Book Lists - West Hartford Public Library

June is Pride Month

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Love Wins

Real Life

She’s Not There

She’s Not There

Fun Home

Becoming a Man

Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe

Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secr...

And the Band Played On

And the Band Played On

Call Me by Your Name

Call Me by Your Name

Homie

A Little Life

A Queer History of the United States

A Queer History of the United States

The Swimming-Pool Library

The Swimming-Pool Library

The Deviant’s War

The Deviant’s War

Boy Meets Boy

The Stonewall Reader

The Stonewall Reader

The Price of Salt, Or Carol

The Price of Salt, Or Carol

Boy Erased

Written on the Body

Written on the Body

Moab is My Washpot

Moab is My Washpot

Fall on Your Knees

Fall on Your Knees

Celebrate Juneteenth with these selections

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Juneteenth (Revised)

Juneteenth (Revised)

On Juneteenth

The Hill We Climb

The Hill We Climb

Barracoon

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

Libertie

The Underground Railroad

The Underground Railroad

The Fire Next Time

The Fire Next Time

Four Hundred Souls

Four Hundred Souls

Kindred

Between the World and Me

Between the World and Me

June is Caribbean-American Heritage Month

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How the One-Armed Sister Sweeps Her House

How the One-Armed Sister Sweeps Her H...

Love After Love

Love After Love

Dear Haiti, Love Alaine

Dear Haiti, Love Alaine

One Year of Ugly

One Year of Ugly

How to Love a Jamaican

How to Love a Jamaican

The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

A Caribbean Heiress in Paris

A Caribbean Heiress in Paris

Afterlife

Dominicana

No Gods, No Monsters

No Gods, No Monsters

Everything Inside

Everything Inside

The Housing Lark

The Housing Lark

The Girl with the Hazel Eyes

The Girl with the Hazel Eyes

The Book of Lost Saints

The Book of Lost Saints

A Brief History of Seven Killings

A Brief History of Seven Killings

These Ghosts Are Family

These Ghosts Are Family

Here Comes the Sun

Here Comes the Sun

Black History Month: February

Invisible Man

Heavy

The Vanishing Half

The Vanishing Half

The Souls of Black Folk

The Souls of Black Folk

Negroland

Harriet Tubman

Up from Slavery

Up from Slavery

Stamped from the Beginning

Stamped from the Beginning

Kindred

The Long Emancipation

The Long Emancipation

Conjure Women

Barracoon

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Do...

The Hill We Climb

The Hill We Climb

Beloved

Between the World and Me

Between the World and Me

The Underground Railroad

The Underground Railroad

The Fire Next Time

The Fire Next Time

Stony the Road

The Warmth of Other Suns

The Warmth of Other Suns

National Hispanic Heritage Month: Sept. 15 – Nov. 15

Lost Children Archive

Lost Children Archive

The Undocumented Americans

The Undocumented Americans

A Long Petal of the Sea

A Long Petal of the Sea

Doña Barbara

Bless Me, Ultima

Bless Me, Ultima

An African American and Latinx History of the United States

An African American and Latinx Histor...

The Book of Unknown Americans

The Book of Unknown Americans

Mexican Gothic

You Had Me at Hola

You Had Me at Hola

The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

2666

El Juego de Ripper

El Juego de Ripper

My Beloved World

My Beloved World

When We Left Cuba

When We Left Cuba

Caramelo

Labyrinths

The House of Broken Angels

The House of Broken Angels

In the Time of the Butterflies

In the Time of the Butterflies

Women’s History Month: March

Ain’t I a Woman

Ain’t I a Woman

The Woman Warrior

The Woman Warrior

Votes for Women!

Votes for Women!

Well-Behaved Women Seldom Make History

Well-Behaved Women Seldom Make History

Hidden Figures

The Six Wives of Henry VIII

The Six Wives of Henry VIII

The Woman Who Smashed Codes

The Woman Who Smashed Codes

My Own Words

Becoming

We Should All be Feminists

We Should All be Feminists

The Secret History of Wonder Woman

The Secret History of Wonder Woman

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

The Radium Girls

The Radium Girls

Native American Heritage Month: November

Sabrina & Corina

Sabrina & Corina

Cherokee America

Cherokee America

A Mind Spread Out on the Ground

A Mind Spread Out on the Ground

Heart Berries

Carry

Ceremony

An American Sunrise: Poems

An American Sunrise: Poems

The Removed

The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee

The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee

Braiding Sweetgrass

Braiding Sweetgrass

The Plague of Doves

The Plague of Doves

There There

Arab American Heritage Month: April

Against the Loveless World

Against the Loveless World

Secret Son

I’jaam

The Map of Salt and Stars

The Map of Salt and Stars

Kahlil Gibran

An Unnecessary Woman

An Unnecessary Woman

Palace Walk

The Blue Between Sky and Water

The Blue Between Sky and Water

A Word for Love

A Word for Love

Frankenstein in Baghdad

Frankenstein in Baghdad

You Exist Too Much

You Exist Too Much

The Coffeehouse

The Coffeehouse

What Strange Paradise

What Strange Paradise

I Was Their American Dream

I Was Their American Dream

The Language of Baklava

The Language of Baklava

Burqas, Baseball, and Apple Pie

Burqas, Baseball, and Apple Pie

Keeping It Halal

Keeping It Halal

Conditional Citizens

Conditional Citizens

The Automobile Club of Egypt

The Automobile Club of Egypt

The Angel of History

The Angel of History

Asian and Pacific Islander Month: May

At Home with Madhur Jaffrey

At Home with Madhur Jaffrey

The Mountain

Deceit and Other Possibilities

Deceit and Other Possibilities

All You Can Ever Know

All You Can Ever Know

The Three-Body Problem

The Three-Body Problem

How Much of These Hills Is Gold

How Much of These Hills Is Gold

Interior Chinatown

Interior Chinatown

On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous

On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous

Girls Burn Brighter

Girls Burn Brighter

Pachinko (National Book Award Finalist)

Pachinko (National Book Award Finalist)

The Leavers (National Book Award Finalist)

The Leavers (National Book Award Fina...

Unmarriageable

The Sleepwalker’s Guide to Dancing

The Sleepwalker’s Guide to Dancing

The Vegetarian

The Fortunes

Days of Distraction

Days of Distraction

The Travelling Cat Chronicles

The Travelling Cat Chronicles

Little Fires Everywhere

Little Fires Everywhere