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Professional Reading—Catholic Schools
- Anointed Moments: Everyday Miracles While Transforming Two Schools, Thousands of People, and a Dog Named Blue (2014) by Dan Horn
- Archbishop: Inside the Power Structure of the American Catholic Church (1989) by Thomas Reese, SJ.
- Architects of Catholic Culture by Timothy Cook
- The Art of Theological Reflection (1994) by Patricia O’Connell Killen & John De Beer.
- At the Heart of the Church: Selected Documents of Catholic Education Ed. by Ronald J. Nuzzi & Thomas C Hunt
- Behold the Heritage: Foundations of Education in the Dominican Tradition (2006) by Sister Matthew Marie Cummings, O.P. & Sister Elizabeth Anne Allen, O.P.
- Being Mercy: The Path to Being Fully Alive (2019) by Joseph V. Corpora, CSC
- Beyond Obedience and Abandonment: Toward a Theory of Dissent in Catholic Education (2012) by Graham P. McDonough
- Building a Bridge: How the Catholic Church and the LGBT Community Can Enter Into a Relationship of Respect, Compassion, and Sensitivity (2017) by James Martin, SJ
- Catholic Identity or Identities: Refounding Ministries in Chaotic Times (2013) by Gerald A. Arbuckle
- The Catholic Imagination (2000) by Andrew Greeley
- A Catholic School Governance Handbook for a New Era (2018) Ryan, Sabatino, and Haney
- Catholic School Leadership (2016) Ed. by Anthony J. Dosen & Barbara S. Rieckhoff
- Catholic Schools and the Common Good by Anthony Bryk, Valerie Lee & Peter Holland
- Catholic Schools in an Increasingly Hispanic Church by Hossfman Ospino & Patricia Weitzel-O’Neill
- Character and the Contemplative Principal (2003) by Merylann J. Schuttloffel
- Charism & Culture: Cultivating Catholic Identity in Catholic Schools by Dr. Timothy Cook
- Christ in Crisis: Why We Need to Reclaim Jesus (2019) by Jim Wallis
- The Church of Mercy: A Vision for the Church (2014) by Pope Francis
- The Church’s Best-Kept Secret: A Primer on Catholic Social Teaching (2020) by Mark P. Shea
- The Council: Vatican II in Plain English (1996) by Bill Huebsch
- Creation: A Catholic’s Guide to God and the Universe (2021) by Christopher T. Baglow
- The Decrees and Declarations: Vatican II in Plain English (1997) by Bill Huebsch
- A Disarming Spirit: The Life of Archbishop Raymond Hunthausen (2018) by Frank Fromherz
- Doing Mercy: A Path to Contemplation (2020) by Joseph V. Corpora, CSC
- Everyone Leads: How to Revitalize the Catholic Church (2017) by Chris Lowney
- Finding a Way Home: Indian and Catholic Spiritual Paths of the Plateau Tribes (1983) by Patrick J. Twohy
- Finding Your Posts: Grounded Living in Times of Change (2017) by Kent Hickey
- A Flock of Shepherds: The National Conference of Catholic Bishops (1992) by Thomas Reese, SJ.
- 40 Days with God: Time Out to Journey with the Bible (2021) by Kent Hickey
- Fragmented Catholicity and Social Cohesion: Faith Schools in a Plural Society (2012) by Ann Casson
- Fratelli Tutti (2020) by Pope Francis
- The Future of Catholic Higher Education: The Open Circle (2021) by James L. Heft, S.M.
- Good People Make Tough Choices: Facing Everyday Value Conflicts by Timothy O’Connell
- Governance as Leadership: Reframing the Work of Nonprofit Boards (2005) by Richard P. Chait, William P. Ryan, and Barbara E. Taylor
- The Great Commission: Models of Evangelization in American Catholicism (2008) by Timothy Byerley
- Heroic Leadership: Best Practices from a 450-Year-Old Company that Changed the World (2003) by Chris Lowney
- How to Live: What the Rule of St. Benedict Teaches Us About Happiness, Meaning, and Community (2018) by Judith Valente
- Hunger for Hope: Prophetic Communities, Contemplation, and the Common Good (2020) by Sr. Simone Campbell
- In the Midst of our Storms (2014) by Roc O’Connor, SJ
- Inside the Vatican: The Politics & Organization of the Catholic Church (1998) by Thomas Reese, SJ.
