Recommended Reads For Intersession

GMS Student Affairs and The Alumni Medical Library present the annual book list of Recommended Reads For Intersession and raffle. We hope you enjoy these titles picked by the staff members of both GMS and the Library!

Enter the raffle to be 1 of 20 students to win a book from this list to enjoy over winter break! Raffle winners will be drawn at noon on December 4. Winners must respond by the end of the day as to which book from the list they prefer and their full mailing address (so we can send it directly to you!)

Enter the raffle here!


 

The Light We Give: How Sikh Wisdom Can Transform Your Life
By: Simran Jeet Singh

Category: Religion; Memoir; Non-Fiction; Spirituality; Indian authors; Philosophy

Awards: 2023 Nautilus Book Award

 

 


The Book Censor’s Library
By: Buthaina Al Eissa

Category: Speculative Fiction; Kuwaiti authors; Dystopia; Censorship; Literary Fiction; Science Fiction

Awards: Sharjah Award for Creativity (Novel Category) 2021

 


Tokyo Ueno Station
By: Yu Miri, Morgan Giles (translator)

Category: Urban fiction; Japanese literature; Gothic; Horror; Magical Realism; Social justice; Korean authors

Awards: Winner of the 2020 National Book Award in Translated Literature; New York Times Notable Book of the Year


The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
By: David Grann

Category: True crime; Nonfiction; Mystery; Adventure; Nautical history

Awards: Audie Award Nominee for Best Fiction Narrator 2024; GoodReads Choice Award for Favorite History & Biography 2023; Barnes & Noble Book of the Year Award Nominee 2023; Libby Award for Best Adult Nonfiction 2023


The Crucible
By: Arthur Miller

Category: Classics; Plays; Fiction; Historical Fiction; Hysteria

Awards: New York Drama Critics’ Circle Award Nominee for Best American Play 1953

 

 


Tales of the City
By: Armistead Maupin

Category: Humor; Classics; Urban fiction; LGBTQ+; Self-discovery; Coming-of-age; Queer authors; Contemporary; Novels

 


Please Look After Mom: A Novel
By: Kyung-Sook Shin

Category: Fiction; Contemporary; Asian literature; South Korean authors; Family; Novels; Literary Fiction

Awards: National Bestseller; Winner of the Man Asian Literary Prize 2012


The Six
By: Anni Taylor

Category: Horror fiction; Suspense; Psychological thriller; Crime

 

 

 

 


A Love Song for Ricki Wilde
By: Tia Williams

Category: Romance; Historical fiction; Black authors

Awards: GoodReads Choice Awards for Reader’s Favorite Romance 2024; New York Times named one of 2024’s Best Romances; Publisher’s Weekly named one of Best Books of 2024

 


The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Caused an Epidemic of Mental Illness
By: Jonathan Haidt

Category: Mental health; Nonfiction; Psychology; Self-help; Sociology; Parenting; Health education

Awards: GoodReads Choice Award for non-fiction and audio 2024


A Sunny Place for Shady People
By: Mariana Enríquez, Megan McDowell (translator)

Category: Horror; Fantasy; Thriller; Spanish literature; Argentinean authors; Short stories; Contemporary

Awards: Nominee for 2024 GoodReads Choice Awards for Readers Favorite Horror


Criers War
By: Nina Varela

Category: Fantasy; Young adult; Romance; Dystopian; Queer authors; LGBTQ+

 

 


Residence on Earth
By: Pablo Nerudo, Donald D. Walsh (translator)

Category: Poetry; Spanish literature; Classics; Political oppression; Chilean authors; Bilingual books; Latin American literature

Awards: Nobel Prize in Literature

 


The Silent Patient
By: Alex Michaelides

Category: Psychological thrillers; Crime fiction; Suspense

Awards: Barry Award Nominee for Best First Novel 2020; GoodReads Choice Award for Mystery & Thriller and Nominee for Debut Novel 2019; Barnes & Noble Book of the Year Award Nominee 21019

 


What You Are Looking For Is in the Library
By: Michiko Aoyama, Alison Watts (translator)

Category: Literary fiction; Heartwarming; Contemporary; Short stories; Japanese literature; Magical realism; Asian literature; Japanese authors

Awards: shortlisted for the Japan Booksellers’ Award