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Book Lists & Recommendations

Personalized Recommendations

If the suggested book lists below do not fullfil your needs, Adult Services Librarian is happy to make a personalized recommendation of 3 books. Please allow a minimum of 2 business days to fill these requests. You do not need a library card for this request.

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Anti-Racism

So-you-want-to-talk-about-race

So you want to talk about race

Stamped-from-the-beginning-:-the-definitive-history-of-racist-ideas-in-America

Stamped from the beginning : the definitive history of racist ideas in America

Waking-up-white-:-and-finding-myself-in-the-story-of-race

Waking up white : and finding myself in the story of race

How-to-be-an-antiracist

How to be an antiracist

We-are-not-yet-equal-:-understanding-our-racial-divide

We are not yet equal : understanding our racial divide

When-they-call-you-a-terrorist-:-a-Black-Lives-Matter-memoir

When they call you a terrorist : a Black Lives Matter memoir

Have-Black-lives-ever-mattered?

Have Black lives ever mattered?

The-color-of-law-:-a-forgotten-history-of-how-our-government-segregated-America

The color of law : a forgotten history of how our government segregated America

The-warmth-of-other-suns:-the-epic-story-of-America's-great-migration

The warmth of other suns: the epic story of America's great migration

White-fragility-:-why-it's-so-hard-to-talk-to-white-people-about-racism

White fragility : why it's so hard to talk to white people about racism

Between-the-world-and-me

Between the world and me

I'm-still-here-:-Black-dignity-in-a-world-made-for-whiteness

I'm still here : Black dignity in a world made for whiteness

Rising-out-of-hatred-:-the-awakening-of-a-former-white-nationalist

Rising out of hatred : the awakening of a former white nationalist

Just-mercy-:-a-story-of-justice-and-redemption

Just mercy : a story of justice and redemption

Tears-we-cannot-stop-:-a-sermon-to-white-America

Tears we cannot stop : a sermon to white America

The-new-Jim-Crow-:-mass-incarceration-in-the-age-of-colorblindness

The new Jim Crow : mass incarceration in the age of colorblindness

"Why are all the Black kids sitting together in the cafeteria?" : and other conversations about race

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LGBTQ+ Reads

Tomorrow-will-be-different-:-love,-loss,-and-the-fight-for-trans-equality

Tomorrow will be different : love, loss, and the fight for trans equality

The-ABC's-of-LGBT+

The ABC's of LGBT+

The-House-of-Impossible-Beauties

The House of Impossible Beauties

Transgender-101-:-a-simple-guide-to-a-complex-issue

Transgender 101 : a simple guide to a complex issue

Me-:-Elton-John

Me : Elton John

On-swift-horses

On swift horses

Kept-animals-:-a-novel

Kept animals : a novel

Red,-white-&-royal-blue

Red, white & royal blue

Conventionally-yours

Conventionally yours

Stealing-thunder

Stealing thunder

When-Katie-met-Cassidy

When Katie met Cassidy

I-hear-the-sunspot-/-Volume-1

I hear the sunspot / Volume 1

Tell-the-wolves-I'm-home-:-a-novel

Tell the wolves I'm home : a novel

The-antidote-for-everything

The antidote for everything

Oddly-normal-:-one-family's-struggle-to-help-their-teenage-son-come-to-terms-with-his-sexuality

Oddly normal : one family's struggle to help their teenage son come to terms with his sexuality

In-the-dream-house-:-a-memoir

In the dream house : a memoir

Call-me-by-your-name

Call me by your name

My-lesbian-experience-with-loneliness-/-Volume-1

My lesbian experience with loneliness / Volume 1

Trans-sister-radio-:-a-novel

Trans-sister radio : a novel

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For Fans of "Where the Crawdads Sing"

The-great-alone

The great alone

History-of-wolves-:-a-novel

History of wolves : a novel

My-absolute-darling

My absolute darling

Southernmost-:-a-novel

Southernmost : a novel

Unsheltered-:-a-novel

Unsheltered : a novel

Vampires-in-the-lemon-grove-:-stories

Vampires in the lemon grove : stories

Beartown-:-a-novel

Beartown : a novel

If-the-creek-don't-rise-:-a-novel

If the creek don't rise : a novel

We-never-asked-for-wings-:-a-novel

We never asked for wings : a novel

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Beach Reads

The-Beach-House

The Beach House

The-Husband-Hour

The Husband Hour

The-Hawaiian-Quilt

The Hawaiian Quilt

The-Girls-of-August

The Girls of August

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Staff Favorites

This-is-how-it-always-is

This is how it always is

The-devil-in-the-white-city-:-murder,-magic,-and-madness-at-the-fair-that-changed-America

The devil in the white city : murder, magic, and madness at the fair that changed America

A-darker-shade-of-magic

A darker shade of magic

The-Friday-night-knitting-club

The Friday night knitting club

Brain-on-fire-:-my-month-of-madness

Brain on fire : my month of madness

Artemis-:-a-novel

Artemis : a novel

The-glass-castle-:-a-memoir

The glass castle : a memoir

Let's-pretend-this-never-happened-:-(a-mostly-true-memoir)

Let's pretend this never happened : (a mostly true memoir)

Big-mushy-happy-lump-:-a-

Big mushy happy lump : a "Sarah's scribbles" collection

The-Young-Elites

The Young Elites

A-gentleman-in-Moscow

A gentleman in Moscow

Evicted-:-poverty-and-profit-in-the-American-city

Evicted : poverty and profit in the American city

Into-thin-air-:-a-personal-account-of-the-Mount-Everest-disaster

Into thin air : a personal account of the Mount Everest disaster