- Joy of the Gospel (2013) by Pope Francis
- Just Universities: Catholic Social Teaching Confronts Corporatized Higher Education (2021) by Gerald Beyer
- Laudato Si: On Care for Our Common Home (2015) by Pope Francis
- Let Your Spirit Breathe: Living a Value-Based Life by Timothy O’Connell
- Life Together: The Classic Exploration of Faith in Community (2009) by Dietrich Bonhoeffer
- Lost Classroom, Lost Community (2014) by Margaret F. Brinig & Nicole Stelle Garnett
- Making Disciples: A Handbook of Christian Moral Formation (1998) by Timothy E. O’Connell
- Models of the Church (2002) by Avery Cardinal Dulles
- No One Way to School: Pluralism and American Public Education by Ashley Rogers Berner
- On the Irish Waterfront: The Crusader, the Movie, and Soul of the Port of New York by James T. Fisher
- 101 Questions & Answers on Catholic Social Teaching, 2nd ed. (2013) by Kenneth R. Himes
- Option for the Poor and for the Earth (2012) by Donal Dorr
- Parish School: A History of American Cathoilc Parochial Education from Colonial Times to the Present (2016) by Timothy Walch
- A People Adrift: The Crisis of the Roman Catholic Church in America (2003) by Peter Steinfels
- The Politics of Irish Primary Education: Reform in an Era of Secularisation (2022) by Sean McGraw & Jonathan Tiernan.
- The Practical Prophet: Pastoral Writings (2007) by Ken Untener
- The Premier See: A History of the Archdiocese of Baltimore, 1789-1994 (1989) by Thomas W. Spalding
- The Principal as Spiritual Leader (1994) by Maria Ciriello, OP
- Principles for a Catholic Morality (rev. ed, 1990) by Timothy O’Connell
- Racial Justice & the Catholic Church (2010) by Bryan N. Massingale
- Restoring Trust in the Catholic Parish (2021) by Marijka Eeuwes Lampard
- Retention: A Systems Approach to Growing Enrollment (2018) by Mike Ziemski
- The Return of the Prodigal Son: A Story of Homecoming (1992) by Henri J.M. Nouwen
- River of Fire: My Spiritual Journey (2019) by Sister Helen Prejean
- #Rules of Engagement: 8 Christian Habits for Being Good & Doing Good Online (2021) by Ann M. Garrido
- Said I Wasn’t Gonna Tell Nobody: The Making of a Black Theologian (2018 ) by James H. Cone
- The Sin of White Supremacy (2017) by Jeannine Hill Fletcher
- The Sermon on the Mount and Moral Theology (2017) by William C. Mattison III
- Strategic Planning for Parishes (2021) by Tad Dickel
- The Street Stops Here: A Year at a Catholic High School in Harlem (2008) by Patrick J. McCloskey
- Subversive Habits: Black Catholic Nuns in the Long African American Freedom Struggle (2022) by Shannen Dee Williams
- Tend Your Own Garden: Sharing Our Core Values by Timothy O’Connell
- Thea Bowman: Faithful and Free (2019) by Maurice J. Nutt
- The Universal Christ: How a Forgotten Reality Can Change Everything We See, Hope For, and Believe (2019) by Richard Rohr
- Towards a Politics of Communion: Catholic Social Teaching in Dark Times (2021) by Anna Rowlands.
