“I think I saw our ghosts”: a devastating modern WWI novel - Regeneration by Pat Barker
Can racism be funny? - You'll Never Believe What Happened to Lacey: Crazy Stories about Racism by Amber Ruffin, Lacey Lamar
Believing is seeing - A Master of Djinn by P. Djeli Clark
“No. You are divine. You are impossible to get enough of. Perhaps some people would disagree, but those people don’t especially matter, because you’re mine.” - Act Your Age, Eve Brown by Talia Hibbert
…culture is as much about what we encourage as what we actually permit. - Beartown by Fredrik Backman
You Englishwomen are all the same. So modern with your bicycling machines and pamphlets on voting. - An Unexpected Peril by Deanna Raybourn
Emotionally satisfying and hilarious rom-com - Twice Shy by Sarah Hogle
This is getting a lukewarm reaction from a lot of people, but I absolutely loved it. - Second First Impressions by Sally Thorne
I am sad to report that ‘Tasting Captain America’, the fanfic Eve mentions reading on AO3, is not real. - Act Your Age, Eve Brown (The Brown Sisters, #3) by Talia Hibbert
The Name of War – Jill Lepore (1998) - The Name of War by Jill Lepore
The Unwinding – George Packer (2013) - The Unwinding by George Packer
The Strange Career of Jim Crow – C Vann Woodward (1955) - The Strange Career of Jim Crow by C Vann Woodward
Penric and Desdemona, name a more iconic duo - The Assassins of Thasalon by Lois McMaster Bujold
Stand and Deliver, Your Money or Your Life - The Queer Principles of Kit Webb by Cat Sebastian
A poignant, salty heroine - Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout
Space Opera at its finest - Shards of Earth by Adrian Tchaikovsky
The deadliest little village in the Eastern Townships - The Cruelest Month by Louise Penny
Is it weird how much I was looking forward to reading this? - In Control: Dangerous Relationships and How They End in Murder by Jane Monckton Smith
dreams fill in where memories fail - Space Invaders by Nona Fernández, Natasha Wimmer
Different Perspective on Anti-Racism Work - What White People Can Do Next: From Allyship to Coalition by Emma Dabiri
God gave Noah the rainbow sign, no water but the fire next time. - The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin
Stars and Stones - Peace Talks by Jim Butcher; Battle Ground by Jim Butcher
The one percent control magic, too! - Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo
It’s Never Been Fair - The Color of Law- A Forgotten History of How our Government Segregated America by Richard Rothstein
“Things are as they are, and I am part of them.” - Earth Abides by George R. Stewart
Cannonballing to the end of the world with Sandman Slim - King Bullet by Richard Kadrey
Sex, Drugs, and Rock ‘n’ Roll - Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid
When the Friday Night Lights Go Out - The Last Picture Show by Larry McMurty
“Cal feels like he ought to stand on a street corner handing out warnings, little pieces of paper that just say: Anyone could do anything.” - The Searcher by Tana French
“Has anyone noticed this whole city is looking for us, mad at us, or wants to kill us?” “So?” said Kaz. “Well, usually it’s just half the city.” - Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo
“These scratches are a history. They tell a story.” - The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune
“Then he slid one big, warm hand over the nape of her neck, squeezed, and said, “Don’t look so surprised. You know I love your brain.” - Take a Hint, Dani Brown by Talia Hibbert
The sinister side of suburbia - The Road Through the Wall by Shirley Jackson
“And if I speak of Paradise” - A Portable Paradise by Roger Robinson
A perfect example of what modern fantasy can do. - Foundryside (The Founders Trilogy, #1) by Robert Jackson Bennett
Scathing indictments lightly cloaked in humorous, beautifully written prose. - The Inconvenient Indian: A Curious Account of Native People in North America by Thomas King
Consider the Lobster – David Foster Wallace (2005) - Consider the Lobster by David Foster Wallace
Dramarama (and a delayed CANNONBALL)! - Giant Days, Vol. 1 (single issues 1-4) by John Allison, Lissa Treiman; Giant Days, Vol. 2 (single issues 5-8) by John Allison, Lissa Treiman, Max Sarin; Giant Days Vol. 3 (single issues 9-12) by John Allison, Max Sarin, Jim Campbell, Lissa Treiman
The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution – Bernard Bailyn (1967) - The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution by Bernard Bailyn
A powerful story of belief, grief, and belonging - Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi
How Racism Takes Place – George Lipstiz (2011) - How Racism Takes Place by George Lipsitz
Kids can be very scary - We Hear Voices by Evie Green
Pandemic-Era Picture Books - And The People Stayed Home by Kitty O'Meara; Lucy's Mask by Lisa Sirkis Thompson; While We Can't Hug by Eoin McLaughlin & Polly Dunbar
ROLEPLAYING! - TROIKA! by Daniel Sell
“Plant a Bomb on the First Page” - The Craft of Writing Science Fiction That Sells by Ben Bova
Horizon (2009) and Knife Children (2019) by Lois McMaster Bujold - Horizon by Lois McMaster Bujold; Knife Children by Lois McMaster Bujold
Parable of the Sower – Octavia Butler (1993) - Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler
The Souls of Black Folks – W.E.B. Du Bois (1903) - The Souls of the Black Folks by W.E.B. Du Bois
Shit, Actually – Lindy West (2020) - Shit Actually by Lindy West
Drop whatever you’re doing and read this book right now - The Devil Comes Courting by Courtney Milan