Brodart Lite One Catalog: Diversity | Issue 1| Spring 2023

Exploring the world through books!

This diversity-focused issue introduces readers to titles from debut authors, new romance, general fiction, relationships, history, world cultures, and much more. Shop titles from old favorites and newcomers alike, publishing throughout the spring.

There’s nothing quite like curling up with a good book. We know that your readers will find plenty of new favorites among these carefully-selected titles.

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Flux

Chong, Jinwoo

A blazingly original and stylish debut novel about a young man whose reality unravels when he suspects his employers have inadvertently discovered time travel and are covering up a string of violent crimes. Combining elements of neo-noir, speculative fiction, and ‘80s detective shows.

The Lies of the Ajungo

Utomi, Moses Ose

Follows one boy’s epic quest to bring water back to his city and save his mother’s life. Prepare to enter the Forever Desert. In the City of Lies, they cut out your tongue when you turn thirteen, to appease the terrifying Ajungo Empire and make sure it continues sending water.

F

The Human Origins of Beatrice Porter and Other Essential Ghosts

Palmer, Soraya

Folktales and spirits animate this lively and unforgettable coming-of-age tale. Two Jamaican-Trinidadian sisters in Brooklyn grapple with their mother’s illness, their father’s infidelity, and the truth of their family’s past. A celebration of the power of stories, asking, What happens to us when our stories are erased?

$28.99 Hardcover

9781685890346

03/21/2023

Melville House

F

$19.99 Hardcover

9781250849069

03/21/2023

Tordotcom

F

$27.00 Hardcover

9781646220953

03/28/2023

Catapult

House of Cotton

Brashears, Monica

A contemporary Black southern gothic novel about what it means to be a poor woman in the Godfearing south. One night, while working at her dead-end job, a stranger named Cotton walks in and offers to turn 19-year-old Magnolia’s luck around with a “modeling” job at his family’s funeral home.

F

$27.99 Hardcover

9781250851918

04/04/2023

Flatiron Books

The Blue Is Where God Lives

Washington, Sharon Sochil

A powerful work of Afro-magic realism that interrogates the legacy of slavery and roots of poverty. Blue’s daughter, Tsitra, is dying a horrific death. Thousands of miles away, Blue feels time slowing and hears voices, followed by an 18-month stillness.

The Secret Diaries of Charles Ignatius Sancho

Joseph, Paterson

A lush tale of adventure, artistry, romance, and freedom, inspired by a true story. Georgian London, 1746, is not a safe place for a young Black man, especially one who has escaped slavery. Sancho must dodge slave catchers and worse. The man he hoped would help him is dying.

Small Joys

Mensah, Elvin James

An unexpected friendship saves a young man’s life in this moving debut about chosen family, the winding road to happiness, and the grace of second chances. It’s 2005. Harley has dropped out of college to move back to rural England, where he works a dead-end job at a movie theater.

F

$27.00 Hardcover

9781419767104

04/11/2023

Overlook Press

F

$27.99 Hardcover

9781250880376

04/11/2023

Henry Holt & Company

F

$27.00 Hardcover

9780593499962

04/11/2023

Ballantine Books

The Five Sorrowful Mysteries of Andy Africa

Buoro, Stephen

The story of an exceptional teenager coming of age in the shadow of colonialism and communal violence. Andrew Aziza is an unusually smart fifteen-year-old in Kontagora, Nigeria. He’s often contemplating the larger questions with his teacher and his equally brilliant friend, who has feelings for him.

$28.00 Hardcover

F 9781635577778

04/18/2023

Bloomsbury Publishing

Homebodies

Denton-Hurst, Tembe

A thrilling debut about a Black writer whose world is turned upside down when she loses her media job and her searing manifesto about racism in the industry goes viral. Homebodies is a testament to those trying to be heard and loved in a world that refuses to make space.

$30.00 Hardcover

F 9780063274280

05/02/2023

Harper

Dances

Cuffy, Nicole

A trailblazing Black ballerina must reconcile the ever-rising stakes of her grueling career with difficult questions of love, loss, and her journey to self-liberation. Soon after her promotion, Cece is faced with a choice that has the potential to derail her career and shatter the life she’s cultivated for herself.

$27.00 Hardcover

F 9780593498156

05/16/2023

One World

The Enchanted Hacienda

Cervantes, J.C.

A young woman from the magical Estrada family learns how to harness her untapped magic when she opens her heart to love and creativity, in this beautiful coming-to-power story filled with family, romance, and a big dose of magic.

F

$30.00 Hardcover

9780778334057

05/16/2023

Park Row

Greenland

Santos Donaldson, David

A dazzling literary debut novel-within-a-novel about a young author writing about E. M. Forster’s real-life love affair, in which Forster’s forbidden love story collides with his own. Kip Starling has locked himself in his Brooklyn basement study with a pistol and twenty-one gallons of Poland Spring.

05/16/2023

Amistad

Notes on Her Color

Neal, Jennifer

Florida kitsch swirls together with magical realism in this glittering debut novel about a young Black and Indigenous woman who learns to change the color of her skin. A lushly written and haunting tale that shows how love, in its best sense,

05/23/2023

General Fiction

Drinking from Graveyard Wells

Ndlovu, Yvette Lisa

Yvette Lisa Ndlovu assembles poignantly reflective stories that center the voices of African women charting their own Black history through the ages. Ndlovu’s stories play with genre, from softly surreal to deeply fantastical. Each narrative is wrapped in the literary eloquence and tradition of southern African mythology.

$21.95 Hardcover

F

9780813196978

03/07/2023

University Press of Kentucky

Dust Child

Nguyen, Que Mai Phan

A suspenseful and moving saga about family secrets, hidden trauma, and the overriding power of forgiveness, set during the war and in present-day Viêt Nam. Past and present converge as these characters confront decisions made during a time of war— decisions that force them to look deep within.

