The greatest gift I have realized during my retirement is the time I now have to read, far and wide, across authors, genres, and countries. And while I am grateful for the IRL trips I have taken around our globe over the years, it is the interior travel afforded by the vast range of perspectives, experiences and insight contained in the rich diversity of books that has recently captured my curiosity, furthered my understanding, and fed my soul.

A few life enlightening favorites:

The Message
by Ta-Nehisi Coates

Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World
by Naomi Klein

Mother Mary Comes to Me
by Arundhati Roy

Intimations
by Zadie Smith

One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This
by Omar El Akkad

In an Antique Land
by Amitav Ghosh