Novels

A Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (Hunger Games prequel) by Suzanne Collins (Megan Lee and her daughter)

Broken Earth Trilogy by N.K. Jemisin (Prof. Cabot)

Firewater Blues by Caimh McDonnell (Prof. Weistling)

Murderbot Diary Series by Martha Wells (Prof. Cabot)

Nemesis by Isaac Asimov (Prof. Cabot)

Noor by Nnedi Okorafor (Prof. Cabot)

Pachinko by Min Jin Lee (Prof. Lubbers)

Pet Sematary by Stephen King (Prof. Assad)

Searching for Grace by Jackie Jordan (Prof. Davis) (her sister’s first novel!)

Shift in the Wool trilogy by Hugh Howey (Megan Lee)

State of Terror by Louise Penny and Hillary Rodham Clinton (Prof. Postar)

The Golem and the Jinni (Daniela Kraiem)

The Man Who Died Twice by Richard Osman (Prof. Weistling)

The Martin Beck detective novels by Per Wahloo and Maj Sjowall (Prof. Leiter)

The Mating Season by P.G. Wodehouse (Prof. Cabot)

The Midnight Library by Matt Haig (Prof. Postar)

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid (Prof. Roddy)

Nonfiction

A Woman of No Importance: The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War II by Sonia Purnell (Prof. Leiter)

Allow Me to Retort - A Black Guy’s Guide to the Constitution by Elie Mystal (Prof. Davis)

Bottle of Lies: The Inside Story of the Generic Drug Boom by Katherine Eban (Prof. Lewis Grossman)

Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer (Prof. Hamilton)

Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty by Patrick Radden Keefe (Prof. Lewis Grossman)

Humankind by Rutger Bregman (Prof. Cabot)

Inglorious Empire: What the British Did to India by Shashi Tharoor (Prof. Cabot)

Man without a Face: the Unlikely Rise of Vladimir Putin by Masha Gessen (Prof. Comizio)

Strong Inside: Perry Wallace and the Collision of Race and Sports in the South by Andrew Maraniss (Prof. Phillips)

The Outlaw Ocean: Journeys Across the Last Untamed Frontier by Ian Urbina (Prof. Wick)

The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music by Dave Grohl (Prof. Assad)

There Is Nothing for You Here by Fiona Hill (Lucinda Gardner)

Unthinkable by Jamie Raskin (Prof. Davis)

Vanderbilt: The Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty by Anderson Cooper and Katherine Howe (Prof. Lubbers)

Will by Will Smith (Prof. Davis)

Academic

Shakespeare and East Asia by Alexa Alice Joubin (Basile Joubin)

The Phenomenon of Man by Pierre Teilhard de Chardin (Prof. Rosser)

Podcasts (mini-series)

Dolly Parton’s America (Prof. Lubbers)

Tunnel 29 (Prof. Lubbers)

Wind of Change (Prof. Lubbers)

Podcasts (continuing)

Broken Record (Prof. Lubbers)

Hacks on Tap (Prof. Lubbers)

The Axe Files (with David Axelrod) (Prof. Lubbers)

The Tennis Podcast (Prof. Lubbers)

Movies

Belfast (Prof. Davis)

Cape Fear (1991) (DeNiro & Nolte; demonstrates why to pay attention in Legal Ethics) (Prof. Figley)

Cape Fear (1991) (Mitchum & Peck; demonstrates why to pay attention in Legal Ethics) (Prof. Figley)

CODA (Prof. Davis)

King Richard (Prof. Davis)

The Best Years of our Lives (1946) (won eight Oscars) (Prof. Figley)

The Godfather (1972) (won three Oscars; demonstrates why to remember “It’s just business.”) (Prof. Figley)

The Lost Daughter (Prof. Postar)

The Power of the Dog (Prof. Postar)

West Side Story (Prof. Lubbers)

TV Shows

1883 (Prof. Lewis Grossman)

Fauda (Prof. Postar)

For All Mankind (Basile Joubin)          

Foundation (Daniela Kraiem)

Ghosts (Prof. Spratt)

Great British Baking Show (Lucinda Gardner)

Life and Beth (Prof. Davis)

My Brilliant Friend (Italian with English subtitles) based on the book of the same name by Elena Ferrante (Prof. Comizio)

Never Have I Ever (Prof. Spratt)

Only Murders in the Building (Prof. Roddy)

Sex Education (Lucinda Gardner)

Shrill (Prof. Davis)

Ted Lasso (Lucinda Gardner)

The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Prof. Postar)

The Morning Show (Prof. Spratt)

The Wonder Years (Prof. Davis)

This Is Us (Prof. Davis)

Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty (Prof. Roddy)

Yellowstone (Prof. Lewis Grossman)

Worthy Re-Watches

Ozu movies on YouTube (Prof. Lubbers)

Prime Suspect (Prof. Lubbers)

The “Endeavour,” “Inspector Morse,” “Lewis” trilogy (Prof. Lubbers)

The Last Place on Earth—1985 British miniseries about the race to the South Pole (Prof. Lubbers)

Unforgotten (Prof. Weistling)

Catching the Acela to spend weekends with my daughter and son in NYC (Lucinda Gardner)

Galaxy Ride spin class at Jacobs on main campus (Lucinda Gardner)

Hoping to play more guitar and jam with others now that we can get together again (Prof. Comizio)  

Paying doubles tennis on a club team (Prof. Comizio)

Playing Wordle (Prof. Postar)

Taking photos of great murals in every city (Basile Joubin)

Trying to walk 3 miles per day (Daniela Kraiem)

Watching March Madness (Prof. Phillips)

Watching Premier League soccer (mainly watching 10 min game highlights on YouTube) (Prof. Rosser)