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“If I write this book, it's really gonna hurt — because if I write the truth, it's not a comfortable truth.” Mira Jacob is many things - acclaimed author / illustrator, cultural critic, awesome mother, and a pretty funny brown woman in Brooklyn who happens to be from New Mexico. For AAPI Heritage month, we're sharing past conversations with amazing Asian comics creators AND a few days later - a Quarantined Comics companion episode on their graphic novels. Mira's debut graphic memoir ‘Good Talk: A Memoir in Conversations' is one of Raman's all-time favorite books - and Mira's novel “The Sleepwalker's Guide to Dancing” is also most excellent. In ‘Good Talk', Mira shares hard conversations not just her young (mixed race) son, but also with her family and friends about experiences of race in America - from her childhood to the modern era. Mira shares not just her process - but stories that will make you laugh, stop, realize, maybe even cry, and then laugh again. LEARN ABOUT MIRA mirajacob.com IG @goodtalkthanks  // TW @mirajacob GOOD TALK: goodreads.com/book/show/36700347-good-talk MENTIONS MOVIE: Heathers (1989) - imdb.com/title/tt0097493/ PERSON: Zadie Smith (Author) - goodreads.com/author/show/2522.Zadie_Smith PERSON: Arundhati Roy (Author) - goodreads.com/author/show/6134.Arundhati_Roy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Big News: novelist/memoirist/wonderful human Mira Jacob will be stepping into the host chair this spring! This week, she and Jordan sit down for a pass-the-baton chat -- kicking off with a flashback to the very first Thresholds episode (and interview) from February 2020. MENTIONED: Mira's Thresholds interview "What You Might Not Know About 'Getting Roofied'" by Jordan Kisner Mira in conversation with Saeed Jones and Kiese Laymon for Bookable Mira Jacob is a novelist, memoirist, illustrator, and cultural critic. Her graphic memoir Good Talk: A Memoir in Conversations was shortlisted for the National Book Critics Circle Award, longlisted for the PEN Open Book Award, named a New York Times Notable Book, as well as a best book of the year by Time, Esquire, Publisher's Weekly, and Library Journal. It is currently in development as a television series with Film 44. Her novel The Sleepwalker's Guide to Dancing was a Barnes & Noble Discover New Writers pick, shortlisted for India's Tata First Literature Award, longlisted for the Brooklyn Literary Eagles Prize and named one of the best books of 2014 by Kirkus Reviews, the Boston Globe, Goodreads, Bustle, and The Millions. Her work has appeared in The New York Times Book Review, Electric Literature, Tin House, Literary Hub, Guernica, Vogue, and the Telegraph. She is currently the visiting professor at MFA Creative Writing program at The New School, and a founding faculty member of the MFA Program at Randolph College. She is the co-founder of Pete's Reading Series in Brooklyn, where she spent 13 years bringing literary fiction, non-fiction, and poetry to Williamsburg. She lives in Brooklyn with her husband, documentary filmmaker Jed Rothstein, and their son. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hannah Tinti is the author of the bestselling novels The Good Thief and The Twelve Lives of Samuel Hawley and the short story collection Animal Crackers. A creative writing professor in New York University's M.F.A. program, she is the co-founder of the Sirenland Writers Conference and the co-founder and executive editor of One Story magazine. Jai Chakrabarti's debut novel A Play for the End of the World was selected as one of 2021's best books by numerous periodicals. Formerly an emerging writer fellow with A Public Space, he has had his Pushcart Prize–winning short fiction anthologized in The O. Henry Prize Stories and The Best American Short Stories. Marie-Helene Bertino is the author of the novels Parakeet and 2 A.M. at the Cat's Pajamas, and the story collection Safe as Houses. A creative writing teacher at NYU and The New School, she has earned The O. Henry Prize, The Pushcart Prize, and fellowships from MacDowell, Sewanee, and The Center for Fiction. Mira Jacob is the author of the celebrated novel The Sleepwalker's Guide to Dancing and Good Talk: A Memoir in Conversations. A fiction teacher at NYU, The New School, and Randolph College, her articles, drawings, and short fiction have been published in The New York Times Book Review, Tin House, and Literary Hub. Edited by Tinti and published in partnership with the Selected Shorts literary radio program and live show, Small Odysseys presents never-before-published short stories by some of contemporary fiction's most acclaimed authors. (recorded 3/24/2022)

