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These books are available for borrowing for book discussion groups (e.g. book clubs) on a first come, first served basis. Everyone may request these books by clicking on the title of the book below. Librarians may request these books in advance by contacting Anne Myers: [email protected]

Author Title
Ackerman, Diane The Zookeeper’s Wife: A War Story
Alcott, Louisa May Little Women
Alcott, Louisa May Little Women (audiobook)
Austen, Jane Sense and Sensibility
Backman, Fredrik Beartown
Backman, Fredrik Beartown (Large Print)
Baker, Jean H. Votes for Women: The Struggle for Suffrage Revisited
Bald, Vivek Bengali Harlem and the Lost Histories of South Asian America
Baldwin, James If Beale Street Could Talk
Banks, Russell The Sweet Hereafter: a novel
Beatty, Paul The Sellout
Beavan, Colin No Impact Man: the Adventures of a Guilty Liberal Who Attempts to Save the Planet, and the Discoveries He Makes About Himself and Our Way of Life in the Process
Bennett, Brit The Vanishing Half
Bronte, Charlotte Jane Eyre
Brooks, Geraldine March
Brown, Daniel James The Boys in the Boat
Brown, Daniel James The Boys in the Boat (large print)
Buck, Rinker The Oregon Trail: A New American Journey
Buck, Rinker The Oregon Trail: A New American Journey (Large Print)
Butler, Octavia Kindred
Cather, Willa My Antonia
Chaon, Dan Await Your Reply
Chua, Amy Political Tribes: Group Instinct and the Fate of Nations
Coates, Ta-Nehisi Between the World and Me
Demick, Barbara Nothing to Envy
DeWitt, Patrick The Sisters Brothers
DiAngelo, Robin White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk about Racism
Eberhardt, Jennifer L. Biased: Uncovering the Hidden Prejudice That Shapes What We See, Think, and Do
Fields, Karen E. Racecraft: The Soul of Inequality in American Life
Fitzgerald, Penelope The Blue Flower
Fountain, Ben Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk
Fountain, Ben Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk (large print)
Fromartz, Samuel In Search of the Perfect Loaf: A Home Baker’s Odyssey
Fromartz, Samuel In Search of the Perfect Loaf: A Home Baker’s Odyssey (large print)
García Hernández, César Cuauhtémoc Migrating to Prison: America’s Obsession with Locking Up Immigrants
Garcia Marquez, Gabriel Love in the Time of Cholera
Gardam, Jane Old Filth
Gilbert, Elizabeth Eat, Pray, Love
Ginzberg, Lori D. Elizabeth Cady Stanton: An American Life
Gladwell, Malcolm Outliers: The Story of Success
Gómez, Laura E. Inventing Latinos: A New Story of American Racism
Greenblatt, Stephen The Swerve: How the World Became Modern
Greene, Graham The Heart of the Matter
Groff, Lauren Arcadia
Gruen, Sara Water for Elephants (hard cover)
Gruen, Sara Water for Elephants (paperback)
Gyasi, Yaa Homegoing: A Novel
Haddon, Mark The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Hallie, Philip Lest Innocent Blood Be Shed
Halpern, Sue Summer Hours at the Robbers Library
Hardy, Thomas; edited, with an introduction by Patricia Ingham. Jude the Obscure
Harris, Dan 10% Happier : How I Tamed the Voice in My Head, Reduced Stress Without Losing My Edge, and Found Self-help That Actually Works: A True Story
Harris, Dan 10% Happier : How I Tamed the Voice in My Head, Reduced Stress Without Losing My Edge, and Found Self-help That Actually Works: A True Story (Large Print)
Harris, Mark Pictures at a Revolution: Five Movies and the Birth of the New Hollywood
Hawley, Noah Before the Fall
Henríquez, Cristina The Book of Unknown Americans
Henry, O. Best Short Stories (Large Print)
Hillenbrand, Laura Unbroken: a World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption
Hillenbrand, Laura Unbroken: a World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption (large print)
Hinton, Elizabeth From the War on Poverty to the War on Crime: The Making of Mass Incarceration in America
Homer ; translated by Robert Fagles. The Iliad
Hurston, Zora Neale Their Eyes Were Watching God
Irving, Debby Waking Up White : And Finding Myself in the Story of Race
Ishiguro, Kazuo The Remains of the Day
Ivey, Eowyn The Snow Child
Johnson, Denis Train Dreams
Jones, Tayari Silver Sparrow: a novel
Kendi, Ibram X. How to Be an Antiracist
Kendi, Ibram X. Stamped from the Beginning : The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America
Kimmerer, Robin Wall Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
Kline, Christina Baker Orphan Train
Kline, Christina Baker Orphan Train (large print)
Korte, Barbara The Penguin Book of First World War Stories
Kuhns, Eleanor A Simple Murder
Kundera, Milan The Unbearable Lightness of Being
Kurlansky, Mark Salt: A World History
Lalami, Laila The Moor’s Account
Larson, Erik Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania
Larson, Erik Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania (Large Print)
Larson, Erik In the Garden of Beasts
Lee, Erika Angel Island : Immigrant Gateway to America
Leviten, Daniel J. This is Your Brain on Music
Levitt, Steven D. and Dubner, Stephen J. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
