Books By Topic

After clicking on a topic and scrolling to the bottom of the list, choose "older posts" at the bottom right to view more books in that topic. Lists contain fiction and non-fiction.

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absurdity
aging
alienation
American Dream
art
assimilation
class
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coming of age
consumerism
coping with trauma/loss
creativity
dystopian
economics
education
existentialism
fame
family
fiction
fiction's role
gender
historical
identity
immigration
justice
love
media
memoir
memory
mental health
morality
music
mythology
nature/environmentalism
non-fiction
nonconformity
oppression
perception/truth/subjectivity
philosophy
politics
power of language
psychology
race
religion/spirituality
revolution
science (or sci-fi)
search for self
sexuality
social criticism
social media
sports
tech
time
war

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The Song of Achilles By Madeline Miller (FICTION)

Posted by Mr. Markley

Labels: coming of age, fame, family, fiction, historical, identity, love, mythology, search for self, sexuality, war

The Vanishing Half by Britt Bennett (FICTION)

Posted by Mr. Markley

Labels: alienation, American Dream, assimilation, class, family, fiction, gender, historical, identity, love, perception/truth/subjectivity, psychology, race, search for self, social criticism

Tell Me How Long the Train's Been Gone by James Baldwin (FICTION)

Posted by Mr. Markley

Labels: alienation, art, class, coping with trauma/loss, creativity, fiction, gender, identity, justice, love, mental health, morality, oppression, race, search for self, social criticism

The Night Watchman by Louise Erdrich (FICTION)

Posted by Mr. Markley

Labels: assimilation, colonialism/imperialism, coping with trauma/loss, family, fiction, historical, identity, justice, love, morality, nonconformity, oppression, politics, race, social criticism

The Friend by Sigrid Nunez (FICTION)

Posted by Mr. Markley

Labels: aging, alienation, coping with trauma/loss, fiction, love, mental health

Bewilderment by Richard Powers (FICTION)

Posted by Mr. Markley

Labels: alienation, coping with trauma/loss, family, fiction, justice, love, memory, mental health, morality, nature/environmentalism, nonconformity, science (or sci-fi), social criticism, tech

Writers & Lovers by Lily King (FICTION)

Posted by Mr. Markley

Labels: art, coping with trauma/loss, creativity, fiction, fiction's role, identity, love, mental health, power of language, search for self

A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles (FICTION)

Posted by Mr. Markley

Labels: aging, class, coping with trauma/loss, fiction, historical, identity, justice, love, morality, search for self

State of Wonder by Ann Patchett (FICTION)

Posted by Mr. Markley

Labels: coping with trauma/loss, fiction, love, mental health, morality, nature/environmentalism, perception/truth/subjectivity, science (or sci-fi)

In Defense of Witches: The Legacy of Witch Hunts and Why Women Are Still on Trial by Mona Chollet (NON-FICTION)

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/57693411-in-defense-of-witches

Posted by Mr. Markley

Labels: aging, alienation, gender, historical, identity, justice, love, media, mental health, non-fiction, oppression, politics, search for self, sexuality, social criticism

The Course of Love by Alain de Botton (FICTION)

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27845690-the-course-of-love?from_search=true

Posted by Mr. Markley

Labels: aging, family, fiction, gender, identity, love, perception/truth/subjectivity, philosophy, psychology, sexuality

We by Yevgeny Zamyatin (FICTION)

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/76173.We

Posted by Mr. Markley

Labels: alienation, dystopian, fiction, identity, love, mental health, nonconformity, oppression, perception/truth/subjectivity, philosophy, politics, science (or sci-fi), search for self, social criticism, tech

If Beale Street Could Talk by James Baldwin (FICTION)

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38463.If_Beale_Street_Could_Talk

Posted by Mr. Markley

Labels: alienation, American Dream, class, coping with trauma/loss, family, fiction, identity, justice, love, morality, oppression, race, social criticism

Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng (FICTION)

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34273236-little-fires-everywhere

Posted by Mr. Markley

Labels: aging, alienation, American Dream, class, coming of age, coping with trauma/loss, family, fiction, gender, identity, love, morality, race

History of Wolves by Emily Fridlund (FICTION)

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30183198-history-of-wolves

Posted by Mr. Markley

Labels: alienation, coming of age, coping with trauma/loss, family, fiction, identity, love, morality, religion/spirituality, search for self

Bel Canto by Ann Patchett (FICTION)

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5826.Bel_Canto

Posted by Mr. Markley

Labels: class, coping with trauma/loss, fiction, identity, love, morality, music

Commonwealth by Ann Patchett (FICTION)

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28214468-commonwealth

Posted by Mr. Markley

Labels: aging, coping with trauma/loss, family, fiction, justice, love, memory, search for self

Exit West by Mohsin Hamid (FICTION)

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30688435-exit-west

Posted by Mr. Markley

Labels: alienation, assimilation, coping with trauma/loss, fiction, identity, immigration, justice, love, nonconformity, oppression, revolution, search for self, war

The Hearts of Men by Nickolas Butler (FICTION)

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30531538-the-hearts-of-men

Posted by Mr. Markley

Labels: aging, alienation, coming of age, coping with trauma/loss, family, fiction, gender, identity, love, morality, search for self

Indignation by Philip Roth (FICTION)

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6953335-indignation

Posted by Mr. Markley

Labels: alienation, American Dream, assimilation, class, coming of age, education, family, fiction, identity, love, morality, nonconformity, search for self

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