Featured
- Fiction
- Publication Year: 2025
In a near-future Kolkata, Ma, her two-year-old daughter, and her elderly father are just days from leaving the collapsing city behind to join Ma’s husband in Ann Arbor, Michigan. After...
- Cultural Heritage Fiction, Fiction, Political Fiction
- Publication Year: 2021
In this “beautiful…urgent” novel (The New York Times), Nahr, a young Palestinian woman, fights for a better life for her family as she travels as a refugee throughout the Middle...
- Demographic Studies, Native American History, Nonfiction
- Publication Year: 2016
Unpacks the twenty-one most common myths and misconceptions about Native Americans. In this enlightening book, scholars and activists Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz and Dina Gilio-Whitaker tackle a wide range of myths about...
- Asian American Fiction, Fiction, Mystery
- Publication Year: 2021
A RUSA Award-winning novel! The first book in a new culinary cozy series full of sharp humor and delectable dishes—one that might just be killer…. When Lila Macapagal moves back...
- Cultural Heritage Fiction, Family Life, Short Stories
- Publication Year: 2024
An exciting debut novel that gives voice to the diverse residents of a Palestinian American community in Baltimore—from young activists in conflict with their traditional parents to the poor who...
- by Julia Lee
- Memoir, Memoir and Biography, Nonfiction
- Publication Year: 2024
Julia Lee is angry. And she has questions. What does it mean to be Asian in America? What does it look like to be an ally or an accomplice? How...
- by Imani Perry
- Demographic Studies, History, Nonfiction
- Publication Year: 2025
A surprising and beautiful meditation on the color blue—and its fascinating role in Black history and culture—from National Book Award winner Imani Perry Throughout history, the concept of Blackness has...
- by Char Adams
- History, Nonfiction, US History
- Publication Year: 2025
Longtime NBC News reporter Char Adams writes a deeply compelling and rigorously reported history of Black political movements told through the lens of Black-owned bookstores, which have been centers for...
- History, Nonfiction, US History
- Publication Year: 2024
The story of the Combahee River Raid, one of Harriet Tubman’s most extraordinary accomplishments, based on original documents and written by a descendant of one of the participants. Most Americans...
- Memoir, Nonfiction
- Publication Year: 2021
A full-throated and provocative memoir in letters from the New York Times bestselling author, “a dazzling literary talent whose works cut to the quick of the spiritual self” (Esquire) In...
- by Yuyi Morales
- Graphic Novels, Immigrant Stories, Nonfiction
- Publication Year: 2018
We are resilience. We are hope. We are dreamers. Yuyi Morales brought her hopes, her passion, her strength, and her stories with her, when she came to the United States...
- by Ali Abdaal
- Nonfiction, Personal Growth and Self Development
- Publication Year: 2023
The secret to productivity isn’t discipline. It’s joy. We think that productivity is all about hard work. That the road to success is lined with endless frustration and toil. But...
- Activism and Social Justice, Biographies, Discrimination and Racism, Memoir and Biography, Nonfiction
- Publication Year: 2022
A landmark biography by two prizewinning Washington Post reporters that reveals how systemic racism shaped George Floyd’s life and legacy—from his family’s roots in the tobacco fields of North Carolina,...
- Culture and Heritage, Graphic Novels, Immigrant Stories, Memoir, Memoir and Biography, Nonfiction
- Publication Year: 2019
“A portrait of growing up in America, and a portrait of family, that pulls off the feat of being both intimately specific and deeply universal at the same time. I...
- by Berna Anat
- Nonfiction, Personal Finance
- Publication Year: 2023
So no one taught you about money, either? Let’s figure this me$$ out together. In this illustrated, deeply unserious guide to money, Berna Anat—aka the Financial Hype Woman—freaks out her...
- Young Adult, Young Adult Fiction
- Publication Year: 2025
In this debut speculative YA mystery, a Black teen with premonition-like powers must solve her friend’s disappearance before she finds herself in the same danger, perfect for fans of Ace...
- by Julian Aguon
- Memoir, Memoir and Biography, Nonfiction
- Publication Year: 2022
Part memoir, part manifesto, Chamorro climate activist Julian Aguon’s No Country for Eight-Spot Butterflies is a collection of essays on resistance, resilience, and collective power in the age of climate...
- Culture and Heritage, Ethnic Studies, History, Memoir and Biography, Nonfiction
- Publication Year: 2021
An accessible and educational illustrated book profiling 50 notable American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian people, from NBA star Kyrie Irving of the Standing Rock Lakota to Wilma Mankiller,...
- Fiction, LGBTQ+ Fiction
- Publication Year: 2025
A life-affirming novel of family, mending, and how we learn to love, from the award-winning Bryan Washington. In Tokyo, the son works as an English tutor and drinks his nights...
- Dystopian, Fiction, Post-Apocalyptic Science Fiction, Science Fiction
- Publication Year: 1993
From a celebrated, award-winning author, a modern classic about a young girl fighting for survival in a post-apocalyptic world, perfect for fans of N.K. Jemisin and Margaret Atwood. Fifteen-year-old Lauren...
- Feminism and Feminist Theory, Nonfiction
- Publication Year: 2022
In this personal and poignant collection, author Frederick Joseph examines the culture of masculinity through the lens of a Black man. What does it mean to be a man today?...
- Inspiration and Personal Growth, Nonfiction, Personal Growth and Self Development
- Publication Year: 2021
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From the New York Times bestselling author of I’m Judging You, a hilarious and transformational book about how to tackle fear–that everlasting hater–and audaciously step...
