WJW Book Club: 2025 Reading List
WJW's book club explored three diverse titles this year that sparked meaningful discussions about design, perspective, and storytelling.
We began with Mismatch: How Inclusion Shapes Design by Kat Holmes. As a firm specializing in permanent supportive housing, we're constantly considering design features for vulnerable populations. Holmes' examination of how design can "mismatch" with its intended users provided thought-provoking insights directly applicable to our work.
Our second selection, Electric Arches by Eve Ewing, was our first poetry collection—and it exceeded expectations. Ewing's debut remains a powerful work that brought fresh creative perspectives to our discussions.
We concluded with James by Percival Everett, a novel in conversation with Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. By centering the perspective of Jim, the enslaved man accompanying Huck down the Mississippi River, Everett delivers both a riveting survival story and a fast-paced page-turner that challenges familiar narratives.
These three books reminded us that the best reading expands how we see both our work and the world.
