Mayor Pete's Reading List



"Reading is an important activity for people of all ages. It's a way for you to broaden your horizons, go places you've never been before, and to see the world from perspectives you haven't before considered. Listed below are a few books that have had an impact on my life. I hope you'll enjoy them as well." - South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg



Season of Migration to the North by Tayeb Salih

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce

The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

The People, Yes by Carl Sandburg

Fidelity by Wendell Berry

The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison

The Bear by William Faulkner

Triumph of the City by Edward Glaser