Pride...

A Celebration Of Stories!

Girl, Woman, Other - Bernandine Evaristo (Fiction)

If I Was Your Girl - Meredith Russo (Fiction)

On Earth We Are Briefly Gorgeous - Ocean Voung (Fiction)

Call Me By Your Name - Andre Aciman (Fiction)

We Have Always Been Here - Samra Habib (Memoir)

Prettiest Star - Carson Sickels (Fiction)

High School - Sara Quin & Tegan Quinn (Memoir)

I'm Afraid Of Men - Vivek Shraya (Memoir)

Like A Love Story - Abdi Nazemian (YA Fiction)

Here For It - R. Eric Thomas (Memoir)

This Is How You Lose The Time War - Amal El-Mohtar & Max Gladstone (Fiction)

The Fifth Season - N.K Jemisin (Fiction)

Fierce Femmes & Notorious Liars - Kai Cheng Thom (Memoir)

House Of Impossible Beauties - Joesph Cassara (Fiction)

Long Live The Tribe Of Fatherless Girls - T Kira Madden (Memoir)

Not My Fathers Son - Alan Cumming (Memoir)

Aristotle & Dante Discover The Secrets Of The Universe - Benjamin Aire Saenz (Fiction)

Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit - Jeanette Winterson (Fiction)

Tranny - Laura Jane Grace (Memoir)

Pasty - Nicole Dennis-Benn (Fiction)

Real Life - Brandon Taylor (Fiction)

Unicorn - Amrou Al-Kadhi (Memoir)

Exciting Times - Naoise Dolan (Fiction)

FOLD...Asian Voices

Celebrate The Festival Of Literary Diversity…Asian Voices

The Memory Police - Yoko Ogawa (Fiction)

The Three Body Problem - Cixin Liu (Fiction)

A Tale For The Time Being - Ruth Ozeki (Fiction)

How To Pronounce Knife - Souvankham Thammavongsa (Fiction)

The Measure Of My Powers - Jackie Kai Ellis (Memoir)

One Day We'll All Be Dead And None Of This Will Matter - Scaachi Koul (Memoir)

The Reality Bubble - Ziya Tong (Non-Fiction)

Older Sister. Not Necessarily Related - Jenny Hejiun Willis (Memoir)

Inferno - Catherine Cho (Fiction)

Djiin Patrol On The Purple Line - Deepa Annapara (Fiction)

Pachinko - Min Jin Lee (Fiction)

Girls Burn Brighter - Shobha Rao (Fiction)

Marriage Of A Thousand Lies - SJ Sindu (Fiction)

The Book Of M - Penn Sheperd (Fiction)

Permanent Record - Mary HK Choi (Fiction)

Laughter Is The Best Medicine...

Fun & Funny Reads!

We Are Never Meeting In Real Life – Samantha Irby (Essays)

John Dies At The End – David Wong (Fiction)

Misadventures Of Awkward Black Girl – Issa Rae (Memoir)

How To Weep In Public – Jacqueline Novak (Memoir)

My Year Of Rest And Relaxation – Ottessa Moshfegh (Fiction)

Me Talk Pretty One Day – David Sedaris (Essays)

New Waves – Kevin Nguyen (Fiction)

Bad Monkeys – Matt Ruff (Fiction)

Pretend I’m Dead – Jen Beagin (Fiction)

I Was Told There’d Be Cake – Sloane Crosley (Essays)

You’ll Grow Out Of It – Jessi Klein (Fiction)

Shrill – Lindy West (Memoir)

Motherless Brooklyn – Jonathan Lethem (Fiction)

Crooked Little Vein – Warren Ellis (Fiction)

Basket Case – Carl Hiaasen (Fiction)

High Fidelity – Nick Hornby (Fiction)

Good Omens – Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett (Fiction)

How I Became A Famous Novelist – Steve Hely (Fiction)

How Not To Die Alone – Richard Roper (Fiction)

