Book Lists

National Arab American Heritage Month

We Are Not Here to Be Bystanders: A Memoir of Love and Resistance by Linda Sarsour.

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Him, Me, Muhammad Ali: Stories by Randa Jarrar

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A Country Called Amreeka: Arab Roots, American Stories by Alia Malek

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Arab Voices: What They Are Saying to Us, and Why it Matters by James Zogby

Illustrated book cover with cheerful figures in building windows set behind a large crescent moon

Once Upon an Eid : Stories of Hope and Joy by 15 Muslim Voices edited by S. K. Ali & Aisha Saeed

Book cover with two figures looking away from each other, one wearing an American flag hijab and the other wearing sunglasses and holding an ice cream cone

The Bad Muslim Discount by Syed M. Masood

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Calling a Wolf a Wolf by Kaveh Akbar

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E-mails from Scheherazad by Mohja Kahf

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The Moor's Account by Laila Lalami

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An Unnecessary Woman by Rabih Alameddine

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Arab & Arab American Feminisms: Gender, Violence, & Belonging by Rabab Abdulhadi

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A Map of Home by Randa Jarrar

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Inclined to Speak: An Anthology of Contemporary Arab American Poetry edited by Hayan Charara

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The Language of Baklava by Diana Abu-Jaber

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Food for Our Grandmothers: Writings by Arab-American and Arab-Canadian Feminists edited by Joanna Kadi

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Against the Loveless World by Susan Abulhawa

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Does my head look big in this? by Randa Abdel-Fattah

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A Maze Me: Poems for Girls by Naomi Shihab Nye

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King for a Day by Rukhsana Khan

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Deep in the Sahara by Kelly Cunnane

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Sitti’s Secrets by Naomi Shihab Nye

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Big Red Lollipop by Rukhsana Khan

Book cover featuring a photo of a person looking down at the top and a grove of trees at the bottom

Mornings in Jenin by Susan Abulhawa

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The Thirty Names of Night by Zeyn Joukhadar

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Arab in America by Toufic El Rassi

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Hope and Other Dangerous Pursuits by Laila Lalami

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Never in a Hurry by Naomi Shihab Nye

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Crescent by Diana Abu-Jaber

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Orientalism by Edward Said

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Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi

Black History Month

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The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

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The Color Purple by Alice Walker

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Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates

Orange book cover with a yellow gradient sun and the silhouette of a black bird flying

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou

Beloved by Toni Morrison

Book cover with a black and white photo of a smiling Malcolm X

The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Alex Haley and Malcolm X

Black book cover with image of two hands holding onto prison bars, trapped behind them

The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander

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Becoming by Michelle Obama

Orange book cover with illustrated images of two women looking in opposite directions, surrounded by illustrated waves

Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi

Book cover featuring a black and white photo of James Baldwin looking up to the sky

The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin

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Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Orange book cover with a black and white photo of Henrietta Lacks standing with her hands on her hips

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot

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The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration by Isabel Wilkerson

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Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson

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Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid

Book cover featuring a photo of a black woman overlaid by black and white images of slave quarters

Kindred by Octavia Butler

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Henry's Freedom Box by Ellen Levine and illustrated by Kadir Nelson.

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The Souls of Black Folk by W. E. B. Du Bois

Red book cover with two face silhouettes looking at each other, one made up of black doodles on a white background and the other white doodles on black

Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe

The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison

Book cover featuring the image of a black person with their arms up making ripples in water

The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates

Book cover featuring the image of Trevor Noah as a wall mural with a person walking in front of the mural looking at it

Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah

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How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi

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Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi

Book cover with pencil illustration of Frederick Douglas

The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass by Frederick Douglass

Book cover with illustration of a black child swinging on a tire swing

The Other Side by Jacqueline Woodson and illustrated by Earl B. Lewis

Book cover with an illustration of a woman wearing sunglasses and a knife in her hand in the reflection

My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite

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Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race by Reni Eddo-Lodge

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Dear Martin by Nic Stone

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An American Marriage by Tayari Jones

Book cover featuring a black and white photo of a black boy sitting in a window sill