On this episode, we discuss our February 2022 book club pick Good Talk: A Memoir in Conversations by Mira Jacob , a  graphic memoir about growing up Indian in New Mexico and raising a child in the age of Trumpism. Joining us this time is fellow Potluck host Raman Sehgal (co-host of Modern Minorities & Quarantined Comics) who is a Good Talk superfan, having read the book 5 times. You can listen to more from our guest Raman on his podcasts Modern Minorities & Quarantined Comics and check out more of his thoughts on Good Talk at:Modern Minorities - EP 70: Mira Jacob (shares a) Good TalkQuarantined Comics - GOOD TALK ...hits a little too close to home*Support the podcast by purchasing books at our bookshop *Follow our hosts:Reera Yoo (@reeraboo)Marvin Yueh (@marvinyueh)Follow us:FacebookTwitterGoodreads GroupThe Books & Boba March 2022 pick is Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka AokiThis podcast is part of Potluck: An Asian American Podcast Collective

On this episode, we highlight the latest book and publishing news in Asian American literature for our February 2022 mid-month check-in! New books mentioned in our publishing news:My Nemisis by Charmaine CraigOur issing Hearts by Celeste NgMade in Asian America: A History for Young People by Erika Lee and Christina SoontornvatWhen I Gave Dad a Sign by Jack WongWe are Earthlings by Rachel QiuqiWalter Takes a While by Ann Kim HaWhen an Elephant Hears NO by Dazzle NgHana's Hundreds of Hijabs by Razeena Omar GuttaIf I Have to be Haunted by Miranda SunLion Dancers by Cai TseAlterations by Raymond XuAva Lin by Vicky FangFind Him Where You Left Him Dead by Kristen SimmonsThe Goblin Twins by Frances ChaYou Can Move Mountains by Richard HoMy Saree by Gita Vara-dara-janLunar New Year Love Story by Gene Luen Yang and Le Uyen PhamDeathlings by Coco MaFirst Night of Howlergarten by Benson ShumThe Space Between Here and Now by Sarah SukRamadan Kareem by M.O. YukseiHidden Tails by Van HoangTaki's Belt by Fumio Obata*Support the podcast by purchasing books at our bookshop *Follow our hosts:Reera Yoo (@reeraboo)Marvin Yueh (@marvinyueh)Follow us:FacebookTwitterGoodreads GroupThe Books & Boba February 2022 pick is Good Talk: A Memoir in Conversations by Mira JacobThis podcast is part of Potluck: An Asian American Podcast Collective

On this episode, we chat with June Hur (author of past book club pick The Silence of Bones) about her latest novel, The Red Palace, her latest mystery novel taking place during Korea's Joseon Dynasty. We ask June about her writing origins, her journey to publishing, and what inspired her to write her unique "Joseon Noir" style stories.Follow June on instagram at @junehwrites and check out her book The Red Palace on sale now!*Support the podcast by purchasing books at our bookshop *Follow our hosts:Reera Yoo (@reeraboo)Marvin Yueh (@marvinyueh)Follow us:FacebookTwitterGoodreads GroupThe Books & Boba February 2022 pick is Good Talk: A Memoir in Conversations by Mira JacobThis podcast is part of Potluck: An Asian American Podcast Collective

On this episode, we discuss our January 2022 book club pick She Who Became the Sun by  Shelley Parker-Chan, a  queer re-imagining of the rise of the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty. In the last days of the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty reign over China, an unnamed daughter takes on her dead brother's name to survive as a novice monk after her family is attacked by bandits. When that safe haven is also taken from her, she decides that in order to survive, she needs to take on her brother's abandoned fate of greatness as well ans rise the ranks as the rebel monk commander Zhu Chongba. *Support the podcast by purchasing books at our bookshop *Follow our hosts:Reera Yoo (@reeraboo)Marvin Yueh (@marvinyueh)Follow us:FacebookTwitterGoodreads GroupThe Books & Boba February 2022 pick is Good Talk: A Memoir in Conversations by Mira JacobThis podcast is part of Potluck: An Asian American Podcast Collective

