The Auraria Library has more than a million physical copies or e-books to choose from, so it can be hard to know where to start. To help keep your summer reading list going, five book experts recommend what they’re reading this summer and how to check those books out through the Auraria Library.
“Crying in H Mart: A Memoir:
Michelle Zauner, lead singer of indie-pop band Japanese Breakfast, writes about growing up as one of the only Asian American kids at her school, losing her mother and struggling with her identity.
Recommendation from: Mari Prestigiacomo
“A Man of Two Faces: A Memoir, a History, a Memorial”
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Viet Thanh Nguyen recounts his journey from 4-year-old refugee to acclaimed writer, grappling with cultural identity, family trauma and the complexities of the Vietnamese American experience, including his parents’ shooting at their grocery store and his discovery of an adopted sister left behind in Vietnam.
Recommendation from: Salah McKloskey
“The Candy House: A Novel”
In Jennifer Egan’s “The Candy House,” a tech mogul invents a way for people to access and share all their memories, which sets off a chain reaction of wild stories about how this tech messes with people’s relationships, privacy and attempts to connect with one another in a world drowning in a digital ocean.
Recommendation from: Salah McKloskey
“Disorientation”
A struggling Ph.D. student’s dissertation on a famous Chinese American poet unravels into chaos when her archival discovery exposes a literary fraud, forcing her to confront racial stereotypes and her own identity in academia.
Recommendation from: Salah McKloskey
“The Hank Show: How a House-painting, Drug-running DEA Informant Built the Machine That Rules our Lives”
The bizarre and captivating story of the most important person you’ve never heard of. The world we live in today, where everything is tracked by corporations and governments, originates with one manic, elusive, utterly unique man, as prone to bullying as he was to fits of surpassing generosity and surprising genius. His name was Hank Asher, and his life was a strange and spectacular show that changed the course of the future.
Recommendation from: Molly Rainard
“White Bird: A Wonder Story”
A graphic novel that tells the story of a Jewish girl hidden by a family in a Nazi-occupied French village during World War II and how the boy she once shunned became her savior and best friend.
Recommendation from: Kelly McCusker
“Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands”
A graphic memoir by Kate Beaton, this book tells the story of Beaton’s adventure to western Canada to take advantage of Alberta’s oil rush and pay off her student loans.
Recommendation from: Teresa McGinley
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