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We are counting down the days until we can get together again under one roof to talk about one of our favorite topics: BOOKS.

Until then, Publishers Weekly will continue to share the love with librarians by presenting some of the best books due out soon to help you get great reads in the (socially distant) hands of your patrons.

Below you’ll find PW’s most exciting, librarian-only galley giveaway to date, with nearly 100 titles from a variety of publishers.

This collection spans every age group and category, from harrowing stories about extraordinary friendships, war and adversity to debut fiction that limns the complexities of class, race and sexuality to page-turning thrillers that will keep readers racing!

Incredible nonfiction includes a 21st-century abolitionist memoir that challenges the typical “redemption” narrative and a close-up look at Abraham Lincoln’s untold legacy as the developer of an economic ladder to democracy.

Children’s books offer some real gems—from picture books and middle grade memoir to YA—tackling self-discovery, adventures and more.

There are titles to help you beat the “burnout” and a coming-of-age graphic novel that will delight fans!

Browse through the entire collection and complete the form below enter to stock up on great titles.
Fulfillment varies between print and digital copies according to sponsor.

Supply is limited so act fast. This promotion is open to librarians and those currently enrolled in an MLIS program.

Fiction

After Francesco
By Brian Malloy
After Francesco
By Brian Malloy
Kensington Publishing

Acclaimed author Brian Malloy brings the authenticity of his own experiences as a member of the AIDS generation to this universal story of love and loss set in New York City and Minneapolis at the peak of the AIDS crisis. Published on the 40th anniversary of the disease’s first reported cases, After Francesco is both a tribute to the generation lost to the pandemic and a powerful exploration of heartbreak, recovery and how love can defy grief.

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All the Water I've Seen Is Running: A Novel
By Elias Rodriques
All the Water I've Seen Is Running: A Novel
By Elias Rodriques
W. W. Norton & Company

Former high school classmates reckon with the death of a friend in this stunning own voices debut novel of uncommon tenderness. This novel limns the complexities of class, race, and sexuality in the American South and in Jamaica, where Daniel’s family originates. It evokes the beauty and threat of the place Daniel considers home—where the river meets the ocean.

Website

An Earl, The Girl and a Toddler: Rogues & Remarkable Women
By Vanessa Riley
An Earl, The Girl and a Toddler: Rogues & Remarkable Women
By Vanessa Riley
Kensington Publishing

Acclaimed author Vanessa Riley infuses the ballroom settings of Regency England with hints of Demerara Island and Jamaican flair in the Rogues and Remarkable Women series featuring The Widow’s Grace, a secret society of widows fighting for empowerment and a chance at love everlasting. In this sweeping, swoon-worthy second installment, a shipwrecked woman searches for her memories and becomes entangled with a conflicted nobleman who holds more answers than he realizes…

Website

And Miles to Go Before I Sleep
By Jocelyne Saucier, translated by Rhonda Mullins
And Miles to Go Before I Sleep
By Jocelyne Saucier, translated by Rhonda Mullins
Coach House Books

From the internationally bestselling author of And the Birds Rained Down. Gladys might look old and frail, but she is determined to finish her life on her own terms. So she hops aboard the Northlander train, leaving behind her small town and her perennially tormented daughter. Away from Her meets Strangers on a Train from one of Canadian literature's grand dames.

Website

The Bombay Prince
By Sujata Massey
The Bombay Prince
By Sujata Massey
Soho Crime

Sujata Massey is back with a new installment in her Agatha and Mary Higgins Clark Award-winning mystery series in 1920s Bombay. India’s only female lawyer, Perveen Mistry, is compelled to bring justice to the family of a murdered female Parsi student just as Bombay’s streets erupt in riots to protest British colonial rule.

Website

The Bone Code
By Kathy Reichs
The Bone Code
By Kathy Reichs
Scribner

#1 New York Times bestselling author Kathy Reichs returns with her twentieth gripping novel featuring forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan, whose examinations, fifteen years apart, of unidentified bodies washed up from the sea may be connected to a deadly new pestilence.

Website

Bone Rattle
By Marc Cameron
Bone Rattle
By Marc Cameron
Kensington Publishing

In the icy heart of Alaska, a series of gruesome murders leads U.S. Marshal Arliss Cutter and deputy Lola Teariki into a firestorm of searing corruption, clashing cultures, and bone-chilling fear in the third adrenaline-filled installment from Marc Cameron, former U.S. Marshal and bestselling author of the latest Tom Clancy, Jack Ryan novels…

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Cheat Day
Liv Stratman
Cheat Day
Liv Stratman
Scribner

A smart and funny debut novel about the unexpected consequences of one woman’s attempt to exert control over her entire life by adhering to a strict wellness regimen, all while managing a Brooklyn bakery.

“...comestible, amorous, and lustful."

—Melissa Broder, author of Milk Fed

"A deliciously readable and lively debut.”

—Rachel Khong, author of Goodbye, Vitamin

Website

Duchess if You Dare
By Annabelle Bryant
Duchess if You Dare
By Annabelle Bryant
Kensington Publishing

From the glittering ballrooms of the ton to the city’s grittiest corners, London has no shortage of wrongs in need of righting in this feminist take on Regency-era Robin Hoods from USA Today bestselling author Anabelle Bryant. Daring women from all walks of life united by secrecy and sisterhood, the Maidens of Mayhem are prepared to fight injustice wherever it takes them—even into the arms of unexpected love.

Website

Fans: How Watching Sports Makes Us Happier, Healthier, and More Understanding
By Larry Olmsted
Fans: How Watching Sports Makes Us Happier, Healthier, and More Understanding
By Larry Olmsted
Algonquin

There are thousands of books about sports. This book is about sports fans. Citing fascinating new studies on sports fandom, Larry Olmsted makes the case that the more you identify with a sports team, the better your social, psychological, and physical health is; the more meaningful your relationships are; and the more connected and happier you are.

Website

The Good Sister
By Sally Hepworth
The Good Sister
By Sally Hepworth
Imprint/Company: St. Martin's Press

The author of 'The Mother-in-Law' delivers a new novel of breathtaking suspense about the secrets and lies that bond two sisters. Utterly compelling, unpredictable, and addictive, 'The Good Sister' is about the ties that bind…and the darkness that lives where you least expect it.

Website

Governor
By David Weber & Richard Fox
Governor
By David Weber & Richard Fox
Baen Books

Six billion dead in the backwater Fringe System. The Five Hundred, the social elite of the Republic's Heart Worlds, don't care—except for one man. Rear Admiral Terrence Murphy may be a Heart Worlder, but he will not turn a blind eye to the slaughter. He is coming for those responsible for the decades of bloodshed, and Hell itself is riding with him

Website

Judas Horse
By Lynda La Plante
Judas Horse
By Lynda La Plante
Bonnier Zaffre

When a captured mustang stallion is tamed and sent back into the wild, he will lead the herd back to the ranch. He is the 'Judas Horse'.

When Detective Jack Warr identifies an informer in a robbery planned by a dangerous gang he uses him as his 'Judas Horse' to foil them.

But killers can’t always be tamed…

Website

Lady Jail
By John Farrow
Lady Jail
By John Farrow
Severn House

Quebec, 1994. Fraud artist Abigail is the newest arrival at the Joliette Institution for Women. When a prisoner is found dead in a toilet stall, Sergeant-Detective Émile Cinq-Mars is summoned from Montreal to investigate, as he put Abigail away – and now she’s the prime suspect. But he’ll soon discover that in Lady Jail, nothing is as it seems

Website

Legacy of War
By Wilbur Smith
Legacy of War
By Wilbur Smith
Bonnier Zaffre

The war is over, Hitler is dead -- and yet his evil legacy lives on. Saffron Courtney and her beloved husband Gerhard only just survived the brutal conflict, but Gerhard's Nazi brother, Konrad, is still free and determined to regain power. A dangerous game of cat-and-mouse develops across countries that will change political fortunes and have historic ramifications.

Website

Letters From Across the Sea
By Genevieve Graham
Letters From Across the Sea
By Genevieve Graham
Simon & Schuster Canada

A poignant story about the enduring power of love to cross dangerous divides even in the darkest of times. Inspired by a little-known chapter of World War II history, a young Protestant girl and her Jewish neighbour are caught up in the terrible wave of hate sweeping the globe on the eve of war in this powerful love story that’s perfect for fans of The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society.

Website

Madam
By Phoebe Wynne
Madam
By Phoebe Wynne
Imprint/Company: St. Martin's Press

A riveting, modern gothic debut with shades of 'The Secret History', 'The Stepford Wives', and a dash of 'Circe', set at a secretive all girls’ boarding school perched on a craggy Scottish peninsula. 'Madam' will keep readers engrossed until the breathtaking conclusion.

Website

Meant to Be: If the Shoe Fits
By Julie Murphy
Meant to Be: If the Shoe Fits
By Julie Murphy
HYPERION

From #1 New York Times best-selling author Julie Murphy comes the first in a brand-new adult series that reimagines the Disney Princesses as heroines in delightfully modern romantic comedies. Perfect for adult readers who crave contemporary, escapist rom-coms.

Website

Me in Search of You
By Jenna Langbaum
Me in Search of You
By Jenna Langbaum
Andrews McMeel Publishing

A wildly entertaining collection of micro fiction stories that delve into the hope, dismissal, frustration, angst, revival, and mediocrity of dating as a millennial and seeking real connection. Wistful and reminiscent, written for all the mes searching for yous and all the ones who have already found each other.

Website

Mirrorland
By Carole Johnstone
Mirrorland
By Carole Johnstone
Scribner

A thrilling work of psychological suspense with the startling twists of Gone Girl and the haunting emotional power of Room that Stephen King calls “dark and devious”, Mirrorland is the story of twin sisters, the man they both love, and the dark childhood they can’t leave behind.

Website

Mrs. March: A Novel
By Virginia Feito
Mrs. March: A Novel
By Virginia Feito
Liveright/W. W. Norton & Company

A twenty-first-century Highsmith, Virginia Feito conjures the unforgettable Mrs. March, an Upper East Side housewife whose life is shattered by her husband’s latest novel. Mrs. March is hurled into a harrowing journey that builds to near psychosis, one that begins merely within the pages of a book but may uncover both a killer and the long-buried secrets of her past.