Zibby is joined by Mira Jacob to talk about her latest book, Good Talk, which was named one of the best books of 2019 by the New York Times Book Review. The graphic memoir was the result of Mira's attempts to answer her young son's questions about race in America while dealing with the political developments of 2016 — especially those that took place within her own family. Mira tells Zibby how she was able to assemble this book despite not being an illustrator or a memoirist and how her husband's family has received her side of their shared story.Purchase on Amazon or Bookshop.Amazon: https://amzn.to/3m10EgUBookshop: https://bit.ly/2ZDyXTJ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Gillian Laub's photography makes us cry. And laugh! What we're saying is, it's magical, and just wait until you hear about her latest project Family Matters, a book and an exhibit exploring family (hers, specifically) in a politically divided America. Something we need to address first, though: racing hot dogs (vegan ones, specifically).   Courtesy of Eater: “PETA wants the big hot dog costumes at baseball games to be vegan, but surprise! They already are.”   Let's please examine The Famous Racing Sausages at Milwaukee Brewers games and the racing pierogies at Pittsburgh Pirates games.   We'll take any opportunity to give a little love to Trader Joe's Soy Chorizo.   Pick up Gillian Laub's outrageously compelling book Family Matters! See her show at the International Center of Photography in NYC from September 24, 2021, to January 10, 2022!   For more of Gillian's work, check out her site and IG.   More on Pop-Up Magazine, where Gillian workshopped this project.   Another relevant book that Gillian loves (um, same): Good Talk: A Memoir in Conversations by Mira Jacob. Listen also: our interview with Mira about said book.   Gillian's photos of Cindy Adams for New York mag...and her behind-the-scenes content.   Lovin' your voicemails, friends! Keep ‘em coming at 833-632-5463.    If you're a fan of this show and haven't subscribed to Secret Menu...   Give Nutrafol a try for thicker, healthier hair. Your first month's subscription is $15 off with the code ATHINGORTWO. Tune into Dipsea's sexy audio stories—a free 30-day trial is yours when you use our link. Download the Zocdoc app (for free!) and schedule a doctor's appointment you've been putting off. Use Modern Fertility's finger-prick test to get a handle on your fertility. It's $20 off when you use our link. YAY.   Produced by Dear Media

West Lafayette Public Library Director Nick Schenkel reviews the graphic novel: "Good Talk: A Memoir in Conversation" by Mira Jacob. This book explores the realms of the very contemporary experiences of immigrants and their descendants. Jacob takes us deep into the immigrant experience, using first person dialogue presented in graphic novel form to examine her life from childhood through motherhood, in a story as old as the colonization of the Americas and as new as today.

“If I write this book, it's really gonna hurt — because if I write the truth, it's not a comfortable truth.” Mira Jacob is many things - acclaimed author / illustrator, cultural critic, awesome mother, and a pretty funny brown woman in Brooklyn who happens to be from New Mexico. Mira’s graphic memoir ‘GOOD TALK’ is one of Raman’s all-time favorite books (which we’ve aired a previous episode on), has achieved TONS of critical acclaim, AND is now in development as a television series. Mira’s novel “The Sleepwalker’s Guide to Dancing” is also most excellent. ‘Good Talk: A Memoir in Conversations’ shares hard conversations Mira has had with not just her young (mixed race) son, but her family and friends about experiences of race in America - from her childhood to the modern era. Mira shares not just her process - but stories that will make you laugh, stop, realize, maybe even cry, and then laugh again You really should stop reading this right now and go read Mira’s work...like yesterday. LEARN ABOUT MIRA GOOD TALK: goodreads.com/book/show/36700347-good-talk mirajacob.com IG @goodtalkthanks // TW @mirajacob MENTIONS MOVIE: Heathers (1989) - imdb.com/title/tt0097493/ PERSON: Zadie Smith (Author) - goodreads.com/author/show/2522.Zadie_Smith PERSON: Arundhati Roy (Author) - goodreads.com/author/show/6134.Arundhati_Roy

Exhausted by writing, Mira Jacob used illustration to explore themes of family, love and race in her graphic memoir Good Talk: A Memoir in Conversations. She joins host Angela Ledgerwood to discuss her parents' love story, teaching herself to draw and the idea that love is the opposite of racism. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