Blinded by the Brass Ring

Scarlett, Patricia

Jewelle Joseph, has the perfect opportunity to make her move into senior management. But Chantal’s got her eye on the VP position, too. The competition between these two ambitious women moves from the glitzy office towers of downtown Toronto to the glamorous world of the international television market in Cannes.

F

$28.00 Hardcover

9781643752754

03/14/2023

Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill

F

$24.95 Trade Paper

9781771863148

04/01/2023

Baraka Books

The House Is on Fire

Beanland, Rachel

A masterful work of historical fiction about an incendiary tragedy that shocked a young nation and tore apart a community in a single night—told from the perspectives of four people whose actions during the inferno changed the course of history.

F

$27.99 Hardcover

9781982186142

04/04/2023

Simon & Schuster

Blue Hour

Harrison, Tiffany Clarke

Our narrator is a gifted photographer, an uncertain wife, an infertile mother, a biracial woman in an unraveling America. As she grapples with a lifetime of ambivalence about motherhood, yet another act of police brutality makes headlines, and this time the victim is Noah, a boy in her photography class.

F

$15.95 Trade Paper

9781593767495

04/04/2023

Soft Skull

Butter

Jones, Gayl

A wide-ranging collection, including two novellas and ten stories exploring complex identities. Opening with two novellalength works, this collection features Jones’s legendary talents in a range of settings and styles, from the hyperrealist to the mystical, in intricate multipart stories, in more traditional forms, and even in short fragments.

The Middle Daughter

Unigwe, Chika

A modern reimagining of the myth of Hades and Persephone within a Nigerian family. When seventeen-year-old Nani loses her older sister and then her father in quick succession, her world spins off its axis. Isolated and misunderstood by her grieving mother and sister, she’s drawn to an itinerant preacher.

F

$24.95 Hardcover

9780807030011

04/04/2023

Beacon Press

F

$26.95 Hardcover

9781950539468

04/04/2023

Dzanc Books

Black Girls Must Have It All

Allen, Jayne

In this final installment in the acclaimed Black Girls Must Die Exhausted trilogy, Tabitha is juggling work, relationships, and a newborn baby—but will she find the happy ending she’s always wanted? Tabby finds herself isolated from her friends and family just when she needs them most.

Chasing the Black Eagle

Geddes, Bruce

After detainment by the Bureau of Investigation, Arthur Tormes is forced to spy on Hubert Julian. For thirteen years he follows Julian—a parachutist, pilot, and possible seditious threat to the United States. To win his freedom, Arthur must stay close to Julian, from New York City to Ethiopia.

Life and Other Love Songs

Gray, Anissa

A father’s sudden disappearance exposes the fears, dreams, longings, and joys of a Black American family in the late decades of the twentieth century. Deborah and Trinity look backward and forward as they piece together the life of the man they love, but whom they might never have truly known.

F

I Went To See My Father

Shin, Kyung-Sook / Hur, Anton (Translator)

An instant bestseller in Korea, centering on a woman’s efforts to reconnect with her aging father, uncovering long-held family secrets. Two years after losing her daughter in a tragic accident, Hon finally returns to her home in the countryside to take care of her father.

9780063296640

04/11/2023

Harper

F

$19.99 Trade Paper

9781459750593

04/11/2023

Dundurn Press

F

$27.00 Hardcover

9781984802460

04/11/2023

Berkley

F

9781662601378

04/11/2023

Astra House

The Double Life of Benson Yu

Chong, Kevin

This fresh and unique work of metafiction follows Benson Yu, a writer, who loses control of his own narrative when he attempts to write the story of his fraught upbringing in 1980s Chinatown. Can Yu confront the demons he’s spent his adult life avoiding?

The Wishing Pool and Other Stories

Due, Tananarive

Tananarive Due’s second collection of stories ranges from horror to science fiction to suspense. From the mysterious, magical town of Gracetown to the aftermath of a pandemic to the reaches of the far future, Due’s stories all share a sense of dread and fear balanced with heart and hope.

F

$27.00 Hardcover

9781668005491

04/18/2023

Atria Books

Milwaukee Blues

Dalembert, Louis-Philippe / de Jager, Marjolijn (Translator)

A profound and eloquent fictionalized account of the events surrounding the death of George Floyd, instilled with a powerful message of hope. In this moving tribute set in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the composite, fictionalized main character is seen through the eyes of several individuals who were all touched by his life.

The Museum of Ordinary People

Gayle, Mike

An old set of encyclopedias leads a young woman to a curious museum and one profoundly moving lesson: that every life is an extraordinary life. As Jess and a mysterious warehouse owner delve into the history of objects in their care, they unravel heartstirring stories and unearth long-buried secrets.

$29.95 Hardcover F

9781636141053

04/18/2023

Akashic Books

F

$16.95 Trade Paper

9781639640096

05/02/2023

Schaffner Press

F

$18.99 Trade Paper

9781538740842

05/30/2023

Grand Central Publishing

The Overnights

Smith, Ian K.

Investigator Ashe Cayne finds himself in a race against the clock to protect a high-profile Chicago news anchor and solve the racially charged murder of a Black teen by a white police officer. To save his client, Ashe must wade through the tangled layers of competitive local news.

$30.00 Hardcover

F 9780063253711

05/30/2023

Amistad

History

Frida Kahlo

Mora, Francisco de la

Endorsed by the Frida Kahlo Museum in Mexico City, this graphic novel explores the public and private faces of iconic artist Frida Kahlo. Frida Kahlo was a woman of intertwined parts: a charismatic and empowered artist—and a more private person whose wounded body caused her a lifetime of pain.

B

$18.99 Hardcover

9781914224102

03/07/2023

SelfMadeHero

Ms Davis

Titeux de la Croix, Sybille / Améziane, Amazing (Translator)

The acclaimed French writer and artist duo tell the story of Black activist, professor, and prison abolitionist Angela Davis. The graphic biography also includes illustrated educational supplementary material that adds historical context about the various political organizations and programs referred to in the book.

