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Lisa Francine

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2 books

Oprah

Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family
Raising Our Hands

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24 books

Owned

Shadow and Bone
David and Goliath
The Unwanteds
Insurgent
Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption
The World's Strongest Librarian

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18 books

Ownvoices

The Girl with the Louding Voice
Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning
These Ghosts are Family
The Undocumented Americans
With the Fire on High
A Thousand Questions
Some Places More Than Others

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4 books

Paranormal

Storm Front
The Once and Future Witches
Battle Ground
Shutter

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4 books

Photography

Tiny House: Live Small, Dream Big
Untold: The Stories Behind the Photographs
Seen and Unseen: What Dorothea Lange, Toyo Miyatake, and Ansel Adams's Photographs Reveal About the Japanese American Incarceration

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91 books

Picture Books

They All Saw A Cat
The Storyteller
Little Penguins
The Polar Bear
The Journey
We Found A Hat
Calling the Water Drum

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1 book

Plant Based

Modern Flexitarian: Plant-inspired Recipes You Can Flex to Add Fish, Meat, or Dairy

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3 books

Plants

The Living Landscape
The suburban micro-farm
The Beginner's Guide to Starting a Garden: 326 Fast, Easy, Affordable Ways to Transform Your Yard One Project at a Time

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1 book

Plays

The Normal Heart & The Destiny of Me

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21 books

Poetry

Milk and Honey
Concerto al-Quds
I Don't Want This Poem to End: Early and Late Poems
Whereas
Counting Descent

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3 books

Political Science

The Ones We've Been Waiting for: How a New Generation of Leaders Will Transform America
Unrig
Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City

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42 books

Politics

The List: A Week-by-Week Reckoning of Trump’s First Year
Fascism: A Warning
Fear: Trump in the White House
Cutting School: Privatization, Segregation, and the End of Public Education
Why We're Polarized
Black Wave
Unmaking the Presidency: Donald Trump's War on the World's Most Powerful Office

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20 books

Prof

Crash Course in Contemporary Reference
The Slow Book Revolution: Creating a New Culture of Reading on College Campuses and Beyond
Slow reading
The Mindful Librarian: Connecting the Practice of Mindfulness to Librarianship
Smart but Scattered: The Revolutionary "Executive Skills" Approach to Helping Kids Reach Their Potential
Renew Yourself: A Six-Step Plan for More Meaningful Work

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14 books

Psychology

In Our Prime
White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism
Everything Is an Emergency: An OCD Story in Words Pictures
Childhood Disrupted: How Your Biography Becomes Your Biology, and How You Can Heal
The Inner Work of Racial Justice
Group
Dare to Lead: Brave Work. Tough Conversations. Whole Hearts.

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40 books

Queer

Last Night at the Telegraph Club
Elatsoe
Detransition, Baby
We Will Not Cancel Us
Some Girls Do
She Who Became the Sun
We Have Always Been Here: A Queer Muslim Memoir

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33 books

Race

A More Perfect Reunion: Race, Integration, and the Future of America
White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism
Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower
So You Want to Talk About Race
How to Be Less Stupid About Race
Raising Our Hands
This Is My America

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17 books

Read Alouds

Duck at the Door: An Easter And Springtime Book For Kids
Vegetables in Underwear
Lessons in Chemistry
The Woman in the Library
All the Devils Are Here
The Bullet That Missed

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25 books

Realistic Fiction

The Beauty of Your Face
Clap When You Land
A Thousand Questions
Clean Getaway
Like No Other
Ivy Aberdeen's Letter to the World
The Mighty Heart of Sunny St. James

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3 books

Religion

The Inner Work of Racial Justice
Antisemitism
We Have Always Been Here: A Queer Muslim Memoir

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1 book

Replacements To Order

Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster

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3 books

Re Reads

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
He, She and It
A Superior Death

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4 books

Retellings

Recipe for Persuasion
These Violent Delights
The Last True Poets of the Sea
My Contrary Mary

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68 books

Romance

An Extraordinary Union
The Right Swipe
Get a Life, Chloe Brown
A Bollywood Affair
Red, White & Royal Blue
Pride, Prejudice, and Other Flavors
Far from Home

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32 books

Science

Pandemic
Fossil Men: The Quest for the Oldest Skeleton and the Origins of Humankind
The Next Great Migration
The Living Landscape
Fathoms: The World in the Whale
The Address Book: What Street Addresses Reveal About Identity, Race, Wealth, and Power

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5 books

Self Help

The Gift: 12 Lessons to Save Your Life
Dare to Lead: Brave Work. Tough Conversations. Whole Hearts.
Cosy: The British Art of Comfort
The 12-Hour Walk
Gutsy: Mindfulness Practices for Everyday Bravery
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