Book Lists - West Hartford Public Library

Native American Heritage Month: November

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The Berry Pickers

The Berry Pickers

The Seed Keeper

The Seed Keeper

Dog Flowers

Notable Native People

Notable Native People

When the Light of the World Was Subdued, Our Songs Came Through

When the Light of the World Was Subdu...

Oak Flat

Indigenous Continent

Indigenous Continent

The Only Good Indians

The Only Good Indians

Winter Counts

Black Sun

There There

When Two Feathers Fell from the Sky

When Two Feathers Fell from the Sky

Poet Warrior: A Memoir

Poet Warrior: A Memoir

Iwígara

Love Medicine

Braiding Sweetgrass

Braiding Sweetgrass

The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee

The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee

The Removed

The Sentence

Even As We Breathe

Even As We Breathe

Scary titles for Halloween

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Slewfoot

An Academy for Liars

An Academy for Liars

Lone Women

Mister Magic

The Reformatory

The Reformatory

Never Whistle at Night

Never Whistle at Night

The September House

The September House

My Heart Is a Chainsaw

My Heart Is a Chainsaw

My Best Friend's Exorcism

My Best Friend's Exorcism

It

The Ex Hex

Cackle

Payback's a Witch

Payback's a Witch

I Am Legend

Lovecraft Country

Lovecraft Country

The Twisted Ones

The Twisted Ones

Frankenstein, Or, The Modern Prometheus

Frankenstein, Or, The Modern Prometheus

The Haunting of Hill House

The Haunting of Hill House

The Death of Jane Lawrence

The Death of Jane Lawrence

Nothing But Blackened Teeth

Nothing But Blackened Teeth

Black History Month: February

The New Jim Crow

The New Jim Crow

When They Call You a Terrorist

When They Call You a Terrorist

A Taste of Power

A Taste of Power

You Don't Know Us Negroes and Other Essays

You Don't Know Us Negroes and Other E...

A Promised Land

A Promised Land

Caste

America on Fire: The Untold History of Police Violence and Black Rebellion Since the 1960s

America on Fire: The Untold History o...

On Juneteenth

South to America

South to America

Four Hundred Souls

Four Hundred Souls

A Little Devil in America

A Little Devil in America

Wake

The Black Church

The Black Church

Buses Are a Comin'

Buses Are a Comin'

Heavy

The Vanishing Half

The Vanishing Half

Stamped from the Beginning

Stamped from the Beginning

Between the World and Me

Between the World and Me

The Underground Railroad

The Underground Railroad

The Warmth of Other Suns

The Warmth of Other Suns

Women’s History Month: March

Girl Squads

Untamed

I Am Malala

Twice as Hard

Rad Women Worldwide

Rad Women Worldwide

Excellent Daughters

Excellent Daughters

Because of Sex

The Genius of Women

The Genius of Women

In Defense of Witches

In Defense of Witches

Ain't I a Woman

Ain't I a Woman

The Woman Warrior

The Woman Warrior

Well-Behaved Women Seldom Make History

Well-Behaved Women Seldom Make History

Hidden Figures

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

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 American and Pacific Islander Heritage 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

Juneteenth

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

Caribbean-American Heritage Month: June

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

Pride Month: June

The Book of Pride

The Book of Pride

Here for It

Real Queer America

Real Queer America

Tomorrow Will Be Different

Tomorrow Will Be Different

Fairest

Hola Papi

Redefining Realness

Redefining Realness

Boy Erased

Detransition, Baby

Detransition, Baby

Over the Top

Recollections of My Nonexistence

Recollections of My Nonexistence

David Bowie Made Me Gay

David Bowie Made Me Gay

Let the Record Show

Let the Record Show

Giovanni's Room

Giovanni's Room

Untamed

Love Wins

She's Not There

She's Not There

Becoming a Man

A Queer History of the United States

A Queer History of the United States

The Stonewall Reader

The Stonewall Reader

Disability Pride Month: July

The Future Is Disabled

The Future Is Disabled

The Country of the Blind

The Country of the Blind

Against Technoableism: Rethinking Who Needs Improvement (A Norton Short)

Against Technoableism: Rethinking Who...

Staring Back

The Mark of Slavery

The Mark of Slavery

The Pretty One

In Sickness and in Health

In Sickness and in Health

Disfigured

About Us: Essays from the Disability Series of the New York Times

About Us: Essays from the Disability ...

