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June 19, 2025

NDC Staff’s 2025 Summer Reading List

From city design and climate joy to fiction, finance, and radical care, NDC staff is diving into stories that inspire how we work and live.

    • The Art of Gathering by Priya Parker

    • Behind You is The Sea by Susan Muaddi Darraj

    • Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky

    • Mutual Aid by Dean Spade

    • Explorations by Beth Shook, Lara Braff, Katie Nelson, and Kelsie Aguilera

    • Defectors by Paola Ramos

    • No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy

    • Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus

    • The Devil You Know by Charles M Blow