Melissa Chan Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

Melissa Chan

Am so grateful to my California public school where we were assigned everything from Alice Walker’s The Color Purple to Richard Wright’s Black Boy (gasp! about a Communist!) to Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451. Speaking of Communists, book banning is what they do.

Melissa Chan

Just spotted @taniabranigan’s new book, Red Memory, in Berlin! At Shakespeare & Sons (which also has the best bagels in town). https://t.co/PwidlqKRMX

Melissa Chan

Looking forward to reading @Nouriel's new book, "Megathreats: Ten Dangerous Trends That Imperil Our Future, And How To Survive Them" — hoping I won't end up feeling more terrified about everything. 😆 https://t.co/V6Qi1GjWiW

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Melissa Chan

Am so grateful to my California public school where we were assigned everything from Alice Walker’s The Color Purple to Richard Wright’s Black Boy (gasp! about a Communist!) to Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451. Speaking of Communists, book banning is what they do.

Melissa Chan

Ready to dive into @chrisderose’s The Presidents’ War: Six American Presidents and the Civil War That Divided Them. 🇺🇸 https://t.co/tWPjKY9eGM

Melissa Chan

Bowring starts from the very beginning and takes us up to the past eighteen months... Bowring shows how decisions made by European traders and missionaries several centuries ago continue to manifest themselves in today’s contemporary fissures and patronage networks.

Melissa Chan

Am so grateful to my California public school where we were assigned everything from Alice Walker’s The Color Purple to Richard Wright’s Black Boy (gasp! about a Communist!) to Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451. Speaking of Communists, book banning is what they do.

Melissa Chan

Apparently it’s the 210th anniversary of Jane Austen’s PRIDE AND PREJUDICE — a book I love but which I feel is one of the most misunderstood novels. Way less about romance and more about women making practical decisions about marriage and financial security.

Melissa Chan

A little late to this read, but thumbs up 👍🏼👍🏼 for Fiona Hill’s THERE IS NOTHING FOR YOU HERE. About so many things, including socio-economic inequality in the UK, US — and Russia. And how populist, autocratic leaders seek to capitalize on these fissures. https://t.co/VUWzoo8Dn0

Melissa Chan

Her book paints an overwhelmingly discouraging picture of both global authoritarianism and surveillance capitalism, but it is also a call to action. Ever the optimist, @mariaressa observes that with destruction comes opportunity. "Now we have to decide what we want to create."