B

$24.99 Hardcover

9781683965695

03/14/2023

Fantagraphics Books

A Stranger in Your Own City

Abdul-Ahad, Ghaith

An award-winning journalist’s powerful portrait of his native Baghdad, the people of Iraq, and twenty years of war. This is the tale of a people who once lived under the rule of a megalomaniacal leader who shaped the state in his own image.

Benjamin Banneker and Us

Webster, Rachel Jamison

A family reunion gives way to an unforgettable genealogical quest as relatives reconnect across lines of color, culture, and time. Acting as a storyteller, Webster draws on oral history and conversations with her DNA cousins to imagine the lives of their shared ancestors across eleven generations.

$30.00

956.7044

9780593536889

03/14/2023

Knopf

Victorious in Defeat

Pantsov, Alexander V. / Levine, Steven I. (Translator)

An extensively researched, comprehensive biography of Chinese Nationalist leader Chiang Kai-shek, one of the twentieth century’s most powerful and controversial figures. This critical biography is based on Chiang Kai-shek’s unpublished diaries, his extensive personal files from the Russian archives, and the Russian files of his relatives, associates, and foes.

The Long Reckoning

Black, George

The moving story of how a small group of people—including two Vietnam veterans—forced the U.S. government to take responsibility for the ongoing horrors inflicted on the Vietnamese. The Long Reckoning is being published on the fiftieth anniversary of the day the last American combat soldier left Vietnam.

920

9781250827302

03/21/2023

Henry Holt & Company

$40.00

9780300260205

03/21/2023

Yale University Press

959.7043

9780593534106

03/28/2023

Knopf

A Madman’s Will

May, Gregory

The untold saga of John Randolph’s 383 slaves, freed in his much-contested will of 1821, finally comes to light. Historian Gregory May reveals how madness and scandal shaped Randolph’s wildly shifting attitudes toward his slaves—and how endemic prejudice ultimately deprived the freedmen of the land Randolph had promised them.

977.148

9781324092216

04/11/2023

Liveright

Our Brave Foremothers

Kennedy, Rozella / Avelino, Joelle (Illustrator)

Inspired by her own foremothers’ legacies, debut author Rozella Kennedy centers and celebrates the life stories of 100 Black, Brown, Asian, and Indigenous women—both famous and little-known—who changed the course of U.S. history. Each entry features a prompt asking the reader to connect their life to the foremother’s.

A Brutal Reckoning

Cozzens, Peter

The story of the pivotal struggle between the Creek Indians and an insatiable, young United States for control over the Deep South. A conflict involving white Americans, Native Americans, the British, and the Spanish, the Creek War set the stage for the American Civil War yet to come.

A History of Japan in Manga

Kanaya, Shunichiro / Davisson, Zack (Translator)

A History of Japan in Manga tells the action-packed saga of Japan, from its misty origins up to the present day. Epic battles, noble Samurai, and duplicitous leaders are portrayed in modern manga fashion. Dozens of indelible portraits and manga stories bring the full sweep of Japanese history to life!

920

9781523514557

04/11/2023

Workman Publishing Company

973.5238

9780525659457

04/25/2023

Knopf

$18.99

952

9784805316702

04/25/2023

Tuttle Publishing

BESTOFTHE STACKS

Mott Street

Chin, Ava

A narrative history of the Chinese Exclusion Act through the portrayal of one family’s epic journey to lay down roots in America. Mott Street traces Chin’s quest to understand her Chinese American family’s story. She finds not only her father, but the building that provided a refuge for them all.

The Rediscovery of America

Blackhawk, Ned

A sweeping and overdue retelling of U.S. history that recognizes that Native Americans are essential to understanding the evolution of modern America. Ned Blackhawk interweaves five centuries of Native and non-Native histories, from Spanish colonial exploration to the rise of Native American selfdetermination in the late twentieth century.

$29.00

9780525557371

04/25/2023

Penguin Press

The World

Montefiore, Simon Seabag

A magisterial world history unlike any other that tells the story of humanity through the one thing we all have in common: families. Montefiore chronicles the world’s great dynasties through palace intrigues, love affairs, and family lives, linking grand themes to the people at the heart of the human drama.

$35.00 Hardcover

970

9780300244052

04/25/2023

Yale University Press

$45.00 Hardcover

929.7

9780525659532

05/16/2023

Knopf

The West

Mac Sweeney, Naoíse

A prize-winning historian delivers a captivating exploration of how Western civilization is a figment of our collective imagination. To challenge this popular perception, Mac Sweeney unpacks myths, offering a bold new account of its invention and development through the lives of fourteen remarkable individuals.

$30.00 Hardcover

909.0982

9780593472170

05/23/2023

Dutton

Emmett

J. Scott

Dailey, Maceo C., Jr. / Guzmán, Will (Editor) / Jackson, David H., Jr. (Editor)

Emmett J. Scott offers fascinating detail by describing Scott’s role in promoting the Tuskegee Institute. Readers will finally be exposed to Scott’s behind-the-scenes contributions to racial uplift and will see Scott’s influential role in advancing not only the Tuskegee Institute, but also the Booker T. Washington agenda.

Trailblazers, Black Women Who Helped Make America Great

David, Gabrielle / Feng, Carolina Fung (Editor)

Featuring women who are visual artists, women who served their country as elected officials or working in government, and composers, songwriters, and conductors. This volume includes biographical essays of 85 women, illuminating the significant role each have played in shaping America’s greatness. Accompanied by powerful photographs.

In The Spotlight

The Education of Kendrick Perkins

Perkins, Kendrick / Rogoff, Seth

An intimate memoir about race, fatherhood, and basketball, from former NBA player and outspoken cultural critic Kendrick “Perk” Perkins. Readers follow Perkins on his journey from smalltown Texas athlete to the NBA.

