关于 the Book Club


Reading TUgether provides the entire Trinity community with a shared reading and learning experience through thought-provoking dialogues with Trinity alumni around the world.
 

 

Enrich Yourself

Discover books that will stimulate your intellectual curiosity.

 

Connect

Connect with fellow Tigers across generations and geographies.

 
参与

参与 in thought-provoking dialogues and conversations.

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All book discussions are held in the Reading TUgether 校友 Book Club Facebook group.

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Did you know: Reading improves your intelligence, reasoning ability, and it has been linked to reducing the chance of Alzheimer’s.

What to Expect


Reading Commitment

4 books a year

Book Selection

Books are selected through surveys and suggestions from club members and by recommendation from Trinity Faculty.

Discussions

A moderator is selected for each book and will help facilitate discussions.

Current Reading Selection: 

Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know  by Adam Grant  (Now - February)

Caste: The origins of our Discontents  by Isabell Wilkerson  (March 1 - May 31)

 

It has exposed me to books I might not have chosen on my own. Good, thoughtful, thought-provoking, and insightful literature.” 

Mary Gleason ‘70

Past Books

20 and counting
 
  • Long Shot: The Triumphs and Struggles of an NBA Freedom Fighter  by NBA Champion Craig Hodges
  • Range: Why Generalist Triumph in a Specialized World  by David Epstein
  • Maybe You Should Talk to Someone by Lori Gottlieb
  • The Best We Could Do by Thi Bui
  • Exit West by Mohsin Hamid
  • Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup by John Carreyrou
  • A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
  • Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
  • On Immunity by Eula Biss
  • The Splintering of the American Mind: Identity Politics, Inequality, and Community on Today’s College Campuses by William Egginton
  • Bluebird, Bluebird by Attica Locke
  • The Female Persuasion by Meg Wolitzer
  • The Prince of Los Cocuyos by Richard Blanco
  • Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward
  • The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
  • Being Mortal by Atul Gawande
  • Manhattan Beach by Jennifer Egan
  • 新闻 of the World by Paulette Jiles
  • Evicted by Matthew Desmond
  • LaRose by Louise Erdrich

 

I enjoy it because it keeps me reading intellectually stimulating material that I may not have known about before. The end-of-book discussions encourage me to dig into a book more deeply than I might do when reading on my own for pleasure. I know my Trinity alumni friends are equally interested in continuing their lifelong learning.” 

Emily Pickell ‘83