Booker Prize Winner
Samantha Harvey's novel Orbital, earned the 2024 Booker Prize. The book portrays six astronauts grappling with life in the isolation of space over the course of one day. Harvey described the novel as "space pastoral - a kind of nature writing about the beauty of space." It is the first Booker Prize...
Book Club Pick
The SAS Book Club is diving into the mysterious world of Dan Brown's thrilling bestseller, The Da Vinci Code. This book promises suspense, mystery and intellectual intrigue. With its intricate puzzles and historical references, The Da Vinci Code has kept readers hooked for many years and has sparked...
The Nobel Prize in Literature 2024
On October 10, 2024, the Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to South Korean author Han Kang for her book, The Vegetarian. According to the press release Kang was awarded "for her intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life." The Vegetarian also...
Nigerian Independence Day Display
A new display is featured in the library this month. Gloria Oladejo '25 created a display for Nigerian Independence Day. Gloria selected books by some of her favorite Nigerian authors - Chinua Achebe, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Ayobami Adebayo, and Helen Oyeyemi. These authors are deemed as some of...