$45.00 Hardcover

B

9781682831236

05/30/2023

Texas Tech University Press

$34.99 Trade Paper

920

9781940939995

07/20/2023

2leaf Press

B

$29.99 Hardcover

9781250280343

02/21/2023

St. Martin’s Press

I Am Debra Lee

Lee, Debra

A riveting memoir by the former CEO of Black Entertainment Television (BET), about the glamorous and ugly moments of being a high-powered Black woman executive in the entertainment industry. Filled with deeply personal revelations, juicy celebrity intel, and electrifying behind-the-scenes stories.

9780306828591

03/07/2023

Legacy Lit

Undercooked

Ahdoot, Dan

A collection of hilarious essays about how food became one man’s obsession and coping mechanism, and how it came to rule—and sometimes ruin—Ahdoot’s relationships. From the Cobra Kai actor, stand-up comic, and host of Food Network’s Raid the Fridge

Top Billin’

Bellamy, Bill

From the MTV trailblazer, stand-up comedian, and actor, a hilariously candid memoir that is a heartfelt tour through the exclusive, elusive, and eternally iconic world of ’90s pop culture. Top Billin’ is an exclusive, all-access backstage pass to Bill’s career and life.

Not Everyone is Going to Like You

Perkins, Rinny

In this debut graphic collection of mini essays, comedian Rinny Perkins illustrates her experiences as the owner of a popular online shop while she figures out antidepressant prescriptions and the seemingly never-ending dating-app cycle. With 1970s-inspired graphics like a “When To Quit Your Job” checklist and Microaggressions Bingo.

9780593240793

03/21/2023

Crown

9780063237629

04/25/2023

Amistad

9780593325520

04/25/2023

Kokila

King

Eig, Jonathan

The first full biography in decades, King mixes new research with brisk and accessible storytelling. The first King biography to include recently declassified FBI files, this revelatory new portrait provides an intimate view of the human being who demanded peaceful protest, but was rarely at peace with himself.

The Fly Girls Revolt

Bjorkman, Eileen A.

Drawing on extensive research, interviews with women who served in the 1970s and 1980s, and her personal experiences in the Air Force, Eileen Bjorkman weaves together a riveting tale of the women who fought for the right to enter combat and be treated as equal partners in the U.S. military.

The Face Laughs While the Brain Cries

Hauser, Stephen L., MD

A doctor’s powerful memoir about the mysteries of the brain and his 40-year quest to find a treatment for multiple sclerosis. Readers learn the incredible stories of many of Dr. Hauser’s patients, whose bravery, strength, and optimism in the face of a debilitating illness were instrumental in the fight against MS.

$35.00 Hardcover

B

9780374279295

05/16/2023

Farrar Straus & Giroux

$30.00 Hardcover

B

9781637585948

05/23/2023

Knox Press

Burnt

Frank, Clare

A captivating memoir of trailblazing and firefighting from a pioneering woman in a male-dominated field. Burnt chronicles the transformation of a young adult determined to prove her mettle into a scarred and sensitive veteran, grappling with the weight of her duties as chief of fire protection.

$29.00 Hardcover

B

9781250283894

05/23/2023

St. Martin’s Press

B

$27.00 Hardcover

9781419763908

05/23/2023

Abrams Press

Horse Barbie

Rocero, Geena

The dazzling, heartfelt memoir of a trans pageant queen from the Philippines who went back into the closet to model in New York City—until she realized that living her truth was the only way to step into her full power.

$28.00 Hardcover

9780593445884

05/30/2023

Dial Press

The Male Gazed

Betancourt, Manuel

Featuring deep dives into thirst traps, drag queens, Antonio Banderas, and telenovelas—all in the service of helping us reframe how we talk about (desiring) men—this insightful memoir-in-essays is as much a coming-of-age as a coming-out book.

Diary of a Tuscan Bookshop

Donati, Alba

A charming memoir by an Italian poet, recounting her experience opening a bookshop in a village in Tuscany. Formatted as diary entries with delightful lists of the books sold at the shop each day, this inspirational story celebrates reading as well as book lovers and booksellers.

Pageboy

Page, Elliot

The Oscar-nominated star who captivated the world with his performance in Juno finally shares his truth. Full of behind the scenes details and intimate interrogations on sex, love, trauma, and Hollywood, Pageboy is the story of a life pushed to the brink.

$26.00 Hardcover B

9781646221462

05/30/2023

Catapult

$17.99 Hardcover B

9781668015568

05/30/2023

Scribner

$29.99 Hardcover B

9781250878359

06/06/2023

Flatiron Books

Tupac Shakur

Editors of Vibe

Tupac Shakur tells the story of the short, tumultuous life of one of rap music’s brightest and most controversial stars. The son of a Black Panther activist, Tupac had a short childhood in Harlem and the Bronx, and a violent adolescence as a drug dealer, before he found fame.

Sixty-One

Paul, Chris / Wilbon, Michael

In this powerful and unexpected memoir that goes beyond basketball, NBA legend Chris Paul reveals the life lessons his grandfather, “Papa,” taught him and how he carries them forward. Chris shows you the impact of his hometown and the close-knit family that raised him.

B

Born Extraordinary

Zucker, Meg

$19.95 Trade Paper

9780859655613

06/13/2023

Plexus Publishing

$30.00 Hardcover

B

9781250276711

06/20/2023

St. Martin’s Press

Relationships

$18.00 Trade Paper

649.15

A parent’s guide to empowering children to embrace their visible and invisible differences. Often the subjects of unwanted attention, Zucker and her sons have learned to ignore what others think and live fearlessly. Born Extraordinary also incorporates the stories of other families with visible and invisible differences of all kinds.

9780593419380

03/07/2023

Tarcher Perigee

You’ll Be a Wonderful Parent

Peach, Jasper

A kind and generous book of advice for any new LGBTQIA+ parent. This beautifully illustrated book holds the reader’s hand through the journeys of birth and non-birth parents, with advice on everything from dealing with others’ definitions of your family, to finding the right medical care and communities, and more.

