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!

Nikolaus Weiskopf's Pick
It made me think: can we look at things from a different angle and use data we haven't even thought about to extract surprising insights?
Nikolaus Weiskopf, Nikolaus Weiskopf
Noa Hegesh's Pick
This book really revealed to me how much we define sound - for example its quality.
Noa Hegesh, Noa Hegesh
Noel Gutierrez-Brizuela's Pick
One of Graeber's arguments really resonated with me. He says that money is a way to substitute trust in each other and so it erodes the functioning of societies.
Noel Gutierrez-Brizuela, Noel Gutierrez-Brizuela
Olivier N. Lemaire's Pick
It was very surprising for me to have a book that explained to me point by point why I was so wrong about evolution and the way I was looking at it.
Olivier N. Lemaire, Olivier N. Lemaire
Pascal Geldsetzer's Pick
This book really sparked my interest in psychology and behavioral economics, particularly using insights from these disciplines to improve health services and build interventions that take into account the human mind.
Pascal Geldsetzer, Pascal Geldsetzer
Peter Cramton's Pick
This book provides a lot of insights from economics, the principles of microeconomics - and that I found very useful in organizing my thinking and research.
Peter Cramton, Peter Cramton
Ralf Poscher's Pick
This was probably the first time that I really got excited about legal research. This book was very influential for my way to approach legal research and to think about law.
Ralf Poscher, Ralf Poscher
Ralf Schiebel's Pick
This book really drives your imagination, it shows you how important marine research is and how much fun it can be.
Ralf Schiebel, Ralf Schiebel