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. How Children Succeed by Paul Tough
8. Helping Children Succeed by Paul Tough
9. Rich Dad, Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki and Sharon Lechter
10. Bowling Alone by Robert D. Putnam
11. Local Knowledge: Further Essays In Interpretive Anthropology by Clifford Geertz
12. Unequal Childhoods by Annette Lareau
13. Giving Kids A Fair Chance by James Heckman
14. The Whole Brain Child by Daniel J. Siegel and Tina Payne Bryson
15. Unfinished Business: Women, Men, Work, Family by Anne-Marie Slaughter
16. The Marriage-go-round: The State of Marriage and the Family in America Today by Andrew J. Cherlin
17. Home: A Short History of an Idea by Witold Rybczynski