by Jaliannette Marquez
If you’re looking for some summer reading inspiration, look no further! I asked the professors from the English Department to choose what they believe are “must reads” for college students. Summer may be your chance to take a break from school, but you can still continue your learning over the summer and have fun at the same time! Below you will see a list of books and the professor that recommended it. Maybe their favorite book becomes yours as well!
 

Diego Ubiera:

• 2666- Roberto Bolaño
• Krik? Krak! – Edwidge Danticat
• Deep Rivers- José María Arguedas
• The Death of Artemio Cruz- Carlos Fuentes
• Ficciones-Jorge Luis Borges
• The Black Jacobins-C.L.R James
• Bestiary: Selected Stories– Julio Cortázar
• Decolonising the Mind- Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o

 
 

 
Benjamin Railton

• The Marrow of Tradition – Charles Chesnutt

 
 
 
 
 

 
 
Joseph Moser

• Candide- Voltaire
• Their Eyes Were Watching God- Zora Neale Hurston

 
 
 
 

 
 
Kisha Tracy

• The Lord of the Rings- Tolkien
• Sir Orfeo- Anonymous.
• The Lion’s Skin- Rafael Sabatini

 
 
 
 

 
Elise Takehana:

• The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana- Umberto Eco
• Eunoia -Christian Bök