{"id":113,"date":"2017-03-03T14:46:45","date_gmt":"2017-03-03T14:46:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/mit-reads\/?page_id=113"},"modified":"2026-02-18T16:38:42","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T16:38:42","slug":"past-books","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/mit-reads\/books\/past-books\/","title":{"rendered":"Past books"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-653\" src=\"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2025\/08\/On-Disinformation-Cover-Art-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"Book cover of On Disinformation: How to Fight for Truth and Protect Democracy, by Lee McIntyre\" width=\"148\" height=\"223\" srcset=\"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2025\/08\/On-Disinformation-Cover-Art-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2025\/08\/On-Disinformation-Cover-Art-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2025\/08\/On-Disinformation-Cover-Art-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2025\/08\/On-Disinformation-Cover-Art-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2025\/08\/On-Disinformation-Cover-Art-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2025\/08\/On-Disinformation-Cover-Art-624x936.jpg 624w, https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2025\/08\/On-Disinformation-Cover-Art.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 148px) 100vw, 148px\" \/>Fall 2025<\/h3>\n<p>On Disinformation: How to Fight for Truth and Protect Democracy by Lee McIntyre<\/p>\n<p>Partners: <a href=\"https:\/\/mitpress.mit.edu\/\">MIT Press<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Watch: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/V46Pexqw-kE?si=iy5wfjhNIfaAGoOZ\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MIT Reads: On Disinformation and Democracy with Lee McIntyre<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-634\" src=\"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2025\/02\/burnout-150-3.jpg\" alt=\"Book cover showing the title &quot;Burnout&quot; repeatedly down the page, starting in bright red and fading out towards the bottom.\" width=\"150\" height=\"228\" \/>Spring 2025<\/h3>\n<p>Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle by Emily Nagoski, PhD and Amelia Nagoski, DMA.<\/p>\n<p>Partners: <a href=\"https:\/\/gsc.mit.edu\/about\/committees\/dei\/\">Graduate Student Council Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/iceo.mit.edu\/\">MIT Institute Community &amp; Equity Office (ICEO)<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/studentlife.mit.edu\/womenmit\">Women and Gender Services (WXGS)<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/health.mit.edu\/\">MIT Health<\/a>, and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mitpress.mit.edu\/\">the MIT Press<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Watch: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=7pUZa9aG77Q\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MIT Reads: Let&#8217;s talk &#8220;Burnout&#8221; with authors Emily and Amelia Nagoski<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-618\" src=\"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2024\/08\/shadow_ivory_tower150x232.jpg\" alt=\"Book cover of In the Shadow of the Ivory Tower: How Universities Are Plundering Our Cities, by Davarian L. Baldwin\" width=\"150\" height=\"232\" \/>Fall 2024<\/h3>\n<p>In the Shadow of the Ivory Tower: How Universities Are Plundering Our Cities by Davarian L. Baldwin.<\/p>\n<p>Partners: <a href=\"https:\/\/mitpress.mit.edu\/\">MIT Press<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Watch: <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/wcO-YPhmzFc?feature=shared\">MIT Reads: A Conversation with Davarian L.Baldwin<\/a> (YouTube)<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-616\" src=\"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2024\/08\/mind_and_matter_150x230.jpg\" alt=\"Book cover of Minda and Matter: A life in Math and Football, by John Urschel and Louisa Thomas\" width=\"150\" height=\"230\" \/>Spring 2024<\/h3>\n<p>Mind and Matter: A Life in Math and Football by John Urschel and Louisa Thomas<\/p>\n<p>Partners: This book was selected in collaboration with students enrolled in 21W.022, Writing and Experience: Reading and Writing Autobiography, a subject offered by <a href=\"https:\/\/cmsw.mit.edu\/education\/writing-rhetoric-professional-communication\/\">Writing, Rhetoric, and Professional Communication (WRAP)<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/libguides.mit.edu\/mindandmatter\">Archived study guide<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Watch: <a href=\"https:\/\/mit.hosted.panopto.com\/Panopto\/Pages\/Viewer.aspx?id=05fbd08a-3bf9-47b4-9e03-b1690112d066\">From the NFL to MIT: A conversation with Prof. John Urschel &amp; Louisa Thomas<\/a> (MIT only)<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-579 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/07\/CoverImage-195x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"155\" height=\"239\" srcset=\"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/07\/CoverImage-195x300.jpg 195w, https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/07\/CoverImage.jpg 498w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 155px) 100vw, 155px\" \/>Fall 2023<\/h3>\n<p>Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-First Century, edited by Alice Wong.