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Author Talks & Conversations
- LIVE from NYPL: Jelani Cobb on the Kerner Commission Report
  Wed, July 21 | 5 PM
  Bryant Park Reading Room
- LIVE from NYPL: Emily Bass and Sheri Fink on the Fight to Defeat AIDS
  Wed, July 28 | 5 PM
  Bryant Park Reading Room
- July Book Club Event: Zakiya Dalila Harris
  Thurs, July 29 | 7 PM
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Staff Picks

This time-bending novel deftly meshes the worlds of 1970s Ireland and rural Virginia with the story and fantasy of traditional folk tales.

The Serendipity of Flightless Things

Jenny Rosenoff

Children's Center, SNFL

A tender story of two worlds, unlikely friendship, and the secret life of turtles.

Alfie

Andrea Grassi

Harlem Library

New & Noteworthy

The Other Black Girl

The Other Black Girl

Zakiya D. Harris

Adult

Fiction

HomelandElegies

Homeland Elegies

Ayad Akhtar

Adult

Fiction

Desert Notebooks

Desert Notebooks

Ben Ehrenreich

Adult

Nonfiction

Finna

Nate Marshall

Adult

Poetry

Dragon Hoops

Gene Luen Yang

Young Adult

Graphic Novel

Just Us: An American Conversation

Claudia Rankine

Adult

Nonfiction

Black Sun

Rebecca Roanhorse

Adult

Fiction

The Luminaries

Eleanor Catton

Adult

Fiction

Don't Call it a Cult

Don't Call It A Cult

Sarah Berman

Adult

Nonfiction

The Abstainer

Ian McGuire

Adult

Fiction

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A 'Summer of Soul' Companion Reading List

Inspired by the film and want to learn more about this era and these musicians? These books will get you started.

Carrie McBride

Communications

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Disability Visibility: 15 Books to Celebrate Disability Pride

These titles invite you to celebrate and elevate people with disabilities, call for disability justice, and challenge ableism.

Estefania Velez

Library Information Assistant

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