Ok, so I’ve picked a topic. Now it’s time to start digging. Here’s the list of books I’m starting with.

1. The Hillbilly Elegy by J.D.Vance
2. The Social Animal by David Brooks
3. Reclaiming Conversation by Sherry Turkle
4. Sapiens by Noah Yuval Harari
5. Future Shock by Alvin Toffler
6. The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Families by Stephen Covey
7. Rich Dad, Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki and Sharon Lechter
8. Bowling Alone by Robert D. Putnam
9. Local Knowledge: Further Essays In Interpretive Anthropology by Clifford Geertz
10. Unequal Childhoods by Annette Lareau
11. Giving Kids A Fair Chance by James Heckman
12. The Whole Brain Child by Daniel J. Siegel and Tina Payne Bryson
13. Unfinished Business: Women, Men, Work, Family by Anne-Marie Slaughter
14. The Marriage-go-round: The State of Marriage and the Family in America Today by Andrew J. Cherlin