Website

Olive
By Emma Gannon
Olive
By Emma Gannon
Andrews McMeel Publishing

The debut novel about the life-changing choices we make about careers, love, friendship, and motherhood from bestselling UK author Emma Gannon, Olive has a little bit of all of us. Told with humor and great warmth, this is a modern tale about the obstacle course of adulthood and the challenges of having—and deciding not to have—children.

Website

Preparatory Notes for Future Masterpieces: A Novel
By Maceo Monyoa
Preparatory Notes for Future Masterpieces: A Novel
By Maceo Monyoa
University of Nevada Press

Propulsive, humorous, and full of life, this satirical illustrated novel tells the story of a Chicanx artist’s efforts to fulfill his vision in the world. In order to realize his creative ambitions, the unnamed narrator battles a world unkind to artists as he recounts his descent into ignominy from the mountains of New Mexico to an insane asylum in California.

Website

The Quake Cities
By Mark Wheaton
The Quake Cities
By Mark Wheaton
Severn House

Alice awakes with no idea where she is and why there appear to be mercenaries tracking her down. She is found and aided by Este, a pathfinder making a living in the quake-ravaged Los Angeles. Together they battle their way across the US to find Alice’s family, all while discovering why Alice is valued so highly by those chasing her.

Website

The Queen of the Cicadas
By V. Castro
The Queen of the Cicadas
By V. Castro
FLAME TREE PRESS

Belinda Alvarez has returned to Texas for the wedding of her best friend Veronica. The farm is the site of the urban legend, La Reina de Las Chicharras - The Queen of The Cicadas. In 1950s south Texas a farmworker is murdered. Her death is ignored by the town, but not by the Aztec goddess of death, Mictecacíhuatl...

Website

Silence is a Sense
by Layla AlAmmar
Silence is a Sense
by Layla AlAmmar
Algonquin

A profound and life-affirming debut about migration, trauma, and the healing power of community. With brilliant, poetic prose that captures all the fragments of this character's life, Silence Is a Sense explores what it means to be a refugee and to need asylum, and how fundamental human connection is to survival.

Website

The Sniper
By Chang Kuo-Li
The Sniper
By Chang Kuo-Li
House of Anansi Press

Jason Bourne meets John McClane in this electrifying Taiwanese thriller about a young special-forces sniper ordered to assassinate a high-level government official, and a seasoned homicide detective called in to investigate a series of grisly murders that lead to a criminal conspiracy at the highest levels of power.

Website

The Vines
By Shelley Nolden
The Vines
By Shelley Nolden
Freiling Publishing

On New York City’s abandoned, forbidden North Brother Island, the remains of a shuttered quarantine hospital conceal the scarred and beautiful Cora, imprisoned there by the doctors who torment her. When Finn, a young urban explorer, glimpses her through the foliage, intrigue turns to obsession as he seeks to uncover her past--and his own family's dark secrets.

Website

The Woman With the Blue Star
by Pam Jenoff
The Woman With the Blue Star
by Pam Jenoff
Park Row Books

Two young women—Ella, an affluent Polish girl whose stepmother, to Ella’s disdain, has developed close alliances with the occupying Germans; and Sadie, a Jewish girl whom Ella is stunned to discover hiding underneath a grate in the street—develop a perilous but extraordinary friendship in the face of overwhelming odds and a worsening war. Based on harrowing true stories.

Website

The Therapist
By B.A. Paris
The Therapist
By B.A. Paris
Imprint/Company: St. Martin's Press

The multimillion-copy New York Times bestselling author B. A. Paris returns to her heartland of gripping psychological suspense in this powerful tale of a house that holds a shocking secret.

Website

After Francesco
By Brian Malloy
After Francesco
By Brian Malloy
Kensington Publishing

Acclaimed author Brian Malloy brings the authenticity of his own experiences as a member of the AIDS generation to this universal story of love and loss set in New York City and Minneapolis at the peak of the AIDS crisis. Published on the 40th anniversary of the disease’s first reported cases, After Francesco is both a tribute to the generation lost to the pandemic and a powerful exploration of heartbreak, recovery and how love can defy grief.

Website

All the Water I've Seen Is Running: A Novel
By Elias Rodriques
All the Water I've Seen Is Running: A Novel
By Elias Rodriques
W. W. Norton & Company

Former high school classmates reckon with the death of a friend in this stunning own voices debut novel of uncommon tenderness. This novel limns the complexities of class, race, and sexuality in the American South and in Jamaica, where Daniel’s family originates. It evokes the beauty and threat of the place Daniel considers home—where the river meets the ocean.

Website

An Earl, The Girl and a Toddler: Rogues & Remarkable Women
By Vanessa Riley
An Earl, The Girl and a Toddler: Rogues & Remarkable Women
By Vanessa Riley
Kensington Publishing

Acclaimed author Vanessa Riley infuses the ballroom settings of Regency England with hints of Demerara Island and Jamaican flair in the Rogues and Remarkable Women series featuring The Widow’s Grace, a secret society of widows fighting for empowerment and a chance at love everlasting. In this sweeping, swoon-worthy second installment, a shipwrecked woman searches for her memories and becomes entangled with a conflicted nobleman who holds more answers than he realizes…

Website

And Miles to Go Before I Sleep
By Jocelyne Saucier, translated by Rhonda Mullins
And Miles to Go Before I Sleep
By Jocelyne Saucier, translated by Rhonda Mullins
Coach House Books

From the internationally bestselling author of And the Birds Rained Down. Gladys might look old and frail, but she is determined to finish her life on her own terms. So she hops aboard the Northlander train, leaving behind her small town and her perennially tormented daughter. Away from Her meets Strangers on a Train from one of Canadian literature's grand dames.

Website

The Bombay Prince
By Sujata Massey
The Bombay Prince
By Sujata Massey
Soho Crime

Sujata Massey is back with a new installment in her Agatha and Mary Higgins Clark Award-winning mystery series in 1920s Bombay. India’s only female lawyer, Perveen Mistry, is compelled to bring justice to the family of a murdered female Parsi student just as Bombay’s streets erupt in riots to protest British colonial rule.

Website

The Bone Code
By Kathy Reichs
The Bone Code
By Kathy Reichs
Scribner

#1 New York Times bestselling author Kathy Reichs returns with her twentieth gripping novel featuring forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan, whose examinations, fifteen years apart, of unidentified bodies washed up from the sea may be connected to a deadly new pestilence.

Website

Bone Rattle
By Marc Cameron
Bone Rattle
By Marc Cameron
Kensington Publishing

In the icy heart of Alaska, a series of gruesome murders leads U.S. Marshal Arliss Cutter and deputy Lola Teariki into a firestorm of searing corruption, clashing cultures, and bone-chilling fear in the third adrenaline-filled installment from Marc Cameron, former U.S. Marshal and bestselling author of the latest Tom Clancy, Jack Ryan novels…

Website

Cheat Day
Liv Stratman
Cheat Day
Liv Stratman
Scribner

A smart and funny debut novel about the unexpected consequences of one woman’s attempt to exert control over her entire life by adhering to a strict wellness regimen, all while managing a Brooklyn bakery.

“...comestible, amorous, and lustful."

—Melissa Broder, author of Milk Fed

"A deliciously readable and lively debut.”

—Rachel Khong, author of Goodbye, Vitamin

Website

Duchess if You Dare
By Annabelle Bryant
Duchess if You Dare
By Annabelle Bryant
Kensington Publishing

From the glittering ballrooms of the ton to the city’s grittiest corners, London has no shortage of wrongs in need of righting in this feminist take on Regency-era Robin Hoods from USA Today bestselling author Anabelle Bryant. Daring women from all walks of life united by secrecy and sisterhood, the Maidens of Mayhem are prepared to fight injustice wherever it takes them—even into the arms of unexpected love.

Website

Fans: How Watching Sports Makes Us Happier, Healthier, and More Understanding
By Larry Olmsted
Fans: How Watching Sports Makes Us Happier, Healthier, and More Understanding
By Larry Olmsted
Algonquin

There are thousands of books about sports. This book is about sports fans. Citing fascinating new studies on sports fandom, Larry Olmsted makes the case that the more you identify with a sports team, the better your social, psychological, and physical health is; the more meaningful your relationships are; and the more connected and happier you are.

Website

The Good Sister
By Sally Hepworth
The Good Sister
By Sally Hepworth
Imprint/Company: St. Martin's Press

The author of 'The Mother-in-Law' delivers a new novel of breathtaking suspense about the secrets and lies that bond two sisters. Utterly compelling, unpredictable, and addictive, 'The Good Sister' is about the ties that bind…and the darkness that lives where you least expect it.

Website

Governor
By David Weber & Richard Fox
Governor
By David Weber & Richard Fox
Baen Books

Six billion dead in the backwater Fringe System. The Five Hundred, the social elite of the Republic's Heart Worlds, don't care—except for one man. Rear Admiral Terrence Murphy may be a Heart Worlder, but he will not turn a blind eye to the slaughter. He is coming for those responsible for the decades of bloodshed, and Hell itself is riding with him

Website

Judas Horse
By Lynda La Plante
Judas Horse
By Lynda La Plante
Bonnier Zaffre

When a captured mustang stallion is tamed and sent back into the wild, he will lead the herd back to the ranch. He is the 'Judas Horse'.

When Detective Jack Warr identifies an informer in a robbery planned by a dangerous gang he uses him as his 'Judas Horse' to foil them.

But killers can’t always be tamed…

Website

Lady Jail
By John Farrow
Lady Jail
By John Farrow
Severn House

Quebec, 1994. Fraud artist Abigail is the newest arrival at the Joliette Institution for Women. When a prisoner is found dead in a toilet stall, Sergeant-Detective Émile Cinq-Mars is summoned from Montreal to investigate, as he put Abigail away – and now she’s the prime suspect. But he’ll soon discover that in Lady Jail, nothing is as it seems

Website

Legacy of War
By Wilbur Smith
Legacy of War
By Wilbur Smith
Bonnier Zaffre

The war is over, Hitler is dead -- and yet his evil legacy lives on. Saffron Courtney and her beloved husband Gerhard only just survived the brutal conflict, but Gerhard's Nazi brother, Konrad, is still free and determined to regain power. A dangerous game of cat-and-mouse develops across countries that will change political fortunes and have historic ramifications.

