Books We Recommend

Hosseni's novel, set in Afghanistan and the US, is ultimately about the things we can't erase from our past, and what it means to find redemption.

Set in Nigeria, everyone thinks that Kambili is lucky for their father is a rich and respected leader in the community, but no one knows what a tyrant he is at home.

Beginning in 18th c. Ghana, this book tells the story of 8 generations affected by slavery through the descendants of two half-sisters.

A young man, a quest for riches and treasure, a bit of magical realism and the lessons learned along the way.

Powerful book that intertwines the stories of contemporary Native Americans living in the Oakland area (local book) leading up to a Pow Wow at the Coliseum.

I love this book! The title character, Arthur Less, is an author who sets off on a trip around the world to try and forget the fact that his lover is getting married to someone else. LGBTQ

Really powerful recent book by Colson Whitehead that fictionalizes the traumatic and horrifying experiences of Black boys growing up in a Southern state run juvenile reform school.

This novel retells the horrors of escaping slavery by imagining a literal underground railroad that takes escaped slaves to different stops along the way to freedom.

This novel explores what happens to the children of undocumented immigrants who get left behind.

A poetic and devastating book about a first generation Vietnamese imigrant and the love and abuse he endures. LGBTQ themes and adult concepts.

Very compelling novel about a young girl who grows up wild and alone in the marshes of South Carolina.

A Young Adult novel about a girl growing up in Harlem who feels unheard until she learns to express herself through spoken word poetry.