Publisher: Henry Holt & Co. Pages: 209 Year Published: 2020 Monotony. Mundane. Ordinary. Repetitive. Depression. Anxiety. Existence—all these words come to mind while reading Want by Lynn Steger Strong. On the surface, Want is a tale of womanhood, motherhood, and friendship. It interrogates how each of these things manifests in a woman’s lives, subverting expectation […]

Publisher: Atria Books Page Count: 368 Publication Date: February 9, 2021 Synopsis: Based on the true World War II story of the heroic librarians at the American Library in Paris, this is an unforgettable story of romance, friendship, family, and the power of literature to bring us together, perfect for fans of The Lilac Girls and The Paris […]

Publisher: Liverlight Page Count: 368 Year Published: 2017 Synopsis: In this groundbreaking history of the modern American metropolis, Richard Rothstein, a leading authority on housing policy, explodes the myth that America’s cities came to be racially divided through de facto segregation—that is, through individual prejudices, income differences, or the actions of private institutions like banks and real […]

Publisher: HarperCollins Page Count: 410 Year Published: 2006 (originally published in 1938) Synopsis: The novel begins in Monte Carlo, where our heroine is swept off her feet by the dashing widower Maxim de Winter and his sudden proposal of marriage. Orphaned and working as a lady’s maid, she can barely believe her luck. It is […]

Publisher: Scribner Page Count: 304 Publication Date: Feb. 2, 2021 Synopsis: A scathingly funny, wildly erotic, and fiercely imaginative story about food, sex, and god from the acclaimed author of The Pisces and So Sad Today. Rachel is twenty-four, a lapsed Jew who has made calorie restriction her religion. By day, she maintains an illusion of existential control, […]

Publisher: G.P. Putnam’s Sons; Total Pages: 293; Year Published: 2019 Trigger Warnings: Disordered eating, sexual assault, emotional abuse, self-harm (cutting) I saw Kally of @mycaffeinatedbookshelf recommend Supper Club for lovers of Sweetbitter by Stephanie Danler and I knew I had to read it. Then, when I found it in the bookstore, the back cover said […]

Publisher: Entangled Publishing, LLC Page Count: 400 Genre: Historical Romance Published: February 9, 2021 Synopsis: The marriage game is afoot in this clever blend of My Fair Lady meets Pride and Prejudice with a twist! Edward Stanhope, the icy Duke of Thornfield, likes his life in a certain order. Give him a strong drink, a […]

“But he did think about the ways in which his body wasn’t his own and how that condition showed up uniquely for everyone whose personhood wasn’t just disputed but denied. Swirling beneath him were the ways in which not having lawful claim to yourself diminished you, yes, but in another way, condemned those who invented […]

Publisher: Spiegel & Grau Page Count: 152 Year Published: 2015 *Anti-Racist Reading List* Synopsis: In a profound work that pivots from the biggest questions about American history and ideals to the most intimate concerns of a father for his son, Ta-Nehisi Coates offers a powerful new framework for understanding our nation’s history and current crisis. […]