Category:Reading Lists

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Here are some reading lists which you might find useful. While we include "official" lists such as the Field Exam Reading Lists, and the old Core Reading List, we also hope that this can be a space where people post their own reading lists.

Caroline Haythornthwaite has suggested several types of annotations which would be useful to help people figure out what to read, and what might be interesting or relevant to their interests:

• Short description of the article or book, with a summary of its contribution to the field.
  • Ideally this will help people figure out what articles ought to be cited when writing a paper on a certain topic.
• Recommendations as to whether a book is so useful that it ought to be bought so you have it for constant reference, vs. simply checked out from the library and read.
  • For example, the book Organizations: Rational, Natural, and Open Systems by W. Richard Scott is a must-own for anybody interested in studying organizations.
• Identification as to what level of expertise the book or article is most appropriate for.
  • I.e.: "This book is an excellent introduction to Topic X. If you want to learn more, I highly suggest reading Article Y and Book Z, which are great intermediate-level resources."