While we often study facts at college, works of fiction can augment our education beautifully, allowing us to observe how our areas of study are at play in real-world contexts. We asked Moody students what books they would recommend for students in each major. Here are the top picks!

Advertising: White Noise by Don DeLillo

Following a college professor and his family as they navigate an environmental disaster, DeLillo explores advertising, media influence and consumer culture throughout the story.

Public Relations: Fake Accounts by Lauren Oyler

Told from the perspective of a young woman navigating a breakup and her obsession with a mysterious ex-lover online, Lauren Oyler blends themes of media ethics, reputation management, misinformation and storytelling.

Communication Studies: The War Between the Tates by Alison Lurie

A satirical novel set on a 1960s university campus, the plot follows the marital struggles of a couple and contains themes of negotiation, identity, shifting social norms and interpersonal relationships.

Communication and Leadership: Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin

A story about the intricate and occasionally tumultuous relationship between two friends and their creative partnership as leaders of their company, exploring themes of power, trust, respect and artistic freedom.

Journalism: Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid

Told through a series of interviews pieced together into an oral history, this novel tells the story of a 70s band while dealing with multiple perspectives, editorial bias and the tension between truth and narrative control.

Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences: A Sign of Her Own by Sarah Marsh

A historical fiction novel told through the perspective of a deaf woman, the story weaves together themes of communication, identity, community, invention and betrayal.

Ratio-Television-Film: The Player by Michael Tolkin

A ruthless Hollywood executive becomes paranoid after becoming entangled in the murder of a screenwriter who has threatened him. Tolkin’s novel deals with themes of guilt, image and the moral decay underlying the glamour of Hollywood.