Annual Faculty/Staff Books I Have Loved List

Great writing reveals what we know—but never noticed before. Great writing identifies that most elusive of all things—that which we have seen but had not noticed, that did not seem to exist until it was named.”   —Laurie R. King

“We are raised to honor all the wrong explorers and discoverers—thieves planting flags, murderers carrying crosses. Let us at last praise the colonizers of dreams.”  —Peter S. Beagle, writing about J.R.R. Tolkien

Which book this year (or any year) revealed things that you never knew you knew? Which book colonized your dreams? Which book made you forget to upload your work files, forget to wash your last clean mask, made you eat all your Halloween candy before any trick or treaters arrived, or made you not notice you’ve worn slippers to the grocery store? Which book opened your eyes and your mind in ways you never expected?

It's time once again for the annual Faculty/Staff Books I Have Loved list! Check out what your favorite teachers and staff have been reading, and find some great reads for yourself. (Note that most of these books are adult titles.)

Many thanks to Jen Haas for doing much of the formatting this year!

One does not despise real woods because one has read of enchanted woods; the reading makes all woods a little enchanted.  —C.S. Lewis