Book Recommendations

Beloved
Toni Morrison
The story about the trauma of former slave Sethe who lost her baby shows how the experiences of slavery continue to traumatize generations, long after it has been believed to have been overcome. A classic of American literature, heartbreaking and masterly written.
One Hundred Years of Solitude
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Winner of the Nobel Prize for literature, Gabriel Garcia Marquez has written a masterpiece: The colorful and epic saga about the Columbian Buendía family and the city they built, Macondo.
Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead
Sheryl Sandberg
Lean in is not only the title of Sheryl Sandberg's bestseller on women and leadership, but has also become a slogan of empowerment for women who seek the same opportunities as their male colleagues.

Beyond

If you want to get to know the scientists behind the work even better, this is just the right place for you. In this section of Beyond, the researchers present books which have impacted their lives and their ways of thinking in meaningful ways. The books presented range from novels, to memoirs, to science books of all sorts. You can filter the books by genre or just scroll through the list. This is also a great way to get inspiration for your own reading!

Raquel Sirotti's Pick
This book connects current day problems in Africa to colonial legacies, and makes it accessible beyond just academics.
Raquel Sirotti, Raquel Sirotti
Rémi Armand Tchokothe's Pick
A book I've read probably hundreds of times. It's been very central in my approach to the disciplines I'm working in, and it was a major moment where I understood a few things better and wanted to ask myself different questions.
Rémi Armand Tchokothe, Rémi Armand Tchokothe
Sarah Auster's Pick
The book is very beautiful because it is very full of love, but at the same time it never cushions the pain, it never gives this sort of fake silver lining - and I found it just breathtaking.
Sarah Auster, Sarah Auster
Sarosh Alam Ghausi's Pick
I'm fascinated by why different things in nature organize in a similar fashion, this book brings together all these concepts towards a single idea.
Sarosh Alam Ghausi, Sarosh Alam Ghausi
Shuang Song's Pick
It's a French novel about an Australian music historian and an anthropologist from the East, weaving together love, scholarship, and the deep intertwining of Western and Eastern cultures, showing how travel and research can inspire us and even make a polarized world a better place.
Shuang Song, Shuang Song
Sina Schorn's Pick
It brings across some of the most fundamental principles in life in a very entertaining way.
Sina Schorn, Sina Schorn
Sofie Valk's Pick
This book made me want to understand how human society should be organized and ultimately led me from philosophy to AI and then to neuroscience.
Sofie Valk, Sofie Valk
Sonja Sudimac's Pick
When you change a bit something in your brain, your whole personality and life changes - that's when I decided to go into neuroscience.
Sonja Sudimac, Sonja Sudimac