Book Lists
Here is a selection of titles sourced throughout the year based on holidays, as well as national and international awareness and recognition months. This list is updated by month annually.
January
February
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Running Press and Black Dog & Leventhal: Educate and Inspire with these Books for Black History Month Ingram: Black History Month Essential Titles Simon & Schuster: Black History is... Penguin Random House: All Ways Black Astra Publishing House: Biographies, Picture Books & Graphic Novels for Kids Ideal for Black History Month Sourcebooks: Celebrating Black Voices Scholastic: Share Black Stories 2024 Merchandising Kit Quarto Kids: Celebrate Black History Month! Sourcebooks: Black Authors, Illustrators, & Content |
Lee & Low Books: 6 Titles to Celebrate Black Women's History Hachette: Black History Month Macmillan: Macmillan Celebrates Black History Month 2024 HarperCollins: Black History Reads Haymarket Books: Books for Black Liberation Callisto: Black History Month Heroes, Leaders & Self Care Rowman & Littlefield: Essential Reads for Black History Month Charlesbridge: Books by Black Authors Charlesbridge: Black History Month Indie Playlist: Black History Month |
March
April
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Indies to Indies: National Poetry Month Tin House Books: Celebrate National Poetry Month Independend Publishers Caucus spotlights: Brick Books, Milkweed Press, Wave Books |
S&S Books in Verse You Need to Read ASAP Tuttle Publishing: 5 Poetry Books to Celebrate National Poetry Month Haymarket Books: Poetry is Not a Luxury... |
May
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Abrams: Stories by Remarkable AAHNPI Authors S&S: Celebrating Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Culture, Traditions, and History Running Press: Bookish Best-Of Round-Up to Honor AAPI Month PRH: Cookbooks by Asian and Asian American Chefs Barefoot Books: Top titles for AAPI Heritage Month Orca Books: Asian Interest Titles |
Indies to Indies: AA/PI Heritage Month PRH: Science Fiction and Fantasy by AAHNPI Authors SIBA: Southern Bookseller Review: Honoring Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Hachette: Asian, Asian American, and Pacific Islander Authors and Books PRH: Historical Fiction by AANHPI Authors Scholastic: Celebrate AAPI Heritage Month PRH: Represent Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Stories And from Rowman & Littlefield for Mental Health Month: Read for Your Mental Health 💚 |
June
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Sourcebooks: Everybody Needs Pride Gecko Press: LGBTQ+ Book List Lerner Books: Read With Pride Macmillan: Pride Month 2023 Orca Book Publishers: LGBTQ+ ECW: Pride Reads 2023 Haymarket Books: Queer and Trans Politics, History, and Liberation Simon & Schuster: Celebrating Pride Month Scholastic: Read with Pride Holiday House/Pixel+Ink/Peachtree: LGBTQ & Pride Barefoot Books: LGBTQ+ Books Rowman & Littlefield: Essential reads for Pride Month |
Gecko Press: LGBTQIA+ Children's Books Sourcebooks: Pride Month Reading Recommendations Libro.fm: June is Pride Month Little Feminist Press: Pride Printables House of Anansi Press and Groundwood Books: Pride Catalog Interlink Books: LGBTQ+ Titles Libro.fm: LGBTQIA+ Authors Apollo Publishers: Stunning Photography Collections of Pride Indies to Indies: Gay Pride Indie Playlist Lee & Low Books: Read with Pride |
July
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Orca Book Publishers: People with Disabilities and Neurodiversities Hachette: Disability Pride Month |
Libro.fm: Audio Books by Disabled Authors |
August
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Transit Books: Women in Translation Book List Other Press: Women in Translation Open Letter Books: Women in Translation Month IPC Indie-to-Indie Playlist: Women in Translation |
Libro.fm: Women in Translation Catapult: Women in Translation Picks Community of Literary Magazines and Presses: A Reading List for Women in Translation Month 2023 Margins Bookselling MonthLibro.fm: Margins Bookselling Month |
September
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Haymarket Books: Books for Latinx Liberation Cardinal Rule Press: Spanish Bundle Barefoot Books: Top Books for Latine Heritage Month Sourcebooks: Hispanic & LatinX/e Authors, Illustrators, & Content Macmillan: Fierce Reads Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month Sweepstakes Indie to Indie: Celebrate Latinx Heritage Month |
Astra Books for Young Readers: Latine & Hispanic Heritage Month Book Giveaway Simon & Schuster: Hispanic Heritage Month Picks Penguin Random House: Books to Read for Latine and Hispanic Heritage Month GoComics: Hispanic Heritage Month is Underway! |