This Week's BIPOC Releases

Lucha of the Night Forest By Tehlor Kay Mejia Cover Image
$18.99
ISBN: 9780593378366
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Published: Make Me a World - March 21st, 2023

An edge-of-your-seat fantasy about a girl who will do anything to protect her sister—even if it means striking a dangerous bargain. Dark forces, forgotten magic, and a heart-stopping queer romance make this young adult novel a must-read.

A scorned god.
A mysterious acolyte.
A forgetting drug.
A dangerous forest.


While You Were Dreaming By Alisha Rai Cover Image
$19.99
ISBN: 9780063083967
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Published: Quill Tree Books - March 21st, 2023

In this debut contemporary YA romance by bestselling author Alisha Rai, a girl with undocumented family members goes viral after saving her crush’s life in disguise. A must read for fans of Sandhya Menon and Nicola Yoon. 

A Phenomenal Book Club Pick!


You Sound Like a White Girl: The Case for Rejecting Assimilation By Julissa Arce Cover Image
$18.99
ISBN: 9781250827821
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Published: Flatiron Books - March 21st, 2023

AN INDIE BESTSELLER

Most Anticipated by ELLE
Bustle Bloomberg Kirkus HipLatina SheReads BookPage The Millions The Mujerista Ms. Magazine and more


Y/N: A Novel By Esther Yi Cover Image
$26.00
ISBN: 9781662601538
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Published: Astra House - March 21st, 2023

“Wondrous and weird . . . Y/N resists the junkiness of the internet . . . against which a well-formed novel like this counteracts, a blast of cleansing heat.” —New York Times
"Gorgeous." —New Yorker
"High Brow x Brilliant." —NY Mag (Approval Matrix)


Afrofuturism: A History of Black Futures By Nat'l Mus Afr Am Hist Culture, Kevin M. Strait (Editor), Kinshasha Holman Conwill (Editor), Kevin Young (Foreword by), Vernon Reid (Contributions by) Cover Image
By Nat'l Mus Afr Am Hist Culture, Kevin M. Strait (Editor), Kinshasha Holman Conwill (Editor), Kevin Young (Foreword by), Vernon Reid (Contributions by)
$29.95
ISBN: 9781588347404
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Published: Smithsonian Books - March 21st, 2023

This timely and gorgeously illustrated companion book to an upcoming Smithsonian exhibition explores the power of Afrofuturism to reclaim the past and reimagine Black futures


Stella Díaz Leaps to the Future (Stella Diaz #5) By Angela Dominguez, Angela Dominguez (Illustrator) Cover Image
$17.99
ISBN: 9781250862570
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Published: Roaring Brook Press - March 21st, 2023

From award-winning author Angela Dominguez, the fifth and final novel about Stella Díaz, a Mexican-American girl who is now ready to be at the top of her school—fifth grade!

Stella is getting ready for her next big step.


Disorientation: A Novel By Elaine Hsieh Chou Cover Image
$18.00
ISBN: 9780593298374
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Published: Penguin Books - March 21st, 2023

Twenty-nine-year-old PhD student Ingrid Yang is desperate to finish her dissertation on the late canonical poet Xiao-Wen Chou and never read about “Chinese-y” things again. But after years of grueling research, all she has to show for her efforts are a junk food addiction and stomach pain.


Homegirls and Handgrenades (Celebrating Black Women Writers #8) By Sonia Sanchez Cover Image
$17.95
ISBN: 9780807012956
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Published: Beacon Press - March 21st, 2023

Winner of the American Book Award

A classic of the Black Arts Movement brought back to life in a refreshed edition

“A lion in literature’s forest. When she writes she roars, and when she sleeps other creatures walk gingerly.”—Maya Angelou


Sunday Funday in Koreatown (Yoomi, Friends, and Family) By Aram Kim Cover Image
$8.99
ISBN: 9780823453283
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Published: Holiday House - March 21st, 2023

Yoomi and Daddy are going to Koreatown today! This story celebrates family, resilience, and Korean culture.

