Tamara's Picks

Tamara is really good at reading. She reads every day. What a superstar!

 

 

 

 

All My Puny Sorrows By Miriam Toews Cover Image
$17.99
ISBN: 9781635574975
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Bloomsbury Publishing - October 15th, 2019

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The Idiot: A Novel By Elif Batuman Cover Image
$18.00
ISBN: 9780143111061
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Penguin Books - February 13th, 2018

Hilarious and weird in all the right ways. Batuman helped me feel compassion for my younger self that made questionable and arguably dumb decisions while trying to look intelligent and cool in front of my crush. This is the only book I've ever re-read and I want to read it over and over again.  -Tamara


Fight Night By Miriam Toews Cover Image
$18.00
ISBN: 9781635579789
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Bloomsbury Publishing - January 31st, 2023


Miriam Toews is sneakily becoming one of my all-time favorite authors. Her ability to combine humor, pain, and emotion is so incredibly clever. Toews navigates suffering in such a gentle way, it feels like she’s holding my hand. AND she has me cracking up throughout the entire novel. Swiv and her grandma are hilarious! Fight Night is perfect for anyone who loves to laugh and for anyone who has a grandma, is a grandma, or has ever met a grandma. -Tamara


Her Body and Other Parties: Stories By Carmen Maria Machado Cover Image
$17.00
ISBN: 9781555977887
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Graywolf Press - October 3rd, 2017

These stories left me feeling shaken and angry and seen and validated. I want to go out and read every single thing Carmen Maria Machado has written. Wow. Just wow.


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The Lost Dreamer (The Lost Dreamer Duology #1) By Lizz Huerta Cover Image
$18.99
ISBN: 9781250754851
Availability: Out of stock. Available to order.
Published: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR) - March 1st, 2022


This is the best fantasy book I have read in a while. I absolutely fell in love with the characters and the colorful Mesoamerican world Huerta creates for us. This book is truly a gift and I can’t wait for the sequel!!! -Tamara


Homegoing By Yaa Gyasi Cover Image
$16.95
ISBN: 9781101971062
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Vintage - May 2nd, 2017


There are certain books that, when you finish reading them, make you want to tell everyone in your life to stop doing what they’re doing and read that book. Homegoing is one of those books for me. -Tamara


Communion: The Female Search for Love (Love Song to the Nation #2) By bell hooks Cover Image
$17.99
ISBN: 9780060938291
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: William Morrow Paperbacks - December 24th, 2002

This book has a very special place in my heart. bell hooks made me feel SEEN!! She not only validated my longing to give and receive love but she also challenged me to reflect on some of the ways I was subconsciously contributing to a patriarchal and ageist approach to love and body positivity. An important read for all, no matter the gender!


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Parable of the Sower By Octavia E. Butler Cover Image
$16.99
ISBN: 9781538732182
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Grand Central Publishing - April 30th, 2019

I pretended to work for two days straight because I could not put this book down! Octavia Butler does not disappoint!  -Tamara


Dawn (Lilith's Brood #1) By Octavia E. Butler Cover Image
$18.99
ISBN: 9781538753712
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Grand Central Publishing - April 27th, 2021

Lilith’s Brood Series:

  • Dawn
  • Adulthood Rites
  • Imago

I will never stop talking about this series! Butler creates a world so vivid and colorful and weird; I gobbled it up! We meet the strange, tentacle wielding Oankali aliens as they attempt to save humans from themselves. Along with a brilliant world building that’s effortless and easy to follow, Butler explores humanity’s hierarchical and predatory nature. Are humans doomed to destruction? If given a fresh start, can we avoid destroying all our resources?


Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland By Patrick Radden Keefe Cover Image
$18.00
ISBN: 9780307279286
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Anchor - February 25th, 2020

We Do This 'Til We Free Us: Abolitionist Organizing and Transforming Justice By Mariame Kaba, Tamara K. Nopper (Editor), Naomi Murakawa (Foreword by) Cover Image
By Mariame Kaba, Tamara K. Nopper (Editor), Naomi Murakawa (Foreword by)
$16.95
ISBN: 9781642595253
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Published: Haymarket Books - February 23rd, 2021

In the Time of the Butterflies By Julia Alvarez Cover Image
$18.99
ISBN: 9781565129764
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Published: Algonquin Books - January 12th, 2010


Sometimes I struggle to articulate how I feel about a book but I still want everyone to know that I absolutely loved this book and you will too.


Small Things Like These By Claire Keegan Cover Image
$20.00
ISBN: 9780802158741
Availability: Out of stock. Available to order.
Published: Grove Press - November 30th, 2021

The Magic Fish: (A Graphic Novel) By Trung Le Nguyen Cover Image
$17.99
ISBN: 9781984851598
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Random House Graphic - October 13th, 2020

This is Not Miami By Fernanda Melchor, Sophie Hughes (Translated by) Cover Image
By Fernanda Melchor, Sophie Hughes (Translated by)
$15.95
ISBN: 9780811228053
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Published: New Directions - April 4th, 2023

My new favorite short story collection! It’s rare that I love every short story in a collection but I loved every single one in This is not Miami!


Somebody Loves You By Mona Arshi Cover Image
$16.95
ISBN: 9781913505165
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Published: And Other Stories - November 16th, 2021