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28 October 2022
My Broken Language by Qiuara Alegría Hudes
My Broken Language is a powerful memoir about identity, home, and family.
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11 October 2022
This Place is Still Beautiful by XiXi Tian
This Place is Still Beautiful is a deeply moving novel about racism, family, and sisterhood.
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27 September 2022
NeverNight: a book review
A review of Jay Kristoff’s grimdark fantasy novel Nevernight, a book readers will never likely forget.
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24 September 2022
A book review of Child 44
A book review of Tom Rob Smith’s international bestseller set during the twilight years of Stalin’s reign of terror.
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20 September 2022
Take My Hand by Dolen Perkins Valdez
Take My Hand by Dolen Perkins Valdez is a deeply moving examination of how institutional racism and classism inflict lasting wounds.
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5 September 2022
The Weight of Blood by Tiffany D. Jackson
The Weight of Blood is a chilling and suspenseful retelling of Stephen King’s Carrie through a racial lens.
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19 August 2022
Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Malibu Rising is a wonderfully escapist novel about functional and dysfunctional relationships, the search for identity, and sacrificing your passions for familial obligations.
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17 August 2022
An Emotion of Great Delight by Tahereh Mafi
An Emotion of Great Delight offers a searing look into the world of one Muslim family in the wake of 9/11.
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5 August 2022
The Merciless Ones by Namina Forna
The Merciless Ones is an exciting YA fantasy novel about girls who bleed gold and monsters who hide behind the guise of being saviours.
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3 August 2022
All This Could Be Different by Sarah Thankam Mathews
All This Could Be Different is a tender and smart novel about coming of age in difficult times, dreaming, and friendship.
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31 July 2022
The Book Eaters by Sunyi Dean
The Book Eaters is a stunning dark urban fantasy about familial love, patriarchy, and motherhood.
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26 July 2022
In the Shadow of the Mountain by Silvia Vasquez-Lavado
In the Shadow of the Mountain is a courageous, inspiring, and deeply raw memoir by Silvia Vasquez-Lavado, the first Peruvian and openly LGBTQ+ woman to climb Everest.
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20 July 2022
Seven Days in June by Tia Williams
Seven Days in June is a hilarious, passionate, and raw novel about two writers discovering their second chance at love.
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17 July 2022
Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson
Black Cake is a moving and powerful debut that explores racial identity, family legacy, sexuality, history and culture.
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13 July 2022
Squire by Sara Alfageeh and Nadia Shammas
Squire is a gorgeous graphic novel that explores identity and friendship in the time of Empire.
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27 June 2022
Honor by Thrity Umrigar
Honor is a beautifully written novel about the complicated issues at play in contemporary India.
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19 May 2022
Review: I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter
I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter is a mature young adult book that is not afraid to tackle tough subject matters such as immigration, deportation, mental health, and grief.
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26 April 2022
Review: Memphis by Tara M. Stringfellow
A stunning debut, Memphis is a portrait of familial bonds, sisterhood, friendship, and community.