- Virtue-Based Restorative Discipline by Lynne Lang
- The Vision of Vatican II: Its Fundamental Principles (2019) by Ormond Rush
- The Way of Fuzzy Faith (2019) by Michael Quillin
- Weathering the Storm: Moving Catholic Schools Forwardby DeFiore, Convey, & Schuttloffel
- What Happened at Vatican II (2008) by John W. O’Malley
- What Makes Education Catholic: Spiritual Foundations (2021) by Thomas H. Groome
- What Makes Us Catholic: Eight Gifts for Life (2003) by Thomas H. Groome
Professional Reading—Leadership (link to blogs)
- The Art of Coaching Teams: Building Resilient Communities That Transform Schools (2016) by Elena Aguilar
- Ask Without Fear: A Simple Guide to Connecting Donors with what Matters to Them Most by Marc A. Pitman (2008)
- Built to Last Successful Habits of Visionary Companies (2019 edition) by Jim Collins
- Connections Over Compliance: Rewiring our Perceptions of Discipline (2021) by Lori L. Desautels
- Daring Greatly by Brene Brown
- Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most (1999) by Douglas Stone, Bruce Patton, & Sheila Heen
- The Edge: How Ten CEOs Learned to Lead – and the Lessons for Us All (2021) by Michael Useem
- The Energy Bus by Jon Gordon (2007)
- A Failure of Nerve: Leadership in the Age of the Quick Fix (2017) by Edwin H. Friedman.
- Finding Our Way: Leadership for an Uncertain Time by Margaret J. Wheatley
- The Five Dysfunctions of a Team by Patrick Lencioni
- Gamestorming: A Playbook for Innovators, Rulebreakers, and Changemakers (2010) by Dave Gray, Sunni Brown, and James Macanufo
- Getting It Done: How to Lead When You’re Not in Charge by Roger Fisher & Alan Sharp (1998)
- Good to Great & Good to Great And the Social Sector by Jim Collins
- HBR’s 10 Must Reads “On Emotional Intelligence”
- Heroic Leadership: Best Practices from a 450-Year-Old Company that Changed the World (2003) by Chris Lowney
- A Hidden Wholeness: The Journey to an Undivided Life (2009) by Parker Palmer
- The Heart of Change: Real-Life Stories of How People Change Their Organizations by John P. Kotter
- How Google Works by Eric Schmidt and Jonathan Rosenberg
- The Great Mental Models: General Thinking Concepts (2019) by Shane Parrish
- The Heart of Change: Real-Life Stories of How People Change Their Organizations (2002) by John P. Kotter
- How Great Leaders Think: The Art of Reframing (2014) by Lee G. Bolman & Terrence E. Deal.
- The Illusion of Technique (1979) by William Barrett
- Innovation & Entrepreneurship: Practice & Principles (2006 ) by Peter F. Drucker
- It’s Your Ship: Management Techniques from the Best Damn Ship in the Navy by Captain D. Michael Abrashoff
- It’s Okay to Be the Boss: The Step-by-Step Guide to Becoming the Manager Your Employees Need (2007) by Bruce Tulgan
- Leadership and Self-Deception: Getting Out of the Box, 3rd edition (2018) by the Arbinger Institute
- Leadership Can Be Taught (2005) by Sharon Daloz Parks
- Leadership on the Line: Staying Alive Through the Dangers of Change (2017) by Ronald Heifetz & Marty Linsky
- The Leadership Paradox: Balancing Logic and Artistry (1994) by Terrence E. Deal & Kent D. Peterson
- Leadership Without Easy Answers (1994) by Ronald A. Heifetz
- Leading Change: An Action Plan from the World’s Foremost Expert on Business Leadership (1996) by John P. Kotter
- Leading Minds: An Anatomy of Leadership (2011) by Howard Gardner
- Leading With Soul: An Uncommon Journey of Spirit (2011) by Lee G. Bolman & Terrence E. Deal
- Management Lessons from Mayo Clinic by Leonard L. Berry & Kent D. Seltman
- Measure What Matters: How Google, Bono, and the Gates Foundation Rock the World with OKRs (2018) by John Doerr
- Moral Leadership: Getting to the Heart of School Improvement (1992) by Thomas J. Sergiovanni
- Motion Leadership by Michael Fullan
- Motion Leadership in Action: More Skinny on Becoming Change Savvy by Michael Fullan