Such a Pretty Girl

Such a Pretty Girl

Disability Visibility

Disability Visibility

Demystifying Disability

Demystifying Disability

Care Work

Being Heumann

Scary titles for Halloween

Slewfoot

An Academy for Liars

An Academy for Liars

Lone Women

Mister Magic

The Reformatory

The Reformatory

Never Whistle at Night

Never Whistle at Night

The September House

The September House

My Heart Is a Chainsaw

My Heart Is a Chainsaw

My Best Friend's Exorcism

My Best Friend's Exorcism

It

The Ex Hex

Cackle

Payback's a Witch

Payback's a Witch

I Am Legend

Lovecraft Country

Lovecraft Country

The Twisted Ones

The Twisted Ones

Frankenstein, Or, The Modern Prometheus

Frankenstein, Or, The Modern Prometheus

The Haunting of Hill House

The Haunting of Hill House

The Death of Jane Lawrence

The Death of Jane Lawrence

Nothing But Blackened Teeth

Nothing But Blackened Teeth

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

Family Lore

Vampires of El Norte

Vampires of El Norte

Olga Dies Dreaming

Olga Dies Dreaming

You Sound Like a White Girl

You Sound Like a White Girl

Isabel and The Rogue

Isabel and The Rogue

Cross-Stitch

Hola Papi

Victim

The Cemetery of Untold Stories

The Cemetery of Untold Stories

Malas

Catalina

Lost Children Archive

Lost Children Archive

The Undocumented Americans

The Undocumented Americans

A Long Petal of the Sea

A Long Petal of the Sea

Bless Me, Ultima

Bless Me, Ultima

The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

My Beloved World

My Beloved World

When We Left Cuba

When We Left Cuba

Caramelo

The House of Broken Angels

The House of Broken Angels

Native American Heritage Month: November

The Berry Pickers

The Berry Pickers

The Seed Keeper

The Seed Keeper

Dog Flowers

Notable Native People

Notable Native People

When the Light of the World Was Subdued, Our Songs Came Through

When the Light of the World Was Subdu...

Oak Flat

Indigenous Continent

Indigenous Continent

The Only Good Indians

The Only Good Indians

Winter Counts

Black Sun

There There

When Two Feathers Fell from the Sky

When Two Feathers Fell from the Sky

Poet Warrior: A Memoir

Poet Warrior: A Memoir

Iwígara

Love Medicine

Braiding Sweetgrass

Braiding Sweetgrass

The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee

The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee

The Removed

The Sentence

Even As We Breathe

Even As We Breathe

Most Borrowed Books of 2023: Fiction

Lessons in Chemistry

Lessons in Chemistry

Our Missing Hearts

Our Missing Hearts

Demon Copperhead

Demon Copperhead

Mad Honey

Hello Beautiful

Hello Beautiful

Pineapple Street

Pineapple Street

Someone Else's Shoes

Someone Else's Shoes

The Five-Star Weekend

The Five-Star Weekend

A World of Curiosities

A World of Curiosities

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow

It Starts with Us

It Starts with Us

Remarkably Bright Creatures

Remarkably Bright Creatures

Happy Place

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo

I Have Some Questions for You

I Have Some Questions for You

Desert Star

Lucy by the Sea

Lucy by the Sea

The Last Thing He Told Me

The Last Thing He Told Me

The Lincoln Highway

The Lincoln Highway

The Boys from Biloxi

The Boys from Biloxi

Most Borrowed Books of 2023: Non-Fiction

Spare

I'm Glad My Mom Died

I'm Glad My Mom Died

The Wager

Solito

Dinners with Ruth

Dinners with Ruth

Crying in H Mart

Crying in H Mart

Dinner in One

An Immense World

An Immense World

The Light We Carry

The Light We Carry

Killers of the Flower Moon

Killers of the Flower Moon

Friends, Lovers and the Big Terrible Thing

Friends, Lovers and the Big Terrible ...

Poverty, by America

Poverty, by America

And There Was Light

And There Was Light

One

These Precious Days

These Precious Days

Maybe You Should Talk to Someone

Maybe You Should Talk to Someone

Smitten Kitchen Keepers

Smitten Kitchen Keepers

Empire of Pain

Milk Street: Cook What You Have

Milk Street: Cook What You Have

The Extraordinary Life of an Ordinary Man

The Extraordinary Life of an Ordinary...

Most Borrowed Videos of 2023

House of the Dragon

House of the Dragon

The Fabelmans

Women Talking

The Whale

Ticket to Paradise

Ticket to Paradise

Elvis

The Banshees of Inisherin

The Banshees of Inisherin

The Super Mario Bros. Movie

The Super Mario Bros. Movie

She Said

Everything Everywhere All at Once

Everything Everywhere All at Once