Go Tell it on the Mountain by James Baldwin

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Hood Feminism: Notes From the Women that a Movement Forgot by Mikki Kendall

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I'm Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness by Austin Channing Brown

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Black Bottom Saints by Alice Randall

Book cover featuring a black and white photo of a preacher looking out onto the large black congregation

The Black Church: This is Our Story, This is Our Song by Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

Orange and green book cover with black outline of a figure wearing a suit jacket and a hat

Deacon King Kong by James McBride

Book cover with the silhouette of a person with streaked red stripes as on the American flag

Stamped From the Beginning by Ibram X. Kendi

Maroon book cover with red tally marks all around the edge of the cover

The Fire This Time: A New Generation Speaks About Race edited by Jesmyn Ward

White book cover with colorful outlines in the shapes of a face outline, radiating from the center outward

Heads of the Colored People by Nafissa Thompson-Spires

Black and red cover with black and white photos of women, protestors, and a black panther

A Taste of Power: A Black Woman's Story by Elaine Brown

Orange book cover with illustration of a woman's hair in braids

Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams

Book cover with black and white photo of black students being escorted by police

Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High by Melba Pattillo Beals

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Black Looks: Race and Representation by bell hooks

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When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir by Patrisse Khan-Cullors and Asha Bandele

Book cover with black and white photo of two seemingly enslaved black people

Lest We Forget: The Passage from Africa to Slavery and Emancipation by Velma Maia Thomas

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Before You Suffocate Your Own Fool Self by Danielle Evans

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Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619-2019 edited by Ibram X. Kendi and Keisha N. Blain

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Black Buck by Mateo Askaripour

Native American Heritage Month

Black book cover with white text and a zig-zag American Flag.

The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee by David Treuer

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There There by Tommy Orange

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Jonny Appleseed by Joshua Whitehead

Yellow book cover with large black and red growling wolf and a figure of a person standing beneath the wolf

Mongrels by Stephen Graham Jones

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Why Indigenous Literatures Matter by Daniel Heath Justice

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Legacy by Suzanne Methot

"Black Sun" black book cover featuring the lower half of a face that merges into the wings of a bird.

Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse

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Lakota Woman by Mary Brave Bird and Richard Erdoes

Crazy Brave: A Memoir by Joy Harjo

Book cover featuring an illustration of a girl in Native American dress dancing while holding a feather above her head

Jingle Dancer by Cynthia Leitich Smith

Book cover featuring an illustration mountains, a river, and forests with birds, deer, and a group of people praising nature.

Giving Thanks: A Native American Good Morning Message by Jake Swamp

Light blue book cover with illustration of two arms reaching towards each other and grasping each other's arm

Comparative Indigeneities of the Américas edited by Lourdes Gutiérrez Nájera, M. Bianet Castellanos, & Arturo J. Aldama

Book cover featuring the shape of a figure covered in cloths, beading, and feathers

Critically Sovereign: Indigenous Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies edited by Joanne Barker

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Native Space: Geographic Strategies to Unsettle Settler Colonialism by Natchee Blu Barnd

Book cover with a photo of a child and an illustration of three figures in a canoe with vegetation around them.

Manoomin: The Story of Wild Rice in Michigan by Barbara J. Barton

Book cover with colorful illustrations including two hands open towards the sky

Little Big Bully by Heid E. Erdrich

Book cover with illustrations of a desert road with iconography in the sky

Almanac of the Dead by Leslie Marmon Silko

Book cover with an image of two people in a boat on water surrounded by large white feathers that fade into the cover

Prudence: A Novel by David Treuer

Winter in the Blood by James Welch

Black book cover with military tags with the book title text

Code Talker by Joseph Bruchac

Book cover with an illustration of shoes in tall grass

The Grass Dancer by Susan Power

Book cover with illustrative figure of a person with various trees and birds behind them

Talking Leaves by Joseph Bruchac

Book cover with illustration of two figures embracing over treaty documents

As Long as Grass Grows by Dina Gilio-Whitaker

White book cover with a close up image of a piece of braided sweetgrass across the front

Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer

Hispanic Heritage Month

White "The brief wondrous life of Oscar Wao" book cover with black text and orange spray paint silhouette.

