Recommendations

Recommendations and reviews of books, films, and other media that explore and highlight issues in global health.

Latest

Mexico's Shared Fate in the Absence of Trees

Increased violence and illegal deforestation of Mexico's Michoacán risks environmental and human health

"On the Move": How Climate Migration Will Remake America

In a must-read, ProPublica's Abrahm Lustgarten uses the 2018 Camp Fire to show how extreme weather disrupts modern life

Migration

Diabetes, Colonialism, and Killers of the Flower Moon

How the Oscar nominee's depiction of diabetes outlines a greater problem for communities haunted by colonialism

Gender

Powerful Legacies: New Memoir Explores Racism in Health Care and Beyond

Dr. Uché Blackstock examines the systems that oppress Black Americans and urges her readers to challenge them

Aging

Best of 2023

Our favorite Think Global Health stories from 2023

Governance

Our Summer Reading List

A slideshow of CFR staff summer readings recommendations

Governance

Best of 2022

Our favorite Think Global Health stories from 2022

Governance

Best Books of 2022

The novels, nonfiction, and media our colleagues at the Council on Foreign Relations enjoyed most this year

Migration

The Life of a Foreign Aid Practitioner

A review of "Bike Riding in Kabul," Jamie Bowman's unexpectedly humorous memoir of life as a foreign aid worker

Poverty

Seventeen Years Later, HBO Film "Katrina Babies" Asks Child Hurricane Survivors How They Feel

"In America, especially during disaster, Black children are not even a thought"

Governance

How to Unwind This Summer

What CFR experts, staff, and friends are reading, watching, and listening to

Governance

Our Favorite Global Health Podcasts

Six podcasts covering climate change, gender, the pandemic, health security, and more

Migration

Ukrainian Culture as Medicine

Six books and movies to soothe the heartbreak of the war in Ukraine

Environment

Amplifying Indigenous Knowledge

The podcast "Seedcast" launches its second storytelling season