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🐻📚 I made a list of 238 Books by Cornellians!! filter by Genres, with a short…

🐻📚 I made a list of 238 Books by Cornellians!! filter by Genres, with a short AI-generated description for each!! full list in the comments!! 🐻 E. B. White 1921 - Charlotte’s Web A pig named Wilbur and a spider named Charlotte become friends 🐻 Kurt Vonnegut ’44 - Slaughterhouse-Five Vonnegut’s classic antiwar novel centered on the firebombing of Dresden 🐻 Lauren Weisberger ’99 - The Devil Wears Prada A young assistant endures the fashion industry’s most impossible boss 🐻 Nicola Yoon ’94 - Everything, Everything A girl allergic to the world finds love without leaving home 🐻 Toni Morrison, MA ’55 - Beloved A former slave’s haunting memories of bondage and motherhood linger on 🐻 Jandy Nelson ’87 - I’ll Give You the Sun Twin siblings grow apart then reconnect through art and self-discovery 🐻 Ken Blanchard, PhD ’67 - The One Minute Manager Quick, effective management techniques that boost productivity in one minute 🐻 Melissa Bank, MFA ’87 - The Girls’ Guide to Hunting and Fishing A young woman’s witty, spirited journey through love and modern dating 🐻 Téa Obreht, MFA ’08 - The Tiger’s Wife Family legends and Balkan folklore weave through a granddaughter’s search for truth 🐻 Thomas Pynchon ’59 - The Crying of Lot 49 Oedipa Maas uncovers a vast underground postal conspiracy in California 🐻 William Strunk Jr. 1900 - The Elements of Style The classic guide to clear, concise English writing style 🐻 Sheryl WuDunn ’81 - Half the Sky A passionate call to fight oppression of women in the developing world 🐻 Julie Orringer ’94 - The Invisible Bridge A Hungarian Jewish student in 1930s Paris falls into a forbidden love 🐻 Michael Greger ’95 - How Not to Die Foods scientifically proven to prevent and reverse killer diseases 🐻 Matt Ruff ’87 - Lovecraft Country A Black veteran battles cosmic horror and racism in 1950s Chicago 🐻 Susan Choi, MFA ’95 - Flashlight Performing arts students struggle and thrive in 1980s suburban America 🐻 Chris Pavone ’89 - The Expats (Kate Moore, #1) An expat mother harboring secrets faces danger when they surface abroad 🐻 James Magruder ’82 - The Miser A miserly widower’s obsession with money torments his rebellious children 🐻 Philipp Meyer ’99 - The Son An epic multigenerational saga spanning 150 years of Texas frontier life 🐻 Victor LaValle ’94 - Lone Women A woman with a dark secret homesteads in 1890s Montana 🐻 Will Guidara ’01 - Unreasonable Hospitality Essential hospitality lessons from the co-owner of Eleven Madison Park 🐻 Manuel Muñoz, MFA ’98 - Bless Me, Ultima A boy’s life transformed by a mystical healer in New Mexico 🐻 Roger Lowenstein ’76 - When Genius Failed The spectacular rise and devastating collapse of Long-Term Capital Management 🐻 Barry Eisler ’86, JD ’89 - The Killer Collective Betrayal, vengeance, and depraved secrets in a fast-paced spy thriller 🐻 Jade Song ’18 - Chlorine A dark coming-of-age tale blurring literary fiction and body horror 🐻 NoViolet Bulawayo, MFA ’10 - We Need New Names A young girl’s unflinching journey from Zimbabwe to America seeking hope 🐻 George Cockcroft ’54 - The Dice Man A psychiatrist lets dice make all his life decisions with wild results 🐻 Julie Schumacher, MFA ’86 - Dear Committee Members Hilarious recommendation letters reveal a professor’s crumbling academic world 🐻 Andrew Ross Sorkin ’99 - 1929 A spellbinding narrative of the 1929 stock market crash and aftermath 🐻 Lorrie Moore, MFA ’82 - A Gate at the Stairs A young woman navigates racism and war in post-9/11 America 🐻 Signe Pike ’03 - The Lost Queen The untold story of a forgotten queen in sixth-century Scotland 🐻 Brian Andrews, MBA ’03 - Tier One (Tier One #1) A Navy SEAL gets a new identity and fights terrorism in covert ops 🐻 Richard Price ’71 - Lush Life A tale of two Lower East Sides colliding in modern New York 🐻 Bill Nye ’77 - Undeniable: Evolution and the Science of Creation Bill Nye defends evolution and confronts the science of creationism 🐻 Henry Neff ’95, BA ’96 - The Hound of Rowan (The Tapestry, #1) A boy discovers a Celtic tapestry that leads to a magical academy 🐻 Thomas Perry ’69 - The Old Man A retired CIA operative’s peaceful life is shattered by his past 🐻 Stewart O’Nan, MFA ’92 - Last Night at the Lobster A Red Lobster manager navigates the restaurant’s final shift before closing 🐻 Andrew Fukuda ’94 - The Hunt (The Hunt, #1) In a dangerous world, a boy must hide his true human nature 🐻 Laurie Woolever ’96 - Care and Feeding A food writer reflects on nourishing others and being nourished 🐻 Barry Strauss ’74 - 1177 B.C.: The Year Civilization Collapsed How Bronze Age civilizations collapsed simultaneously around 1177 BC 🐻 Anthony Fauci, MD ’66 - On Call: A Doctor’s Journey in Public Service Dr. Fauci’s six-decade journey in medicine and public service 🐻 Michelle Knudsen ’95 - Library Lion A lion visits the library and everyone loves him until rules break 🐻 Alli Frank ’92 - The Better Half A forty-three-year-old woman finally gets her fresh start after divorce 🐻 Ben Shattuck ’09 - The History of Sound Interconnected New England stories exploring how history echoes across centuries 🐻 Edward Bernays 1912 - Propaganda Edward Bernays’ influential treatise on manipulating public opinion and society 🐻 Susie Luo, JD ’14 - Paper Names An act of violence connects a Chinese American family and a lawyer 🐻 Diksha Basu ’05 - The Windfall An Indian family’s life transforms when they suddenly become wealthy 🐻 Beth Morrison, PhD ’02 - The Emperor’s Revenge (Oregon Files, #11) Juan Cabrillo and crew face their most dangerous mission yet 🐻 Brenda Janowitz ’95 - The Grace Kelly Dress Three generations of women connected by Grace Kelly’s iconic wedding dress 🐻 David Oshinsky ’65 - Bellevue: Three Centuries of Medicine and Mayhem at America’s Most Storied Hospital Three centuries of medicine and mayhem at America’s most storied hospital 🐻 Helen Schulman ’83 - This Beautiful Life A viral video scandal upends a privileged New York family’s life 🐻 Bill Maher ’78 - New Rules: Polite Musings from a Timid Observer Bill Maher’s sharp comedic commentary on American politics and culture 🐻 Linnea Hartsuyker ’00 - The Half-Drowned King (The Half-Drowned King, #1) A young Viking fights to reclaim his family’s land and honor 🐻 Ozan Varol ’03 - Think Like a Rocket Scientist Habits and strategies from a rocket scientist for creative problem-solving 🐻 Keri Blakinger ’14 - Corrections in Ink A journalist’s journey from drug addiction through prison to redemption 🐻 Andrew Boryga ’13 - Victim A fearless satire about a man willing to bend truth for success 🐻 Susan Brownmiller ’55 - Against Our Will A landmark feminist history of rape and its political dimensions worldwide 🐻 Harold Bloom ’51 - How to Read and Why A renowned critic guides readers on why and how to read deeply 🐻 Alejandro Varela ’01 - The Town of Babylon A gay Latinx professor returns home after his husband’s infidelity 🐻 Andrea Cheng, MFA ’91 - The Year of the Book A Chinese American girl discovers that friendship is complicated in any language 🐻 William Vollmann ’81 - Europe Central Authoritarian cultures of Germany and USSR explored through composite fictional portraits 🐻 Jessica Saunders ’03 - Love, Me Modern married life unravels when an old flame resurfaces 🐻 Nyani Nkrumah, PhD ’01 - Wade in the Water Two voices tell a riveting coming-of-age story of resilience 🐻 Clifford Irving ’51 - Trial A thrilling novel of criminal law exploring murder and morality of justice 🐻 William Gass, PhD ’54 - In the Heart of the Heart of the Country and Other Stories Five masterful stories exploring consciousness, place, and the nature of language 🐻 Hendrik Willem van Loon 1905 - The Story of Mankind A classic children’s history of civilization from ancient times to modern 🐻 Ann Coulter ’84 - Godless: The Church of Liberalism Arguing that liberalism functions as America’s unofficial state religion 🐻 Christopher Reeve ’74 - Still Me Christopher Reeve’s memoir of hope and resilience after devastating paralysis 🐻 Robert Atkins, MD ’55 - Dr. Atkins’ New Diet Revolution The bestselling low-carb diet revolution that changed how millions eat 🐻 Rachel Dodes ’99 - The Memo A woman gets the chance to magically rewrite her life story #books #writing #authors
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