"For too long our stories haven't been written and these women, who have accomplished so many things that we'll never know, were relegated to the shadows." - Samira Ahmed Samira Ahmed is the New York Times bestselling author of Love, Hate & Other Filters, Internment and Mad, Bad & Dangerous to Know. She was born in Bombay, India and grew up in the suburbs of Chicago in a house that smelled like fried onions, cardamom and potpourri. A graduate of the University of Chicago, she’s lived in Chicago, New York, and Kauai where she spent a year searching for the perfect mango. Connect with Samira on her website, Twitter, and Instagram. Samira's book recommendations: Good Talk: A Memoir in Conversations by Mira Jacob (FBC interview with Mira here!) The Grace Year by Kim Liggett -- We donate 5% of all our sales to a different feminist organization each month. Our April charity is WEDO. Get $5 off your Feminist Book Club Box with the code PODCAST at feministbookclub.com/shop.   --   Website: http://www.feministbookclub.com Instagram: @feministbookclubbox Twitter: @fmnstbookclub Facebook: /feministbookclubbox Goodreads: Renee // Feminist Book Club Box and Podcast Email newsletter: http://bit.ly/FBCemailupdates   -- This podcast is produced on the native land of the Dakota and Ojibwe peoples.   Logo and web design by Shatterboxx  Editing support from Phalin Oliver Original music by @iam.onyxrose Transcript for this episode: bit.ly/FBCtranscript73

Exhausted by writing, Mira Jacob used illustration to explore themes of family, love and race in her graphic memoir Good Talk: A Memoir in Conversations. She joins host Angela Ledgerwood to discuss her parents’ love story, teaching herself to draw and the idea that love is the opposite of racism.

In this episode of Booklist's Shelf Care: The Podcast, host Susan Maguire sits down with librarian extraordinaire Robin Bradford to discuss the hottest topic in all of Libraryland: are trade paperbacks better than mass market paperbacks? They get into patron behavior, format preferences, and, inevitably, romance novels. Then Audio Editor Heather Booth provides a glimpse at the audio award-winners announced at ALA Midwinter in January, and Susan and Adult Books Editor Donna Seaman break down the winners Carnegie Awards for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction. It's a big episode, y'all! The books mentioned this episode are: The Wedding Date by Jasmine Guillory The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang A Bollywood Affair by Sonali Dev Longarm series of westerns NetGalley The Lady’s Guide to Celestial Mechanics by Olivia Waite A Cowboy to Remember by Rebekah Weatherspoon Sweet Talkin’ Lover by Tracey Livesay As Good as the First Time by K. M. Jackson (K. M. Jackson’s How to Marry Keanu Reeves in 90 Days comes out in fall 2021. !!!) Suzanne Brockmann’s Navy SEALS Lowdown Dirty by Holly Trent Date Me, Bryson Keller by Kevin van Whye Grumpy Jake by Melissa Blue On Time: A Princely Life in Funk by Morris Day RUSA Listen List; ALSC Notable Children’s Recordings ; YALSA Amazing Audio; Odyssey Award Narrators: Dion Graham Bahni Turpin Tessa Netting Cassandra Morris January LaVoy Own Voices Memoirs Narrated by the Author: Becoming by Michelle Obama, read by the author Shout by Laurie Halse Anderson, read by the author Brave Face by Shaun David Hutchinson, read by the author Notes from a Young Black Chef by Kwame Onwuachi, read by the author Full Cast Productions: Lovely War by Julie Berry, read by Allan Corduner et al Good Talk: A Memoir in Conversations by Mira Jacob, read by a full cast Daisy Jones & the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid, read by Jennifer Beals et al Hey, Kiddo by Jarrett J. Krosoczka, read by the author et al Etc: We Are Grateful: Ostaliheliga by Traci Sorell, read by Lauren Hummingbird Song for a Whale by Lynne Kelly, read by Abigail Revasch We’re Not from Here by Geoff Rodkey, read by Dani Martineck Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams, read by Shvorne Marks Mango, Abuela, y yo (Mango, Abuela, and Me) by Meg Medina, read by Alisa Amador Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction & Nonfiction Figuring by Maria Popova Midnight in Chernobyl: The Untold Story of the World’s Greatest Nuclear Disaster by Adam Higginbotham Lost Children Archive by Valeria Luiselli

