In a recent HTC poll of 110 Boston University students, over 100 responded that they are experiencing “Zoom-fatigue.” With so much of our lives shifting online (and to Zoom specifically) while we continue working and learning remotely, it’s more important now than ever to take breaks from all this screen time. We recommend starting with this wonderful list of our students’ favorite books, which they shared during last week’s Tell Us Tuesday:
Americanah, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
A Raisin in the Sun, Lorraine Hansberry
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Betty Smith
The Bluest Eye, Toni Morrison
Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine, Gail Honeyman
The God of Small Things, Arundhati Roy
The Great Alone, Kristin Hannah
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy series, Douglas Adams
The Hobbit, J. R. R. Tolkien
The Hunger Games trilogy, Suzanne Collins
Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption, Bryan Stevenson
Small Great Things: A Novel, Jodi Picoult
The Song of Achilles: A Novel, Madeline Miller
The Souls of Black Folk, W. E. B. Du Bois
Rocket Men: The Daring Odyssey of Apollo 8 and the Astronauts Who Made Man’s First Journey to the Moon, Robert Kurson
The Rules Do Not Apply, Ariel Levy
11/22/63: A Novel, Stephen King