Check out our cultural reading list below for reading suggestions for adults, middle grade/young adults, and children.
Juneteenth Reading List
Adult:
Non-Fiction
- "Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America" by Ibram X. Kendi
- "The 1619 Project" by Nikole Hannah-Jones
- "Four Hundred Souls" By Ibram X. Kendi and Keisha N. Blain
- "On Juneteenth" by Annette Gordon-Reed
- "How to Be an Antiracist" by Ibram X. Kendi
- "Black Women Writers at Work" by Claudia Tate (Editor), Tillie Olsen (Foreword)
Fiction:
- "The Vanishing Half: A Novel" by Brit Bennett
- "Seven Days in June" by Tia Williams
- "Black Girls Must Die Exhausted: A Novel (Black Girls Must Die Exhausted, Book 1)" by Jayne Allen
Young Adult:
Non-Fiction:
- "Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You: A Remix of the National Book Award-winning Stamped from the Beginning" by Ibram X. Kendi
- "How to Be a (Young) Antiracist" by Ibram X. Kendi
Fiction:
- "A Taste of Magic" by J. Elle
- "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton
- "Rain Rising" by Courtne Comrie
Middle Grade:
Non-Fiction
- "This Book Is Anti-Racist: 20 Lessons on How to Wake Up, Take Action, and Do The Work" by Tiffany Jewell
- "Stamped (For Kids): Racism, Antiracism, and You" by Sonja Cherry-Paul (Adapter), Jason Reynolds (Author), Ibram X. Kendi (Author
Fiction:
- "Freewater" by Amina Luqman-Dawson
- "Ways to Make Sunshine" by Renée Watson
- "The Parker Inheritance" by Varian Johnson
Picture Books:
Non-Fiction
- "Juneteenth for Mazie" by Floyd Cooper
- "Juneteenth" by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson, Drew Nelson
- "Opal Lee and What It Means to Be Free: The True Story of the Grandmother of Juneteenth" by Alice Faye Duncan
- "Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre" by Carole Boston Weatherford
- "The 1619 Project: Born on the Water" by Nikole Hannah-Jones, Renee Watson
Fiction:
- "All Different Now: Juneteenth, the First Day of Freedom" by Angela Johnson
- "Free at Last: A Juneteenth" by Sojourner Kincaid Rolle
- "The Year We Learned to Fly" by Jacqueline Woodson
Native American Heritage Month Reading List
Adult
- "Reclaiming Two-Spirits: Sexuality, Spiritual Renewal & Sovereignty in Native America" by Gregory D. Smithers
- "Calling for a Blanket Dance" by Oscar Hokeah
- "Fevered Star" by Rebecca Roanhorse
- "An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
- "When the Light of the World Was Subdued, Our Songs Came Through" by Joy Harjo, LeAnne Howe, Jennifer Elise Foerster
- "An Afro-Indigenous History of the United States" by Kyle T. Mays
Young Adult
- "Firekeeper's Daughter" by Angeline Boulley
- "The Summer of Bitter and Sweet" by Jen Ferguson
- "Everything You Wanted to Know About Indians but Were Afraid to Ask (Young reader edition)" by Anton Treuer
- "An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States for Young People by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz" Adapted by Jean Mendoza and Debbie Reese
- "The Mourning Road to Thanksgiving" by Larry Spotted Crow Mann
Middle Grade
- "Ancestor Approved: Intertribal Stories for Kids" by Cynthia L. Smith
- "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young
- "Rain Is Not My Indian Name" by Cynthia L. Smith
- "The Sea in Winter" by Christine Day
- "Classified: The Secret Career of Mary Golda Ross, Cherokee Aerospace Engineer" by Traci Sorell
- "Rising Voices: Writings of Young Native Americans" Edited by Arlene Hirschfelder, Beverly Singer
Picture Books/Chapter Books
- "When we Were Alone" by David Robertson
- "Jingle Dancer" by Cynthia L. Smith
- "Berry Song" by Michaela Goade
- "At the Mountain’s Base" by Traci Sorell illustrated by: Weshoyot Alvitre
- "We are the Water Protectors" by Carole Lindstrom illustrated by Michaela Goade
- "Jojo Makoons Series" by Dawn Quigley, Illustrated by Tara Audibert (Chapter Book Series)
Transgender Day of Remembrance Reading List
Adult
- “Amateur A true Story About What Makes a Man” by Thomas Page McBee
- “The Subtweet” by Vivek Shraya
- “The Thirty Names of Night” by Zeyn Joukhadar
- “Light From Uncommon Stars” by Ryka Aoki
- “Genderqueer” by Maia Kobabe
- “The Nearest Exit Behind You” by S. Bear Bergman
Young Adult
- “King and the Dragon Flies” by Kacen Callender
- “What’s the T?” Juno Dawson
- “Sasha Masha” by Agnes Borinsky
- “The Sunbearer Trials” by Aiden Thomas
- “Nimona” by Nate Stevenson
Middle Grade
- “Ana on the Edge” by AJ Sass
- “Zenobia July” by Lisa Bunker
- “Almost Flying" by Jake Maia Arlow
- “Alice Austen Lived Here” by Alex Gino
- “This Is Our Rainbow: 16 STORIES OF HER, HIM, THEM, AND US” Edited by Katherine Locke and Nicole Melleby
Picture Books/Chapter Books
- “When Aiden Became a Brother” Kyle Lukoff
- “Calvin” by JR Ford and Vanessa Ford; Illustrated by Kayla Harren
- “I'm Not a Girl: A Transgender Story” by Maddox Lyons and Jessica Verdi; illustrated by Dana Simpson
- “My Rainbow” By DeShanna Neal and Trinity Neal; Illustrated by Art Twink
Diwali Reading List
Adult
- "The Jasmine Throne" by Tasha Suri
- "The Last Queen" by Chitra BanerJee Divakaruni
- "Kaikeyi" by Vaishnavi Patel
- "The Last White Man" by Mohsin Hamid
- "The Death of Vivek Oji" by Akwaeke Emezi
Middle Grade/Young Adult
- "Thirst" by Varsha Bajaj
- "Golden Girl" by Reem Faruqi
- "Aru Shah and the Nectar of Immortality" by Roshani Chokshi
- "The Dream Runners" by Shvetea Thakrar
- "The Loophole" by Naz Kutub
Picture Books
- "Diwali in my New Home" by Shacki Kaushik; Illustrated by Aishwarya Tandon
- "It's Diwali!" By Kabir Sehgal, Surishtha Sehgal; Illustrated by Archana Sreenivasan
- "Binny's Diwali" by Thrity Umrigar; Illustrated by Nidhi Chanani
- "Dancing in Thatha's Footsteps" by Srividhya Venkat; Illustrated by Kavita Ramchadran