Title Roundup

Another book club meeting, some more great discussions about books.

We started with books about conversations:

• Crucial Conversations : Tools for Talking When the Stakes are High by Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny and Al Switzer
• Fierce Conversations : Achieving Success at Work & in Life, One Conversation at a Time / Susan Scott
• Difficult Conversations (HBR 20 Minute Manager Series)
• Conflict is Not Abuse : Overstating Harm, Community Responsibility, and the Duty of Repair by Sarah Schulman **note, this title was highly recommended by a few people; as well as the author’s other books

And moved on to historical fiction:

• The Paris Wife by Paula McLain
• The Alice Network by Kate Quinn

February was Black History Month, and some books about race were next:

• So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo
• When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir by Patrisse Khan-Cullors and asha bandele
• Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race by Reni Eddo-Lodge

Then a variety of non-fiction:

• The Last Gang in Town: The Epic Story of the Vancouver Police versus the Clark Park Gang by Aaron Chapman
• Spitfire: Portrait of a Legend by Leo McKinstry
• The Smitten Kitchen Cookbook by Deb Perelman

More fiction came next:

• The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
• The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware
• The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
  • Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood

An autobiography:

• The Confessions: St. Augustine

More fiction:

• The Marianne Trilogy by Sheri S. Tepper
• Also by Sheri S. Tepper:
  • Grass
  • Raisin Seed
  • The Gate to Women’s Country

Some author recommendations – if you like Sheri S. Tepper you might also like books by:

• Octavia Butler
• Ursula Le Guin

Then non-fiction again:

• Industries of the Future by Alec Ross
• The New Geography of Jobs by Enrico Morretti

And we finished with a group favourite:

• My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante

Last, but not least, a recommendation about a new mobile bookstore in the Lower Mainland:

• Iron Dog Books

We are meeting again on April 5^th at the couches on the main floor of the Burnaby Campus Library.

All faculty, staff and students are welcome to join us!