- Nuance: Why Some Leaders Succeed & Others Fail (2019) by Michael Fullan
- On Change Management (2011) HBR’s 10 Must Reads
- Option B: Facing Adversity, Building Resilience, and Finding Joy by Sheryl Sandberg & Adam Grant
- The Orange Frog by Shawn Achor
- Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World by Adam Grant (2016)
- Our Iceberg is Melting: Changing & Succeeding Under Any Conditions (2016) by John Kotter & Holger Rathgeber
- Overcoming the Dark Side of Leadership (2007) by Gary L. McIntosh & Samuel D. Rima
- The Power of Giving Away Power: How the Best Leaders Learn to Let Go (2021) by Matthew Barzun
- The Practice of Adaptive Leadership (2009) by Ron Heifetz & Marty Linsky
- The Prepared Leader: Emerge from any Crisis More Resilient than Before (2022) by Erika James & Lynn Perry Wooten
- Principles (2017) by Ray Dalio
- The Purple Goldfish by Stan Phelps
- Redeeming Administration by Ann Garrido
- Redeeming Conflict by Ann Garrido
- Reframing Organizations: Artistry, Choice, and Leadership, 4th edition (2008) by Lee G. Bolman & Terrence E. Deal
- Reinvention: Accelerating Results in the Age of Disruption Cragun & Sweetman
- Resilent Leadership: Navigating the Chemistry of Organizations (2009) by Bob Duggan & Jim Moyer
- Resilient Leadership 2.0: Leading wth Calm, Clarity, and Conviction in Anxious Times (2017) by Bob Duggan & Bridgette Theurer
- Rethinking Leadership: A Collection of Articles (2007) by Thomas J. Sergiovanni
- Say Anything: How Leaders Inspire Ideas, Cultivate Candor, and Forge Fearless Cultures by Doug Crandall & Matt Kincaid (2014)
- Stall Points by Matthew S. Olson & Derek van Bever
- Stories that Stick: How Storytelling Can Captivate Customers, Influence Audiences, and Transform Your Business (2019) by Kindra Hall
- Superbosses: How Exceptional Leaders Master the Flow of Talent (2016) by Sydney Finkelstein
- The Surprising Gift of Doubt: Use Uncertainty to Become the Exceptional Leader You Are Meant to Be (2021) by Marc A. Pitman
- Switch: How to Change Things When Change is Hard by Chip & Greg Heath
- Teaching and the Case Study Method (1994) by Louis B. Barnes & C. Roland Christensen
- Teamwork: What Must Go Right; What Can Go Wrong (1989) by Carl E. Larson & Frank M.J. LaFasto
- Thanks for the Feedback: The Science and Art of Receiving Feedback Well (2015) by Douglas Stone & Sheila Heen
- Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don’t Know (2021) by Adam Grant
- This Will Make You Smarter (2012) Ed. by John Brockman
- Traction by Gino Wickman
- Tribal Leadership: Leveraging Natural Groups to Build a Thriving Organization by Dave Logan, John King & Halee Fischer-Wright (2008)
- Trillion Dollar Coach: The Leadership Playbook of Silicon Valley’s Bill Campbell (2019) by Eric Schmidt, Jonathan Rosenberg & Alan Eagle
- Trust & Reciprocity: Interdisciplinary Lesson for Experimental Research (The Russell Sage Foundation Series on Trust, Vol. 6) (2005) by Einor Ostrom & James Walker (Editors)
- Uplifting Leadership: How Organizations, Teams, and Communities Raise Performance by Andy Hargreaves, Alan Boyle, and Alma Harris (2014)
- Upstream: The Quest to Solve Problems Before They Happen (2020) by Dan Heath
- Using Conflict Theory (2002) by Otomar J. Bartos & Paul Wehr
- What College Trustees Need to Know
- The Wounded Leader: How Real Leadership Emerges in Times of Crisis (2002) by Richard H. Ackerman & Pat Maslin-Ostrowski
Professional Reading—Instructional Leadership (link to blogs)
- All Learning is Social and Emotional (2019) by Nancy Frey, Douglas Fisher, and Dominique Smith
- The Art of Coaching Teams: Building Resilient Communities That Transform Schools (2016) by Elena Aguilar
- Belonging Through a Culture of Dignity: The Keys to Successful Equity Implementation (2019) by Floyd Cobb & John Krownapple
- Beyond Reform: Systemic Shifts Toward Personalized Learning by Lindsay Unified School District
