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This is an emotional, funny and ultimately uplifting story of family, love, loyalty and hope. The Art of Racing in the Rain, by Garth Stein.

The book is sweetly funny and entertaining, and you find yourself wondering what will happen to this motley group after the book ends.-Marjorie Howard, senior writer, Tufts Now You cheer for them all, even though they commit error after error, like a losing but loveable baseball team.

All are affiliated with Westish College in Wisconsin, whose claim to fame is that Herman Melville once lectured there, giving the baseball team a chance to dub itself the Harpooners. There is the dazzling shortstop, Henry Skrimshander, whose errant throw affects the lives of college president Guert Affenlight his wayward daughter, Pella baseball team stalwart Mike Schwartz and Henry’s roommate, Owen. The slightly bumbling but endearing characters in Harbach’s first novel will linger in your memory long after you’ve forgotten the somewhat convoluted plot. If you have others, let us know at and we’ll post an update.-Taylor McNeil, senior news editor, Tufts Now The result is a wonderful range of stories: an elephant whisperer, young cancer patients in love, wars, how our brains decide, a blind man who made it down from the 9/11 towers, young farmers and even our place in the universe. We asked faculty, staff and alumni to tell us about the books that moved them, intrigued them or just plain amused them. The year’s end is always a happy excuse for lists of favorite books, so we decided to take advantage of it again this year.

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