top of page

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


You Might Also Like:
bottom of page