Spring/Summer 2022 Book Recommendations

Non-fiction:

March, Book One (Graphic Novel) by John Lewis with Andrew Ayden and Nate Powell

Roadmap to Reconciliation by Brenda Salter McNeil

The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander

A Theology of Liberation by Gustavo Gutierrez

Haunting the Korean Diaspora by Grace M. Cho

So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo

fiction:

Beloved by Toni Morrison

Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston

The Sweetness of Water by Nathan Harris

Giovanni’s Room and other works by James Baldwin

children/youth:

Children of God Storybook Bible by Archbishop Desmond Tutu

Who Is My Neighbor? by Amy-Jill Levine

Love Will See You Through: Martin Luther King Jr.’s Six Guiding Beliefs by Angela Farris Watkins

Martin's Big Words: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. by Doreen Rappaport

Preaching to the Chickens: The Story of Young John Lewis by Jabari Asim

Refuge by Anne Booth

How Many Miles To Bethlehem? by Kevin Crossley-Holland

That Baby in the Manger by Anne E. Neuberger

Howard Thurman's Great Hope by Kai Jackson Issa

Last Stop on Market Street by Matt de la Peña

You Matter by Christian Robinson

Change Sings: A Children's Anthem by Amanda Gorman

The ABCs of Black History by Rio Cortez