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!

Martin Peitz's Pick
A book written at the end of the eighties that shaped the way I think about markets and shaped also my research interests.
Martin Peitz, Martin Peitz
Matthew Larkum's Pick
Everything you think is intersubjective. It's the entanglement of what is coming from the outside world with what you expected, and once they get entangled, it's impossible to disentangle them.
Matthew Larkum, Matthew Larkum
Matthias Doepke's Pick
This book really made clear for me the importance of using mathematics to formulate social science questions.
Matthias Doepke, Matthias Doepke
Matthias Sutter's Pick
After a day of work on papers and statistics, it's so great to let your brain float in this kind of imaginary worlds.
Matthias Sutter, Matthias Sutter
Megha Amrith's Pick
It was a very tough read, but it's so rewarding at the end - the way that it shows you how the experience of slavery can have deep impacts on individuals and communities.
Megha Amrith, Megha Amrith
Miriam Liedvogel's Pick
Zimmer presents so many notes that resonate with anyone of us, because it's about inheritance of life and culture.
Miriam Liedvogel, Miriam Liedvogel
Nicolas Bourgon's Pick
The book reframes Southeast Asia - not as an inhospitable and dangerous place, but as a land of opportunity - showing how adaptability is key for both humans and animals.
Nicolas Bourgon, Nicolas Bourgon
Nicolas Bueno's Pick
Paul Lafargue in 1880 rethought work as a not necessarily good thing, and I think this inspired me too for my research.
Nicolas Bueno, Nicolas Bueno