As the sun shines brightly and the temperatures soar, it’s time to embark on a literary journey during the blissful days of summer. Teresa and Alexandre Soares dos Santos Library is here to enrich your vacation with a carefully curated list of captivating reads that will both entertain and enlighten you. Whether you’re lounging by the seaside or seeking refuge from the heat in the shade, these handpicked books are bound to make your summer an unforgettable one.
I can’t date Jesus: love, sex, family, race, and other reasons I’ve put my faith in Beyoncé
Michael Arceneaux
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Company of one: why staying small is the next big thing for business
Paul Jarvis
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Persepolis: the story of a childhood
Marjane Satrapi
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Invisible women : exposing data bias in a world designed for men
Caroline Criado Perez
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The founders: the story of Paypal and the entrepreneurs who shaped Silicon Valley
Jimmy Soni
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Contagious: how to build word of mouth in the digital age
Jonah Berger
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Can’t even: how millennials became the burnout generation
Anne Helen Petersen
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Brotopia: breaking up the boy’s club of Silicon Valley
Emily Chang
The lean startup: how constant innovation creates radically successful businesses
Eric Ries
Conversations on love: lovers, strangers, parents, friends, endings, beginnings
Natasha Lunn
No filter: the inside story of how Instagram transformed business, celebrity and our culture
Sarah Frier
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All boys aren’t blue: a memoir manifesto a lout growing up black and queer
George M. Johnson
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Klara and the sun
Kazuo Ishiguro
The white tiger
Aravind Adiga
We have always been here: a queer Muslim memoir
Samra Habib
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