- Bhagavad Gita, translated by Eknath Easwaran (Nilgiri Press, 2007) (ISBN: 978-1586380199)
- Sunjata: A West African Epic of the Mande People, Bamba Suso and Banna Kanute (Penguin, 2000) (ISBN: 978-0140447361)
- Goethe’s Faust, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, translated by Walter Kaufmann (Anchor, 1962) (ISBN: 978-0385031141)
- Ficciones, Jorge Luis Borges (Grove Press, 1994) (ISBN: 978-0802130303)
- The Complete Persepolis, Marjane Satrapi (Pantheon, 2007) (ISBN: 978-0375714832)
- Homegoing, Yaa Gyasi (Vintage, 2017) (ISBN: 978-1101971062)
- Occasional readings will be posted on iCollege. Be prepared to either print these readings or have them available in class digitally.