- Creating a Love & Logic School Culture by Jim Fay (2011)
- Coherence: The Right Drivers in Action for Schools, Districts, and Systems (2016) by Michael Fullan & Joanne Quinn
- Collaborative Professionalism: When Teaching Together Means Learning for All (2018) by Andy Hargreaves & Michael T. O’Connor
- The Courage to Teach Guide for Reflection & Renewal (2017 ) by Parker Palmer
- The Cult of Smart: How Our Broken Education System Perpetuates Social Injustice (2020) by Fredrik DeBoer
- Cultures Built to Last: Systemic PLCs at Work by Fullan and DuFour
- Digital Leadership: Changing Paradigms for Changing Times by Eric Sheninger (2014)
- Evolving Learner: Shifting from Professional Development to Professional Learning (2020) by Lainie Rowell, Kristy Andre, and Lauren Steinmann
- The Gift of Failure by Jessica Lahey
- A Framework for Understanding Poverty by Ruby K. Payne
- Harnessing Technology for Deeper Learning (2019) by Scott McCleod & Julie Graber
- How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity and the Hidden Power of Character by Paul Tough (2012)
- How the Other Half Learns: Equality, Excellence, and the Battle Over School Choice (2019) by Robert Pondiscio
- How to Think Like Shakespeare: Lessons from a Renaissance Education (2020) by Scott Newstok
- Learning Transformed: 8 Keys to Designing Tomorrow’s Schools, Today (2017) by Eric Sheninger & Thomas Murray
- Learning to Improve: How America’s Schools Can Get Better at Getting Better (2017) by Anthony S. Bryk, Louis M. Gomez, Alicia Grunow, Paul G. LeMahieu
- Leaving to Learn: How Out of School Learning Increases Student Engagement & Reduces Dropout Rates (2013) by Elliot Washor & Charles Mojkowski
- Leveraging Leadership by Paul Bambrick-Santoyo
- Mindset: The New Psychology of Success by Carol S. Dweck (2006)
- Neurotribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Biodiversity (2015) by Steve Silberman
- Onward: Cultivating Resilience in Educators (2018) by Elena Aguilar
- Public & Private High Schools: The Impact of Communities (1987) by James S. Coleman and Thomas Hoffa
- Shaping School Culture, 3rd edition (2016) by Terrence E. Deal & Kent D. Peterson
- The Smartest Kids in the World (2013) by Amanda Ripley
- Tapping the Power of Personalized Learning (2016) by James Rickabaugh
- The Ten-Minute Inservice: 40 Quick Training Sessions that Build Teacher Effectiveness by Todd Whittaker & Annette Breaux (2013)
- Transforming School Culture: How to Overcome Staff Division (2018) by Anthony Muhammad
- TrustED: The Bridge to School Improvement (2021) by Toby A. Travis
- Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? And Other Conversations About Race (2017) by Beverly Daniel Tatum
- Why Don’t Students Like School? (2009) by Daniel Willingham
Professional Reading—Time Management & Productivity (link to blogs)
- Breaking Bad Habits (2017) by Freek Vermeulen
- Creativity, Inc: Overcoming the Unseen Forces that Stand in the Way of True Inspiration (2014) by Ed Catmull
- Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less by Greg McKeon
- The Extended Mind: The Power of Thinking Outside the Brain (2021) by Annie Murphy Paul
- Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity by David Allen
- The Laws of Simplicity by John Maeda
- Meeting Wise: Making the Most of Collaborative Time for Educators (2014) by Kathryn Parker Boudett
- Scrum: The Art of Doing Twice the Work in Half the Time by Jeff Sutherland (2014)
Professional Reading—Miscellaneous (link to blogs)
- Against the Grain: The History of Buffalo’s First Ward (2012) by Timothy Bohen
- All is Grace: A Biography of Dorothy Day (2011) by Jim Forest
- America for Americans: A History of Xenophobia in the United States (2019) by Erika Lee
- American Grace: How American Religion Divides and Unites Us (2012) by Robert D. Putnam & David E. Campbell
