother.
Rounding out our list of outstanding memoirs by famous people is Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner from the indie rock band, Japanese Breakfast. Her book tells the story of growing up Korean-American, moving east for college while working in restaurants, playing her first gigs, and her mother’s diagnosis of terminal cancer. Zauner’s memoir is unflinching and lyrically honest.
All of the above books and more line the popular books shelves at the Sundberg Library. So, before you leave campus for break, be sure to grab one. And remember, if you can’t find what you want, be sure to ask a librarian and we will do our best to help!
Digital Services Librarian
Categories: Art & Life