The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz

"Caramelo" book cover featuring a photo of a young woman smiling with closed eyes and braided buns in her hair.

Caramelo by Sandra Cisneros

"gabi, a girl in pieces" book cover featuring a collage of images of body parts making up a girl

Gabi, a Girl in Pieces by Isabel Quintero

"cool salsa" book cover with a green tree in the center and two figures standing beneath it and reaching toward the sky.

Cool Salsa by Lori M Carlson

"the story of my teeth" book cover with several images of teeth behind the title text

The Story of my Teeth by Valeria Luiselli

"when I was Puerto Rican" book cover featuring a photo of a young woman with winged eyeliner looking towards the camera

When I was Puerto Rican by Esmeralda Santiago

Blue "make your home among strangers" book cover with orange and red title text

Make Your Home Among Strangers by Jennine Capó Crucet

"unaccompanied" book cover with a black and white photo of a tall wall going into the distance

Unaccompanied by Javier Zamora

Illustrated "citizen illegal" book cover with a human figure with a bird-like head in a city

Citizen Illegal by José Olivarez

"shadowshaper" book cover featuring the photo of a woman with large glorious hair overlaid with colorful floral print

Shadowshaper by Daniel José Older

"The Posthumous Memoirs of Brás Cubas" book cover featuring a frame filled with black except for an arm resting at the bottom

The Posthumous Memoirs of Brás Cubas by Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis

"A Nation of Women" book cover with a map in the background and a black and white photo of person laid over the map

A Nation of Women by Luisa Capetillo

"Bless Me, Ultima" book cover featuring a photo of an owls eye with the silhouette of two people in the eye.

Bless Me, Ultima, by Rudolfo Anaya

"Our America" cover featuring an illustration of several people in the style of stained glass.

Our America: A Hispanic History of the United States by Felipe Fernández-Armesto

Pink "afterparties" cover featuring an illustration of two people hanging out in the back of a pick up truck smoking with hills, palm trees, and wind turbines in the background.

Afterparties: Stories by Anthony Veasna So

"hola papi" cover featuring an illustration of a smiling man in a sombrero sitting at a typewriter, surrounded by colorful papel picado.

Hola Papi by John Paul Brammer

"Lotería Jarocha" cover featuring an image of a person holding a heart-shaped object on a stick in front of water.

Lotería Jarocha: Linoleum Prints by Alec Dempster

Yellow "American delirium" cover with foliage, a deer head, and deer hooves coming in from the edge of the frame.

American Delirium by Betina Gonzalez

"one hundred years of solitude" cover featuring an abstract illustration of a lush green forest.

One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez

"Juliet takes a breath" cover featuring an illustration of the back of a person's head with their hair up in a bun and the title of the book shaved into their undercut.

Juliet Takes a Breath by Gabby Rivera

"a long petal of the sea" cover with the title text in front of various shades of blue and green illustrated waves.

A Long Petal of the Sea by Isabel Allende

"infinite country" cover featuring alternative rainbow gradients with illustrations of a snake, a big cat, and the wing of a large bird.

Infinite Country by Patricia Engel

"Mexican gothic" cover featuring a woman in a red off the shoulder dress holding yellow flowers against a green wallpapered background.

Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

"Dominicana" featuring a minimalist illustration of a person looking out a building window with a box fan an a curtain blowing in the wind.

Dominicana by Angie Cruz

"Aristotle and Dante discover the secrets of the universe" cover featuring an illustration of a vintage red truck looking out over a field with an open sky filled with geometric and symbolic illustrations.

Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz

"I am not your perfect Mexican daughter" book cover featuring an illustration of the back of a person's head with a long braid of hair.

I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter by Erika Sánchez

"her body and other parties" cover featuring an illustration of a neck stretched so that all of the ligaments and tendons are prominent with a green ribbon lightly wrapped around it.

Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado

"Pablo Neruda: five decades, a selection" cover featuring black title text on a yellow and weathered background.

Pablo Neruda: Five Decades, a Selection (Poems, 1925-1970) by Pablo Neruda

"soledad" cover featuring a black and white photo of a woman with long hair surrounded by yellow rays

Soledad by Angie Cruz

"of love and other demons" cover featuring a illustration of a dog at the bottom and a person with long golden hair at the top.