Yoomi has planned the perfect Sunday! But the shirt she wants to wear is in the laundry. And she doesn't have the seaweed she needs for a kimbap breakfast. 


A Black Gaze: Artists Changing How We See By Tina M. Campt Cover Image
$24.95
ISBN: 9780262546058
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Published: The MIT Press - March 21st, 2023

Examining the work of contemporary Black artists who are dismantling the white gaze and demanding that we see--and see Blackness in particular--anew.


Post-traumatic: A Novel By Chantal V. Johnson Cover Image
$17.99
ISBN: 9780316264334
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Published: Back Bay Books - March 21st, 2023

In this “deeply original” (Elif Batuman) and “violently funny” (Myriam Gurba) story, a young lawyer finally confronts her dark past so she can live in a more peaceful future.

To the outside observer, Vivian is a success story—a dedicated lawyer who advocates for mentally ill patients at a New York City psychiatric hospital.


I Am an Animal / Soy un animal: (Bilingual Board Books for Babies) By Alfredo Soderguit Cover Image
$11.99
ISBN: 9781735311586
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Published: Tra Publishing - March 21st, 2023

"Soderguit’s work makes adept use of illustration and design elements to convey meaning, truly honoring the picture book form." —Publishers Weekly

"Delves into the commonalities we share with our co-inhabitants on this great planet." --Kirkus Reviews

A bilingual board book for little ones to explore the wonderful world of an


Too Small Tola Gets Tough By Atinuke, Onyinwe Iwu (Illustrator) Cover Image
By Atinuke, Onyinwe Iwu (Illustrator)
$15.99
ISBN: 9781536229462
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Published: Candlewick - March 21st, 2023

It’s a strange, scary time for Too Small Tola when a new virus separates her family, but Atinuke’s small-but-mighty heroine proves once again how wise, kind, and resourceful she can be.


Ten Planets: Stories By Yuri Herrera, Lisa Dillman (Translated by) Cover Image
By Yuri Herrera, Lisa Dillman (Translated by)
$15.00
ISBN: 9781644452233
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Published: Graywolf Press - March 21st, 2023

A collection of fanciful, philosophical science fictions by “one of Mexico’s finest novelists” (Vulture).


Jujutsu Kaisen, Vol. 19 By Gege Akutami Cover Image
$9.99
ISBN: 9781974736270
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Published: VIZ Media LLC - March 21st, 2023

To gain the power he needs to save his friend from a cursed spirit, Yuji Itadori swallows a piece of a demon, only to find himself caught in the midst of a horrific war of the supernatural!

In a world where cursed spirits feed on unsuspecting humans, fragments of the legendary and feared demon Ryomen Sukuna have been lost and scattered about.


Spy x Family, Vol. 9 By Tatsuya Endo Cover Image
$9.99
ISBN: 9781974736287
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Published: VIZ Media LLC - March 21st, 2023

An action-packed comedy about a fake family that includes a spy, an assassin and a telepath!

Master spy Twilight is unparalleled when it comes to going undercover on dangerous missions for the betterment of the world.


El absoluto / The Absolute (MAPA DE LAS LENGUAS) By Daniel Guebel Cover Image
$27.95
ISBN: 9788439732785
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Published: Literatura Random House - March 21st, 2023

Premio Municipal de la Novela 2021
Premio Nacional de Literatura Argentina 2018
Premio Literario de la Academia Argentina de Letras 2017
Mejor novela del 2016 según La Nación


Sexografías / Sexographies By Gabriela Wiener, Camila Sosa Villada (Prologue by) Cover Image
$19.95
ISBN: 9788439737612
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Published: Literatura Random House - March 21st, 2023

Edición ampliada de las crónicas sexuales de Gabriela Wiener, un recorrido temerario y trepidante por el lado más salvaje del periodismo narrativo, con prólogo de Camila Sosa Villada.