Book Reviews
Adult
American Spy by Lauren Wilkinson
The Bangalore Detectives Club by Harini Nagendra
The Beasts of Paris by Stef Penney
The Bird Tattoo by Dunya Mikhail
The Brightest Star by Gail Tskuiyama
Brotherless Night by V. V. Ganeshananthan
Brown and Gay in LA: The Lives of Immigrant Sons by Anthony Christian Ocampo
The Coffeehouse Resistance by Sarina Prabasi
Death Doesn’t Forget by Ed Lin
A Death on Diamond Mountain by Scott Carney
Death on Gokumon Island by Seishi Yokomizo
The Decagon House Murders by Yukito Ayatsuji
A Disappearance in Fiji by Nilima Rao
Glory Be by Danielle Arceneaux
Gold Diggers by Sanjena Sathian
The Good Girls by Sonia Faleiro
Happy Stories, Mostly by Norman Erikson Parasibu
Honeybees and Distant Thunder by Riku Onda
How To Be Fine by Jolenta Greenberg and Kristen Meinzer
A Hundred Suns by Karin Tanabe
Ida B. The Queen: The Extraordinary Life and Legacy of Ida B Wells by Michelle Duster
The Interpreter’s Daughter by Teresa Lim
Island by Siri Ranva Hjelm Jacobsen
Jobs For Girls With Artistic Flair by June Gervais
The Light at the End of the World by Siddhartha Deb
Like Water by Daryl Joji Maeda
Lyrics of a Blackbird by Persia Walker
Madras on Rainy Days by Samina Ali
The Marriage Clock by Zara Raheem
The Mayors of New York by S. J. Rozan
Murder by Degrees by Ritu Mukerji
A Narrow Door by Joanne Harris
A Necessary Evil by Abir Mukerjee
The Milk Lady of Bangalore by Shoba Narayan
The Pleasure Seekers by Tishani Doshi
Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams
The Raven Thief by Gigi Pandian
The Savage Kind by John Copenhaver
The Scorpion’s Head by Hilde Vandemeeren
The Shadows of Men by Abir Mukherjee
Tina, Mafia Soldier by Maria Rosa Cutrufelli
The Twelve Days of Murder by Andreina Cordani
Under Lock and Skeleton Key by Gigi Pandian
Under the Red Moon by Harini Nagendra
Unfinished by Priyanka Chopra Jonas
Unreliable Narrator: Me, Myself, and Impostor Syndrome by Aparna Nancherla
The Wedding Date by Jasmine Guillory
We're Going To Need More Wine by Gabrielle Union
The Widows of Malabar Hill by Sujata Massey
Young Adult
An Echo In The City by K.X. Song
And They Lived… by Steven Salvatore
Ayesha at Last by Uzma Jalaluddin
The Beauty of the Moment by Tanaz Bhathena
Between the Bliss and Me by Lizzy Mason
Brighter Than The Moon by David Valdes
Chloe and the Kaishao Boys by Mae Coyiuto
The Color of the Sky is the Shape of the Heart by Chesil
Counting Down With You by Tashie Bhuiyan
The Depths by Nicole Lesperance
Everything Within and In Between by Nikki Barthelmess
Faking Reality by Sara Fujimura
Fight Like a Girl by Sheena Kamal
Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley
Forward Me Back To You by Mitali Perkins
Girls Burn Brighter by Shobha Rao
A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
Heiress Apparently by Diana Ma
In The Key of Nira Ghani by Natasha Deen
Inventing Victoria by Tonya Bolden
It All Comes Back To You by Farah Naz Rishi
The Keeper of Night by Kylie Lee Baker
The Lies We Tell by Katie Zhao
The Love and Lies of Rukhsana Ali by Sabina Khan
Lotus Bloom and the Afro Revolution by Sherri Winston
Love from Mecca to Medina by S.K. Ali
Love Is A Revolution by Renée Watson
The Love Match by Priyanka Taslim
Magic City by Jewell Parker Rhodes
The Magic Fish by Trung Le Nguyen
The Marvelous Mirza Girls by Sheba Karim
Mercury Boys by Chandra Prasad
Mister Miracle: The Great Escape by author Varian Johnson and illustrator Daniel Isles
More Than Just A Pretty Face by Syed M. Masood
No Filter and Other Lies by Crystal Maldonado
No Perfect Places by Steven Salvatore
Not Here To Be Liked by Michelle Quach
On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong
An Ordinary Wonder by Buki Papillon
The Other Side of Perfect by Mariko Turk
Patron Saints of Nothing by Randy Ribay
Pride, Prejudice, and Other Flavors by Sonali Dev
Queen of the Tiles by Hanna Alkaf
Ready When You Are by Gary Lonesborough
The Revolution of Birdie Randolph by Brandy Colbert
Saints and Misfits by S.K. Ali
The Sea Knows My Name by Laura Brooke Robson
She Is A Haunting by Trang Thanh Tran
Sing Me To Sleep by Gabi Burton
Sister of The Bollywood Bride by Nandini Bajpal
Spin Me Right Round by David Valdes
Summer in The City of Roses by Michelle Ruiz Keil
Sunny Song Will Never Be Famous by Suzanne Park
Sway With Me by Syed M. Masood
Symptoms of a Heartbreak by Sona Charaipotra
There Will Come a Darkness by Katy Rose Pool
Things We Couldn't Say by Jay Cole
This Poison Heart by Kalynn Bayron
This Wicked Fate by Kalynn Bayron
Unmarriageable by Soniah Kamal
The War Outside by Monica Hesse
We Hunt the Flame by Hafsah Faizal
The Weight of Our Sky by Hanna Alkaf
We Light Up The Sky by Lilliam Rivera
We’re In This Together by Linda Sarsour
What a Desi Girl Wants by Sabina Khan
When Dimple Met Rishi by Sandhya Menon
When You Wish Upon a Lantern by Gloria Chao
Where Sleeping Girls Lie by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé
Who We Were in the Dark by Jessica Taylor
Whistle: A New Gotham City Hero by author E. Lockhart and illustrator Manuel Preitano
The Worlds Within You by Shreya Ramachandran
Yes No Maybe So by Aisha Saeed and Becky Albertalli
Middle Grade
Black Brother, Black Brother by Jewell Parker Rhodes
Cameron Battle and the Hidden Kingdoms by Jamar J. Perry
The Dragon Warrior by Katie Zhao
Dress Coded by Carrie Firestone
Jennifer Chan Is Not Alone by Tae Keller
Maizy Chen’s Last Chance by Lisa Yee
Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy by author Rey Tericiero and illustrator Bre Indigo
The Only Black Girls In Town by Brandy Colbert
Prairie Lotus by Linda Sue Park
Stand Up, Yumi Chung by Jessica Kim
The Vanquishers by Kalynn Bayron