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Must-Read Harvard Books Winter 2025

From aphorisms to art heists to democracy’s necessary conditions 

by Gabriella Gage

A novel, "Sound," by Thomas P. Wolf, notated like a musical score

A novel, Sound, notated like a musical score

by Craig Lambert

Excerpt from Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot’s book "Exit:The Endings That Set Us Free”

Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot on life's liberating exits

The paper art of Laurie Krasny Brown

Laurie Krasny Brown crafts colorful works from an “accessible, flexible, beautiful” material.

by Craig Lambert

A correspondence corner for not-so-famous lost words

A correspondence corner for not-so-famous lost words

Video game designer Scott Duquette of 38 Studios

Video-game designer Scott Duquette ’05, a new kind of urban planner

by Dan Barbarisi

Composer and musician Ben Cosgrove portrays place in "Yankee Division," a new CD

Composer Ben Cosgrove connects sound and place.

by David Rice

"Golden Holocaust," by Robert N. Proctor, advocates the abolition of cigarettes

Robert Proctor’s Golden Holocaust urges abolition of cigarettes, the leading preventable cause of death.

Rocksteady film by director Mustapha Khan

Rocksteady, a film directed by Mustapha Khan '84, explores the culture of stock car races.

by Steve Potter

Brooke Lampley heads modern and impressionist art at Christie's

Brooke Lampley '02 heads modern and impressionist art at Christie's.

by Craig Lambert