$16.99 Hardcover

649.1563

9781743798614

03/28/2023

Hardie Grant

Different, Not Less

Hayden, Chloé

An empowering lived-experience guide to celebrating and supporting neurodivergence. This is a moving, at times funny story of how it feels to be neurodivergent. It is also a practical guide, with advice for living with meltdowns and shutdowns, tips for finding supportive communities, and much more.

$19.99 Trade Paper

153.8

9781922616180

04/04/2023

Murdoch Books

Mindful Homes

Cho, Anjie

Be present and connected in your home with feng shui and mindfulness techniques. Learn simple practices to cultivate a healing living space, including creating sacred areas for rituals, incorporating crystals, mindful meditation, and offering gratitude to deities and to your home itself. With stunning photography throughout.

$19.99 Trade Paper

133.3337

9781800652118

04/11/2023

Cico Books

Out

Sovec, John

Offering essential guidance and advice, this book is here to help you with chapters that explore LGBTQIA+ terminology, understanding the coming out process, effective communication strategies, talking to your LGBTQIA+ kid about sex, the parents’ process of acceptance, and the family coming out process.

$17.95 Trade Paper

306.7608

9781839974243

04/21/2023

Jessica Kingsley Publishers

Baby Making for Everybody

Rachlin, Ray / Goodman, Marea

A friendly, straightforward guide to fertility for LGBTQ+ and solo parents who want to have kids but don’t know where to start. Queer millennial midwives Ray Rachlin and Marea Goodman use their professional expertise to demystify the dizzying process of pursuing parenthood as queer and solo people.

The Other Side of Special

Brown, Amy J. / Clime, Sara / Holt, Carrie M.

A deep dive into the most common emotions felt by special needs moms. Join three mothers of special needs children as they share tools to help you move from isolation to connection— even while you continue navigating the hard, emotional reality of parenting a child with special needs.

$18.99 Trade Paper

618.3008

9781538725863

04/25/2023

Balance

Take Your Own Advice

Marsh, Jeffrey

For those who are givers, carers, and empaths, a guide to focusing that energy on yourself—even if that feels frightening. Marsh shares their story and the lessons they learned on the path back to themselves. It’s time that you learn to put yourself first.

$17.99 Trade Paper

649.15

9780800742119

05/09/2023

Revell

Take Care

Pierre, Chlöe

Take Care prioritizes Black women and their experiences and encourages them to take care of themselves in order to bring their best self into the world. This book of warmth, happiness, and light will help you to refocus and put yourself first.

B

$18.00 Trade Paper

9780593541173

05/16/2023

Tarcher Perigee

$26.99 Hardcover

613.0424

9781472286000

05/23/2023

Mobius

Rainbow Parenting

Amer, Lindz

An essential guide for parents and caregivers to raising queerfriendly children in a gender-affirming space. Lindz Amer leads readers through practical applications, important LGBTQ+ history, key lessons in intersectionality, pronouns, social justice, and more. Divided by sections that address kids’ individual ages—from infancy to kindergarten.

Romance

Bitter Medicine

Tsai, Mia

In this inspired contemporary fantasy, a Chinese immortal and a French elf try to balance new romance, familial loyalty, and workplace demands. In her debut novel, Taiwanese American author Mia Tsai has created an unforgettable paranormal adventure that is full of humor, passion, and depth.

$19.00 Trade Paper

306.76

9781250836489

05/30/2023

St. Martin’s Griffin

Love and Other Flight Delays

Williams, Denise

Love takes flight in three connected novellas set at an airport. An airport pet groomer meets her frequent-flier crush. Two strangers share a romantic night—and discover they’re professional rivals. Two best friends have one week to return a lost love letter found in a candy store at the airport.

F

$18.95 Trade Paper

9781616963842

03/14/2023

Tachyon Publications

F

$17.00 Trade Paper

9780593441077

03/14/2023

Berkley

Right Girl, Wrong Side

Baird, Ginny

Fools Rush In meets Summer Rental in this Puerto Rican romcom about two rival families forced to share the same vacation cottage for a week. With the Machados livening things up and the Hatfields tamping them down, can Evita and Ryan keep the peace without losing their hearts?

F

$16.99 Trade Paper

9781728256559

03/28/2023

Sourcebooks Casablanca

A Lakeside Reunion

Chilove, C.

This summer, escape to a Southern lake town full of glamour in a story about family traditions, friendship, and a love that can’t be denied. Reese must fix the sins of the past by facing the lines between truth and deception, tradition and breaking free, and family expectations and self-discovery.

F

$15.99 Trade Paper

9781538705629

04/04/2023

Forever

The Do-Over

Park, Suzanne

A fun rom-com about a young Korean-American woman having to return to college after discovering she’s a few credits shy of completing her degree—only to find one of her TAs is her old college boyfriend. As Lily and Leo reconnect, will they be able to overcome their past?

Yours Truly

Jimenez, Abby

A novel of terrible first impressions, hilarious second chances, and the joy in finding your perfect match. When Jacob decides to give Dr. Briana Ortiz the best gift imaginable—a kidney for her brother—she wonders just how she can resist this quietly sexy new doctor.

F

$18.99 Trade Paper

9780063216051

04/04/2023

Avon

F

$16.99 Trade Paper

9781538704394

04/11/2023

Forever

BESTOFTHE STACKS

The Time of Your Life

Kitt, Sandra

When Everett Nicholls dies, he leaves his millions to the two people he cared about most—the young law student he was mentoring, and his beloved stepson. Beck Dennison and Eden Marsh are total strangers. As they begin to confide in each other, their friendship becomes an anchor.

F

$15.99 Trade Paper

9781728270227

04/11/2023

Sourcebooks Casablanca

The Accidental Queen

Jackson, L. R.