Of Love and Other Demons by Gabriel García Márquez

"what's mine and yours" cover featuring an abstract multi-colored hilly landscape.

What's Mine and Yours by Naima Coster

Black "borderland la frontera" cover red title text.

Borderlands / La Frontera by Gloria Anzaldúa

"in the dream house" cover featuring a hiding face looking out from a large hole on the second floor of a house.

In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado

"the poet x" cover featuring the face of a woman with an afro in the corner and wavy lines of text across her face and the rest of the cover.

The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo

"born both an intersex life" cover featuring a close up black and white photo of a naked person with their hand on their hip, creating sharp but organic angles.

Born Both: An Intersex Life by Hida Viloria

"trejo" cover featuring a black and white photo of the author as he looks unsmilingly up and to the left.

Trejo: My Life of Crime, Redemption, and Hollywood by Danny Trejo and Donal Logue

"lost children archive" cover featuring vintage photos of two children, an airplane, and a building in the distance.

Lost Children Archive by Valeria Luiselli

"the lost book of adana moreau" featuring the silhouette of a person holding a book filled with landscape images of the moon behind waves of blue.

The Lost Book of Adana Moreau by Michael Zapata

"An African American and Latinx history of the united states" book cover featuring two black and white photos of people marching.

An African American and Latinx History of the United States by Paul Ortiz

"children of the land" cover with black title text as if growing in a thick hedge of blue, green, and orange foliage.

Children of the Land by Marcelo Hernandez Castillo

"the first rule of punk" cover featuring an illustration of a child with braided pigtails holding a microphone and giving the rock and roll hand symbol.

The First Rule of Punk by Celia C. Pérez

Illustrated "ghosts" cover featuring two children, one shorter and smiling in front of one taller with mouth agape as if surprised.

Ghosts by Raina Telgemeier

"I love Saturdays y Domingos" book cover with illustrated image of a child opening window shutters with their family behind them

I Love Saturdays y Domingos by Alma Flor Ada

"harvesting hope" book cover featuring an illustrated image of Cesar Chavez

Harvesting Hope by Kathleen Krull

"Harvest" book cover featuring a photo of a person picking grapes

Harvest by George Ancona

Illustrated "gathering the sun" book cover featuring a woman picking fruit for a tree

Gathering the Sun by Alma Flor Ada

"Frida Kahlo and her animalitos" book cover with a small Frida painting at a canvas

Frida Kahlo and her Animalitos by Monica Brown

"Danza!: Amalia Hernández and El Ballet Folklórico de México" book cover with three figures dancing, one in the center holding her skirt up as if spinning

Danza!: Amalia Hernández and El Ballet Folklórico de México by Duncan Tonatiuh

Disability Pride

July is Disability Pride Month

Disability Pride is defined “as accepting and honoring each person’s uniqueness and seeing it as a natural and beautiful part of human diversity.” Disability Pride is an integral part of challenging systemic ableism and stigmatizing definitions of disability.

"El Deafo" book cover featuring an illustrated rabbit with a red cap flying through a blue sky.

El Deafo by Cece Bell

Book cover of "The Power of Disability" featuring a sunrise pattern created with multi-colored dots on a white background.

The Power of Disability: 10 Lessons for Surviving, Thriving, and Changing the World by Al Etmanski

"Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus" book cover featuring block text in a desert, surrounded by cacti.

Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus by Dusti Bowling

Illustrated "Rescue & Jessica" book cover featuring a woman and a service dog.

Rescue & Jessica by Jessica Kensky

Life, Animated,

documentary

Swim Team, documentary

"We are never meeting in real life" book cover featuring a yellow background with a picture of wet kitten snarling.

We Are Never Meeting in Real Life by Samantha Irby

"Authoring Autism" book cover featuring an abstract design of blue and black lines.

Authoring Autism by Melanie Yergeau

"Exile and pride" book cover featuring a close up black and white photo of a piece of wood.

Exile and Pride: Disability, Queerness, and Liberation by Eli Clare

"Nothing About Us Without Us" book cover featuring a black and white photo of a group of people with protest signs.