- American Wolf: A True Story of Survival and Obsession in the West (2018) by Nate Blakeslee
- America’s Original Sin: Racism, White Privilege, and the Bridge to a New America (2017) by Jim Wallis
- The Attention Merchants: The Epic Scramble to Get Inside Our Heads (2016) by Tim Wu
- Be Our Guest (2011) by the Disney Institute & Theodore Kinni
- The Best of Me (2020) by David Sedaris
- Between the World and Me (2015) Ta-Nehisi Coates
- Big Russ & Me: Father & Son Lessons of Life (2014) by Tim Russert
- Black Elk: The Life of an American Visionary (2016) by Joe Jackson
- Boards That Make a Difference: A New Design for Leadership in Nonprofit and Public Organizations (2006) by John Carver
- Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community (2001) by Robert D. Putnam
- Breathing Under Water (2011) by Richard Rohr
- Buffalo at the Crossroads: The Past, Present, and Future of American Urbanism (2020), Edited by Peter Christensen
- Canyon Dreams (2019) by Michael Powell
- Caste: The Origins of our Discontents (2020) by Isabel Wilkerson
- The Comfort Crisis: Embrace Discomfort to Reclaim your Wild, Happy, Healthy Self (2021) by Michael Easter
- Conceptual Blockbusting: A Guide to Better Ideas, 4th ed. (2001) by James L. Adams
- Conflict, Tension, Strength: The History of St. Paul’s Mission, St. Labre Indian School, and St. Stephen’s Indian School, 1884-Present (2015) by Donna Peterson (dissertation)
- Conscience & Catholic Education: Theology, Administration, and Teaching (2022) ed. Kevin C. Baxter & David E. DeCosse
- The Cross and the Lynching Tree (2011) by James H. Cone
- Culture Care: Reconnecting with Beauty for Our Common Life (2017) by Makoto Fujimura
- The Divine Comedy: The Inferno, The Purgatorio, and The Paradiso (2003 edition) by Dante Alighieri
- Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company that Addicted America (2018) by Beth Macy.
- Dreamland: The True Tale of America’s Opiate Epidemic (2015) by Sam Quinones
- Drive: The Suprising Truth About What Motivates Us (2009) by Daniel Pink
- The Eight Concepts of Bowen Theory (2004) by Roberta M. Gilbert
- The Essential Tillich: An Anthology of the Writings of Paul Tillich (1987) ed. by F. Forrester Church
- Everything Belongs (2003) by Richard Rohr
- The Evolving Self: Problem and Process in Human Development (1982) by Robert Kegan
- Factfulness: Ten Reasons We’re Wrong About the World–and Why Things are Better Than You Think (2018) by Hans Rosling
- Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life ( 2011) by Richard Rohr
- Fantasyland: How America Went Haywire (2017) by Kurt Anderson
- A Fine Line: How Most American Kids are Kept Out of the Best Public Schools (2020) by Tim DeRoche
- Following Jesus: Finding Our Way Home in an Age of Anxiety (2019) by Henri J.M. Nouwen & Richard Rohr
- Friedman’s Fables (1990) by Edwin H. Friedman
- The Good Life: Lessons from the World’s Longest Scientific Study of Happiness (2023) by Robert Waldinger & Marc Schulz
- Grain by Grain: A Quest to Revive Ancient Wheat, Rural Jobs, and Healthy Food (2019) Bob Quinn & Liz Carlisle
- The Great Upheaval: Higher Education’s Past, Present, and Uncertain Future (2021) by Arthur Levin & Scott Van Pelt
- The Gunning of America: Business & the Making of American Gun Culture (2016) by Pamela Haag
- The 5 Habits of Prayerful People: A No-Excuses Guide to Strengthening Your Relationship with God (2019) by Michael St. Pierre
- From Wild Man to Wise Man: Reflections on Male Spirituality (2005) by Richard Rohr
- Glass House: The 1% Economy and the Shattering of an American Town (2017) by Brian Alexander
- Habits of the Heart: Individualism & Commitment in American Life (1985) by Robert Bellah, Richard Madsen, William Sullivan, Ann Swidler, and Steven Tipton
- Haiti: The Aftershocks of History (2012) by Laurent Dubois.