An enthralling, contemporary debut novel which blurs the lines of forbidden romance and showers hopeless romantics with a second-chance love reunion. Ebony Rose desires the freedom to love without limits. The last thing King Dafari expects to find in New York is the girl who got away.

Zora Books Her Happy Ever After

McCoy, Taj

An Indie bookstore owner finds herself in a love triangle when she meets the author she’s had a crush on for years...and his best friend. Even as Zora struggles to choose between them, she can’t shake the feeling that they’re both hiding something.

Moorewood Family Rules

Dimon, HelenKay

Knives Out and Ocean’s 8 meets The Nest in this hilariously twisty novel about a woman who returns home from prison to her dysfunctional con-artist family and tries to get them to go legit. Jillian Moorewood is the oldest child from a meet-cutegone-wrong marriage. The stable one.

F

$16.95 Trade Paper

9781735443195

04/25/2023

Kensington Publishing Corporation

F

$18.99 Trade Paper

9780778333524

04/25/2023

Harlequin MIRA

$30.00 Hardcover

F

9780063297142

04/25/2023

Avon

The Thing About Home

McKnight, Rhonda

Former model Casey Black needs an escape. When her pictureperfect vow renewal ceremony ends in her being left at the altar, an embarrassing viral video costs her millions of followers. Through the pages of her great-grandmother’s journals, Casey discovers her roots run deeper than the Lowcountry soil.

F

The Book Proposal

Micciche, K. J.

A hilarious debut bookish romcom. After one too many in the wake of a break-up, romance writer Gracie Landing emails her long ago high-school crush, Colin Yarmouth. The two forge an unlikely friendship as Colin’s tales of his own break-up become an unexpected source of material for Gracie’s current work-inprogress.

$16.99 Trade Paper

9780840706324

05/09/2023

Thomas Nelson

Preset

Dahlan, Sarina

The captivating prequel to the acclaimed, bestselling science fiction romance Reset. Can you give up a love you can’t forget? After the Last War destroyed most of the world, survivors formed a new society. Everything in the Four Cities is carefully predicted and carefully controlled…even love.

F

Un príncipe encantador / (The Charm Offensive)

Cochrun, Alison

Dev Deshpande has always believed in fairy tales. So it’s no wonder then that he’s spent his career crafting them on the long-running reality dating show Ever After. But then the show casts disgraced tech wunderkind Charlie Winshaw as its star.

$16.99 Trade Paper

9781728264721

05/16/2023

Sourcebooks Casablanca

F

$18.99 Trade Paper

9798212449373

05/23/2023

Blackstone Publishing

F

$22.95 Trade Paper

9788419131010

05/23/2023

Titania

Social Science

First Light

Matthiessen, Lucas

A deeply felt literary memoir of one man’s journey to redemption through vision loss, alcoholism, and the burden of a family legacy. Born to the author Peter Matthiessen, young Lucas traveled through life believing himself a disappointment to his famous father.

B

9781956763317

03/07/2023

Arcade

Stash

Cathcart Robbins, Laura

A propulsive and vivid memoir about the journey to sobriety and self-love amidst addiction, privilege, racism, and self-sabotage. After years of hiding her addiction, podcast host Laura Cathcart Robbins reveals how she managed to begin the long journey towards sobriety and unexpectedly finding new love.

B

$27.99 Hardcover

9781668005330

03/07/2023

Atria Books

The Brass Notebook

Jain, Devaki

The lyrical and globe-spanning memoir by the influential feminist economist, with introductory pieces from two American icons. Across an extraordinary life, Jain navigated a world determined to contain her ambitions. The Brass Notebook perfectly merges the political with the personal—a book full of life, ideas, politics, and history.

B

$27.99 Hardcover

9781620977941

03/14/2023

New Press

Happily

Mark, Sabrina Orah

A beautifully written memoir-in-essays on fairy tales and their surprising relevance to modern life, from a Jewish woman raising Black children in the American South—based on her acclaimed Paris Review column “Happily.”

Passport to Shame

Louie, Sam

A psychotherapist’s candid memoir of addiction and recovery, exploring the intersection of Asian culture, mental health, and assimilating into American culture. Sam Louie documents the challenges of immigrant experiences and how maladaptive coping mechanisms in the form of compulsive behaviors were a means to gain a sense of adequacy.

The People’s Hospital

Nuila, Ricardo

In physician Ricardo Nuila’s stunning debut, we follow the lives of five uninsured Houstonians as their struggle for survival leads them to a hospital where insurance comes second to genuine care. Each patient eventually lands at Ben Taub, the county hospital where Dr. Nuila has worked for over a decade.

B

$27.00 Hardcover

9780593242476

03/14/2023

Random House

Whiteout

Hansen, Helena / Netherland, Jules / Herzberg, David

The first critical analysis of how Whiteness drove the opioid crisis. Anchored by interviews, data, and riveting firsthand narratives from three leading experts, Whiteout reveals how a century of structural racism in drug policy—and in profit-oriented medical industries—led to mass white overdose deaths.

B

$18.95 Trade Paper

9781949481686

03/14/2023

Central Recovery Press

$28.00 Hardcover

B

9781501198045

03/14/2023

Scribner

$29.95 Hardcover

362.293

9780520384057

03/21/2023

University of California Press

Hidden Brilliance

Koegel, Lynn Kern ,PhD / LaZebnik, Claire

A groundbreaking exploration of the ways in which the intelligence and abilities of children and young adults with autism are often overlooked and misjudged. Includes triedand-true interventions that can be used to help them reach their full potential.

$32.00 Hardcover

616.8588

9780063225374

04/04/2023

HarperWave

I Can’t Save You

Chin-Quee, Anthony

The raw and gripping memoir of a Black physician who confronts his past mistakes and relationships as he learns to find his own path forward. Growing up in a family with a background of depression, Anthony Chin-Quee struggled with relationships, feelings of inadequacy, and a fear of failure.

