Pattern Recognition

by William Gibson

Still Life

by Louise Penny

Hidden Potential: The Science of Achieving Greater Things

by Adam M. Grant

Elon Musk

by Walter Isaacson 

Nothing Is Missing: A Memoir of Living Boldly

by Beryl Markham

Paris: The Memoir

by Paris Hilton

The Creative Act: A Way of Being

by Rick Rubin

Zuri Ray and the Backyard Bash

by Tami Charles

Klara and the Sun

by Kazuo Ishiguro

Written in Starlight

by Isabel Ibañez

The Merciless Ones

by Namina Forna 

We Hunt the Flame

by Hafsah Faizal

Bizzy Mizz Lizzie

by David Shannon

Superbat

by Matt Carr

Ocean Origami

by Joe Fullman

The Half-Drowned King

by Linnea Hartsuyker 

Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World

by Adam M. Grant 

Some Dads…

by Nick Bland

Mister Seahorse

by Eric Carle

You Learn by Living: Eleven Keys for a More Fulfilling Life

by Eleanor Roosevelt

Unmasking AI: My Mission to Protect What Is Human in a World of Machines

by Joy Buolamwini

The Woman in Me

by Britney Spears

We Free the Stars

by Hafsah Faizal

Getting to Yes: Negotiating..

by Roger Fisher, William Ury, Bruce Patton

West with the Night

by Beryl Markham

Activate Your Greatness

by Alex Toussaint

What the River Knows (Secrets of the Nile, #1)

by Isabel Ibañez (Goodreads Author)

How Much of These Hills Is Gold

by C Pam Zhang (Goodreads Author)

The Cruelest Month (Chief Inspector Armand…

by Louise Penny (Goodreads Author)

Together We Burn

by Isabel Ibañez (Goodreads Author)

A Court of Mist and Fury (A Court of Thorns…

by Sarah J. Maas (Goodreads Author)

A Court of Mist and Fury (A Court of Thorns…

by Sarah J. Maas (Goodreads Author)

A Court of Thorns and Roses (A Court of Thorns…

by Sarah J. Maas (Goodreads Author)

The Time in Between

by María Dueñas

The Brutal Telling (Chief Inspector Armand..

by Louise Penny (Goodreads Author)

A ​Court of Silver Flames (A Court of Thorns …

by Sarah J. Maas (Goodreads Author)

A ​Court of Silver Flames (A Court of Thorns …

by Sarah J. Maas (Goodreads Author)

A ​Court of Silver Flames (A Court of Thorns …

by Sarah J. Maas (Goodreads Author)

A ​Court of Silver Flames (A Court of Thorns …

A ​Court of Silver Flames (A Court of Thorns ...

A ​Court of Silver Flames (A Court of Thorns …

by Sarah J. Maas (Goodreads Author)

Throne of Glass (Throne of Glass, #1)

by Sarah J. Maas (Goodreads Author)

Chip War: The Fight for the World’s Most Critical..

by Chris Miller

Hunt, Gather, Parent: What Ancient Cultures…

by Michaeleen Doucleff

Tower of Dawn (Throne of Glass, #6

by Sarah J. Maas (Goodreads Author)

The Assassin’s Blade (Throne of Glass, #0.1-0.5)

by Sarah J. Maas (Goodreads Author)

Queen of Shadows (Throne of Glass, #4)

by Sarah J. Maas (Goodreads Author)

Kingdom of Ash (Throne of Glass, #7)

by Sarah J. Maas (Goodreads Author)

Empire of Storms (Throne of Glass, #5)

by Sarah J. Maas (Goodreads Author)

Heir of Fire (Throne of Glass, #3)

by Sarah J. Maas (Goodreads Author)

Crown of Midnight (Throne of Glass, #2)

by Sarah J. Maas (Goodreads Author)

A More Beautiful and Terrible History

Your Silence Will Not Protect You by Audre Lorde 

Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race

They Can’t Kill Us All by Wesley Lowery 

How to Be an Anti-Racist by Ibram X. Kendi 

Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI 

Gripping true story of how the FBI was founded to investigate

A Fistful of Shells: West Africa from the Rise of the Slave

It can be easy to forget that Africa was full of diverse

White Trash: The 400-Year Untold History of Class in America

This is the history of poor white people in America

Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City

Evicted is an especially relevant read right now as millions face homelessness

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot

Although written by a white author, this is a vital book to

The Best We Could Do by Thi Bui:

A perspective on the Vietnam War (and its aftermath) on people who had to flee

Dear America: Notes of an Undocumented Citizen

Another first hand account of growing up in America undocumented 

In the Country We Love: My Family Divided 

Lost in the COVID pandemic and police protests is the fact

The Leavers by Lisa Ko

This is a rich, complex novel that provides a really nuanced dive into immigration policy in China and the U.S.

They Called Us Enemy by George Takei

Takei is famous for his time on Star Trek, but his story starts in the concentration

Josephine: The Dazzling Life of Josephine Bake

Fun story for little kids about one of history’s criminally underrated provocateurs

Firebird by Misty Copeland: 

Vibrant illustrations telling the story of the first black prima ballerina of the New York Ballet. 

Layla’s Happiness by Mariahadessa Ekere Tallie, Ashleigh Corrin

Book about a black girl that is just about her being happy

Sulwe by Lupita Nyong’o, Vashti Harrison: 

Stunning illustrations and a story that centers and celebrates

Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History by Vashti

Little Leaders is an entire series worth looking into, but this one focusing

Any Books by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: 

Adichie is a wonderful writer about the American African experience.

I Am Not Sidney Poitier by Percival Everett:

 Percival Everett is IMHO criminallyunderrated. This novel, describing

Kindred by Octavia E. Butler

You know all those movies where people time travel between modern and slavery times? 

Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe

Another book that needs to become a pillar of the literary canon.

Beloved by Toni Morrison: 

There is a reason Toni Morrison was the first (and, to-date, and tragically, only) black woma

Never Caught: The Washington’s Relentless

Why should we reframe the way we teach about our founding fathers?

Barracoon The Story of the Last “Black Cargo” by Zara Neale Hurston

One of the most exciting developments in publishing is

The Harlem Hellfighters by Max Brooks

True story of the experiences of the Harlem Hellfighters, an all-black WWI unit.

The Silence of Our Friends by Mark Long, Jim Demonakos

Powerful graphic novel of a Civil Rights era case

March Graphic Novel Series by John Lewis

Vital graphic novel series straight from the mouth of one of the last people alive

So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo

This is singlehandledly the best book I have read about having conversations about racism

A People’s History of the United States by Howard Zinn

This iconic text is a cornerstone of educating yourself about the invisible parties of American

Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by  Isabel Wilkerson

A lot of fuss has been made about Caste and it lives up

The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration In The Age of Colorblindness

This was the first book that really radicalized

Suggest The Last Interview and Other Conversations

Any step towards understanding the black experience in America