- Hillbilly Elegy (2016) by J.D. Vance
- His Name is George Floyd: One Man’s Life and the Struggle for Racial Justice (2022) by Robert Samuels & Toluse Olorunnipa
- How Not to Be Wrong: The Power of Mathematical Thinking by Jordan Ellenberg
- How to Raise an Adult: Break Free of the Overparenting Trap and Prepare Your Kid for Success (2015) by Julie Lythcott-Haims
- Human Compatible: Artificial Intelligence & the Problem of Control (2019) by Stuart Russell
- The Idealist: Jeffrey Sachs and the Quest to End Poverty (2013) by Nina Munk
- Immortal Diamond: Searching for Our True Self (2013) by Richard Rohr
- In Praise of the Useless Life: A Monk’s Memoir (2018) Paul Quenon, OCSO
- It’s Our Turn to Eat: The Story of a Kenyan Whistle-Blower (2010) by Michela Wrong.
- I Want to See: What the Story of Blind Bartimaeus Teaches Us (2017) by Roc O’Connor, SJ.
- Jesus & John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation (2020) by Kristin Kobes de Mez
- Jesus and the Disinherited (1996) by Howard Thurman
- Learned Optimism by Martin Seligman
- Life of the Beloved: Spiritual Living in a Secular World (2002) by Henri Nouwen
- The Looting Machine: Warlords, Oligarchs, Corportations, Smugglers, and the Theft of Africa’s Wealth (2015 ) by Tom Burgis
- Mere Christianity (2015 edition) by C.S. Lewis
- Missoula by Jon Krakauer
- Moonwalking with Einstein by Joshua Foer
- Never Split the Difference: Negotiating as if Your Life Depended on It (2017) by Chris Voss
- The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness (2020) by Michelle Alexander
- No Man is an Island (2003) by Thomas Merton
- Objectives & Key Results: Driving Focus, Alignment, and Engagement with OKRs (2016) by Paul R. Niven & Ben Lamorte
- On the Brink of Everything: Grace, Gravity, and Growing Old (2018) by Parker Palmer
- One Nation Under God: How Corporate America Invented Christian America (2015) by Kevin M. Kruse
- Our Kids: The American Dream in Crisis by Robert Putnam
- Parable of the Sower (1993) by Octavia Butler
- Peak: Secrets from the New Science of Expertise (2016) by Anders Ericsson & Robert Pool
- A Pilgrimage to Eternity: From Canterbury to Rome in Search of a Faith (2020) by Timothy Egan
- The Politics of Penance: Proposing an Ethic for Social Repair (2016) by Michael Griffin
- Poor Economics: A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty (2011) by Abhijit V. Banergee & Esther Duflo.
- The Power Broker: Robert Moses & the Fall of New York (1975) by Robert A. Caro
- The Power of Moments (2017) by Chip & Dan Heath
- A Promised Land (2020) Barack Obama
- Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World (2019) by David Epstein
- Reconstruction: America’s Unfinished Revolution 1863-1877 (2014) by Eric Foner
- Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind (2015) by Yuval Noah Harari
- The Second Mountain: The Quest for a Moral LIfe (2019) by David Brooks
- Sermon on the Mount (1991) by Richard Rohr
- Show Them You’re Good: A Portrait of Boys in the City of Angels the Year Before College (2020) by Jeff Hobbs
- Sons of Wichita: How the Koch Brothers Became America’s Most Powerful and Private Dynasty (2014) by Daniel Schulman
- The Spirit of Community: The Reinvention of American Society (1993) by Amitai Etzioni
- Standing for Reason: The University in a Dogmatic Age (2019) by John Sexton
- Strangers in Their Own Land: Anger and Mourning on the American Right by Arlie Russell Hochschild
- Superforecasting: The Art & Science of Prediction by Philip E. Tetlock & Dan Gardner (2015)
- Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story (2022) by Bono
- Talent is Overrated: What Really Separates World-Class Performers from Everybody Else (2008) by Geoff Colvin
- Talking to Strangers (2019) by Malcolm Gladwell
- Teacher Man by Frank McCourt (2005)
- Thank You For Being Late: An Optimist’s Guide to Thriving in the Age of Accelerations by Thomas L. Friedman
- Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman
