
GRIEF IN THE FOURTH DIMENSION by Jennifer Yu C’16 (Abrams Books, 2024, $19.99.) In this young adult novel that tackles grief and the afterlife, high school classmates Caroline and Kenny live completely separate lives on Earth, but in the afterlife, they are thrown together as roommates in a mysterious white room where they work together to contact their families through radio signals, psychic mediums, and electromagnetic interference. Buy this book

KIDNAPPED AT SEA: The Civil War Voyage of David Henry White by Andrew Sillen Gr’81 (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2024, $32.95.) Anthropologist Andrew Sillen tells the true story of David Henry White, a free Black teenager kidnapped and enslaved on the high seas during the Civil War. In his captor’s memoir, White has been falsely described as a contented slave who remained loyal to the Confederacy, but Sillen uses a forensic approach to set the record straight. Buy this book

AND ALWAYS ONE MORE TIME: A Memoir by Margaret Mandell CW’72 G’74 (Atmosphere Press, 2024, $16.99.) After Mandell’s husband of 40 years, Herbert E. Mandell C’71, dies of pulmonary fibrosis on her 65th birthday, she keeps their connection alive by writing daily letters to him. Years later, when a new man quietly steps into her life, she is forced to reconcile how much love one heart can hold. Buy this book

FOLLOWING SIMILAR PATHS: What American Jews and Muslims Can Learn from One Another by Samuel C. Heilman Gr’73 and Mucahit Bilici (University of California Press, 2024, $29.95.) Two academics, one Jewish and one Muslim, come together to show how much their faiths have in common—particularly in America. Both Heilman and Bilici teach sociology in the City University of New York system. Buy this book
HOW TO WIN FRIENDS AND INFLUENCE FUNGI: Collected Quirks of Science, Tech, Math, and Engineering from Nerd Nite edited by Chris Balakrishnan C’97 and Matt Wasowski C’96 (St. Martin’s Press, 2024, $30.00.) The cofounders of the popular science events in various cities have compiled a collection of short narratives on topics ranging from “What Birds Can Teach Us About the Zombie Apocalypse” to “The Science of the Hangover.” Buy this book
THE HELPERS by Moshe Sonnheim C’54 SW’56 (Mereo Books, England, $9.50) Inspired by his experience with an Indian in-home caregiver who nursed him back to health after a case of COVID-19, Sonnheim shares the stories of some of Israel’s immigrant in-home caregivers, finding their way in a new country while helping an aging population. Buy this book
MODERN ACHIEVEMENT: A New Approach to Timeless Lessons for Aspiring Leaders by Asheesh Advani W’94 and Marshall Goldsmith (100 Coaches Publishing, 2024, $24.95.) A CEO at a global nonprofit and a leadership coach offer 30 lessons for personal and career success. With vivid stories, the book shows aspiring leaders ways to grow, achieve, and lead others. Buy this book
BEEN THERE, DONE THAT by Daniel B. Green D’60 (self-published, 2023, $28.00.) In this memoir, a retired professor of endodontics reflects with poignancy and humor on growing up in the only Jewish family in a small Kentucky town, practicing in the highest levels of dentistry and academia, and discovering that, somewhere along the way, he has gotten old. Buy this book
THE END OF MEANING: Cultural Change in America Since 1945 by William A. Sikes Gr’97 (Pickwick Publications, 2024, $46.00.) An artist and educator considers the decline of experiences that give meaning to life—art, literature, education, and more—and discusses the implications of this loss for society at large. Buy this book
THE INVENTIVE LIFE OF GEORGE H. MCFADDEN: Archaeologist, Poet, Scholar, Spy by Richard Carreño GEd’04 (Camino Books, 2024, $35.00.) The sudden, unexplained death of Penn Museum archaeologist George H. McFadden III, whose body washed up on the Mediterranean shore with abrasion marks on his wrists in 1953, has given rise to much speculation. Was it murder? A coverup? International espionage? Buy this book