Summer Reads

(Available after February 28th, 2023)In our lives, terrible things may happen. Michael Rosen has grieved the loss of a child, lived with debilitating chronic illness, and faced death itself when seriously unwell in hospital. In spite of this he has...

From the author of the New York Times bestseller Prisoners of Geography, a fascinating, “refreshing, and very useful” (The Washington Post) follow-up that uses ten maps to explain the challenges to today’s world powers...

(Available after April 30th, 2023) Deconstructing the processes and culture of the badly broken British political system in clear and accessible prose, the author of How to Be a Liberal reveals how we have got to this low point and how to start dragging...

(Available after 3-20 days)Racial identity, pop culture, and delusions of perfection collide in an eye-opening and refreshingly frank memoir by fashion and beauty insider Danielle Prescod.   Danielle Prescod grew up Black in an elite and overwhelmingly...

Narrative non-fiction doesn’t get much better than Patrick Radden Keefe. If you’re familiar with Keefe from his book-length deep dives, then this anthology of collected works is a treat. And, if you know him from The New York Times and The New...

(Available after 3-20 days)From a Pulitzer Prize finalist and New York Times bestselling author and poet comes a galvanizing meditation on the power of art and culture to illuminate America's unresolved problem with race.*Named a Most Anticipated Title...

(Available after February 20th, 2023)A deeply compelling exploration of the death industry and the people—morticians, detectives, crime scene cleaners, embalmers, executioners—who work in it and what led them there.We are surrounded by death. It is in...

“make them rue the day they underestimated you.”amanda lovelace, the bestselling & award-winning author of the “women are some kind of magic” poetry series, presents shine your icy crown, the second installment in her new feminist poetry series, “you...

"more forgetting time.more midnight dances with yourself."amanda lovelace, the bestselling & award-winning author of the “women are some kind of magic” poetry series, presents a new companion series, “you are your own fairy tale” the first...

The second full length poetry collection from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of What Kind of Woman.   Kate Baer shot into the literary stratosphere with the publication of her debut poetry collection, What Kind of Woman, which became an instant...

Named A Most Anticipated Book by: LitHub * Vulture * Time * A PW 2022 Holiday Gift Pick    One of: Time's "100 Must-Read Books of 2022" * NPR's 2022 "Books We Love" Vulture's "10 Best Books of 2022" A Goodreads Readers Choice Award Semifinalist From...

The American debut of an acclaimed young poet as she explores her identity as a twenty-first-century Indigenous woman. Poem by poem, Tibble carves out a bold new way of engaging history, of straddling modernity and ancestry, desire and exploitation...

The world has changed – but thankfully so have we. The Shift: Poetry for a New Perspective embodies the best of who we are now. From Melody Godfred, author of Self Love Poetry: for Thinkers & Feelers, comes a collection of poems designed to reframe...

(Available after 3-20 days) You might be familiar with Rio Cortez’s work in The New Yorker, The Altantic, or The ABCs of Black History, an abecedary of Black history and culture for children written in verse. While poems from Golden Ax have appeared...

If you've been itching to convert your craft into a career, your side-hustle into a start-up, or just want to think about work-life balance in a new way, then The Multi-Hyphen Life is for you.In The Multi-Hyphen Life, award-winning British...

‘Little Black Book is THE book of the year for working women with drive’ -- Refinery 29 The essential career handbook for creative working women. ‘A compact gem’ Stylist Little Black Book: A Toolkit For Working Women is the modern career guide...

(Available after 3-20 days)"Neil Young's Pono campaign was the third most successful hardware campaign of all time, and Alex deserves much of the credit, second only to Neil, of course. The Crowdsourceress will give you everything you need to make your...

The hilarious, thrilling, sometimes tragic supernatural hit manga that inspired two seasons of beautiful anime from Studio Bones!Ages 16 and up.THE BATTLE ENSUESYato goes head-to-head with his father, but the Yukiné he once knew is nowhere in sight. With...

The hilarious, thrilling, sometimes tragic supernatural hit manga that inspired two seasons of beautiful anime from Studio Bones!Ages 16 and up.Yato is a homeless god. He doesn't even have a shrine, not to mention worshippers! So to achieve his ambitious...

How to break through — and embrace — moments of discomfort to take on challenges you never thought possible, and achieve astonishing success along the way. While it is human nature to shy away from things that are outside of our comfort zone, it is only...