Website

Letters From Across the Sea
By Genevieve Graham
Letters From Across the Sea
By Genevieve Graham
Simon & Schuster Canada

A poignant story about the enduring power of love to cross dangerous divides even in the darkest of times. Inspired by a little-known chapter of World War II history, a young Protestant girl and her Jewish neighbour are caught up in the terrible wave of hate sweeping the globe on the eve of war in this powerful love story that’s perfect for fans of The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society.

Website

Madam
By Phoebe Wynne
Madam
By Phoebe Wynne
Imprint/Company: St. Martin's Press

A riveting, modern gothic debut with shades of 'The Secret History', 'The Stepford Wives', and a dash of 'Circe', set at a secretive all girls’ boarding school perched on a craggy Scottish peninsula. 'Madam' will keep readers engrossed until the breathtaking conclusion.

Website

Meant to Be: If the Shoe Fits
By Julie Murphy
Meant to Be: If the Shoe Fits
By Julie Murphy
HYPERION

From #1 New York Times best-selling author Julie Murphy comes the first in a brand-new adult series that reimagines the Disney Princesses as heroines in delightfully modern romantic comedies. Perfect for adult readers who crave contemporary, escapist rom-coms.

Website

Me in Search of You
By Jenna Langbaum
Me in Search of You
By Jenna Langbaum
Andrews McMeel Publishing

A wildly entertaining collection of micro fiction stories that delve into the hope, dismissal, frustration, angst, revival, and mediocrity of dating as a millennial and seeking real connection. Wistful and reminiscent, written for all the mes searching for yous and all the ones who have already found each other.

Website

Mirrorland
By Carole Johnstone
Mirrorland
By Carole Johnstone
Scribner

A thrilling work of psychological suspense with the startling twists of Gone Girl and the haunting emotional power of Room that Stephen King calls “dark and devious”, Mirrorland is the story of twin sisters, the man they both love, and the dark childhood they can’t leave behind.

Website

Mrs. March: A Novel
By Virginia Feito
Mrs. March: A Novel
By Virginia Feito
Liveright/W. W. Norton & Company

A twenty-first-century Highsmith, Virginia Feito conjures the unforgettable Mrs. March, an Upper East Side housewife whose life is shattered by her husband’s latest novel. Mrs. March is hurled into a harrowing journey that builds to near psychosis, one that begins merely within the pages of a book but may uncover both a killer and the long-buried secrets of her past.

Website

Olive
By Emma Gannon
Olive
By Emma Gannon
Andrews McMeel Publishing

The debut novel about the life-changing choices we make about careers, love, friendship, and motherhood from bestselling UK author Emma Gannon, Olive has a little bit of all of us. Told with humor and great warmth, this is a modern tale about the obstacle course of adulthood and the challenges of having—and deciding not to have—children.

Website

Preparatory Notes for Future Masterpieces: A Novel
By Maceo Monyoa
Preparatory Notes for Future Masterpieces: A Novel
By Maceo Monyoa
University of Nevada Press

Propulsive, humorous, and full of life, this satirical illustrated novel tells the story of a Chicanx artist’s efforts to fulfill his vision in the world. In order to realize his creative ambitions, the unnamed narrator battles a world unkind to artists as he recounts his descent into ignominy from the mountains of New Mexico to an insane asylum in California.

Website

The Quake Cities
By Mark Wheaton
The Quake Cities
By Mark Wheaton
Severn House

Alice awakes with no idea where she is and why there appear to be mercenaries tracking her down. She is found and aided by Este, a pathfinder making a living in the quake-ravaged Los Angeles. Together they battle their way across the US to find Alice’s family, all while discovering why Alice is valued so highly by those chasing her.

Website

The Queen of the Cicadas
By V. Castro
The Queen of the Cicadas
By V. Castro
FLAME TREE PRESS

Belinda Alvarez has returned to Texas for the wedding of her best friend Veronica. The farm is the site of the urban legend, La Reina de Las Chicharras - The Queen of The Cicadas. In 1950s south Texas a farmworker is murdered. Her death is ignored by the town, but not by the Aztec goddess of death, Mictecacíhuatl...

Website

Silence is a Sense
by Layla AlAmmar
Silence is a Sense
by Layla AlAmmar
Algonquin

A profound and life-affirming debut about migration, trauma, and the healing power of community. With brilliant, poetic prose that captures all the fragments of this character's life, Silence Is a Sense explores what it means to be a refugee and to need asylum, and how fundamental human connection is to survival.

Website

The Sniper
By Chang Kuo-Li
The Sniper
By Chang Kuo-Li
House of Anansi Press

Jason Bourne meets John McClane in this electrifying Taiwanese thriller about a young special-forces sniper ordered to assassinate a high-level government official, and a seasoned homicide detective called in to investigate a series of grisly murders that lead to a criminal conspiracy at the highest levels of power.

Website

The Vines
By Shelley Nolden
The Vines
By Shelley Nolden
Freiling Publishing

On New York City’s abandoned, forbidden North Brother Island, the remains of a shuttered quarantine hospital conceal the scarred and beautiful Cora, imprisoned there by the doctors who torment her. When Finn, a young urban explorer, glimpses her through the foliage, intrigue turns to obsession as he seeks to uncover her past--and his own family's dark secrets.

Website

The Woman With the Blue Star
by Pam Jenoff
The Woman With the Blue Star
by Pam Jenoff
Park Row Books

Two young women—Ella, an affluent Polish girl whose stepmother, to Ella’s disdain, has developed close alliances with the occupying Germans; and Sadie, a Jewish girl whom Ella is stunned to discover hiding underneath a grate in the street—develop a perilous but extraordinary friendship in the face of overwhelming odds and a worsening war. Based on harrowing true stories.

Website

The Therapist
By B.A. Paris
The Therapist
By B.A. Paris
Imprint/Company: St. Martin's Press

The multimillion-copy New York Times bestselling author B. A. Paris returns to her heartland of gripping psychological suspense in this powerful tale of a house that holds a shocking secret.

Website

Nonfiction

1000 Needles: How to Increase Your Odds and Take Control of Your IVF Journey
By Karissa Stelma
1000 Needles: How to Increase Your Odds and Take Control of Your IVF Journey
By Karissa Stelma
Familius

'1000 Needles' offers that elusive kernel of hope, whether you are just beginning IVF or nearing its desperate end. The combination of meticulous research and personal experience that resulted in a successful pregnancy and birth for the author provides a solid cheat sheet of what to expect as you traverse your own IVF journey.

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All Is Not LOST
By Shannon Kenny Carbonell
All Is Not LOST
By Shannon Kenny Carbonell
Greenleaf Book Group

Former working actress Shannon Kenny Carbonell—wife of actor Nestor Carbonell of LOST—tells the story of what happened when one woman set aside a lifelong dream in favor of her kids, only to find herself battling her own ego and unfulfilled ambition.

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The Better Brain
By Bonnie J. Kaplan & Julia J. Rucklidge
The Better Brain
By Bonnie J. Kaplan & Julia J. Rucklidge
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

A paradigm-shifting approach to treating mental disorders like anxiety, depression, and ADHD with food and nutrients, based on the original, groundbreaking research of two leading scientists.

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Bird Uncaged: An Abolitionist's Freedom Song
By Marlon Peterson
Bird Uncaged: An Abolitionist's Freedom Song
By Marlon Peterson
Bold Type Books

Bird Uncaged is a twenty-first-century abolitionist memoir, that challenges the typical “redemption” narrative and our assumptions about justice. With vulnerability and insight, Peterson uncovers the many cages—from the daily violence and trauma of poverty, to policing, to enforced masculinity, and the brutality of incarceration—created and maintained by American society.

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Checking In
By Michelle Williams
Checking In
By Michelle Williams
Nelson Books/Thomas Nelson

With hilarious and sometimes heart-wrenching honesty, Williams candidly shares how decades of checking out taught her the importance of Checking In. Through sharing the ups and downs of her journey, Williams reminds us that we are not alone in our struggles and that no matter how impossible life may seem—a better future is coming if we will just hold on...and check in.

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Dare to Make History: Chasing a Dream and Fighting for Equity
By Monique Lamoureux-Morando and Jocelyne Lamoureux-Davidson
Dare to Make History: Chasing a Dream and Fighting for Equity
By Monique Lamoureux-Morando and Jocelyne Lamoureux-Davidson
Radius Book Group

This isn't a hockey book. It isn't a girl book. It's a book about the importance of the fight for equity, particularly gender equity. It's the inspirational story of how two young women from a small town in North Dakota have dreamed big—had the courage to take on huge battles—and in the end how they dared to make history.

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Date Smart: Transform Your Relationships and Love Fearlessly
By Carla Marie Manly, PhD
Date Smart: Transform Your Relationships and Love Fearlessly
By Carla Marie Manly, PhD
Familius

With real-life examples, the latest research, and no-nonsense advice, 'Date Smart' teaches the modern single adult how to tailor-make your dating and relationship experiences to suit your needs, and, most important of all, how to tune in to yourself as the ultimate guide for what is healthy and positive for you.

Dear Kamala: Women Write to the New Vice President
By Peggy Brooks-Bertram
Dear Kamala: Women Write to the New Vice President
By Peggy Brooks-Bertram
Red Lightning Books

As the first woman and person of color elected Vice President, Kamala Harris made history, energizing countless women. Dear Kamala showcases a selection of letters celebrating her inauguration.

With moving and heartbreaking tales of injustices suffered, Dear Kamala offers more than kind words, rather a call to action for those who’ll be at Harris's side throughout the next four years.

Website

Footnotes: The Black Artists Who Rewrote the Rules of the Great White Way
By Caseen Gaines
Footnotes: The Black Artists Who Rewrote the Rules of the Great White Way
By Caseen Gaines
Sourcebooks

Footnotes is the story the first Broadway show with an all-Black cast and creative team to achieve success. This groundbreaking group of performers and the creators (including composer Eubie Blake and lyricist Noble Sissle) paved the way for people of color on stage and screen, ultimately leading to productions such as West Side Story, Black Panther, and of course, Hamilton.

Website

Good Apple
By Elizabeth Passarella
Good Apple
By Elizabeth Passarella
Nelson Books/Thomas Nelson

Elizabeth Passarella upends stereotypes about Southerners, New Yorkers, and Christians, making a case that we are all flawed humans simply doing our best. Good Apple is a hilarious, welcome celebration of the absurdity, chaos, and strange sacredness of life that brings us all together, whether we have city lights or starry skies in our eyes.

