Fall 2022 Alumni Reading List
As part of the UVic Alumni Guest Speaker Series, alumni are invited to enjoy the curated a selection of titles below. From alumni authors to alumni favourites, with choices for children and adults, we hope you find a few new picks from this list spanning many genres and topics. Happy reading!
Have a book you want to recommend to fellow alumni? Submit your suggestion via the online form and recommendations will be added to the list below at least once per week through November 3.
From our alumni guest speakers...
For children:
- Cloudwalker by Robert Lucky Budd & Roy Henry Vickers
- Peace Dancer by Robert Lucky Budd & Roy Henry Vickers
- Raven Brings the Light by Robert Lucky Budd & Roy Henry Vickers
- Bunny Days by Tao Nyeu
- Recommended by Robert Lucky Budd, BA '00, MA '05
For adults:
- They Called Me Number One by Bev Sellars
- Hunt, Gather, Parent by Michaeleen Doucleff
- Recommended by Bev Sellars, BA '97
- Bloodsucking Fiends by Christopher Moore
- You Suck by Christopher Moore
- Bite Me by Christopher Moore
- Three picks above recommended by Robert Lucky Budd, BA '00, MA '05
From UVic Alumni Association board members...
For children:
- A Promise is a Promise by Michael Kusugak with Robert Munsch
- Recommended by Kathleen Bellamano, BSW '15
- Secret of the Dance by Andrea Spalding & Alfred Scow
- Recommended by Kathleen Bellamano, BSW '15
- Hana's Suitcase by Karen Levine
- Recommended by Kathleen Bellamano, BSW '15
For adults:
- Hawaii by James Michener
- Recommended by Brian Cant, BA '03, Cert '08, MBA '18
- The Apollo Murders by Chris Hadfield
- Recommended by Heather Siddon, MA '96
From alumni like you...
For children:
- Submit your recommendations here.
- Little You by Richard Van Camp (BFA '97, UVic)
- This is your Brain on Stereotypes: How Science is Tackling Unconscious Bias by Tanya Lloyd Kyi (BA '96, UVic) & Drew Shannon
- I Must Betray You by Ruta Sepetys
- The Crossover by Kwame Alexander
- Four picks above recommended by Jenny Manzer, BA '97
For adults:
- Submit your recommendations here.
- Involved Interpretation by Rayne Corbin
- Spectrum of Depthless Enthusiasm by Rayne Corbin
- The Disciplines of Time by Rayne Corbin
- Walking on Stones by Rayne Corbin
- The Cultural Lives of Whales and Dolphins by Hal Whitehead & Luke Rendell
- Five picks above recommended by Christopher Handrahan, CBIS Cert '14
- The Greater Journey by David McCullough
- Recommended by Sheila Hodgson, Victoria College '54
- Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan
- Recomended by Jenny Manzer, BA '97
- The Plot by Jean Hanff Korelitz
- Recommended by Jenny Manzer, BA '97
- The World Before Us by Tom Higham
- Recommended by Jan Bevan, BA '89
- Travels with Athóma by Daniel G Scott
- Recommended by Daniel Scott, MA '93, PhD '98
- The Struggle for the Flies by Astrid M Eckert
- Recommended by Brandy Dickson, Dipl '20
- The Girl with the Louding Voice by Abi Daré
- Recommended by Linda Polsson, BEd '84, PSC '19
- Larder: Poems by Rhona McAdam
- Reccommended by Rhona McAdam, CACE Cert '03
Submitted Anonymously:
- Drum from the Heart by Ren Louie
- Washington Black by Esi Edugyan (BA '99, UVic)
Fulfill your reading needs and more at the UVic Bookstore!
While you are filling up your fall reading list, don't forget to check out the Bookstore's awesome alumni merchandise section. From October 1 through October 31, receive 20% off the alumni merchandise section using the code: #back2thebooks
