Who's Reading What on Wednesdays?

Each week, Early Career Committee members are asked to recommend a book published by a house other than their own. Here are their (anonymous) picks...

Illuminae (The Illuminae Files_01) | June 24, 2015

First things first: Illuminae is not a novel, or at least not a traditional one. Rather, it is a dossier including interview transcripts, summaries of video footage, captured emails and instant messages, and operating system datafiles. This dossier tells the …

Red Queen | June 17, 2015

Seventeen-year-old Mare lives in a society divided by blood. The silver-blooded elite, born with great and terrible powers (mind reading, control over fire, etc.), rule over the red-blooded commoners. But when Mare discovers that she possesses a power of her …

If I Built a Car | June 10, 2015

As a Manhattanite who hasn’t driven in over a year, car fantasies are usually not my thing. However, I recently had the pleasure of reading Chris Van Dusen’s If I Built a Car, which is like ‘Pimp My Ride’ for …

Nightmares! | May 27, 2015

Charlie Laird has always been drawn to the eerie purple mansion at the top of the hill. But when his father remarries the woman who lives in the house—a woman Charlie is certain moonlights as a witch—Charlie is horrified to …

More Than This | May 20, 2015

Seth is dead. We watch him drown in the gripping opening to More Than This. We feel his pain and terror, but of course, the story goes on. When Seth wakes, he is thirsty and incredibly weak, lost in an …

The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants | May 13, 2015

Every summer, I find myself rereading one of my all-time favorite young adult books: The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants. I first read the book in my fifth grade math class. I would do the problem written on the board …

Roller Girl | April 15, 2015

Twelve-year-old Astrid is looking forward to spending the summer with her best friend, Nicole. But when Astrid wants to go to roller derby camp and Nicole decides to continue pursuing her love of ballet, a divide develops between them. As …

One Monday Morning | April 8, 2015

Perfect for a rainy day in New York City, One Monday Morning (an adaptation of a French folk song) is a classic story of a young boy with a wild imagination. On one Monday morning, he is visited by a …

I Am Malala: How One Girl Stood Up for Education and Changed the World (Young Readers Edition) | April 1, 2015

In celebration of International Women’s Day on March 8, I picked up I Am Malala: How One Girl Stood Up for Education and Changed the World by Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai. In this book, Malala tells her inspiring …

Seraphina | March 25, 2015

For the past 40 years, a tentative peace between humans and dragons has reigned in the kingdom of Goredd. Dragons, ruled by rationality and the belief that emotions are an illness that must be cured, have the ability to fold …