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We Read A Lot: Summer 2021

Want to read like a Bennington student? Kick off your summer reading with the most checked out books from Crossett Library during the 2020-2021 school year.

The Book of Beginnings and Endings

Cover of The Book of Beginnings and Endings

By Jenny Boully, faculty member

The Book of Delights

Cover of The Book of Delights

By Ross Gay

The Death of Vivek Oji

Cover of The Death of Vivek Oji

By Akwaeke Emezi

Kid Gloves: Nine Months of Careful Chaos

Cover of Kid Gloves: Nine Months of Careful Chaos

By Lucy Knisley

Mercury and Me

Cover of Mercury and Me

By Jim Hutton, with Tim Wapshott

Not Merely Because of the Unknown that was Stalking Toward Them

Cover of Not Merely Because of the Unknown that was Stalking Toward Them

By Jenny Boully, faculty member

Novels and Stories

Cover of Novels and Stories

By Shirley Jackson; Joyce Carol Oates, editor

Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat: Mastering the Elements of Good Cooking

Cover of Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat: Mastering the Elements of Good Cooking

By Samin Nosrat

Staying with the Trouble: Making Kin in the Chthulucene

Cover of Staying with the Trouble: Making Kin in the Chthulucene

By Donna J. Haraway

The Stranger

Cover of The Stranger

By Albert Camus; translated from the French by Matthew Ward

Uzumaki: Spiral into Horror

Cover of Uzumaki: Spiral into Horror

By Junji Ito; English adaptation by Yuji Oniki