- Thomas Merton and Henri Nouwen: Spiritual Guides for the 21st Century (2019) by Michael W. Higgins
- To Sell is Human (2012) by Daniel Pink
- True Self, False Self by Richard Rohr
- Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism (2020) by Anne Applebaum
- The Tyranny of Experts: Economists, Dictators, and the Forgotten Rights of the Poor (2014) by William Easterly
- The Undoing Project by Michael Lewis
- The Upswing: How American Came Together a Century Ago & How We Can Do It Again (2020) by Robert D. Putnam with Shaylyn Romney Garrett
- The Vindication of Tradition (1984) Jaroslav Pelikan
- Wait, What? And Life’s Other Essential Questions (2017) by James E. Ryan
- We’re Still Here: Pain and Politics in the Heart of America (2019) by Jennifer M. Silva
- What Were We Thinking: A Brief Intellectual History of the Trump Era (2020) by Carlos Lozada
- When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing (2018) by Daniel Pink
- Where You Go Is Not Who You’ll Be (2014) by Frank Bruni
- White Flight: Atlanta & the Making of Modern Conservatism (2005) by Kevin M. Kruse
- With God in America: The Spiritual Legacy of an Unlikely Jesuit (2016) by Walter Ciszek SJ
- Writing My Wrongs: Life, Death, and Redemption in an American Prison (2013) by Shaka Senghor
- Writing Straight with Crooked Lines: A Memoir (2020) by Jim Forest
Recreational Reading
- Agent in Place, Back Blast, Ballistic, Commander in Chief, Dead Eye, Gunmetal Gray, The Gray Man, Mission Critical, On Target by Mark Greaney
- All the Light We Cannot See (2014) by Anthony Doerr
- American Dirt (2020) by Jeanine Cummins
- The Art of Happiness (2022) by His Holiness the Dalai Lama
- Astrophysics for People in a Hurry (2017) by Neil deGrasse Tyson
- Atlas of the Heart: Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of Human Experience (2022) by Brené Brown
- Awareness: Conversations with the Masters by Anthony de Mello
- The Best American Short Stories (2018) Ed by Roxanne Gray
- The Book of Joy by the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu
- Born to Run by Bruce Springsteen
- The Circle by Dave Eggers
- Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania by Erik Larson
- Dune (1965) by Frank Herbert
- Educated: A Memoir (2018) by Tara Westover
- The Five Love Languages: The Secret to Love That Lasts (1992) by Gary Chapman
- Heart Monitor Training for the Compleat Idiot (2009) by John L. Parker, Jr.
- Lassoing the Sun: A Year in America’s National Parks (2016) by Mark Woods
- Letterman: The Last Giant of Late Night (2017) by Jason Zinoman
- The Long Ships (1954) by Frank Bengtsson
- The Mystical Way in Everyday Life (2010) by Karl Rahner, SJ
- On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft (2010) by Stephen King
- Our Little Secret: The True Story of a Teenage Killer and the Silence of a Small New England Town (2021) by Kevin Flynn & Rebecca Lavoie
- Queen Sugar (2014) by Natalie Baszile
- The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace by Jess Hobbs (2014)
- The Silk Roads: A New History of the World (2015) by Peter Frankopan
- The Song of the Dodo by David Quammen
- Spillover by David Quammen
- The Sports Gene: Inside the Science of Extraordinary Athletic Performance (2014) by David Epstein
- St. Francis of Assisi (2015) by G.K. Chesterton
- Sting-Ray Afternoons (2017) by Steve Rushin
- Together: The Healing Power of Human Connection in a Sometimes Lonely World (2020) by Vivek Murthy
- Trejo: My Life of Crime, Redemption, and Hollywood (2022) by Danny Trejo
- The United States of Paranoia (2014) by Jesse Walker
- When Breath Becomes Air (2016) by Paul Kanalithi
- You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me (2017) by Sherman Alexie
Reading with the Kids:
- The Cursed Child by J.K. Rowling
- The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis (7 books)
- The Harry Potter seriesby J.K. Rowling. (7 books)
- Wonder (2012) by R. J. Palacio