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Must-Read Harvard Books Winter 2025

From aphorisms to art heists to democracy’s necessary conditions 

by Gabriella Gage

Recent books with Harvard connections

John Kenneth Galbraith’s letters, Linda Greenhouse, color in art, and more

Tahmima Anam's "The Bones of Grace" excavates history and family

Tahmima Anam’s Bengal trilogy finds a resting place.

by Marina N. Bolotnikova

Open Book: An excerpt from “Pedagogues and Protestors” by Conrad Edick Wright

The diary of a “unexceptional collegian”—attending class, or not

Joan C. Williams on "class cluelessness"—a book review by Andrea Louise Campbell

A review of Joan Williams’s powerful book on the resentments reshaping American politics

by Andrea Louise C...

Recent books with Harvard connections

Beach reading, the West, segregation, gardening with children, and more

Chapter and verse quotation-citation correspondence site

Correspondence on not-so-famous lost words

Harvard Business professor Mihir A. Desai ties finance to the humanities

A Business School professor ties finance and humanities together.

Harvard exhibition designer Justin Lee, profiled

Justin Lee's essential, “invisible,” work at the Harvard Art Museums

by Lily Scherlis

A natural history of Martha’s Vineyard, and other books with Harvard connections

A natural history of Martha’s Vineyard, and other books with Harvard connections