Lindbergh, Anne Morrow Gift from the Sea
Lopez Bunyasi, Tehama Stay Woke: A People’s Guide to Making All Black Lives Matter
Lorde, Audre Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches
Love, Bettina L. We Want to Do More Than Survive : Abolitionist Teaching and the Pursuit of Educational Freedom
Maguire, Gregory Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West
Malcolm, Janet The Jounalist and the Murderer
Mandel, Emily St. John Station Eleven
Matar, Hisham In the Country of Men
McBride, James Deacon King Kong
McCann, Colum Let the Great World Spin: a novel
McGhee, Heather C. The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together
McLain, Paula Circling the Sun
McLain, Paula The Paris Wife (large print)
McMillen, Sally G. Seneca Falls and the Origins of the Women’s Rights Movement
Metzl, Jonathan Dying of Whiteness: How the Politics of Racial Resentment Is Killing America’s Heartland
Miles, Tiya Ties That Bind: The Story of an Afro-Cherokee Family in Slavery and Freedom
Moore, Kate The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America’s Shining Women
Moore, Kate The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America’s Shining Women (large print)
Moriarty, Liane Big Little Lies
Moriarty, Liane Big Little Lies (large print)
Morton, Kate The House at Riverton
Ng, Celeste Everything I never told you
Niffenegger, Audrey Her Fearful Symmetry: A Novel
Northup, Solomon Twelve Years a Slave
Nottage, Lynn Sweat
Oates, Joyce Carol Blonde: a Novel
Oluo, Ijeoma So You Want to Talk about Race
O’Nan, Stewart Emily, Alone
Oz, Amos A Tale of Love and Darkness
Painter, Nell Irvin The History of White People
Patchett, Ann State of Wonder
Picoult, Jodi Small Great Things
Poehler, Amy Yes Please
Pullman, Philip The Golden Compass
Pullman, Philip The Golden Compass (audiobook)
Roberts, Dorothy E. Fatal Invention: How Science, Politics, and Big Business Re-Create Race in the Twenty-First Century
Rosenberg, Rosalind Jane Crow: The Life of Pauli Murray
deRosnay, Tatiana Sarah’s Key
deRosnay, Tatiana Sarah’s Key (large print)
Rothstein, Richard The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America
Rubin, Gretchen The Happiness Project
Ruiz Zafon, Carlos The Shadow of the Wind
Rushdie, Salman Midnight’s Children
Salzberg, Sharon Lovingkindness: The Revolutionary Art of Happiness
Saunt, Claudio Black, White, and Indian: Race and the Unmaking of an American Family
Sayers, Ann C. “Their Name is Wicks…”
Semple, Maria Today Will Be Different
Shaffer, Mary Ann and Annie Barrows The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
Shaffer, Mary Ann and Annie Barrows The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (large print)
Sides, Hampton In the Kingdom of Ice: The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette
Sides, Hampton In the Kingdom of Ice: The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette (large print)
Simonson, Helen Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand
Simonson, Helen Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand (large print)
Simsion, Graeme The Rosie Project
Skloot, Rebecca The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Skloot, Rebecca The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (large print)
Smith, Ali The Accidental
Stanton, Brandon Humans of New York: Stories
Strout, Elizabeth Olive Kitterage
Strout, Elizabeth Olive Kitteridge (Large Print)
Su, Lac I Love Yous Are for White People
Sweet, Victoria God’s Hotel
Terborg-Penn, Rosalyn African American Women in the Struggle for the Vote: 1850-1920
Theoharis, Jeanne A More Beautiful and Terrible History: The Uses and Misuses of Civil Rights History
Towles, Amor Rules of Civility
Twain, Mark The Tragedy of Pudd’nhead Wilson
Tyler, Anne A Spool of Blue Thread
Tyler, Anne A Spool of Blue Thread (Large Print)
Urrea, Luis Alberto The Devil’s Highway : A True Story
Vance, J. D. Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis
Virji, Ayaz Love Thy Neighbor: A Muslim Doctor’s Struggle for Home in Rural America
Wall, Carol Mister Owita’s Guide to Gardening : How I Learned the Unexpected Joy of a Green Thumb and an Open Heart
Wall, Carol Mister Owita’s Guide to Gardening : How I Learned the Unexpected Joy of a Green Thumb and an Open Heart (Large Print)
Wallace, Scott The Unconquered
Walter, George The Penguin Book of First World War Poetry
Walton, Mary Woman’s Crusade: Alice Paul and the Battle for the Ballot
Ward, Jesmyn Sing, Unburied, Sing
Ward, Jesmyn Sing, Unburied, Sing (large print)
Wharton, Edith Ethan Frome
Woo, Ilyon The Great Divorce: A Nineteenth-Century Mother’s Extraordinary Fight against Her Husband, the Shakers, and Her Times (hard cover)
Woo, Ilyon The Great Divorce: A Nineteenth-Century Mother’s Extraordinary Fight against Her Husband, the Shakers, and Her Times (paperback)
Woolf, Virginia To the Lighthouse
Wu, Frank H. Yellow: Race in America beyond Black and White
Zimring, Carl A. Clean and White: A History of Environmental Racism in the United States