Nothing About Us Without Us by James I. Charlton

"The Right to Maim" book cover with an abstract piece of art with several human figures.

The Right to Maim: Debility, Capacity, Disability by Jasbir K. Puar

"Crip Theory" book cover with abstract colorful shapes behind the title text.

Crip Theory: Cultural Signs of Queerness and Disability by Robert McRuer

"Moving Violations" book cover featuring a photo of person in a wheelchair on a bridge.

Moving Violations: War Zones, Wheelchairs, and Declarations of Independence by John Hockenberry

Illustrated "Dirty River" book cover featuring a figure along train tracks and a river utilizing a cane.

Dirty River: A Queer Femme of Color Dreaming Her Way Home by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha

"Cyborg Detective" book cover with purple background and black silhouette of a person with round classes and a blob haircut.

Cyborg Detective by Jillian Weise

"A Certain Loneliness" book cover featuring a black and white photo of a small child with leg braces and crutches.

A Certain Loneliness: A Memoir by Sandra Gail Lambert

"Feminist, Queer, Crip" book cover featuring an abstract organic illustration.

Feminist, Queer, Crip by Alison Kafer

"A Body, Undone" book cover featuring a photo of a foggy road going into the distance.

A Body, Undone: Living on After Great Pain by Christina Crosby

"Studying Disability Arts and Culture" book cover featuring the close up image of a person with white paint on their face.

Studying Disability Arts and Culture: An Introduction by Petra Kuppers

"Spectrum Women" book cover featuring an abstract image of a woman's face made up of different colored shapes.

Spectrum Women: Walking to the Beat of Autism by Barb Cook & Michelle Garnett

"A Radical Guide for Women with ADHD" book cover with a flower made from lines at the top.

A Radical Guide for Women with ADHD: Embrace Neurodiversity, Live Boldly, and Break Through Barriers by Sari Solden & Michelle Frank

"Shakin’ All Over" book cover featuring a close up photo of an arm with a tattoo of a person in a wheelchair with a mohawk and holding a bottle.

Shakin’ All Over: Popular Music and Disability by George McKay

"Care Work" book cover featuring a surrealist illustration of a person, branches, and other foliage.

Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha

"Brilliant Imperfection" book cover featuring a photo of river rocks.

Brilliant Imperfection: Grappling with Cure by Eli Clare

Asian Pacific American Heritage Month

Dark green with gold accents "Know My Name" book cover

Know My Name: A Memoir by Chanel Miller

Black book cover of "Exhalation" with white text that dissolves into pixels

Exhalation by Ted Chiang

Yellow book cover of "Not Quite Not White" with large white text for the title.

Not Quite Not White: Losing and Finding Race in America by Sharmila Sen

Book cover of "My Year Abroad" featuring title and author text in colorful geometric shapes.

My Year Abroad by Chang-rae Lee

"In the Country" book cover with sepia colored photo of a person leaning against a tree.

In the Country: Stories by Mia Alvar

"The Farm" book cover featuring the overlapping abstracted shapes of three pregnant women.

The Farm: A Novel by Joanne Ramos

Book cover of "A Place for Us" featuring the silhouette of a house against a large white moon.

A Place for Us: A Novel by Fatima Farheen Mirza

"The Bad Muslim Discount" book cover featuring two figures back-to-back in front of the Golden Gate Bridge.

The Bad Muslim Discount by Syed M. Masood

"Eat a Peach" book cover featuring the silhouette of a person pushing a giant peach up a hill.

Eat a Peach: A Memoir by David Chang

White "Minor Feelings" book cover with orange title text in flames.

Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning by Cathy Park Hong

"On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous" book cover with a zoomed in black and white photo of two people with their arms wrapped around each other.

On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous: A Novel by Ocean Vuong

"A Tale for the Time Being" book cover featuring blocks of images of a young girl, crashing ways, and an empty sky with a plane flying.

A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki

Burgundy "Woman Warrier" book cover featuring a collage of images such as woman's face, a warrior, and a building.

The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts by Maxine Hong Kingston

White "Speak, Okinawa" book cover with multicolored title text.

