My Peace Corps Syllabus

1. Wind Up Bird Chronicle- Haruki Marukami

2. Let the Great World Spin- Colum McCann

3. Brooklyn- Colm Toibin

4. The Thing Around Your Neck- Chimamanda Adichie

5. Half of a Yellow Sun- Chimamanda Adichie

6. Purple Hibiscus- Chimamanda Adichie

7. Blood, Bread and Poetry- Adrienne Rich

8. Sister Outsider- Audre Lorde

9. Sputnick Sweetheart- Haruki Marukami

10. 1Q84- Haruki Marukami

11. Homegoing- Yaa Gyasi

12. The Girls- Emma Cline

13. Improvising Medicine- Julie Livingstone

14. The Black Body in Ecstasy- Jennifer C. Nash

15. Talking as Fast as I Can- Lauren Graham

16. Granta Book of Irish Contemporary Fiction

17. Poisonwood Bible- Barbara Kingsolver

18. Between the World and Me- Ta Nehisi Coates

19. Truth and Beauty- Ann Patchett

20. This is the Story of a Happy Marriage- Ann Patchett

21. Autobiography of a Face- Lucy Grealy

22. A Fine Balance- Rohinton Mistry

23. Three Strong Women- Marie NDiaye

24. Swing Time- Zadie Smith

25. Modern Lovers- Emma Straub

26. Vacationers- Emma Straub

27. Difficult Women- Roxane Gay

28. The Meaning of Michelle- 16 Writers on the Iconic First Lady and How her Journey Inspires Our Own

29. We Love You, Charlie Freeman- Kaitlyn Greenidge

30. Underground Railroad- Colson Whitehead

31. Moonglow- Michael Chabon

32. Whatever Happened to Interracial Love?- Kathleen Collins

33. Self Portrait as Exit Wounds- Ocean Vuong