Princeton University Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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"Without facts, you can’t have truth. Without truth, you can’t have trust." Learn about @mariaressa '86's "How to Stand Up to a Dictator: The Fight for Our Future," the Pre-read selection for the Class of 2027. #WorldPressFreedomDay https://t.co/RUtroXoUVH

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Congrats to #PrincetonU's @isabelawrites *19, who has been awarded the 2023 Shapiro Book Prize by @TheHuntington for her book, "Happy Dreams of Liberty: An American Family in Slavery and Freedom." 👏 📖 #FridayReads https://t.co/c24s8fJft1

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Congrats to @PrincetonAAS professor @imaniperry, whose book, "Looking for Lorraine: The Radiant and Radical Life of Lorraine Hansberry," was named to @esquire's list of the 50 best biographies of all time! 👏 📖 #FridayReads https://t.co/vmsR0l0i4E

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#PrincetonU lecturer @avramalpert's book, "The Good-Enough Life," has been named one of @NextBigIdeaClub's top 22 happiness books of 2022! 👏📚 https://t.co/UzkE1t9zlz

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The @KCLibrary is featuring an exhibit based on a book titled, "Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City," written by #PrincetonU professor @just_shelter. The "Evicted" exhibit reveals information about the nation’s housing crisis. (via @KCStar) https://t.co/AIYEEWBtQr https://t.co/MOGegj7Cnl

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Named 2021 Book of the Year by @BNBuzz, “The Lyrics: 1956 to the Present” — edited by #PrincetonU professor Paul Muldoon — recounts the life and career of Sir @PaulMcCartney through 154 of his songs. https://bit.ly/3ER6itp

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BOOKS 📚 “Of Black Study” by Joshua Myers “shines a bright light on the lies that have shaped academic disciplines and the university more broadly and explores the work of Black thinkers who broke with the racial and colonial logics of academic disciplinarity,” says @ruha9. https://t.co/hEQOgbV5Sy

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"I think economic history helps us recognize the possibility of scope for change.” @PrincetonEcon professor @leah_boustan uses big data to tell a new story about the past and present of the American Dream through her book, "Streets of Gold." 📖 https://t.co/Xy6DhB1Qvw

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This summer, #Princeton2026 read @JordanSalama19 '19's celebrated travelogue, “Every Day the River Changes: Four Weeks Down the Magdalena." This week, first-year students had the chance to hear directly from Salama at the annual Pre-read Assembly. 📖 https://t.co/puplOymBrV

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"Divine Institutions," written by @platanoclassics and published by @PrincetonUPress, places religion at the heart of the Roman Republic’s transformation during the 4th and 3rd centuries BCE. The work has now received 2️⃣ notable book prizes. https://t.co/AxxYlEekQ9

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