- by Hua Hsu
- Immigrant Stories, Memoir, Nonfiction
- Publication Year: 2023
In the eyes of eighteen-year-old Hua Hsu, the problem with Ken—with his passion for Dave Matthews, Abercrombie & Fitch, and his fraternity—is that he is exactly like everyone else. Ken,...
- by Marlon James
- Black Fiction, Fiction
- Publication Year: 2010
A true triumph of voice and storytelling, The Book of Night Women rings with both profound authenticity and a distinctly contemporary energy. It is the story of Lilith, born into...
- by Samit Basu
- Dystopian, Fiction, Satire, Science Fiction
- Publication Year: 2023
The City Inside, a near-future epic by the internationally celebrated Samit Basu, pulls no punches as it comes for your anxieties about society, government, the environment, and our world at...
- by Ilyon Woo
- Biographies, Memoir and Biography, Nonfiction
- Publication Year: 2010
Ilyon Woo’s The Great Divorce is the dramatic, richly textured story of one of nineteenth-century America’s most infamous divorce cases, in which a young mother single-handedly challenged her country’s notions...
- by Lisa See
- Fiction, Historical Fiction
- Publication Year: 2019
Mi-ja and Young-sook, two girls living on the Korean island of Jeju, are best friends that come from very different backgrounds. When they are old enough, they begin working in...
- by Tina Cho
- 8-12 Years, Children's
- Publication Year: 2024
This poignant and moving graphic novel in verse captures the dangers and hope that come with fleeing North Korea and reaching for a brighter future through the lives of Yunho...
- Activism and Social Justice, Nonfiction, Philosophy, Political Commentary
- Publication Year: 2022
An insider account of activists, politicians, educators, and everyday citizens working to change minds, bridge divisions, and fight for democracy—from disinformation fighters to a leader of Black Lives Matter to...
- Nonfiction
- Publication Year: 2024
Get the facts about the biggest beauty and skincare trends from cosmetic chemist Dr. Michelle Wong. Can tweakments do me any harm? Does deodorant cause breast cancer? Does eating chocolate...
- Fiction
- Publication Year: 2021
From the bestselling author of The Break comes a staggering intergenerational saga that explores how connected we are, even when we’re no longer together—even when we’re forced apart. Cedar has...
- Coming of Age, Fiction, Women's Domestic Life Fiction
- Publication Year: 2025
An era-defining novel about five Black women over the course of their twenty-year friendship, as they move through the dizzying and sometimes precarious period between young adulthood and midlife—in the...
- Discrimination and Racism, History, Nonfiction, US History
- Publication Year: 2025
In late October 1780, a slave ship set sail from the Netherlands, bound for Africa’s Windward and Gold Coasts, where it would take on its human cargo. The Zorg (a...
- Fiction, Historical Fiction
- Publication Year: 2025
In his first new novel since winning the 2021 Nobel Prize, a master storyteller captures a time of dizzying global change. At the turn of the twenty-first century, three young...
- by Tommy Orange
- American Literature, Cultural Heritage Fiction, Fiction, Native American Literature
- Publication Year: 2018
A wondrous and shattering award-winning novel that follows twelve characters from Native communities: all traveling to the Big Oakland Powwow, all connected to one another in ways they may not...
- by Prachi Gupta
- Immigrant Stories, Memoir and Biography, Nonfiction
- Publication Year: 2023
How do we understand ourselves when the story about who we are supposed to be is stronger than our sense of self? What do we stand to gain—and lose—by taking...
- by Eric Nguyen
- Family Life
- Publication Year: 2021
A captivating novel about an immigrant Vietnamese family who settles in New Orleans and struggles to remain connected to one another as their lives are inextricably reshaped. This stunning debut...
- Teen Prejudice and Racism, Young Adult, Young Adult Fiction
- Publication Year: 2025
The powerful and timely YA novel debut from three-time New York Times best-selling author Frederick Joseph is a deeply heartfelt story—and a rallying cry against book banning. In an instant,...
- Contemporary Romance, Cultural Heritage Fiction, Fiction, Romance
- Publication Year: 2022
Sam and Sadie—two college friends, often in love, but never lovers—become creative partners in a dazzling and intricately imagined world of video game design, where success brings them fame, joy,...
- Biographies, Memoir, Nonfiction
- Publication Year: 2023
A subtle psychological portrait of the author’s relationship with his father during the twentieth-century battle for Palestinian human rights. Aziz Shehadeh was many things: lawyer, activist, and political detainee, he...
- Business and Entrepreneurship, Career, Inspiration and Personal Growth, Personal Growth and Self Development
- Publication Year: 2021
While anyone can make achieve success, the reality is not everyone has equitable access to the necessary tools to reach it. This stems from an inequity rooted in our networks....
- Coming of Age, Family Life, LGBTQ+ Fiction
- Publication Year: 2022
In this heartrending, lyrical debut work of fiction, the acclaimed author of If They Come for Us traces the intense bond of three orphaned siblings who, after their parents die,...
- by R.F. Kuang
- Asian American Fiction, Cultural Heritage Fiction, Fiction
- Publication Year: 2023
White lies. Dark humor. Deadly consequences… Bestselling sensation Juniper Song is not who she says she is, she didn’t write the book she claims she wrote, and she is most...
Hood Wellness: Tales of Communal Care from People Who Drowned on Dry Land
What does self-care look like when struggling to make ends meet, living with a disability, or navigating intersectional marginalization? How can you prioritize well-being while divesting from systems built to...