Mira Jacob is an author, illustrator, contributor to The New York Times, Vogue, BuzzFeed, Shondaland and many others, and writing professor at The New School and Randolph College. Her latest book, Good Talk: A Memoir in Conversations, takes you on a funny, wise, provocative and profoundly eye-opening journey about her life growing up with Indian parents in New Mexico, marrying a white, Jewish man and raising a biracial son in a world where love, fear, rage, and identity often dance together in deeply complicated ways.You can find Mira Jacob at: Instagram | Website | FacebookCheck out our offerings & partners: Have you discovered your Sparketype yet? Take the Sparketype Assessment™ now. IT’S FREE and takes about 7-minutes to complete. At a minimum, it’ll open your eyes in a big way. It also just might change your life.

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It’s our Best of 2019 episode! Of course, these are not necessarily the best things published in 2019, but instead the best things we read for the podcast (including everything from Bizarro Fiction to True Crime) and the best of everything else we read. Join us! You can download the podcast directly, find it on Libsyn, or get it through Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Google Play, Spotify, or your favourite podcast delivery system. 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Mira Jacob, author of "Good Talk: A Memoir in Conversations", in conversation with writer/host Lakshya Datta. In this podcast-exclusive, Mira and Lakshya talk about her new book - why she wrote it, what it was like to re-live these talks from her past, and what conversations she hopes it starts. About the book: Inspired by her viral BuzzFeed piece '37 Difficult Questions from My Mixed-Raced Son', Mira Jacob responds to: her six-year-old, Z, who asks if the new president hates brown boys like him; uncomfortable relationship advice from her parents, who came to the United States from India one month into their arranged marriage; and increasingly fraught exchanges with her Trump-supporting in-laws. Jacob also investigates her own past, including how it felt to be a brown-skinned New Yorker on 9/11. As earnest and moving as they are laugh-out-loud funny, these are the stories that have shaped one life, but will resonate with many others. You can order the book on Amazon and learn more about MIra's work at mirajacob.com. Mira will be speaking at #JLFHouston2019 on Sept 14, and #ZeeJLFColorado2019 on Sept 21.

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"Especially with racial pain in America, people ask you for your story so they can tell you they don't believe it." - Mira Jacob Mira Jacob is the author and illustrator of Good Talk: A Memoir in Conversations. Her critically acclaimed novel, The Sleepwalker’s Guide to Dancing, was a Barnes & Noble Discover New Writers pick, shortlisted for India’s Tata First Literature Award, and longlisted for the Brooklyn Literary Eagles Prize. It was named one of the best books of 2014 by Kirkus Reviews, the Boston Globe, Goodreads, Bustle, and The Millions. Her writing and drawings have appeared in The New York Times, Electric Literature, Tin House, Literary Hub, Guernica, Vogue, the Telegraph,  and Buzzfeed,  and she has a drawn column on Shondaland.  She currently teaches at The New School, and she is a founding faculty member of the MFA Program at Randolph College. She is the co-founder of Pete’s Reading Series in Brooklyn, where she spent 13 years bringing literary fiction, non-fiction, and poetry to Williamsburg. She lives in Brooklyn with her husband, documentary filmmaker Jed Rothstein, and their son. Connect with Mira on her website, Instagram @goodtalkthanks, or Twitter @mirajacob.   Mira's book recommendation: How to Write an Autobiographical Novel: Essays by Alexander Chee   ENTER TO WIN A COPY OF GOOD TALK BY MIRA JACOB ENTER TO WIN OVER $150 worth of books and goodies from woman-owned businesses. Join us for our first birthday MEET UP at The Irreverent Bookworm in Minneapolis on July 28! Check out our first birthday SALE!   -- Website: http://www.feministbookclub.com Instagram: @feministbookclubbox Twitter: @fmnstbookclub Facebook: /feministbookclubbox Email newsletter: http://eepurl.com/dINNkn   -- Logo and web design by Shatterboxx  Editing support from Phalin Oliver Original music by @iam.onyxrose Transcript for this episode: bit.ly/FBCtranscript34   Get $5 off your Feminist Book Club Box with the code PODCAST at feministbookclub.com/shop.  

Rachel Zucker speaks with Mira Jacob, author and illustrator of a newly released graphic memoir GOOD TALK: A Memoir in Conversations. Zucker and Jacob speak about “the gaze of disbelief,” racism, raising sons in the age of Trump, the relationship between humor and anger, the lonely exhilaration of immersing oneself in a new medium, the challenges and pleasures of translating text into audio and the complicated work of making art about yourself, your children, family and friends.

