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So Many Stars

An Oral History of Trans, Nonbinary, Genderqueer, and Two-Spirit People of Color

by Caro De Robertis

Hardcover: May 2025 | Paperback: Jun 2026

Critics' Consensus:

Award-winning novelist Caro De Robertis offers a first-of-its-kind, deeply personal, and moving oral history of a generation of queer and trans elders of color, from leading activists to artists to ordinary citizens to tell their stories of ...

The Afterlife of Malcolm X

An Outcast Turned Icon's Enduring Impact on America

by Mark Whitaker

Hardcover: May 2025 | Paperback: Jun 2026

Critics' Consensus:

Published to coincide with the hundredth anniversary of his birth, the first major study of Malcolm X's influence in the sixty years since his assassination, exploring his enduring impact on culture, politics, and civil rights.

Banned Together

Our Fight for Readers' Rights

by Ashley Hope Pérez

Hardcover: Mar 2025 | Paperback: May 2026

Critics' Consensus:

A dazzling YA anthology that spotlights the transformative power of books while equipping teens to fight for the freedom to read, featuring the voices of 15 diverse, award-winning authors and illustrators.

Livonia Chow Mein

A Novel

by Abigail Savitch-Lew

Hardcover: Apr 2026

Critics' Consensus:

In the vein of Happiness Falls and Family Lore, a gripping story of family history and political upheaval centered around a Chinese family-owned restaurant in Brownsville, Brooklyn and its impact on the neighborhood's Jewish and Black residents over ...

Black Bear

A Story of Siblinghood and Survival

by Trina Moyles

Hardcover: Jan 2026

Critics' Consensus:

A dazzling memoir about one woman's coexistence with bears in the boreal forest and a singular meditation on sibling loss.

We Refuse

A Forceful History of Black Resistance

by Kellie Carter Jackson

Hardcover: Jun 2024 | Paperback: Nov 2025

Critics' Consensus:

A radical reframing of the past and present of Black resistance—both nonviolent and violent—to white supremacy.

Mother Mary Comes to Me

by Arundhati Roy

Hardcover: Sep 2025

Critics' Consensus:

A raw and deeply moving memoir from the legendary author of The God of Small Things and The Ministry of Utmost Happiness that traces the complex relationship with her mother, Mary Roy, a fierce and formidable force who shaped Arundhati's life both as...

White Lies

How the South Lost the Civil War, Then Rewrote the History

by Ann Bausum

Hardcover: Aug 2025

Critics' Consensus:

This powerful and unflinching examination of racism in America by award-winning historian Ann Bausum deconstructs the warped history of the Civil War for teen readers, perfect for fans of Stamped, Just Mercy, and Accountable.

Rethinking Rescue

Dog Lady and the Story of America's Forgotten People and Pets

by Carol Mithers

Hardcover: Aug 2024 | Paperback: Aug 2025

Critics' Consensus:

Rethinking Rescue boldly confronts two of the biggest challenges of our time — poverty and homelessness — in asking the question: Who deserves the love of a pet?

The Lost Trees of Willow Avenue

A Story of Climate and Hope on One American Street

by Mike Tidwell

Hardcover: Mar 2025

Critics' Consensus:

A riveting and elegant story of climate change on one city street, full of surprises and true stories of human struggle and dying local trees – all against the national backdrop of 2023's record heat domes and raging wildfires and, ...

Everything Is Tuberculosis

The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection

by John Green

Hardcover: Mar 2025

Critics' Consensus:

John Green, acclaimed author and passionate advocate for global healthcare reform, tells a deeply human story illuminating the fight against the world's deadliest infectious disease.

Becoming Madam Secretary

by Stephanie Dray

Hardcover: Mar 2024 | Paperback: Mar 2025

Critics' Consensus:

New York Times bestselling author Stephanie Dray returns with a captivating and dramatic new novel about an American heroine Frances Perkins.

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