Being stuck at home may be the new normal for the coming future as the world continues to practice social distancing.
Self-isolation might just be the perfect time to peruse the Alumni Bookshelf and see what your fellow Columbians are writing about. Below is just a sampling of great options for the whole family, including for kids and for the inner-chef in you!
Most selections are available through Amazon, Kindle, Audible, and Barnes & Noble.
- Meatless All Day: Recipes for Inspired Vegetarian Meals, Dina Cheney '99CC
- Jacques Pépin Heart & Soul in the Kitchen, Jacques Pépin '70GS, '72GSAS, '17HON
- My Own Words, Ruth Bader Ginsburg '59LAW
- The Stratford Zoo Midnight Revue Presents Macbeth, Ian Lendler '96CC
- All About Madam C. J. Walker, Columbia Trustee A'Lelia Bundles '76JRN
- Change the World Before Bedtime, Josh Chalmers '87CC
- 26 Knots, Bindu Suresh '05CC
- The Confidence Code for Girls, Columbia Trustee Claire Shipman '86CC, '94SIPA
- The Unchangeable Spots of Leopards, Kristopher Jansma '06SOA
- Vampires in the Lemon Grove: and Other Stories (Vintage Contemporaries), Karen Russell '06SOA
- The Year of Soup, Howard Reiss '76LAW
- American Girls: Social Media and the Secret Lives of Teenagers, Nancy Jo Sales '91SOA
- The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: A New History of a Lost World, Steve Brusatte '11, '13GSAS
- The Upper West Side, Michael Susi '85CC, '87, '88GSAS
- Secret Daughter: A Mixed-Race Daughter and the Mother Who Gave Her Away, Columbia Journalism School Associate Professor June Cross
- She Said: Breaking the Sexual Harassment Story That Helped Ignite a Movement, Jodi Kantor '96CC
- The General’s Cook, Ramin Ganeshram '01JRN
- The Sweetest Fruits: A Novel, Monique Truong '95LAW
- Speak No Evil: A Novel, Uzodinma Iweala '11VPS
Check out the full list of books here.