Website

House of Sticks
By Ly Tran
House of Sticks
By Ly Tran
Scribner

An intimate, beautifully written memoir recounting a young girl’s journey from Vietnam to Ridgewood, Queens, and her struggle to find her voice amid clashing cultural expectations.

“A spellbinding memoir perfect for fans of Tara Westover, Celeste Ng, and Jeanette Walls… [It] reached into the depths of my heart and soul, and filled me with overwhelming hope.” –Gage Tarlton, Flyleaf Books

Website

I'm So Effing Tired
By Amy Shah
I'm So Effing Tired
By Amy Shah
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Leading medical doctor and nutrition expert’s guide to conquering burnout and increasing your energy.

Does your life feel too busy, your days are too short, and you're feeling overworked, overstressed, and overtired? Chances are you’ve asked your doctor for help, only to be told that it’s because of your age, or your workload, or, worse, that it’s just “normal.”

Website

In Search of Mycotopia
By Doug Bierend
In Search of Mycotopia
By Doug Bierend
Chelsea Green Publishing

In Search of Mycotopia introduces us to an incredible and oft-overlooked kingdom of life—fungi—and all the potential it holds for our future, through the revolutionary research being done by an unforgettable community of mushroom-mad citizen scientists and microbe devotees. Author Doug Bierend demonstrates how humans can work with mushrooms to live better with nature—and one another.

Website

Law and Financial Stability
By IMF Legal Department
Law and Financial Stability
By IMF Legal Department
International Monetary Fund

A sound legal framework–both domestically and globally–contributes to the promotion of financial stability by enhancing transparency and accountability in the financial sector. This book examines, the progress made in implementing financial regulatory reforms adopted since the global financial crisis and reviews the important role that law plays in contributing to the financial stability.

Website

Limitless
By Mallory Weggemann
Limitless
By Mallory Weggemann
Nelson Books/Thomas Nelson

The Paralympic gold-medalist, world champion swimmer, ESPY winner, & NBC Sports commentator uses her extraordinary story to equip others to be resilient. Mallory's commitment to excellence is rooted in her resolve to redefine limitations with grit & grace. Limitless reminds us that we have the capacity to face down whatever challenges and labels confront us - and to do so on our own terms.

Website

Lincolnomics: How President Lincoln Constructed the Great American Economy
By John F. Wasik
Lincolnomics: How President Lincoln Constructed the Great American Economy
By John F. Wasik
Diversion Books

Lincolnomics puts The Great Emancipator in his other rightful place as The Great Builder of American infrastructure, revealing Lincoln’s untold legacy as the developer of an economic ladder to democracy through national transportation, public education, and market access.

Website

Oliver
By Steven J. Carino & Alex Tresniowski
Oliver
By Steven J. Carino & Alex Tresniowski
Nelson Books/Thomas Nelson

Oliver tells the remarkable, true story of one man’s desperate journey to find his stolen dog, and the strangers who came together to get him back home. Oliver is not just a book about a stolen dog though. At its core, this is a story about kindness, friendship, and the power of faith.

Website

Out and Back: A Runner’s Story of Survival Against All Odds
By Hillary Allen
Out and Back: A Runner’s Story of Survival Against All Odds
By Hillary Allen
Blue Star Press

In 2017, ultrarunner Hillary Allen was at the top of her sport—and felt like she was on top of the world as she competed in Tromsø Skyrace. Midway, though, Allen fell off a steep ridge, fracturing her back and breaking multiple bones. Out and Back recounts Allen's near-fatal accident and fight to return to the life she loves.

Website

Out of the Cave
By Chris Hodges
Out of the Cave
By Chris Hodges
Nelson Books/Thomas Nelson

Depression is the #1 health issue in our world, yet those who suffer are still stigmatized. Out of the Cave shows how to step into the light when depression darkens what you see. With a blend of Bible-based wisdom, practical application, & personal vulnerability, Chris Hodges explores the causes of depression we can't change, the contributors we can conquer, & offers transformative hope to help us win the battle.

Website

The Overly Honest Teacher
By Meredith Essalat
The Overly Honest Teacher
By Meredith Essalat
The Collective Book Studio

The Overly Honest Teacher: Parenting Advice from the Classroom is narrative non-fiction written from the perspective of an educator, speaking to the modern-day parent community. Its premise is simple—tools and tips, anecdotes and advice, from one side of the desk to the other. Witty, honest, and wise, The Overly Honest Teacher is a fresh take on child-rearing and development.

Website

Punch Me Up to the Gods
By Brian Broome
Punch Me Up to the Gods
By Brian Broome
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

A poetic and raw coming-of-age memoir in essays about blackness, masculinity, and addiction.

Punch Me Up to the Gods introduces a powerful new talent in Brian Broome, whose early years growing up in Ohio as a dark-skinned Black boy harboring crushes on other boys propel forward this gorgeous, aching, and unforgettable debut.

Website

Something in the Water: A 21st Century Civil Rights Odyssey
By Michael W. Waters
Something in the Water: A 21st Century Civil Rights Odyssey
By Michael W. Waters
Chalice Press

Award-winning author, pastor, and civil rights leader Michael W. Waters’ takes us on an epic journey to the sacred places and spaces of America’s civil rights movement, bringing us face-to-face with our shared racial history and the haunting legacy we must inevitably face to achieve a truly just country. With late-breaking reflections on the presidential election outcome and a passionate foreword by former Congressman Beto O’Rourke, Something in the Water speaks powerfully into this moment of change, of fear, and of hope.

Website

Sparring with Smokin' Joe: Joe Frazier's Epic Battles and Rivalry with Ali
By Glenn Lewis
Sparring with Smokin' Joe: Joe Frazier's Epic Battles and Rivalry with Ali
By Glenn Lewis
Rowman & Littlefield

An intimate portrait of Hall-of-Fame boxer Joe Frazier. Just in time for the 50th anniversary of the Fight of the Century, Glenn Lewis offers new insight into the usually private Frazier, including his relationship with his son, wars with Muhammad Ali, and how Ali’s verbal attacks troubled him long after retirement.

Website

Surviving the Survivors
By Ruth Klein
Surviving the Survivors
By Ruth Klein
She Write Press / Ruth Klein

Ruth Klein's story is about merchants and landowners--aristocratic Polish Jews. It's about their lives in refugee and concentration camps. About parents who survived the Holocaust but could not overcome the tragedy they had experienced, and about their children, who became indirect victims of the atrocities endured by Holocaust victims.

Website

This One Wild Life: A Mother-Daughter Wilderness Memoir
By Angie Abdou
This One Wild Life: A Mother-Daughter Wilderness Memoir
By Angie Abdou
ECW Press

This personal memoir of self-discovery and parenting in a screen-driven world chronicles Angie and her daughter’s attempt to hike a peak a week in summer 2019. Hilarious, poignant, and deeply felt, This One Wild Life explores parenting and marriage in a summer of unexpected outcomes and growth for both mother and daughter.

Website

The Twenty Something Handbook
By Nora Bradbury-Haehl
The Twenty Something Handbook
By Nora Bradbury-Haehl
Nelson Books/Thomas Nelson

Every twentysomething has one overriding question: How do I deal with all the things? For those asking, Nora Bradbury-Haehl's essential go-to guide provides the answer. An approachable, easy-to-digest resource, The Twentysomething Handbook offers guidance for the practical aspects of life—work, food, money, a roof overhead—while at the same time addressing the hunger for meaning, connection, and purpose.

Website

Two Beats Ahead: What Musical Minds Teach Us About Innovation
By Panos A. Panay and R. Michael Hendrix
Two Beats Ahead: What Musical Minds Teach Us About Innovation
By Panos A. Panay and R. Michael Hendrix
PublicAffairs

Featuring interviews with Justin Timberlake, Pharrell Williams, T Bone Burnett, Gloria Estefan and more, Two Beats Ahead explores what makes musicians good problem solvers, leaders, and entrepreneurs. It shows why musicians don't think like most people, and in the creative process, they don't act like most people—and provides insights into innovation and how to thrive in an evolving world.

Website

The Way of the Gardener: Lost in the Weeds Along the Camino de Santiago
By Lyndon Penner
The Way of the Gardener: Lost in the Weeds Along the Camino de Santiago
By Lyndon Penner
University of Regina Press

The Camino de Santiago has been a journey for pilgrims for more than 1,000 years, testing—to varying degrees—their spirit, faith, and physical endurance. Lyndon Penner, a renowned gardener and lover of literature, revels in the plants, trees, and flowers that tell the history of the people and ecology of northern Spain. Brimming with wry observations—of nature, himself, and other pilgrims on the road—The Way of the Gardener reveals the beauty and the darkness of the human condition.

Website

The Madman’s Library
by Edward Brooke-Hitching
The Madman’s Library
by Edward Brooke-Hitching
Chronicle Children's Books

This fascinating and bizarre collection compiles the most unusual, obscure books from the far reaches of the human imagination throughout history. The Madman's Library delves into its darkest territories to hunt down the oddest books and manuscripts ever written, uncovering the intriguing stories behind their creation. Featuring beautiful images and packed with facts, The Madman’s Library is a captivating compendium perfect for bibliophiles.

Website

1000 Needles: How to Increase Your Odds and Take Control of Your IVF Journey
By Karissa Stelma
1000 Needles: How to Increase Your Odds and Take Control of Your IVF Journey
By Karissa Stelma
Familius

'1000 Needles' offers that elusive kernel of hope, whether you are just beginning IVF or nearing its desperate end. The combination of meticulous research and personal experience that resulted in a successful pregnancy and birth for the author provides a solid cheat sheet of what to expect as you traverse your own IVF journey.

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All Is Not LOST
By Shannon Kenny Carbonell
All Is Not LOST
By Shannon Kenny Carbonell
Greenleaf Book Group

Former working actress Shannon Kenny Carbonell—wife of actor Nestor Carbonell of LOST—tells the story of what happened when one woman set aside a lifelong dream in favor of her kids, only to find herself battling her own ego and unfulfilled ambition.