Gil’s All Fright Diner – A. Lee Martinez (Fiction)

Nothing To See Here – Kevin Wilson (Fiction)

The Gunseller – Hugh Laurie (Fiction)

Dear Committee Members – Julie Schumacher (Letters)

The Princess Bride – William Goldman (Fiction)

The Martian – Andy Weir (Fiction)

Mostly Dead Things – Kristin Arnett (Fiction)

Why Mummy Drinks – Gill Sims (Fiction)

Postcards From The Edge – Carrie Fisher (Fiction)

Born A Crime – Trevor Noah (Memoir)

Self-Inflicted Wounds – Aisha Taylor (Memoir)

Bossypants – Tina Fey (Memoir)

Wishful Drinking – Carrie Fisher (Memoir)

Dear Girls – Ali Wong (Memoir)

I Don’t Know What You Know Me From – Judy Greer (Memoir)

Sh*t My Dad Says – Justin Halpern (Memoir)

Gross Anatomy – Mara Altman (Non-Fiction)

Big Activity Book For Anxious People – Jordan Reid (Non-Fiction)

Yes Please – Amy Poehler (Memoir)

I Can’t Make This Up – Kevin Hart (Memoir)

A Polaroid Guy In A Snapchat World – David Spade (Memoir)

Life Will Be The Death Of Me – Chelsea Handler (Memoir)

How To Be A Bawse – Lilly Singh (Memoir)

FOLD...Marginalized Poets

Celebrate The Festival Of Literary Diversity…Marginalized Poets

Milke and Honey - Rupi Kaur (Poetry)

This Wound Is A World - Billy-Ray Belacourt (Poetry)

This Accident Of Being Lost - Leanne Betasamosake Simpson (Poetry)

A Fortune For Your Disaster - Hanif Abdurraqib (Poetry)

Mind Platter - Najwa Zebian (Reflections)

All Along You Were Blooming - Morgan Harper Nichols (Affirmations)

Shame Is An Ocean I Swim Across - Mary Lambert (Poetry)

Long Way Down - Jason Reynolds (Story)

Voodoo Hypothesis - Canisia Lubrin (Poetry)

FOLD...Voices Of 2020

Celebrate The Festival Of Literary Diversity…Voices Of 2020

Bunny - Mona Awad (Fiction)

My Summer Of Love & Misfortune - Lindsay Wong (Fiction)

It All Falls Down - Sheena Kamal (Fiction)

There's Something About Sweetie - Sandhya Menon (Fiction)

Older Sister. Not Necessarily Related - Jenny Hijun Wills (Memoir)

The Stone Thrower - Jael Ealey Richardson (Memoir)

We Have Always Been Here - Samra Habib (Memoir)

An Ocean Of Minutes - Thea Lim (Fiction)

Disfigured: On Fairytales, Disability & Making Space - Amanda Leduc (Memoir)

FOLD...Indigenous Voices

Celebrate The Festival Of Literary Diversity…Indigenous Voices & Stories

From The Ashes - Jessie Thistle (Memoir)

Empire Of The Wild - Cherie Dimaline (Fiction)

Split Tooth - Tanya Tagaq (Fiction/Memoir)

Moon Of The Crusted Snow - Waubgeshig Rice (Fiction)

Son Of A Trickster - Eden Robinson (Fiction)

Starlight - Richard Wagamese (Fiction)

Trail Of Lightning - Rebecca Roanhorse (Fiction)

There There - Tommy Orange (Fiction)

The Break - Katherena Vermette (Fiction)

The Round House - Louise Erdrich (Fiction)

Heart Berries -Terese Marie Mailhot (Memoir)

They Called Me Number One - Bev Sellars (Memoir)

Seven Fallen Feathers - Tanya Talaga (Non-Fiction)

Indian Horse - Richard Wagamese (Fiction)

An Inconvenient Indian - Thomas King (Non-Fiction)

