Common Reading
![Failures of Forgiveness](https://pup-assets.imgix.net/onix/images/9780691223193.jpg?w=180&auto=format)
Philosopher Myisha Cherry teaches us the right ways to deal with wrongdoing in our lives and the world
![Viral Justice](https://pup-assets.imgix.net/onix/images/9780691224930.jpg?w=180&auto=format)
From the author of Race After Technology, an inspiring vision of how we can build a more just world—one small change at a time
“A true gift to our movements for justice.”—Michelle Alexander, author of The New Jim Crow
![The Fire Is upon Us](https://pup-assets.imgix.net/onix/images/9780691181547.jpg?w=180&auto=format)
"A great read."—Whoopi Goldberg, The View
How the clash between the civil rights firebrand and the father of modern conservatism continues to illuminate America's racial divide
![The Campus Color Line](https://pup-assets.imgix.net/onix/images/9780691206769.jpg?w=180&auto=format)
"A stunning and ambitious origins story."—Ibram X. Kendi, National Book Award–winning and #1 New York Times–bestselling author
The remarkable history of how college presidents shaped the struggle for racial equality
![Privilege and Punishment](https://pup-assets.imgix.net/onix/images/9780691233871.jpg?w=180&auto=format)
How the attorney-client relationship favors the privileged in criminal court—and denies justice to the poor and to working-class people of color
![Getting Something to Eat in Jackson](https://pup-assets.imgix.net/onix/images/9780691253879.jpg?w=180&auto=format)
James Beard Foundation Book Award Nominee • Winner of the Ida B. Wells-Barnett Book Award, Association of Black Sociologists • Winner of the C. Wright Mills Award, the Society for the Study of Social Problems
A vivid portrait of African American life in today’s urban...
![Translating Myself and Others](https://pup-assets.imgix.net/onix/images/9780691238616.jpg?w=180&auto=format)
Luminous essays on translation and self-translation by an award-winning writer and literary translator
![American Classicist](https://pup-assets.imgix.net/onix/images/9780691236186.jpg?w=180&auto=format)
A biography of the remarkable woman whose bestselling Mythology has introduced millions of readers to the classical world
![Moving Up without Losing Your Way](https://pup-assets.imgix.net/onix/images/9780691179230.jpg?w=180&auto=format)
The ethical and emotional tolls paid by disadvantaged college students seeking upward mobility and what educators can do to help these students flourish
![Rescuing Socrates](https://pup-assets.imgix.net/onix/images/9780691224398.jpg?w=180&auto=format)
A Dominican-born academic tells the story of how the Great Books transformed his life—and why they have the power to speak to people of all backgrounds
![On the Couch](https://pup-assets.imgix.net/onix/images/9780691242439.jpg?w=180&auto=format)
A collection of colorful and candid essays and other pieces about Freud and his legacy today, featuring twenty-five leading writers
With original contributions by André Aciman • Sarah Boxer • Jennifer Finney Boylan • Susie Boyt • Gerald Early • Esther Freud •...
![Now Comes Good Sailing](https://pup-assets.imgix.net/onix/images/9780691247953.jpg?w=180&auto=format)
From twenty-seven of today’s leading writers, an anthology of original pieces on the author of Walden
Features essays by Jennifer Finney Boylan • Kristen Case • George Howe Colt • Gerald Early • Paul Elie • Will Eno • Adam Gopnik • Lauren Groff • Celeste...
![The Career Arts](https://pup-assets.imgix.net/onix/images/9780691239798.jpg?w=180&auto=format)
A persuasive case for building career success through broad education, targeted skills, and social capital