Six Princeton professors talk about favorite books and share what’s on their summer reading lists — novels, biographies and memoirs, fantasy, history and more.
This summer’s mix includes an epic family saga from Georgia (the country), a sci-fi trilogy, a Delaware River journey, a history of military hubris from Troy to Vietnam, two new books focused on the people behind artificial intelligence, and current science about our gut biomes.
Humanities professors featured include Yelena Baraz (Classics), director of the Society of Fellows in the Liberal Arts, Yiyun Li (Lewis Center for the Arts), Stephen Macedo (Politics and University Center for Human Values), and Sara S. Poor (German), who served as a 2024-25 Old Dominion Professor in the Humanities Council.