A Living Remedy

Chung, Nicole

From the bestselling author of All You Can Ever Know comes a searing memoir of class, inequality, and grief—a daughter’s search to understand the lives her adoptive parents led, the life she forged as an adult, and the lives she’s lost.

Losing Music

Cotter, John

John Cotter was thirty years old when he first began to notice a ringing in his ears. What begins as an expedition across the country, battling the limits of the American healthcare system, quickly becomes something else entirely: a journey through hopelessness and adaptation to disability.

$28.00

9780593418888

04/04/2023

Riverhead Books

B

$29.99 Hardcover

9780063031616

04/04/2023

Ecco

$26.00 Hardcover

B

9781571311948

04/11/2023

Milkweed Editions

Searching for Savanna

Gable,

Mona

A gripping and illuminating investigation into the disappearance of Savanna LaFontaine-Greywind when she was eight months pregnant, highlighting the shocking epidemic of violence against Native American women in America and the societal ramifications of government inaction.

U.S. Immigration Made Easy

Bray, Ilona

Covers nearly every option for immigrating to the United States or coming for a temporary stay, including legal options and procedural steps. For anyone seeking to not only understand opportunities for U.S. visas and green cards, but also how to submit a successful application without running into excessive delays.

Entre el sol y la nieve / (Between the Sun and Snow)

Nieves, Myrna / Brant, Christopher Hirschmann (Translator)

The articles in this bilingual collection first appeared in Nosotros los latinos. Here, Nieves brings together 19 articles and a new essay. Providing critical viewpoints from a Latinx perspective, these articles address a variety of issues including climate change, domestic violence, women’s rights, and trends in literature and the arts.

$28.99 Hardcover

970.0049

9781982153687

04/25/2023

Atria Books

From Homemakers to Breadwinners to Community Leaders

Fuentes-Mayorga, Norma

Norma Fuentes-Mayorga compares the immigration and integration experiences of Dominican and Mexican women in New York City, a traditional destination for Dominicans but a relatively new one for Mexicans. Her book documents the significance of women-led migration within an increasingly racialized context, underscoring the contributions women make to their communities.

$44.99 Trade Paper

342.7308

9781413330717

04/25/2023

Nolo

$24.99 Trade Paper

864

9781940939384

04/30/2023

2leaf Press

$34.95 Trade Paper

362.8398

9781978822122

05/12/2023

Rutgers University Press

The New China Playbook

Jin, Keyu

A myth-dispelling, comprehensive guide to the Chinese economy and its path to ascendancy. Jin believes that by understanding the Chinese model, the people, the culture and history in its true perspective, one can reconcile what may appear to be contradictions to the Western eye.

Party of One

Wong, Chun Han

From one of the most admired reporters covering China today, a vital new account of the life and political vision of Xi Jinping, the authoritarian leader of the People’s Republic whose hardedged tactics have set the rising superpower on a collision with Western liberal democracies.

$30.00 Hardcover

330.951

9781984878281

05/16/2023

Viking

$30.00 Hardcover

327.51

9781982185732

05/23/2023

Avid Reader Press

PUBLISHER GALLERY A New Shopping Experience

Click

Beijing Rules

Allen, Bethany

One of the most acclaimed journalists on contemporary China lays bare the country’s two-decade quest for global dominance. Written by the first American journalist to expose covert Chinese influence operations in the United States, Beijing Rules includes headline-making stories of western institutions bowing to Beijing’s coercion.

World Cultures

$32.50 Hardcover

330.951

9780063057418

08/01/2023

Harper

Culturally Responsive Conversations

Lee, Marina Minhwa / Leighton, Seth

A strategic handbook for educators and administrators serving increasingly multicultural classrooms. Readers will explore practical strategies to improve the K-12 educational experience for everyone, including cultural groups who have historically been overlooked or marginalized. Provides a usable toolkit for educators to have more effective conversations with families from multicultural backgrounds.

Brown Boy

Aziz, Omer

This memoir is an uncompromising interrogation of identity, family, religion, race, and class, told through Omer Aziz’s incisive and luminous prose. In a tough neighborhood on the outskirts of Toronto, miles away from wealthy white downtown, Omer Aziz struggles to find his place as a first-generation Pakistani Muslim boy.

$27.00 Hardcover

371.9

9781119849155

03/14/2023

Jossey-Bass

$28.00 Hardcover

B

9781982136314

04/04/2023

Scribner

The Toltec Legacy

Rodriguez, Michelle / Magaña, Sergio

Hollywood A-lister Michelle Rodriguez and Mexican healer Sergio Magaña reveal the incredible truth of ancient Toltec wisdom. This book offers a golden future for our planet, equipping readers with Toltec self-development tools and delivering the motivation to live a more harmonious life.

$19.95 Trade Paper

204

9781786787347

04/11/2023

Watkins Publishing

“You Should Be Grateful”

Tucker, Angela

An adoption expert and transracial adoptee herself examines the unique perspectives and challenges these adoptees have as they navigate multiple cultures. Tucker centers the experiences of adoptees to share deeply personal stories, well-researched history, and engrossing anecdotes from mentorship sessions with adopted youth.

Biting the Hand

Lee, Julia

In the vein of Eloquent Rage and Minor Feelings—a passionate, no-holds-barred memoir about the Asian American experience in a nation defined by racial stratification. When Julia Lee was fifteen, her hometown went up in smoke during the 1992 Los Angeles riots.

$25.95 Hardcover

362.734

9780807006511

04/18/2023

Beacon Press

Everything You Wanted to Know About Indians But Were Afraid to Ask

Treuer, Anton

A revised and updated edition of a modern classic offers answers to nearly 200 essential and thought-provoking questions about the Native people of North America. With frank, funny, and sometimes personal prose, this book cuts through myths, guilt, and anger to build a foundation for true understanding and positive action.