Speak, Okinawa: A Memoir by Elizabeth Miki Brina

"Last Boat out of Shanghai" book cover with black and white photo of people climbing onto a large boat.

Last Boat Out of Shanghai: The Epic Story of the Chinese who Fled Mao's Revolution by Helen Zia

Blue "All You Can Ever Know" book cover featuring a leafy vine winding across the cover.

All You Can Ever Know: A Memoir by Nicole Chung

"Afterland" cover featuring a black and white photo of fire and smoke.

Afterland: Poems by Mai Der Vang

"Bengali Harlem" book cover featuring a black and white image of family.

Bengali Harlem and the Lost Histories of South Asian America by Vivek Bald

Illustrated cover of "The Best We Could Do" featuring a family holding hands and looking towards away except for the smallest child who is looking back.

The Best We Could Do: An Illustrated Memoir by Thi Bui

"Homeland Elegies" book cover featuring a large tree in the center with branches reaching upwards and roots reaching downwards.

Homeland Elegies: A Novel by Ayad Akhtar

Colorful "The Incendiaries" book cover with lots of triangular and geometric colorful shapes coming out from the center.

The Incendiaries by R.O. Kwon

"The Leavers" book cover featuring the blurry outline of a person.

The Leavers by Lisa Ko

"No-No Boy" book cover featuring the image of a person with a Japanese flag in one eye and an American flag in the other.

No-No Boy by John Okada

"We Too Sing America" book cover featuring simplified and colorful graphics of different looking people.

We Too Sing America: South Asian, Arab, Muslim, and Sikh Immigrants Shape Our Multiracial Future by Deepa Iyer

"Yellow Peril" book cover featuring a yellow octopus-like creature overtaking the earth.

Yellow Peril!: An Archive of Anti-Asian Fear edited by John Kuo Wei Tchen and Dylan Yeats

Bright yellow "Yellow" book cover with large white title text.

Yellow: Race in America Beyond Black and White by Frank H. Wu

"Gun Dealers' Daughter" book cover featuring the eyes, nose, and lips of a person looking off to the left.

Gun Dealers' Daughter: A Novel by Gina Apostol

"The Lowland" book cover featuring a blue watercolor background and maroon text.

The Lowland: A Novel by Jhumpa Lahiri

"From a Native Daughter" book cover featuring a color photo of the author in front of a sepia photo of other native Hawaiians.

From a Native Daughter: Colonialism and Sovereignty in Hawaii by Haunani-Kay Trask

"Iep Jāltok" book cover featuring a zoomed in photo of a hand weaving grass.

Iep Jāltok: Poems From a Marshallese Daughter by Kathy Jet̄nil-Kijiner

White "Lucky Fish" book cover featuring a zoomed in photo part of a fish.

Lucky Fish by Aimee Nezhukumatathil

Amina's Voice by Hena Khan

Black book cover featuring a giant yellow moon with a child taking a bite out of it.

A Big Mooncake for Little Star by Grace Lin

Illustrated book cover with an adult and a child standing at the edge of some water fishing.

A Different Pond by Bao Phi and illustrated by Thi Bui

Illustrated book cover featuring an older person hugging a small child.

Drawn Together by Minh Lê and illustrated by Dan Santat

Orange book cover with the silhouette of a person made to look like a basketball against the orange background.

After the Shot Drops by Randy Ribay

Illustrated book cover featuring a person singing into a mic against a red background.

Rani Patel in Full Effect by Sonia Patel

Illustrated book cover with one child at the bottom as if hidden or lost and four other figures at the top walking through the woods.

Hello, Universe by Erin Entrada Kelly

Illustrated book cover featuring a small child looking into a empty jar.

Juna's Jar by Jane Bahk and illustrated by Felicia Hoshino

Illustrated book cover featuring a child and a dog jumping in a puddle with city buildings in the background.

Puddle by Hyewon Yum

Illustrated book cover featuring a seated child looking off towards a red and blue kite flying.

Red Kite, Blue Kite by Ji-li Jiang and illustrated by Greg Ruth

Illustrated book cover featuring a mother holding a sleeping child and looking towards the left while holding a finger up to their lips.

Hush!: A Thai Lullaby by Minfong Ho with pictures by Holly Meade

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