<\/p>\n<p>Partners: <a href=\"https:\/\/studentlife.mit.edu\/womenmit\">Women and Gender Services<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/iceo.mit.edu\/employee-resource-groups\/disabilities-erg\/\">Disabilities Employee Resource Group<\/a>, student members of disabled@mit, and <a href=\"https:\/\/studentlife.mit.edu\/das\">Disability and Access Services<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/libguides.mit.edu\/disabilityvisibility\">Archived study guide<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Watch: <a href=\"https:\/\/mit.hosted.panopto.com\/Panopto\/Pages\/Viewer.aspx?id=3c3a1be2-2ff5-4a73-aaa6-b0c00106fb05\">\u201cDisability Visibility\u201d: Can You See Us Now?<\/a> (MIT only)<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-514\" src=\"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2022\/12\/work-play-code-197x300.jpeg\" alt=\"Work, Pray, Code: When wor becomes religion in Silicon Valley by Carolyn Chen book cover\" width=\"155\" height=\"236\" srcset=\"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2022\/12\/work-play-code-197x300.jpeg 197w, https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2022\/12\/work-play-code.jpeg 337w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 155px) 100vw, 155px\" \/>Spring 2023<\/h3>\n<p>Work Pray Code: When Work Becomes Religion in Silicon Valley by Carolyn Chen<\/p>\n<p>Co-sponsors: <a href=\"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/\">MIT Libraries<\/a>\u00a0and the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/mitpressbookstore.mit.edu\/\">MIT Press Bookstore.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/libguides.mit.edu\/workpraycode\">Archived study guide<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Watch: <a href=\"https:\/\/mit.hosted.panopto.com\/Panopto\/Pages\/Viewer.aspx?id=cbd3aa6a-e38c-4c2c-bb03-affc00f193f2\">A Conversation with Carolyn Chen: &#8220;Work Pray Code&#8221; (MIT only)<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-497\" src=\"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2022\/08\/Together-Cover-NYT-Bestseller-198x300.png\" alt=\"null\" width=\"150\" height=\"227\" srcset=\"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2022\/08\/Together-Cover-NYT-Bestseller-198x300.png 198w, https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2022\/08\/Together-Cover-NYT-Bestseller-676x1024.png 676w, https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2022\/08\/Together-Cover-NYT-Bestseller-768x1164.png 768w, https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2022\/08\/Together-Cover-NYT-Bestseller-624x945.png 624w, https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2022\/08\/Together-Cover-NYT-Bestseller.png 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>Fall 2022<\/h3>\n<p>Together: The Healing Power of Human Connection in a Sometimes Lonely World by <a href=\"http:\/\/https:\/\/www.vivekmurthy.com\/\">Dr. Vivek H. Murthy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Co-sponsors: <a href=\"https:\/\/studentlife.mit.edu\/wellbeing\/health-promotion-working-group\">Health Promotion Working Group<\/a>;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/\">MIT Libraries<\/a>; Division of Student Life\u2019s DSL Reads program (a <a href=\"https:\/\/studentlife.mit.edu\/about\/seaboard\">SEAbord<\/a> initiative)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/libguides.mit.edu\/together\">Archived study guide<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Watch: <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/xVu1EPB-dp8\">Belonging and Connectedness at MIT: Community voices, October 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2021\/12\/CWYL-1-678x1024-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-458\" src=\"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2021\/12\/CWYL-1-678x1024-1-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"null\" width=\"149\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2021\/12\/CWYL-1-678x1024-1-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2021\/12\/CWYL-1-678x1024-1-624x942.jpg 624w, https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2021\/12\/CWYL-1-678x1024-1.jpg 678w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 149px) 100vw, 149px\" \/><\/a>Spring 2022<\/h3>\n<p>Clap When You Land, by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.acevedowrites.com\/\">Elizabeth Acevedo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Co-sponsors: <a href=\"https:\/\/languages.mit.edu\/\">MIT Global Languages;<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/\">MIT Libraries<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/wgs.mit.edu\/\">MIT Program in Women\u2019s and Gender Studies<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/libguides.mit.edu\/MITRclapwhenyouland\/home\">Archived study guide<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Watch: <a href=\"https:\/\/mit.hosted.panopto.com\/Panopto\/Pages\/Viewer.aspx?id=46a412a8-8be2-48d9-bb50-ae83013b3e45\">Conversation with the author, April 2022<\/a> (MIT only)<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-429\" src=\"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2021\/06\/Sexual-Citizens-cover-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"Sexual Citizens book cover\" width=\"150\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2021\/06\/Sexual-Citizens-cover-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2021\/06\/Sexual-Citizens-cover-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2021\/06\/Sexual-Citizens-cover-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2021\/06\/Sexual-Citizens-cover-624x936.jpg 624w, https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2021\/06\/Sexual-Citizens-cover.