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The Better Brain
By Bonnie J. Kaplan & Julia J. Rucklidge
The Better Brain
By Bonnie J. Kaplan & Julia J. Rucklidge
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

A paradigm-shifting approach to treating mental disorders like anxiety, depression, and ADHD with food and nutrients, based on the original, groundbreaking research of two leading scientists.

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Bird Uncaged: An Abolitionist's Freedom Song
By Marlon Peterson
Bird Uncaged: An Abolitionist's Freedom Song
By Marlon Peterson
Bold Type Books

Bird Uncaged is a twenty-first-century abolitionist memoir, that challenges the typical “redemption” narrative and our assumptions about justice. With vulnerability and insight, Peterson uncovers the many cages—from the daily violence and trauma of poverty, to policing, to enforced masculinity, and the brutality of incarceration—created and maintained by American society.

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Checking In
By Michelle Williams
Checking In
By Michelle Williams
Nelson Books/Thomas Nelson

With hilarious and sometimes heart-wrenching honesty, Williams candidly shares how decades of checking out taught her the importance of Checking In. Through sharing the ups and downs of her journey, Williams reminds us that we are not alone in our struggles and that no matter how impossible life may seem—a better future is coming if we will just hold on...and check in.

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Dare to Make History: Chasing a Dream and Fighting for Equity
By Monique Lamoureux-Morando and Jocelyne Lamoureux-Davidson
Dare to Make History: Chasing a Dream and Fighting for Equity
By Monique Lamoureux-Morando and Jocelyne Lamoureux-Davidson
Radius Book Group

This isn't a hockey book. It isn't a girl book. It's a book about the importance of the fight for equity, particularly gender equity. It's the inspirational story of how two young women from a small town in North Dakota have dreamed big—had the courage to take on huge battles—and in the end how they dared to make history.

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Date Smart: Transform Your Relationships and Love Fearlessly
By Carla Marie Manly, PhD
Date Smart: Transform Your Relationships and Love Fearlessly
By Carla Marie Manly, PhD
Familius

With real-life examples, the latest research, and no-nonsense advice, 'Date Smart' teaches the modern single adult how to tailor-make your dating and relationship experiences to suit your needs, and, most important of all, how to tune in to yourself as the ultimate guide for what is healthy and positive for you.

Dear Kamala: Women Write to the New Vice President
By Peggy Brooks-Bertram
Dear Kamala: Women Write to the New Vice President
By Peggy Brooks-Bertram
Red Lightning Books

As the first woman and person of color elected Vice President, Kamala Harris made history, energizing countless women. Dear Kamala showcases a selection of letters celebrating her inauguration.

With moving and heartbreaking tales of injustices suffered, Dear Kamala offers more than kind words, rather a call to action for those who’ll be at Harris's side throughout the next four years.

Website

Footnotes: The Black Artists Who Rewrote the Rules of the Great White Way
By Caseen Gaines
Footnotes: The Black Artists Who Rewrote the Rules of the Great White Way
By Caseen Gaines
Sourcebooks

Footnotes is the story the first Broadway show with an all-Black cast and creative team to achieve success. This groundbreaking group of performers and the creators (including composer Eubie Blake and lyricist Noble Sissle) paved the way for people of color on stage and screen, ultimately leading to productions such as West Side Story, Black Panther, and of course, Hamilton.

Website

Good Apple
By Elizabeth Passarella
Good Apple
By Elizabeth Passarella
Nelson Books/Thomas Nelson

Elizabeth Passarella upends stereotypes about Southerners, New Yorkers, and Christians, making a case that we are all flawed humans simply doing our best. Good Apple is a hilarious, welcome celebration of the absurdity, chaos, and strange sacredness of life that brings us all together, whether we have city lights or starry skies in our eyes.

Website

House of Sticks
By Ly Tran
House of Sticks
By Ly Tran
Scribner

An intimate, beautifully written memoir recounting a young girl’s journey from Vietnam to Ridgewood, Queens, and her struggle to find her voice amid clashing cultural expectations.

“A spellbinding memoir perfect for fans of Tara Westover, Celeste Ng, and Jeanette Walls… [It] reached into the depths of my heart and soul, and filled me with overwhelming hope.” –Gage Tarlton, Flyleaf Books

Website

I'm So Effing Tired
By Amy Shah
I'm So Effing Tired
By Amy Shah
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Leading medical doctor and nutrition expert’s guide to conquering burnout and increasing your energy.

Does your life feel too busy, your days are too short, and you're feeling overworked, overstressed, and overtired? Chances are you’ve asked your doctor for help, only to be told that it’s because of your age, or your workload, or, worse, that it’s just “normal.”

Website

In Search of Mycotopia
By Doug Bierend
In Search of Mycotopia
By Doug Bierend
Chelsea Green Publishing

In Search of Mycotopia introduces us to an incredible and oft-overlooked kingdom of life—fungi—and all the potential it holds for our future, through the revolutionary research being done by an unforgettable community of mushroom-mad citizen scientists and microbe devotees. Author Doug Bierend demonstrates how humans can work with mushrooms to live better with nature—and one another.

Website

Law and Financial Stability
By IMF Legal Department
Law and Financial Stability
By IMF Legal Department
International Monetary Fund

A sound legal framework–both domestically and globally–contributes to the promotion of financial stability by enhancing transparency and accountability in the financial sector. This book examines, the progress made in implementing financial regulatory reforms adopted since the global financial crisis and reviews the important role that law plays in contributing to the financial stability.

Website

Limitless
By Mallory Weggemann
Limitless
By Mallory Weggemann
Nelson Books/Thomas Nelson

The Paralympic gold-medalist, world champion swimmer, ESPY winner, & NBC Sports commentator uses her extraordinary story to equip others to be resilient. Mallory's commitment to excellence is rooted in her resolve to redefine limitations with grit & grace. Limitless reminds us that we have the capacity to face down whatever challenges and labels confront us - and to do so on our own terms.

Website

Lincolnomics: How President Lincoln Constructed the Great American Economy
By John F. Wasik
Lincolnomics: How President Lincoln Constructed the Great American Economy
By John F. Wasik
Diversion Books

Lincolnomics puts The Great Emancipator in his other rightful place as The Great Builder of American infrastructure, revealing Lincoln’s untold legacy as the developer of an economic ladder to democracy through national transportation, public education, and market access.

Website

Oliver
By Steven J. Carino & Alex Tresniowski
Oliver
By Steven J. Carino & Alex Tresniowski
Nelson Books/Thomas Nelson

Oliver tells the remarkable, true story of one man’s desperate journey to find his stolen dog, and the strangers who came together to get him back home. Oliver is not just a book about a stolen dog though. At its core, this is a story about kindness, friendship, and the power of faith.

Website

Out and Back: A Runner’s Story of Survival Against All Odds
By Hillary Allen
Out and Back: A Runner’s Story of Survival Against All Odds
By Hillary Allen
Blue Star Press

In 2017, ultrarunner Hillary Allen was at the top of her sport—and felt like she was on top of the world as she competed in Tromsø Skyrace. Midway, though, Allen fell off a steep ridge, fracturing her back and breaking multiple bones. Out and Back recounts Allen's near-fatal accident and fight to return to the life she loves.

Website

Out of the Cave
By Chris Hodges
Out of the Cave
By Chris Hodges
Nelson Books/Thomas Nelson

Depression is the #1 health issue in our world, yet those who suffer are still stigmatized. Out of the Cave shows how to step into the light when depression darkens what you see. With a blend of Bible-based wisdom, practical application, & personal vulnerability, Chris Hodges explores the causes of depression we can't change, the contributors we can conquer, & offers transformative hope to help us win the battle.

Website

The Overly Honest Teacher
By Meredith Essalat
The Overly Honest Teacher
By Meredith Essalat
The Collective Book Studio

The Overly Honest Teacher: Parenting Advice from the Classroom is narrative non-fiction written from the perspective of an educator, speaking to the modern-day parent community. Its premise is simple—tools and tips, anecdotes and advice, from one side of the desk to the other. Witty, honest, and wise, The Overly Honest Teacher is a fresh take on child-rearing and development.

Website

Punch Me Up to the Gods
By Brian Broome
Punch Me Up to the Gods
By Brian Broome
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

A poetic and raw coming-of-age memoir in essays about blackness, masculinity, and addiction.

Punch Me Up to the Gods introduces a powerful new talent in Brian Broome, whose early years growing up in Ohio as a dark-skinned Black boy harboring crushes on other boys propel forward this gorgeous, aching, and unforgettable debut.

Website

Something in the Water: A 21st Century Civil Rights Odyssey
By Michael W. Waters
Something in the Water: A 21st Century Civil Rights Odyssey
By Michael W. Waters
Chalice Press

Award-winning author, pastor, and civil rights leader Michael W. Waters’ takes us on an epic journey to the sacred places and spaces of America’s civil rights movement, bringing us face-to-face with our shared racial history and the haunting legacy we must inevitably face to achieve a truly just country. With late-breaking reflections on the presidential election outcome and a passionate foreword by former Congressman Beto O’Rourke, Something in the Water speaks powerfully into this moment of change, of fear, and of hope.

Website

Sparring with Smokin' Joe: Joe Frazier's Epic Battles and Rivalry with Ali
By Glenn Lewis
Sparring with Smokin' Joe: Joe Frazier's Epic Battles and Rivalry with Ali
By Glenn Lewis
Rowman & Littlefield

An intimate portrait of Hall-of-Fame boxer Joe Frazier. Just in time for the 50th anniversary of the Fight of the Century, Glenn Lewis offers new insight into the usually private Frazier, including his relationship with his son, wars with Muhammad Ali, and how Ali’s verbal attacks troubled him long after retirement.

Website

Surviving the Survivors
By Ruth Klein
Surviving the Survivors
By Ruth Klein
She Write Press / Ruth Klein

Ruth Klein's story is about merchants and landowners--aristocratic Polish Jews. It's about their lives in refugee and concentration camps. About parents who survived the Holocaust but could not overcome the tragedy they had experienced, and about their children, who became indirect victims of the atrocities endured by Holocaust victims.

Website

This One Wild Life: A Mother-Daughter Wilderness Memoir
By Angie Abdou
This One Wild Life: A Mother-Daughter Wilderness Memoir
By Angie Abdou
ECW Press

This personal memoir of self-discovery and parenting in a screen-driven world chronicles Angie and her daughter’s attempt to hike a peak a week in summer 2019. Hilarious, poignant, and deeply felt, This One Wild Life explores parenting and marriage in a summer of unexpected outcomes and growth for both mother and daughter.