Give Me Some Truth - Eric Gansworth (Teen Fiction)

Braiding Sweetgrass - Robin Wall Kimmerer (Essays)

This Place: 150 Years Retold - Various (Compilation)

Shadows Cast By Stars - Catherin Knutsson (Fiction)

The Orenda - Joseph Boyden (Fiction)

FOLD...Caribbean Voices

Celebrate The Festival Of Literary Diversity…Caribbean Voices & Stories

I've Been Meaning To Tell You - David Chariandy (Memoir)

Reproduction - Ian Williams (Fiction)

Frying Plantain - Zalika Reid-Benta (Fiction)

The Other Side Of Paradise - Staceyann Chin (Memoir)

A Brief History Of Seven Killings - Marlon James (Fiction)

The Brief Wondrous Life Of Oscar Wao - Junot Diaz (Fiction)

The Measure Of A Man - Sidney Poitier (Memoir)

Land Of Love And Drowning - Tiphanie Yanique (Fiction)

Annie John - Jamaica Kincaid (Fiction)

Almost A Woman - Esmeralda Santiago (Memoir)

Breath, Eyes, Memory - Edwidge Danticat (Fiction)

In The Time Of Butterfiles - Julia Alvarez (Fiction)

The Polished Toe - Austin Clarke (Fiction)

Patsy - Nicole Dennis-Benn (Fiction)

Dealing In Dreams - Lilliam Rivera (Fiction)

Unassigned Reading...

Compiled For Tweens & Teens!

The Between – David Hofmeyr – Teen – 14+

Tarnished Are The Stars – Rosiee Thor – Teen – 14+

Who Put This Song On – Morgan Parker – Teen – 16+

The Unwilling – Kelly Braffet – Teen – 16+

City Spies – James Ponti – Tween – 10+

The Bitter Side Of Sweet – Tara Sullivan – Tween – 10+

Drums, Girls & Dangerous Pie – Jordan Sonnenbick – Tween – 10+

A Song Only I Can Hear – Barry Jonsberg – Tween – 10+

Counting By 7’s – Holly Goldberg Sloan – Tween – 10+

The Unteachables – Gordon Korman – Tween – 8+

The Mighty Odds – Amy Ignatow – Tween – 10+

Miscalculations Of Lightning Girl – Stacy McAnulty – Tween – 8+

Mostly The Honest Truth – Jody Little – Tween – 9+

The Past & Other Things That Should Stay Buried – Shawn David Hutchinson – Teen – 14+