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>Fall 2021<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sexualcitizens.com\/\">Sexual Citizens<\/a>, by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.publichealth.columbia.edu\/people\/our-faculty\/jsh2124\">Jennifer S. Hirsch<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/shamuskhan.com\">Shamus Khan<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Co-sponsors: <a href=\"https:\/\/idhr.mit.edu\/\">Institute Discrimination and Harassment Response Office<\/a>; <a href=\"http:\/\/studentlife.mit.edu\/vpr\">Violence Prevention and Response<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/pleasure.mit.edu\/\">PLEASURE@MIT<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/\">MIT Libraries<\/a>; <a href=\"http:\/\/wgs.mit.edu\/\">Women\u2019s and Gender Studies<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/daper.mit.edu\/\">Department of Athletics, Physical Education, and Recreation<\/a>; <a href=\"http:\/\/ua.mit.edu\/\">Undergraduate Association<\/a>; <a href=\"http:\/\/gsc.mit.edu\/\">Graduate Student Council<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/mindhandheart.mit.edu\/\">Mind Hand Heart<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/libguides.mit.edu\/sexualcitizens_mitreads\">Archived study guide<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Watch: <a href=\"https:\/\/mit.hosted.panopto.com\/Panopto\/Pages\/Viewer.aspx?id=c9c7cc44-d061-4215-94e7-adbb01347586\">Conversation with the authors, October 2021<\/a> (MIT only)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2021\/08\/Sexual-Citizen-Letter_Students.pdf\">Fact sheet for MIT students<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2021\/08\/Sexual-Citizen-Letter_Employees.pdf\">Fact sheet for MIT faculty and staff<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-393 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2021\/01\/privileged-poor-cover-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"Privileged Poor book cover\" width=\"147\" height=\"225\" \/>Spring 2021<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hup.harvard.edu\/catalog.php?isbn=9780674976894\">The Privileged Poor<\/a> by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gse.harvard.edu\/faculty\/anthony-jack\">Anthony Abraham Jack<\/a><br \/>\nPartner: <a href=\"https:\/\/firstyear.mit.edu\/orientation\/pre-orientation-programs-fpops\/flipop-first-generation-program\/\">FLI@MIT<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/libguides.mit.edu\/privilegedpoor\">Archived study guide<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3nRI0Z6\">Conversation\u00a0with the author, April 2021<\/a> (MIT only)<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-364 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/12\/there-there-cover-196x300.jpg\" alt=\"Book cover\" width=\"147\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/12\/there-there-cover-196x300.jpg 196w, https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/12\/there-there-cover.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 147px) 100vw, 147px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Fall 2020<\/h3>\n<p><em>There There<\/em> by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.penguinrandomhouse.com\/authors\/2156371\/tommy-orange\/\">Tommy Orange<\/a><br \/>\nPartner: Indigenous Peoples Advocacy Committee and <a href=\"http:\/\/web.mit.edu\/aises\/www\/\">American Indian Science and Engineering Society<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/libguides.mit.edu\/therethere\">Archived study guide\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-323\" src=\"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/08\/a-cup-of-water-under-my-bed-cover-image-194x300.jpg\" alt=\"Cover image\" width=\"148\" height=\"229\" srcset=\"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/08\/a-cup-of-water-under-my-bed-cover-image-194x300.jpg 194w, https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/08\/a-cup-of-water-under-my-bed-cover-image.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 148px) 100vw, 148px\" \/>Fall 2019<\/h3>\n<p><em>A Cup of Water Under My Bed<\/em> by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.daisyhernandez.com\/\">Daisy Hern\u00e1ndez<\/a><br \/>\nPartner: <a href=\"http:\/\/wgs.mit.edu\/hermanasunidas\">Hermanas Unidas<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/libguides.mit.edu\/cupofwater\">Archived study guide<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-279\" src=\"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/01\/tatumcoverlarge-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"Tatum book cover\" width=\"153\" height=\"230\" srcset=\"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/01\/tatumcoverlarge-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/01\/tatumcoverlarge-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/01\/tatumcoverlarge-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/01\/tatumcoverlarge-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/01\/tatumcoverlarge-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/01\/tatumcoverlarge-624x936.jpg 624w, https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/01\/tatumcoverlarge-scaled.jpg 1706w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 153px) 100vw, 153px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Spring 2019<\/h3>\n<p><em>Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?