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Books Everyone Should Read at Least Once

The ultimate bucket list of books. These titles are essential for the well rounded reader.

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  • We Are Everywhere

    Protest, Power, and Pride in the History of Queer Liberation

    Riemer, Matthew, 1982-
    A visual history of the fight for queer liberation. This offers a powerful look at the decades of protest, power and pride that carved the history of LGBTQ+ rights.
    Book, 2019California : Ten Speed Press, [2019] — 306.76 REIM
  • This dystopian novel follows a woman entrapped by a totalitarian society's reproductive slavery.
    Book, 2019New York : Nan A. Talese, Doubleday, c2019. — GN H
  • A 20th century African-American woman is dragged back in time to a plantation and world of slavery in this blend of science fiction and slave narratives.
    Book, 2003Boston : Beacon Press, ©2003. — FIC BUTL
  • This coming of age novel follows Charlie as he navigates the challenges of mental health, friendship, identity and high-school.
    Book, 1999New York : MTV Books/Gallery Books, c1999. — YA CHBO
  • A multi-generational novel following a Palestinian family displaced from their ancestral home.
    Book, 2010New York : Bloomsbury, ©2010. — FIC ABUL
  • A masterpiece of magical realism, this story follows the BuendÍa family in the town of Macondo.
    Book, 1970New York : Harper Perennial Modern Classics, c1970. — FIC GARC
  • This novel follows sixteen year old Starr. She lives between two worlds separated by class and race. The balance she maintains is lost when her best-friend is shot by police.
    Book, 2018New York, NY : Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, c2018. — YA THOM
  • On Tyranny

    Twenty Lessons From the Twentieth Century

    Snyder, Timothy,
    This critical guide offers twenty lessons from the twentieth century on how to recognize and resist authoritarianism.
    Book, 2017New York : Tim Duggan Books, [2017] — 321.9 SNYD
  • This novel follows twelve Native American characters converging on a powwow in Oakland. A compelling story about identities in an urban setting.
    Book, 2018New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2018. — FIC ORAN
  • In a cafe in Tokyo customers are afforded the opportunity to travel back in time as long as they return to the present moment before the coffee gets cold.
    Book, 2020[Toronto, Ontario, Canada] : Hanover Square Press, 2020. — FIC KAWA
  • This classic of the Harlem Renaissance details Janie Crawford's journey of self-discovery, marriage, and her independence,
    Book, 1998New York, NY : Perennial Classics, c1998. — FIC HURS
  • This memoir about her childhood in Puerto Rico to her move to Brooklynn, New York detail themes of cultural differences, familial relationships and her education.
    Book, 1998New York : Vintage Books/Random House, 1998. — BIO SANTIAGO ESME Sant