Continuing a tradition that began with the Clinton School’s second class in 2006, the members of the entering class were asked to select one book they would recommend for others to read.
Below is the recommended reading list from the Class of 2013. These books will soon be on display at Sturgis Hall. Click here for more information on the 38 new Clinton School students. The students are pursing their master’s degree in public service at the school.
Class of 2013 Recommended Reading List:
Mitchell Adams: “Guns, Germs and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies” by Jared Diamond
Todun Afolabi: “Purple Hibiscus” by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Jordan Aibel: “The Last Lecture” by Randy Pausch
Nuno Almeida: “Jean Monnet, The First Statesman of Interdependence” by Francois Duchene
Stephen Bailey: “Demian” by Herman Hesse
Dylan Buffalo: “On the Road” by Jack Kerouac
Russell Carey: “Slaughterhouse-Five” by Kurt Vonnegut
Maggie Carroll: “Modern Slavery: The Secret World of 27 Million People” by Kevin Bales, Zoe Trodd and Alex Willamson
Jake Coffey: “All the King’s Men” by Robert Penn Warren
Laura Crosby: “Game Change: Obama and the Clintons, McCain and Palin and the Race of a Lifetime” by John Heilemann and Mark Halperin
Mark Eastham: “Green Hills of Africa” by Ernest Hemingway
Trish Flanagan: “The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism” by Naomi Klein
Kelly Ford: “Cry the Beloved Country” by Alan Paton
Leslie Harris: “The Giving Tree” by Shel Silverstein
Francennett Herrera: “At Home on the Street: People, Poverty and a Hidden Culture of Homelessness” by Jason Adam Wasserman and Jeffrey Michael Clair
Burt Hicks: “Banker to the Poor: Micro-Lending and the Battle Against World Poverty” by Muhammad Yunus
Will Hunter: “Free Lunch: How the Wealthiest Americans Enrich Themselves at Government Expense” by David Cay Johnston
Nathan Jesson: “The Sun Also Rises” by Ernest Hemingway
Katie Longino: “Redeeming Love” by Francine Rivers
Gina Lopez: “The Prophet” by Kahlil Gibran
Stan Luker: “The Motorcycle Diaries: Notes on a Latin American Journey” by Ernesto Che Guevara
Matt Lyon: “The Good Earth” by Pearl S. Buck
Katie Milligan: “The Help” by Kathryn Stockett
Papy Muntumosi: “The Aid Trap: Hard Truths About Ending Poverty” by Glenn Hubbard and William Duggan
Eakpot Nimkulrat: “The Art of Happiness: A Handbook for Living” by Dalai Lama
Dylan Perry: “Manifestos on the Future of Food and Seed” by Vandana Shiva
Andrea Price: “The Bondwoman’s Narrative” by Hannah Crafts
Veena Rangaswami: “Shantaram” by Gregory David Roberts
Rebecca Scissors: “Never the Twain Shall Meet: Bell, Gallaudet and the Communications Debate” by Richard Winefield
Yana-Janell Scott: “The Purpose Driven Life” by Rick Warren
Sydney Shearer: “The Working Poor: Invisible in America” by David K. Shipler
Britney Sink: “Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America” by Barbara Ehrenreich
Christine Sumner: “Some We Love, Some We Hate, Some We Eat: Why It’s So Hard to Think Straight About Animals” by Hal Herzog
Billie Thomas: “A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier” by Ishmael Beah
Jillian Underwood: “Everlutionary: Escape Extinction” by Hawah
Kellen Utecht: “Small is Beautiful: Economics as if People Mattered” by E.F. Schumacher
John Vollertsen: “The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt” by Edmund Morris
Jamal Williams: “Before the Mayflower: A History of Black America” by Lerone Bennett Jr.