B

$26.99 Hardcover

9781250824677

04/18/2023

Henry Holt & Company

$22.95 Trade Paper

909.0491

9781681342467

04/18/2023

Minnesota Historical Society Press

In the Beginning, the Sun

Eastman, Charles Alexander (Ohiyesa) / Johnsen, Gail (Editor) / Bean, Sydney (Editor)

A never-before-published book by famed Native American author Charles Eastman recounts the stories of the Dakota creation cycle as they were told a century and a half ago. Five Eastman descendants contribute essays that offer new and personal perspectives on Charles Eastman’s life and work.

Outriders Africa

Mohamed, Layla (Editor) / Bakare-Yusef, Bibi (Editor)

A collection of essays, poetry, letters, and travel diaries, chronicling 10 writers’ journeys across Africa. Their travels take them from the tourist beaches of Madagascar and Comoros to the Rastafarian town of Shashamane in Ethiopia, and from questions of renaming to learning to walk in circles and embrace sensuality.

Project 562

Wilbur, Matika

A photographic and narrative celebration of contemporary Native American life and cultures, alongside an in-depth examination of issues that Native people face. A love letter to Indigenous Americans, containing hundreds of portraits and compelling personal narratives of contemporary Native people—all photographed in clothing, poses, and locations of their choosing.

Our Migrant Souls

Tobar, Héctor

A new book by the Pulitzer Prize–winning writer about the twenty-first-century Latino experience and identity. Our Migrant Souls assembles Tobar’s personal experiences as the son of Guatemalan immigrants and the stories told to him by his Latinx students to offer a spirited rebuke to racist ideas about Latino people.

$17.95 Trade Paper

305.897

9781681342337

04/18/2023

Minnesota Historical Society Press

$20.95 Hardcover

916.043

9781913175238

04/18/2023

Cassava Republic Press

$50.00 Hardcover

970.0049

9781984859525

04/25/2023

Ten Speed Press

$27.00 Hardcover

973.0468

9780374609900

05/09/2023

MCD

Asian Americans in Story

Dahlen, Sarah Park / Lai, Paul

Asian American children’s and young adult literature, one of the most vibrant yet underexamined bodies of works, constitutes an important means of both encouraging inclusivity and celebrating Asian American children’s heritage. This pathbreaking guide reveals the context and content of Asian American stories for youth.

River Spirit

Aboulela, Leila

The spellbinding new novel about an embattled young woman’s coming of age during the Mahdist War in 19th century Sudan. Aboulela gives us the unforgettable story of a people who— against the odds and for a brief time—gained independence from foreign rule through their willpower, subterfuge, and sacrifice.

The Gospel According to the New World

Condé, Maryse / Philcox, Richard (Translator)

A miracle baby is born on Easter Sunday, rumored to be the child of God. Award-winning Caribbean author Maryse Condé follows his journey in search of his origins and mission. Will Pascal be able to change the fate of humanity? And what will the New World Gospel reveal?

$49.99 Trade Paper

810.9895

9780838937860

10/07/2024

ALA Editions

Ischia

Heffes, Gisela / Wray, Grady C. (Translator)

Ischia is a portrait of an unnamed narrator and protagonist who, along with her friends, wanders through the margins of different cities, especially Buenos Aires, searching for something that they don’t know, and that seems unfathomable. Three lives unfold between disenchantment and humor.

F

$27.00 Hardcover

9780802160669

03/07/2023

Grove Press

F

$18.99 Trade Paper

9781642861181

03/07/2023

World Editions

F

$16.95 Trade Paper

9781646052141

03/14/2023

Deep Vellum Publishing

Heart Sutra

Lianke, Yan / Rojas, Carlos (Translator)

BESTOFTHE STACKS

F

A captivating new novel set at a religious training center in Beijing, focusing on the unlikely love story of a Buddhist nun and a Daoist priest. Illustrated throughout with beautiful original papercuts, animated by Yan Lianke’s characteristically incisive sense of humor, Heart Sutra is a stunning and timely novel.

$28.00 Hardcover

9780802162199

03/14/2023

Grove Press

Innards

Makhene, Magogodi oaMphela

This incendiary debut of linked stories narrates the everyday lives of Soweto residents, from the early years of apartheid to its dissolution and beyond. Meet a fake PhD and ex–freedom fighter, a girl who goes mute after stumbling on a burning body, and others.

F

$27.95 Hardcover

9781324051008

05/02/2023

W. W. Norton & Company

Dulcinea

Veciana-Suarez, Ana

A feminist Shakespeare in Love reimagining of Cervantes, Dulcinea tells the story of Dolça, the fictional muse behind Don Quixote. The daughter of a wealthy merchant, young Dolça Llull Prat is besotted with the dashing, bootstrapping Miguel Cervantes from their first meeting. Despite Miguel’s entreaties, the ever-practical Dolça repeatedly refuses to upend her life for him.

The Covenant of Water

Verghese, Abraham

Spanning the years 1900 to 1977, The Covenant of Water is set in Kerala, on South India’s Malabar Coast, and follows three generations of a family that suffers a peculiar affliction: in every generation, at least one person dies by drowning—and in Kerala, water is everywhere.

F

$27.99 Hardcover

9798200813414

05/02/2023

Blackstone Publishing

F

$32.00 Hardcover

9780802162175

05/02/2023

Grove Press

Fear and Lovely

Appachana, Anjana

Though she is surrounded by love, painfully shy Mallika’s life is complicated by secrets that she, her mother, and her aunt work hard to keep. In a narrative that unfolds from the perspectives of Mallika and the seven people closest to her, the story of these characters’ intertwining lives emerges.

The Light at the End of the World

Deb, Siddhartha

Connecting India’s 19th and 20th centuries to its distant past and its potentially apocalyptic future, this sweeping tale of rebellion, courage, and brutality reinvents fiction. Delhi, the near future: a low-ranking employee of a global consulting firm is tasked with finding a man long thought to be dead.

05/09/2023

Verve Books

05/30/2023

Soho Press