<\/em> by <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Beverly_Daniel_Tatum\">Beverly Daniel Tatum, PhD<\/a><br \/>\nPartner: <a href=\"https:\/\/sap.mit.edu\/\">School of Architecture + Planning<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/libguides.mit.edu\/mitreads-why\">Archived study guide<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-230\" src=\"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2018\/08\/dawn_cover-179x300.jpeg\" alt=\"Dawn cover\" width=\"150\" height=\"252\" srcset=\"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2018\/08\/dawn_cover-179x300.jpeg 179w, https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2018\/08\/dawn_cover.jpeg 378w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Fall 2018<\/h3>\n<p><em>Dawn<\/em> by <a href=\"http:\/\/octaviabutler.org\/\">Octavia E. Butler<\/a><br \/>\nPartner: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MITBSU\">MIT Black Students&#8217; Union<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/libguides.mit.edu\/dawn\">Archived study guide<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-198 \" src=\"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/12\/CasualVacancyBookCover-205x300.jpg\" alt=\"null\" width=\"148\" height=\"216\" srcset=\"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/12\/CasualVacancyBookCover-205x300.jpg 205w, https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/12\/CasualVacancyBookCover.jpg 444w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 148px) 100vw, 148px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Spring 2018<\/h3>\n<p><em>Casual Vacancy<\/em> by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jkrowling.com\/\">J.K. Rowling<\/a><br \/>\nPartner:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/axo.mit.edu\/\">Alpha Chi Omega<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/libguides.mit.edu\/casualvacancy\">Archived study guide<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-141\" src=\"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/08\/americanah-195x300.jpg\" alt=\"Americanah cover\" width=\"150\" height=\"231\" srcset=\"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/08\/americanah-195x300.jpg 195w, https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/08\/americanah.jpg 389w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>Fall 2017<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/chimamanda.com\/books\/americanah\/\"><em>Americanah<\/em><\/a>\u00a0by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie<br \/>\nPartner: <a href=\"http:\/\/wgs.mit.edu\/my-sisters-keeper\/\">My Sister\u2019s Keeper<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-96\" src=\"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2016\/07\/paper-menagerie-cover-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"Book cover - Paper Menagerie\" width=\"147\" height=\"221\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Spring 2017<\/h3>\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/kenliu.name\/stories\/the-paper-menagerie-and-other-stories\/\">Paper Menagerie and Other Stories<\/a><\/em>\u00a0by Ken Liu<br \/>\nPartner: <a href=\"http:\/\/litsoc.mit.edu\/\">MIT Literary Society\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-65\" src=\"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2016\/12\/hidden-figures-cover-e1480956119503.jpg\" alt=\"Hidden Figures cover\" width=\"149\" height=\"224\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Winter 2017<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/margotleeshetterly.com\/hidden-figures-nasas-african-american-computers\/\">Hidden Figures<\/a><\/em> by Margot Lee Shetterly<br \/>\nPartner: <a href=\"http:\/\/bwa.mit.edu\/\">Black Women&#8217;s Alliance<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-41 \" src=\"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2016\/08\/redefining_bookcover-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"Redefining Realness book cover\" width=\"146\" height=\"219\" srcset=\"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2016\/08\/redefining_bookcover-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2016\/08\/redefining_bookcover.jpg 317w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 146px) 100vw, 146px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Fall 2016<\/h3>\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/janetmock.com\/books\/\">Redefining Realness<\/a><\/em>\u00a0by Janet Mock<br \/>\nPartners: <a href=\"http:\/\/lbgt.mit.edu\/\">LBGTQ@MIT<\/a> and\u00a0the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/GenderFluidityGroup\">Gender Fluidity\u00a0Group<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em>MIT Reads began in the Fall of 2016<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fall 2025 On Disinformation: How to Fight for Truth and Protect Democracy by Lee McIntyre Partners: MIT Press Watch: MIT Reads: On Disinformation and Democracy with Lee McIntyre &nbsp; Spring 2025 Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle by Emily Nagoski, PhD and Amelia Nagoski, DMA. Partners: Graduate Student Council Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee,\u00a0MIT Institute Community &amp; Equity Office (ICEO),\u00a0Women and Gender Services (WXGS),\u00a0MIT Health, and\u00a0the MIT Press. Watch: MIT Reads: Let&#8217;s talk &#8220;Burnout&#8221; with authors Emily and Amelia Nagoski Fall 2024 In the Shadow of the Ivory Tower: How Universities Are Plundering Our Cities by Davarian L. 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