What’s on our nightstands, in our tote bags, and stacked a little precariously on our desks? From books that attempt to hold the last 500 years of humanity to stories that linger in ivy-covered hallways and snow-dusted afternoons, here’s what the PA&L team can’t stop reading right now. “The Burning Earth” by Sunil Amrith “It has been a long time since I read a book so ambitious in its reach. In just 400 pages, Amrith succeeded in telling the whole history of the last 500 years of humanity. All of my questions were answered at the end, except one, how was one person able to store all of these information in his brain?” —Sony Ton-Aime, Executive Director “Spoiled Milk” by Avery Curran “I picked this up expecting something unsettling, but I wasn’t prepared for how deeply it would burrow under my skin. A Queer gothic horror at its most decadent and decayed—ivy-covered buildings, obsessive friendships, intellectual hunger curdling into something feral. Curran captures that dark academic a...