Website

The Twenty Something Handbook
By Nora Bradbury-Haehl
The Twenty Something Handbook
By Nora Bradbury-Haehl
Nelson Books/Thomas Nelson

Every twentysomething has one overriding question: How do I deal with all the things? For those asking, Nora Bradbury-Haehl's essential go-to guide provides the answer. An approachable, easy-to-digest resource, The Twentysomething Handbook offers guidance for the practical aspects of life—work, food, money, a roof overhead—while at the same time addressing the hunger for meaning, connection, and purpose.

Website

Two Beats Ahead: What Musical Minds Teach Us About Innovation
By Panos A. Panay and R. Michael Hendrix
Two Beats Ahead: What Musical Minds Teach Us About Innovation
By Panos A. Panay and R. Michael Hendrix
PublicAffairs

Featuring interviews with Justin Timberlake, Pharrell Williams, T Bone Burnett, Gloria Estefan and more, Two Beats Ahead explores what makes musicians good problem solvers, leaders, and entrepreneurs. It shows why musicians don't think like most people, and in the creative process, they don't act like most people—and provides insights into innovation and how to thrive in an evolving world.

Website

The Way of the Gardener: Lost in the Weeds Along the Camino de Santiago
By Lyndon Penner
The Way of the Gardener: Lost in the Weeds Along the Camino de Santiago
By Lyndon Penner
University of Regina Press

The Camino de Santiago has been a journey for pilgrims for more than 1,000 years, testing—to varying degrees—their spirit, faith, and physical endurance. Lyndon Penner, a renowned gardener and lover of literature, revels in the plants, trees, and flowers that tell the history of the people and ecology of northern Spain. Brimming with wry observations—of nature, himself, and other pilgrims on the road—The Way of the Gardener reveals the beauty and the darkness of the human condition.

Website

The Madman’s Library
by Edward Brooke-Hitching
The Madman’s Library
by Edward Brooke-Hitching
Chronicle Children's Books

This fascinating and bizarre collection compiles the most unusual, obscure books from the far reaches of the human imagination throughout history. The Madman's Library delves into its darkest territories to hunt down the oddest books and manuscripts ever written, uncovering the intriguing stories behind their creation. Featuring beautiful images and packed with facts, The Madman’s Library is a captivating compendium perfect for bibliophiles.

Website

Children's & YA

Allergic
By Megan Wagner Lloyd, illustrated by Michelle Mee Nutter
Allergic
By Megan Wagner Lloyd, illustrated by Michelle Mee Nutter
Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic

Between the new baby and her rambunctious twin brothers, Maggie often feels like the odd one out in the family. She’s positive getting a dog is the answer, until Maggie discovers she’s severely allergic! Nevertheless, Maggie is determined to find the perfect pet in this coming-of-age middle-grade graphic novel perfect for fans of Raina Telgemeier.

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200 Tricky Spellings in Cartoons: Visual Mnemonics for Everyone
By Lidia Stanton
200 Tricky Spellings in Cartoons: Visual Mnemonics for Everyone
By Lidia Stanton
Jessica Kingsley Publishers

The new revised edition of Lidia Stanton's bestselling book of cartoons demystifying over 200 of the most difficult spellings, fully adapted for a US readership. The book is structured around confusing pairs of words, such as homophones or words that 'go together', tricky everyday words and tricky academic words, with memorable illustrations on every page.

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The Adventures of Team Pom: Squid Happens
By Isabel Roxas
The Adventures of Team Pom: Squid Happens
By Isabel Roxas
Flying Eye Books

Team Pom, the middle school’s crew of self-proclaimed weirdos, are tired of their loser status in the pool. But on their way to gain the respect and free snacks they deserve, they find a lonely giant squid. Will he be the secret weapon they need for synchronized swimming stardom, or will they end up with ink on their faces?

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Angel of Greenwood
By Randi Pink
Angel of Greenwood
By Randi Pink
Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group

In 1921 Greenwood, Oklahoma—known as the Black Wall Street—teen Isaiah Wilson is a town troublemaker and Angel Hill is a loner disregarded by her peers as a goody-goody. But everything changes for them when a vicious white mob storms Greenwood. A Junior Library Guild Selection, this moving, emotional YA novel from Randi Pink depicts the tragedy behind the Tulsa Race Massacre.

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The Awakening of Malcolm X
By Ilyasah Shabazz and Tiffany D. Jackson
The Awakening of Malcolm X
By Ilyasah Shabazz and Tiffany D. Jackson
Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group

No one can be at peace until he has his freedom. Don’t miss this intimate look at Malcolm X’s young-adult years as he grapples with race, politics, and religion in the 1940s, written by his daughter Ilyasah Shabazz and 2019 Coretta Scott King–John Steptoe Award winner Tiffany D. Jackson.

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The Big Bad Wolf in My House
By Valérie Fontaine; illus. by Nathalie Dion
The Big Bad Wolf in My House
By Valérie Fontaine; illus. by Nathalie Dion
Groundwood

A young girl tells us that her mom’s new friend is just like the big bad wolf. At first the wolf is sweet and kind to her mom, though the girl notices the wolf’s cold eyes from the very beginning. The Big Bad Wolf in My House is a moving story about domestic violence that ends on a hopeful note.

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Canticos Bilingual Firsts: Feelings
By Susie Jaramillo
Canticos Bilingual Firsts: Feelings
By Susie Jaramillo
Encantos

Canticos Bilingual Firsts is the cornerstone of the essential preschool library. These foundational board books use beautiful art and adorable characters to teach early childhood concepts in two languages: English and Spanish. Feelings is the newest addition to the series, introducing toddlers to the range of emotions they feel every day, and teaching them to how to feel and care.

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Crossing the Stream
By Elizabeth Irene-Baitie
Crossing the Stream
By Elizabeth Irene-Baitie
Norton Young Readers

A heartfelt middle grade novel about the stories that heal us, and about having the courage to let go of the past. Whimsical and wise, Crossing the Stream is a big-hearted story of loss and love set in contemporary Accra, from one of Ghana’s most lauded children’s book authors.

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Fat Chance, Charlie Vega
By Crystal Maldonado
Fat Chance, Charlie Vega
By Crystal Maldonado
Holiday House

Charlie Vega is Smart. Artistic. Fat. People sometimes have a problem with that last one. The world and everyone in it have ideas about what she should be: Smaller. Whiter. But when Charlie starts her first relationship, everything is perfect until she learns he asked her straight-sized BFF out first. Does he even really see her? Because it's time people did.

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Gold Spun
By Brandie JuneI
Gold Spun
By Brandie JuneI
CamCat Books

A Rumpelstiltskin retelling where the miller’s daughter is a con artist who must pull off the con of her life or else face terrible consequences.

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How Do You Live?
By Genzaburo Yoshino, Foreword by Neil Gaiman
How Do You Live?
By Genzaburo Yoshino, Foreword by Neil Gaiman
Algonquin Young Readers

This first-ever English-language translation of a Japanese classic about finding one’s place in a world both infinitely large and unimaginably small is perfect for readers of philosophical fiction like The Alchemist and The Little Prince, as well as Miyazaki fans eager to understand one of his most important influences.

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Kitchen Pantry Scientist: Biology for Kids
By Liz Heinecke
Kitchen Pantry Scientist: Biology for Kids
By Liz Heinecke
Quarto/Quarry

Kitchen Pantry Scientist: Biology for Kids features biographies of 25 leading biologists accompanied by accessible, hands-on experiments and activities to bring the history and principles of biology alive. A step-by-step illustrated experiment paired with each story offers kids a hands-on opportunity for exploring concepts each of the scientists studied or discovered.

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The Lady or the Lion
By Aamna Qureshi
The Lady or the Lion
By Aamna Qureshi
CamCat Books

A Pakistan-inspired fantasy, retelling the story of “The Lady or the Tiger?”, in which a fiercely loyal princess tries to prove her grandfather’s innocence in an attack on neighboring leaders, while she navigates forbidden love and court intrigues alongside the handsome ambassador determined to prove her wrong.

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Latinitas
By Juliet Menéndez
Latinitas
By Juliet Menéndez
Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group

Discover how 40 influential Latinas became the women we celebrate today! In this collection of short biographies from all over Latin America and the United States, Juliet Menéndez explores the first small steps that set the Latinitas off on their journeys. With gorgeous hand-painted illustrations, Latinitas this book is sure to empower young artists, activists, scientists, and more.

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Little People Big Dreams Malala Yousafzai
By Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara
Little People Big Dreams Malala Yousafzai
By Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara
Quarto/Frances Lincoln Children’s Books

From the best-selling Little People, BIG DREAMS series: discover the life of Malala Yousafzai, the incredible activist for girls' education and the youngest Nobel Prize laureate. Now a recent Oxford graduate, Malala continues to fight for a world where all girls can learn and lead.

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Magic in the Attic: A Button and Squeaky Adventure
By Jim Shore
Magic in the Attic: A Button and Squeaky Adventure
By Jim Shore
Happy Fox Books/Fox Chapel Publishing

On a rainy day, a lonely teddy bear named Button ventures into the attic to play. He discovers an old trunk where he finds a curious balloon animal kit. Little does he know this kit is his key to making himself the best friend he’s always wanted, Squeaky! And so, begins all the future adventures together that are to come.

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The Mirror Season
By Anna-Marie McLemore
The Mirror Season
By Anna-Marie McLemore
Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group

When two teens discover that they were both sexually assaulted at the same party, they develop a cautious friendship through her family’s possibly magical pastelería, his secret forest of otherworldly trees, and the swallows returning to their hometown. A powerful story about trauma, identity, and healing from Anna-Marie McLemore that Kirkus Reviews calls “piercing magic.”

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The Mouse Watch Underwater
By J. J. Gilbert
The Mouse Watch Underwater
By J. J. Gilbert
Disney Hyperion

You've heard of the Rescue Rangers. Now meet the Mouse Watch.

