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Haben: The Deafblind Woman Who Conquered Harvard Law
by Haben Girma
Haben grew up spending summers with her family in the enchanting Eritrean city of Asmara. There, she discovered courage as she faced off against a bull she couldn't see, and found in herself an abiding strength as she absorbed her parents'...
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Take My Hand
by Dolen Perkins-Valdez
Montgomery, Alabama, 1973. Fresh out of nursing school, Civil Townsend intends to make a difference, especially in her African American community. At the Montgomery Family Planning Clinic, she hopes to help women shape their destinies, to...
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An American Marriage
by Tayari Jones
Newlyweds Celestial and Roy are the embodiment of both the American Dream and the New South. He is a young executive, and she is an artist on the brink of an exciting career. But as they settle into the routine of their life together, they...
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To Kill a Mockingbird
by Harper Lee
Harper Lee's Pulitzer Prize winning masterwork of honor and injustice in the deep South — and the heroism of one man in the face of blind and violent hatred
One of the most cherished stories of all time, To Kill a Mockingbird...
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The Bluest Eye
by Toni Morrison
From the acclaimed Nobel Prize winner — a powerful examination of our obsession with beauty and conformity that asks questions about race, class, and gender with characteristic subtly and grace.
In Morrison’s acclaimed first novel,...
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Adults
Oryx and Crake (MaddAddam Trilogy)
by Margaret Atwood
The first volume in the internationally acclaimed MaddAddam trilogy is at once an unforgettable love story and a compelling vision of the future — from the bestselling author of The Handmaid's Tale and The Testaments.
Snowman,...
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I Am Legend
by Richard Matheson
This bestselling classic tale of the last man on Earth by Richard Matheson — one of genre literature's most honored storytellers became the basis for a major motion picture starring Will Smith.
Robert Neville is the last living man...
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Altered Carbon (Takeshi Kovacs Series)
by Richard K. Morgan
In the twenty-fifth century, humankind has spread throughout the galaxy, monitored by the watchful eye of the U.N. While divisions in race, religion, and class still exist, advances in technology have redefined life itself. Now, assuming...
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Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
by Philip K. Dick
A masterpiece ahead of its time, a prescient rendering of a dark future, and the inspiration for the blockbuster film Blade Runner.
By 2021, the World War has killed millions, driving entire species into extinction and sending...
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Teens & Young Adults
Scythe (Arc of a Scythe Series)
by Neal Shusterman
A world with no hunger, no disease, no war, no misery: humanity has conquered all those things, and has even conquered death. Now Scythes are the only ones who can end life—and they are commanded to do so, in order to keep the size of the...