Layoverland – Gabby Noone – Teen – 13+

Say Her Name – Zetta Elliot – Teen – 14+

Feminist Agenda Of Jemima Kincaid – Kate Hattener – Teen – 13+

Monstress – Marjorie M. Liu – Teen – 15+

Eight Will Fall – Sarah Harian – Teen – 14+

Front Desk – Kelly Yang – Tween – 8+

Restart – Gordon Korman – Inbetween – 9+

The Burning – Laura Bates – Teen – 14+

Silence Of Bones – June Hur – Teen – 14+

Poet X – Elizabeth Acevedo – Teen – 13+

The Disasters – M.K. England – Teen – 14+

The Secret Runners – Matthew Reilly – Teen – 14+

Amal Unbound – Aisha Saeed – Tween – 10+

Nevermoor: Trails of Morrigan Crow – Jessica Townsend – Tween – 9+

Sweet Pea – Julie Murphy – Tween – 8+

Infinity Son – Adam Silvera – Teen – 14+

Most Likely – Sarah Watson – Teen – 14+

Slay – Brittany Morris – Teen – 14+

Girl Gone Viral – Arvin Ahmadi – Teen – 12+

The Binding – Bridget Collins – Teen – 14+

Escape From Mr. Lemoncello’s Library – Chris Grabenstern – Tween – 8+

Nightbooks – J.A. White – Tween – 9+

Solo – Kwame Alexander – Teen – 12+

Library Of Lost Things – Laura Taylor – Teen – 12+

Quintessence – Jess Redman – Tween – 10+

New Kid – Jerry Craft – Tween – 8+

Speechless – Adam P. Schmitt – Tween – 10+

Roller Girl – Victoria Jameison – Tween – 8+

More Than Maybe – Erin Hahn – Teen – 12+

Good Enough – Paula Yoo – Teen – 12+

We Set The Dark On Fire – Tehor Kay Meiga – Teen – 14+

First Rule Of Punk – Celia C. Perez – Tween – 8+

Nightlights – Lorena Alvarez – Tween – 8+

The Secret Series Complete Collection – Pseudonymous Bosch – Tween – 9+

That Time I Got Kidnapped – Tom Mitchell – Tween – 11+

99 Books To Read Before...You Know...

99 Of Donna’s Fav Books For Your TBR List

*if you don’t know what TBR means you’ve possibly taken a wrong turn…

1. The Stand – Stephen King

2. Harry Potter Series – J. K. Rowling

3. Good Omens – Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman

4. Dracula – Bram Stoker

5. Lord of The Rings Trilogy – J. R. R. Tolkien

6. Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time – Mark Haddon

7. To Kill a Mockingbird – Harper Lee

8. The Secret History – Donna Tartt

9. Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine – Gail Honeyman

10. Handmaid’s Tale – Margaret Atwood

11. Ready Player One – Ernest Cline

12. Motherless Brooklyn – Jonathan Lethem

13. Red Rising Series – Pierce Brown

14. Battle Royale – Koushun Takami

15. The Martian – Andy Weir

16. Bad Monkey/Sick Puppy – Carl Hiaasen

17. Heart Shaped Box – Joe Hill

18. The Lovely Bones – Alice Sebold

19. This Story Is A Lie – Tom Pollock

20. I Am Pilgrim – Terry Hayes

21. The Shining/Doctor Sleep – Stephen King

22. Harriet The Spy – Louise Fitzhugh

23. The Eight – Katherine Neville

24. Fahrenheit 451 – Ray Bradbury

25. Wuthering Heights – Emily Bronte

26. American Gods – Neil Gaiman

27. Silence of The Lambs – Thomas Harris

28. Where the Sidewalk Ends – Shel Silverstein

29. Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium Trilogy) – Stieg Larsson

30. A Simple Plan – Scott Smith

31. The Book Thief – Markus Zusak

32. Winter’s Bone – Daniel Woodrell

33. Mystic River – Dennis Lehane

34. Little Brother – Cory Doctorow

35. Frankenstein – Mary Shelley

36. The Sisters Brothers – Patrick deWitt

37. The 25thHour – David Benioff

38. Go Ask Alice – Anonymous

39. Bird Box –Josh Malerman

40. The Road –Cormac McCarthy

41. Murder of Roger Ackroyd/Crooked House – Agatha Christie

42. Princess Bride – William Goldman

43. Grimm’s Fairy Tales – Brothers Grimm

44. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close – Jonathan Safran Foer