In this action-packed sequel to The Mouse Watch, a team of elite crime-fighting mice must go where no mouse has gone before the depths of the ocean! Bernie and Jarvis lead a daring underwater mission to save the world in an adventure that’s MICE IN BLACK meets 20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA

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Much Ado About Baseball
By Rajani LaRocca
Much Ado About Baseball
By Rajani LaRocca
Yellow Jacket

In this companion novel to Midsummer's Mayhem, math and baseball combine with savory snacks to cause confusion and calamity in the town of Comity. Trish and Ben are math prodigy rivals and reluctant teammates. As they try to win games, they find snacks that help them play better and a mysterious math booklet that can lead to victory, or tragedy.

Website

Murder on the Baltimore Express
By Suzanne Jurmain
Murder on the Baltimore Express
By Suzanne Jurmain
Yellow Jacket

"A perfect example of excellent narrative nonfiction and a must-have for any middle school library. This work will stand solidly beside books by James Swanson and Steve Sheinkin."-- School Library Journal, STARRED REVIEW

Find out how Detective Allen Pinkerton uncovered the plot to murder Lincoln and whisked him safely to Washington D.C. under the darkness of night.

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The Night Before Kids' Yoga Day
By Teresa Power
The Night Before Kids' Yoga Day
By Teresa Power
Stafford House Books

It’s Kids’ Yoga Day eve and children around the globe are fast asleep. But one group of young yogis can’t wait and hold their own celebration under the stars. Learn the simple yoga poses performed every April on Kids’ Yoga Day in this send-up of “The Night before Christmas." No prior knowledge of yoga or this international holiday is required!

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The Ones We’re Meant to Find
By Joan He
The Ones We’re Meant to Find
By Joan He
Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group

Cee awoke on an abandoned island with only a single memory: she has a sister and Cee needs to find her. Perfect for fans of Rick Yancey and Marie Lu, this sci-fi fantasy filled with mind-blowing twists is ready to burst onto the YA scene, from critically acclaimed Descendant of the Crane author Joan He.

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Our House
By Graham Nash - Illustrated by Hugh Syme - Foreword by Carole King
Our House
By Graham Nash - Illustrated by Hugh Syme - Foreword by Carole King
Backbeat

Lovingly illustrated with thirty original and inspired works by esteemed art director, graphic designer, and illustrator Hugh Syme, 'Our House' brings to life the joyful emotions of Graham Nash’s song “Our House.” The book conjures the warm feelings we all share in our hearts about a loving and caring home.

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Paul Robeson: No One Can Silence Me
By Martin Duberman
Paul Robeson: No One Can Silence Me
By Martin Duberman
News Press

The inspiring life and legacy of vocal artist and civil rights icon Paul Robeson—one of the most important public figures in the twentieth century—adapted for young adults by the acclaimed Robeson biographer. Featuring contextualizing sidebars, explanations of key terms, photographs from Paul Robeson’s life and times, and a foreword by Jason Reynolds.

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Rosie Loves Jack
By Mel Darbon
Rosie Loves Jack
By Mel Darbon
Peachtree Publishing Company

When Rosie and Jack are separated, Rosie will do anything to find the boy who makes the sun shine in her head. Even defy her parents and run away. A stunning, insightful YA debut about sixteen-year old Rosie, a girl with Down syndrome who’s fighting for little freedoms, tolerance, and love.

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Rule of Threes
By Marcy Campbell
Rule of Threes
By Marcy Campbell
Chronicle Children's Books

Rule of Threes is part family drama, part contemporary thriller. An interior design enthusiast, twelve-year-old Maggie Owens is accustomed to living her life according to her own precise plans. But when she learns about Tony, a mysterious half-brother her own age who needs a place to stay, any semblance of a plan is shattered.

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Shadows Over London
By Christian Klaver
Shadows Over London
By Christian Klaver
CamCat Books

Justice Kasric and her siblings are forced to choose sides between their mother and father after a Faerie invasion throws them out of their comfortable life in London and they begin manifesting magical abilities their parents hid from them before the war.

Website

Stuffed: Into Darkness
By Liz Braswell
Stuffed: Into Darkness
By Liz Braswell
Disney Hyperion

Stuffers come to life once again in this epic second book in the STUFFED series! Set at summer camp, Foon’s boy, Clark, is kidnapped by an evil monster bent on revenge and Foon must enter the Darkness in order to save him.

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The Thieving Collectors of Fine Children’s Books
By Adam Perry
The Thieving Collectors of Fine Children’s Books
By Adam Perry
Yellow Jacket

"This takes getting lost in a book to a whole new level. I loved it!" --James Riley, New York Times-bestselling author of the Story Thieves series
"Once you start this book, you truly can't stop. An adventure full of cheeky charm and delightful whimsy." --Marie Lu, #1 New York Times-bestselling author of Skyhunter

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Unforgotten
By Anita Silvey
Unforgotten
By Anita Silvey
National Geographic Kids

In 1963, young American Dian Fossey spent all her savings to go to Africa and pursue what became her life's mission—to study and protect the few mountain gorillas left on Earth. Unforgotten is the dramatic conclusion to Anita Silvey's trilogy of biographies on Louis Leakey's "Trimates." Its unparalleled storytelling, informational text, and maps will inspire the next generation of budding scientists and conservationists.

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Unicorn Island
By Donna Galanti (Illustrated by Bethany Stancliffe)
Unicorn Island
By Donna Galanti (Illustrated by Bethany Stancliffe)
Andrews McMeel Publishing

Beyond the mist lies a magical secret waiting to be discovered . . . From Epic! Originals, Unicorn Island is a middle-grade illustrated novel series about a young girl who discovers a mysterious island full of mythical beasts and darker dangers!

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Unicorns Have Bad Manners
By Rachel Halpern
Unicorns Have Bad Manners
By Rachel Halpern
Sunbird Books

Nigel has dined with disorderly dragons, inelegant llamas, and other uncultured individuals. Today, though, he’s taking tea with a unicorn. He just knows her manners will be dainty and refined. But when Nigel and the unicorn sit down to eat, they have different ideas of proper behavior! Can they find common ground, and have some not-too-messy fun along the way?

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Yoga at the Museum (Little Mouse Adventures, #3)
By Teresa Power
Yoga at the Museum (Little Mouse Adventures, #3)
By Teresa Power
Stafford House Books

Join Little Mouse and his feline friend, Mr. Opus, as they introduce young children to classic artwork by Vincent van Gogh, Georgia O’Keeffe, Frida Kahlo, and many others while learning simple, related yoga poses. This playful book combines art appreciation and yoga while gently teaching children how to navigate the excitement and uncertainty of new experiences.

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Allergic
By Megan Wagner Lloyd, illustrated by Michelle Mee Nutter
Allergic
By Megan Wagner Lloyd, illustrated by Michelle Mee Nutter
Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic

Between the new baby and her rambunctious twin brothers, Maggie often feels like the odd one out in the family. She’s positive getting a dog is the answer, until Maggie discovers she’s severely allergic! Nevertheless, Maggie is determined to find the perfect pet in this coming-of-age middle-grade graphic novel perfect for fans of Raina Telgemeier.

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200 Tricky Spellings in Cartoons: Visual Mnemonics for Everyone
By Lidia Stanton
200 Tricky Spellings in Cartoons: Visual Mnemonics for Everyone
By Lidia Stanton
Jessica Kingsley Publishers

The new revised edition of Lidia Stanton's bestselling book of cartoons demystifying over 200 of the most difficult spellings, fully adapted for a US readership. The book is structured around confusing pairs of words, such as homophones or words that 'go together', tricky everyday words and tricky academic words, with memorable illustrations on every page.

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The Adventures of Team Pom: Squid Happens
By Isabel Roxas
The Adventures of Team Pom: Squid Happens
By Isabel Roxas
Flying Eye Books

Team Pom, the middle school’s crew of self-proclaimed weirdos, are tired of their loser status in the pool. But on their way to gain the respect and free snacks they deserve, they find a lonely giant squid. Will he be the secret weapon they need for synchronized swimming stardom, or will they end up with ink on their faces?

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Angel of Greenwood
By Randi Pink
Angel of Greenwood
By Randi Pink
Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group

In 1921 Greenwood, Oklahoma—known as the Black Wall Street—teen Isaiah Wilson is a town troublemaker and Angel Hill is a loner disregarded by her peers as a goody-goody. But everything changes for them when a vicious white mob storms Greenwood. A Junior Library Guild Selection, this moving, emotional YA novel from Randi Pink depicts the tragedy behind the Tulsa Race Massacre.

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The Awakening of Malcolm X
By Ilyasah Shabazz and Tiffany D. Jackson
The Awakening of Malcolm X
By Ilyasah Shabazz and Tiffany D. Jackson
Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group

No one can be at peace until he has his freedom. Don’t miss this intimate look at Malcolm X’s young-adult years as he grapples with race, politics, and religion in the 1940s, written by his daughter Ilyasah Shabazz and 2019 Coretta Scott King–John Steptoe Award winner Tiffany D. Jackson.

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The Big Bad Wolf in My House
By Valérie Fontaine; illus. by Nathalie Dion
The Big Bad Wolf in My House
By Valérie Fontaine; illus. by Nathalie Dion
Groundwood

A young girl tells us that her mom’s new friend is just like the big bad wolf. At first the wolf is sweet and kind to her mom, though the girl notices the wolf’s cold eyes from the very beginning. The Big Bad Wolf in My House is a moving story about domestic violence that ends on a hopeful note.

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Canticos Bilingual Firsts: Feelings
By Susie Jaramillo
Canticos Bilingual Firsts: Feelings
By Susie Jaramillo
Encantos

Canticos Bilingual Firsts is the cornerstone of the essential preschool library. These foundational board books use beautiful art and adorable characters to teach early childhood concepts in two languages: English and Spanish. Feelings is the newest addition to the series, introducing toddlers to the range of emotions they feel every day, and teaching them to how to feel and care.

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Crossing the Stream
By Elizabeth Irene-Baitie
Crossing the Stream
By Elizabeth Irene-Baitie
Norton Young Readers

A heartfelt middle grade novel about the stories that heal us, and about having the courage to let go of the past. Whimsical and wise, Crossing the Stream is a big-hearted story of loss and love set in contemporary Accra, from one of Ghana’s most lauded children’s book authors.

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Fat Chance, Charlie Vega
By Crystal Maldonado
Fat Chance, Charlie Vega
By Crystal Maldonado
Holiday House

Charlie Vega is Smart. Artistic. Fat. People sometimes have a problem with that last one. The world and everyone in it have ideas about what she should be: Smaller. Whiter. But when Charlie starts her first relationship, everything is perfect until she learns he asked her straight-sized BFF out first. Does he even really see her? Because it's time people did.