Jordana and Shannon sit down with Mira Jacob, the author of the graphic memoir Good Talk: A Memoir In Conversations, to talk about living as a woman of color married to a Jewish man, and raising an Indian-Jewish son in 2019 America. Also, she talks about what it’s like to navigate life with Trump-supporting in-laws. "Gram" chimes in with her thoughts about abortion, and Shannon shares what she really thinks about what her husband puts on a bagel. Music: "Voicemail" by Khronos Beats "Don’t Forget" by Marscott "Ambient Magic" by JulioKladNiew "Best I Can" by Jasmine Jordan ft. Habit Blcx Mentioned in this episode: Good Talk: A Memoir in Conversations 

This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss We Cast a Shadow, Deep Creek, Notes on a Nervous Planet, and more great books. This episode was sponsored by the Read Harder Journal, Flare Up by Shannon Stacey, and Doubleday, publishers of The Plotters by Un-su Kim. Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS or iTunes and never miss a beat book. Sign up for the weekly New Books! newsletter for even more new book news. Books discussed on the show: We Cast a Shadow: A Novel by Maurice Carlos Ruffin Deep Creek: Finding Hope in the High Country by Pam Houston The Falconer: A Novel by Dana Czapnik Black Is the Body: Stories from My Grandmother's Time, My Mother's Time, and Mine by Emily Bernard 99 Percent Mine: A Novel by Sally Thorne Notes on a Nervous Planet by Matt Haig Devotions by Mary Oliver What we're reading: Good Talk: A Memoir in Conversations by Mira Jacob The Unwinding of the Miracle: A Memoir of Life, Death, and Everything That Comes After by Julie Yip-Williams More books out this week: King of Scars by Leigh Bardugo Spin by Lamar Giles Come Find Me by Megan Miranda The Love and Lies of Rukhsana Ali by Sabina Khan Dreyer's English: An Utterly Correct Guide to Clarity and Style by Benjamin Dreyer The Twenty-Ninth Year by Hala Alyan A Curse So Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer Reclaiming Our Space: How Black Feminists Are Changing the World from the Tweets to the Streets by Feminista Jones All the Lives We Ever Lived: Seeking Solace in Virginia Woolf by Katharine Smyth Underground: A Human History of the Worlds Beneath Our Feet by Will Hunt Vigilance by Robert Jackson Bennett At the Wolf's Table: A Novel by Rosella Postorino and Leah Janeczko Ransacker (Berserker) by Emmy Laybourne The End of Loneliness: A Novel by Benedict Wells and Charlotte Collins Dark Sky Rising: Reconstruction and the Dawn of Jim Crow (Scholastic Focus) by Henry Louis Gates Jr. and Tonya Bolden I Used to Be a Miserable F*ck: An Everyman’s Guide to a Meaningful Life by John Kim House of Stone: A Novel by Novuyo Rosa Tshuma Meena Meets Her Match by Karla Manternach and Rayner Alencar Death Prefers Blondes by Caleb Roehrig WeirDo (WeirDo #1) by Anh Do The Bold World: A Memoir of Family and Transformation by Jodie Patterson The Wolf in the Whale by Jordanna Max Brodsky The World According to Fannie Davis: My Mother's Life in the Detroit Numbers by Bridgett M. Davis Reckoning of Fallen Gods: A Tale of the Coven by R.A. Salvatore The Plotters: A Novel by Un-su Kim The Cerulean by Amy Ewing The Lost Girls of Paris by Pam Jenoff Golden Child: A Novel by Claire Adam Here and Now and Then by Mike Chen Shameless: A Sexual Reformation by Nadia Bolz-Weber 41 Reasons I'm Staying In: A Celebration of Introverts by Hallie Heald The Pope: Francis, Benedict, and the Decision That Shook the World by Anthony McCarten Battlepug: The Compugdium by Mike Norton (Author, Artist), Allen Passalaqua (Artist), David Dunstan (Artist) Go Ahead in the Rain: Notes to A Tribe Called Quest by Hanif Abdurraqib Some Girls Bind (Ya Verse) by Rory James