45. Never Let Me Go – Kazuo Ishiguro

46. Daisy Jones & The Six – Taylor Jenkins Reid

47. Anna Karenina – Leo Tolstoy

48. A Visit from the Goon Squad – Jennifer Egan

49. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn – Betty Smith

50. In the Name of the Rose – Umberto Eco

51. The Poisonwood Bible – Barbara Kingsolver

52. High Fidelity – Nick Hornby

53. The Corrections – Jonathan Franzen

54. Postcards from the Edge – Carrie Fisher

55. Count of Monte Cristo – Alexandre Dumas

56. Time Traveler’s Wife – Audrey Niffenegger

57. The Borrowers – Mary Norton

58. Kane and Abel – Jeffrey Archer

59. Interpreter of Maladies – Jhumpa Lahiri

60. Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil – John Berendt

61. The Eyre Affair (Thursday Next Series) – Jasper Fforde

62. The Nightingale – Kristin Hannah

63. Practical Magic – Alice Hoffman

64. The Stinky Cheese Man – Jon Scieszka

65. The Killing Circle – Andrew Pyper

66. Me and Earl and the Dying Girl – Jesse Andrews

67. White Teeth – Zadie Smith

68. The Pillars of the Earth – Ken Follett

69. Rebecca – Daphne du Maurier

70. Lamb: Gospel According to Biff, Christ’s Childhood Pal – Christopher Moore

71. Doctor Zhivago – Boris Pasternak

72. English Patient – Michael Ondaatje

73. A Fine Balance – Rohinton Mistry

74. The Historian – Elizabeth Kostova

75. Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf – Edward Albee

76. Fight Club – Chuck Palahniuk

77. Ordinary People – Judith Guest

78. Rosemary’s Baby – Ira Levin

79. The Andromeda Strain – Michael Crichton

80. Oh, the Places You’ll Go! – Dr. Seuss

81. Heartburn – Nora Ephron

82. Clockers –Richard Price

83. Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell – Susanna Clarke

84. Swamplandia! – Karen Russell

85. Little Women – Louisa May Alcott

86. The Maltese Falcon – Dashiell Hammett

87. Larry’s Party – Carol Shields

88. The Fault in Our Stars – John Green

89. Everything I Never Told You – Celeste Ng

90. The Kite Runner – Khaled Hosseini

91. Franny & Zooey – J. D. Salinger

92. Breakfast of Champions – Kurt Vonnegut

93. This Is Where I Leave You – Jonathan Tropper

94. My Sister’s Keeper – Jodi Picoult

95. For Whom the Bell Tolls – Ernest Hemingway

96. The Giant’s House – Elizabeth McCracken

97. Smila’s Sense of Snow – Peter Hoeg

98. The Left Hand of Darkness – Ursula K. Leguin

99. Carry On, Jeeves – P. G. Wodehouse

 

For A Grade 3(ish) Girl Destined To Be A Rebel

10 Books For Sassy Girls!

1.   Harriet The Spy - Louis Fitzhugh

2.   Serafina & The Black Cloak - Robert Beatty

3.    Secret Sisters Series - Lynne Rae Perkins

4.    The Borrowers - Mary Norton

5.    Holes - Louise Sachar

6.    House With A Clock In It's Walls - John Bellairs

7.    Ella Enchanted - Gail Carson Levine

8.    Flush - Carl Hiaasen

9.    Mysterious Benedict Society - Trenton Lee Stewart*

10.    Princess Bride - William Goldman*

*parental guidance might be required

 

For A Grade 5(ish) Boy With A Huge & Wonderful Imagination

10 Books For Imaginative Boys!

1.   The Outsiders - S.E Hinton

2.   Evil Genius - Catherine Jinks

3.    Otherworld - Jason Segel*

4.    Endgame - James Frey*

5.    Gunslinger: Dark Tower - Stephen King*

6.    Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Nighttime - Mark Haddon*

7.    The Book Thief - Markus Zusak*

8.    For The Win - Cory Doctorow*

9.    Feed - M.T. Titus*

10.    Book Of Lost Things - John Connolly

*parental guidance might be required

 

10 Wickedly Fun Thrillers

10 Wickedly Fun Thrillers

1.   I’ll Find You In The Dark – Nathan Ripley

2.   Women In The Window – AJ Finn

3.    Unravelling Oliver – Liz Nugent

4.    I Let You Go – Claire MacIntosh

5.    Always Watching – Chevy Stevens

6.    Pretty Girls – Karin Slaughter

7.    Lying Game – Ruth Ware

8.    Don’t Let Go – Harlan Coben

9.    Little Deaths – Emma Flint

10.    Behind Closed Doors – B.A. Paris