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Gold Spun
By Brandie JuneI
Gold Spun
By Brandie JuneI
CamCat Books

A Rumpelstiltskin retelling where the miller’s daughter is a con artist who must pull off the con of her life or else face terrible consequences.

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How Do You Live?
By Genzaburo Yoshino, Foreword by Neil Gaiman
How Do You Live?
By Genzaburo Yoshino, Foreword by Neil Gaiman
Algonquin Young Readers

This first-ever English-language translation of a Japanese classic about finding one’s place in a world both infinitely large and unimaginably small is perfect for readers of philosophical fiction like The Alchemist and The Little Prince, as well as Miyazaki fans eager to understand one of his most important influences.

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Kitchen Pantry Scientist: Biology for Kids
By Liz Heinecke
Kitchen Pantry Scientist: Biology for Kids
By Liz Heinecke
Quarto/Quarry

Kitchen Pantry Scientist: Biology for Kids features biographies of 25 leading biologists accompanied by accessible, hands-on experiments and activities to bring the history and principles of biology alive. A step-by-step illustrated experiment paired with each story offers kids a hands-on opportunity for exploring concepts each of the scientists studied or discovered.

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The Lady or the Lion
By Aamna Qureshi
The Lady or the Lion
By Aamna Qureshi
CamCat Books

A Pakistan-inspired fantasy, retelling the story of “The Lady or the Tiger?”, in which a fiercely loyal princess tries to prove her grandfather’s innocence in an attack on neighboring leaders, while she navigates forbidden love and court intrigues alongside the handsome ambassador determined to prove her wrong.

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Latinitas
By Juliet Menéndez
Latinitas
By Juliet Menéndez
Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group

Discover how 40 influential Latinas became the women we celebrate today! In this collection of short biographies from all over Latin America and the United States, Juliet Menéndez explores the first small steps that set the Latinitas off on their journeys. With gorgeous hand-painted illustrations, Latinitas this book is sure to empower young artists, activists, scientists, and more.

Website

Little People Big Dreams Malala Yousafzai
By Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara
Little People Big Dreams Malala Yousafzai
By Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara
Quarto/Frances Lincoln Children’s Books

From the best-selling Little People, BIG DREAMS series: discover the life of Malala Yousafzai, the incredible activist for girls' education and the youngest Nobel Prize laureate. Now a recent Oxford graduate, Malala continues to fight for a world where all girls can learn and lead.

Website

Magic in the Attic: A Button and Squeaky Adventure
By Jim Shore
Magic in the Attic: A Button and Squeaky Adventure
By Jim Shore
Happy Fox Books/Fox Chapel Publishing

On a rainy day, a lonely teddy bear named Button ventures into the attic to play. He discovers an old trunk where he finds a curious balloon animal kit. Little does he know this kit is his key to making himself the best friend he’s always wanted, Squeaky! And so, begins all the future adventures together that are to come.

Website

The Mirror Season
By Anna-Marie McLemore
The Mirror Season
By Anna-Marie McLemore
Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group

When two teens discover that they were both sexually assaulted at the same party, they develop a cautious friendship through her family’s possibly magical pastelería, his secret forest of otherworldly trees, and the swallows returning to their hometown. A powerful story about trauma, identity, and healing from Anna-Marie McLemore that Kirkus Reviews calls “piercing magic.”

Website

The Mouse Watch Underwater
By J. J. Gilbert
The Mouse Watch Underwater
By J. J. Gilbert
Disney Hyperion

You've heard of the Rescue Rangers. Now meet the Mouse Watch.

In this action-packed sequel to The Mouse Watch, a team of elite crime-fighting mice must go where no mouse has gone before the depths of the ocean! Bernie and Jarvis lead a daring underwater mission to save the world in an adventure that’s MICE IN BLACK meets 20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA

Website

Much Ado About Baseball
By Rajani LaRocca
Much Ado About Baseball
By Rajani LaRocca
Yellow Jacket

In this companion novel to Midsummer's Mayhem, math and baseball combine with savory snacks to cause confusion and calamity in the town of Comity. Trish and Ben are math prodigy rivals and reluctant teammates. As they try to win games, they find snacks that help them play better and a mysterious math booklet that can lead to victory, or tragedy.

Website

Murder on the Baltimore Express
By Suzanne Jurmain
Murder on the Baltimore Express
By Suzanne Jurmain
Yellow Jacket

"A perfect example of excellent narrative nonfiction and a must-have for any middle school library. This work will stand solidly beside books by James Swanson and Steve Sheinkin."-- School Library Journal, STARRED REVIEW

Find out how Detective Allen Pinkerton uncovered the plot to murder Lincoln and whisked him safely to Washington D.C. under the darkness of night.

Website

The Night Before Kids' Yoga Day
By Teresa Power
The Night Before Kids' Yoga Day
By Teresa Power
Stafford House Books

It’s Kids’ Yoga Day eve and children around the globe are fast asleep. But one group of young yogis can’t wait and hold their own celebration under the stars. Learn the simple yoga poses performed every April on Kids’ Yoga Day in this send-up of “The Night before Christmas." No prior knowledge of yoga or this international holiday is required!

Website

The Ones We’re Meant to Find
By Joan He
The Ones We’re Meant to Find
By Joan He
Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group

Cee awoke on an abandoned island with only a single memory: she has a sister and Cee needs to find her. Perfect for fans of Rick Yancey and Marie Lu, this sci-fi fantasy filled with mind-blowing twists is ready to burst onto the YA scene, from critically acclaimed Descendant of the Crane author Joan He.

Website

Our House
By Graham Nash - Illustrated by Hugh Syme - Foreword by Carole King
Our House
By Graham Nash - Illustrated by Hugh Syme - Foreword by Carole King
Backbeat

Lovingly illustrated with thirty original and inspired works by esteemed art director, graphic designer, and illustrator Hugh Syme, 'Our House' brings to life the joyful emotions of Graham Nash’s song “Our House.” The book conjures the warm feelings we all share in our hearts about a loving and caring home.

Website

Paul Robeson: No One Can Silence Me
By Martin Duberman
Paul Robeson: No One Can Silence Me
By Martin Duberman
News Press

The inspiring life and legacy of vocal artist and civil rights icon Paul Robeson—one of the most important public figures in the twentieth century—adapted for young adults by the acclaimed Robeson biographer. Featuring contextualizing sidebars, explanations of key terms, photographs from Paul Robeson’s life and times, and a foreword by Jason Reynolds.

Website

Rosie Loves Jack
By Mel Darbon
Rosie Loves Jack
By Mel Darbon
Peachtree Publishing Company

When Rosie and Jack are separated, Rosie will do anything to find the boy who makes the sun shine in her head. Even defy her parents and run away. A stunning, insightful YA debut about sixteen-year old Rosie, a girl with Down syndrome who’s fighting for little freedoms, tolerance, and love.

Website

Rule of Threes
By Marcy Campbell
Rule of Threes
By Marcy Campbell
Chronicle Children's Books

Rule of Threes is part family drama, part contemporary thriller. An interior design enthusiast, twelve-year-old Maggie Owens is accustomed to living her life according to her own precise plans. But when she learns about Tony, a mysterious half-brother her own age who needs a place to stay, any semblance of a plan is shattered.

Website

Shadows Over London
By Christian Klaver
Shadows Over London
By Christian Klaver
CamCat Books

Justice Kasric and her siblings are forced to choose sides between their mother and father after a Faerie invasion throws them out of their comfortable life in London and they begin manifesting magical abilities their parents hid from them before the war.

Website

Stuffed: Into Darkness
By Liz Braswell
Stuffed: Into Darkness
By Liz Braswell
Disney Hyperion

Stuffers come to life once again in this epic second book in the STUFFED series! Set at summer camp, Foon’s boy, Clark, is kidnapped by an evil monster bent on revenge and Foon must enter the Darkness in order to save him.

Website

The Thieving Collectors of Fine Children’s Books
By Adam Perry
The Thieving Collectors of Fine Children’s Books
By Adam Perry
Yellow Jacket

"This takes getting lost in a book to a whole new level. I loved it!" --James Riley, New York Times-bestselling author of the Story Thieves series
"Once you start this book, you truly can't stop. An adventure full of cheeky charm and delightful whimsy." --Marie Lu, #1 New York Times-bestselling author of Skyhunter

Website

Unforgotten
By Anita Silvey
Unforgotten
By Anita Silvey
National Geographic Kids

In 1963, young American Dian Fossey spent all her savings to go to Africa and pursue what became her life's mission—to study and protect the few mountain gorillas left on Earth. Unforgotten is the dramatic conclusion to Anita Silvey's trilogy of biographies on Louis Leakey's "Trimates." Its unparalleled storytelling, informational text, and maps will inspire the next generation of budding scientists and conservationists.

Website

Unicorn Island
By Donna Galanti (Illustrated by Bethany Stancliffe)
Unicorn Island
By Donna Galanti (Illustrated by Bethany Stancliffe)
Andrews McMeel Publishing

Beyond the mist lies a magical secret waiting to be discovered . . . From Epic! Originals, Unicorn Island is a middle-grade illustrated novel series about a young girl who discovers a mysterious island full of mythical beasts and darker dangers!

Website

Unicorns Have Bad Manners
By Rachel Halpern
Unicorns Have Bad Manners
By Rachel Halpern
Sunbird Books

Nigel has dined with disorderly dragons, inelegant llamas, and other uncultured individuals. Today, though, he’s taking tea with a unicorn. He just knows her manners will be dainty and refined. But when Nigel and the unicorn sit down to eat, they have different ideas of proper behavior! Can they find common ground, and have some not-too-messy fun along the way?

Website

Yoga at the Museum (Little Mouse Adventures, #3)
By Teresa Power
Yoga at the Museum (Little Mouse Adventures, #3)
By Teresa Power
Stafford House Books

Join Little Mouse and his feline friend, Mr. Opus, as they introduce young children to classic artwork by Vincent van Gogh, Georgia O’Keeffe, Frida Kahlo, and many others while learning simple, related yoga poses. This playful book combines art appreciation and yoga while gently teaching children how to navigate the excitement and uncertainty of new experiences.

Website

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