Books by Princeton professors and alumni made
The New York Times list of 100 notable books of the year – published in Sunday’s Book Review. Among the fiction and poetry were
Sourland: Stories, by
Joyce Carol Oates, a professor of creative writing, and the novel
The Surrendered, by
Chang-rae Lee, director of the Program in Creative Writing. (
Click here for PAW’s story on Lee and his novel.)
Included in the nonfiction category were
The Bridge: The Life and Rise of Barack Obama, by
David Remnick ’81;
Country Driving: A Journey Through China From Farm to Factory, by
Peter Hessler ’92 (
Click here for PAW’s story on Hessler);
Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History, by
S.C. Gwynne ’74 (
Click here for PAW’s story);
The Honor Code: How Moral Revolutions Happen, by
Kwame Anthony Appiah, a professor of philosophy at Princeton (Watch for PAW’s story on Appiah in a future issue); and
The Tenth Parallel: Dispatches From the Fault Line Between Christianity and Islam, by
Eliza Griswold ’95 (
Click here for PAW’s story).