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• The Last Mapmaker by Christina Soontornvat (uploaded Dec 10, 2025)
  • For those who enjoy: mystery; exploration; maps; twists, twists, twists!
• Roller Girl by Victoria Jamieson (uploaded Nov 7, 2025)
  • For those who enjoy: roller derby (seriously, it’s awesome, check it out), stories about friendship and growing up, graphic novels with strong female protagonists, sports-themed narratives
• Ghost by Jason Reynolds (uploaded Oct 26, 2025)
  • For those who enjoy: track and field, sports in general, prose that feels like natural speaking, overcoming challenging surroundings
• The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller (uploaded Oct 2, 2025)
  • For those who enjoy: mythology, LGBTQ+ romance, battles, narrative history
• Carry On by Rainbow Rowell (uploaded Sep 26, 2025)
  • For those who enjoy: Harry Potter (but edgier), queer romances, mysteries & adventures, sassy dialogue
• Salt Fat Acid Heat by Samin Nosrat (uploaded Sep 18, 2025)
  • For those who enjoy: cooking, science, fun illustrations, becoming increasingly adept at something that seems daunting
• Huda F Cares? by Huda Fahmy (uploaded Mar 12, 2025)
  • For those who enjoy: road trips, Walt Disney World, strong female protagonists, themes of cultural identity and acceptance
• Black Girl You Are Atlas by Renée Watson (uploaded Mar 12, 2025)
  • For those who enjoy: poetry in general, celebrations of Black culture, celebrations of women
• Our Beautiful Darkness by Ondjaki (uploaded Mar 12, 2025)
  • For those who enjoy: poetic writing, graphic novels/picture books, romance
• An American Plague by Jim Murphy (uploaded Mar 12, 2025)
  • For those who enjoy: actually learning from the past, history
• Calvin by Martine Leavitt (uploaded Mar 12, 2025)
  • For those who enjoy: Calvin and Hobbes, perilous journeys, potentially unreliable narrators, neighborhood love stories, nuanced looks at schizophrenia
• When You Trap a Tiger by Tae Keller (uploaded Feb 13, 2025)
  • For those who enjoy: Korean folktales, storytelling, family (and sister) bonding, coming of age stories, magical realism
• When You Look Like Us by Pamela N. Harris (uploaded Feb 13, 2025)
  • For those who enjoy: mysteries, true crime stories, urban dramas, relationships (both familial and romantic)
• The 57 Bus by Dashka Slater (uploaded Feb 13, 2025)
  • For those who enjoy: legal dramas and true crime. LGBTQIA+ stories, the Bay Area
• The Great Stink by Colleen Paeff (uploaded Dec 20, 2024)
  • For those who enjoy: history, pollution, sisease control, scientific breakthroughs, poop jokes!
• Polar Bear Café by Aloha Higa (uploaded Dec 20, 2024)
  • For those who enjoy: puns (in Japanese), animals acting like people, quirky slice of life stories, absurd humor
• Huda F Are You? by Huda Fahmy (uploaded Dec 6, 2024)
  • For those who enjoy: middle school scaries, stories about fitting in, Muslim identity stories, amusing by desperate attempts to fit in
• Here I Am, I Am Me by Cara Bean (uploaded Dec 6, 2024)
  • For those who enjoy: anything at all, just read this book, it’s important; nonfiction comics; improving their mental health
• Rez Dogs by Joseph Bruchac (uploaded Nov 14, 2024)
  • For those who enjoy: poetry, storytelling traditions, actually talking about the pandemic
• Queer Ducks by Eliot Screfer (uploaded Nov 14, 2024)
  • For those who enjoy: animals and the natural world, LGBTQIA+ topics, surprising facts, humorous writing, comics
• Fallout by Steve Sheinkin (uploaded Nov 14, 2024)
  • For those who enjoy: world history, spy stories, politics
• My Fine Fellow by Jennieke Cohen (uploaded Oct 22, 2024)
  • For those who enjoy: cooking, adaptations of classics, romance, Jewish identity stories, British accents (if you choose the audiobook)
• Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley (uploaded Oct 22, 2024)
  • For those who enjoy: Native American identity stories, mysteries, sports (hockey), drug busts, and crime stories
• The Honeys by Ryan La Sala (uploaded Oct 18, 2024)
  • For those who enjoy: horror stories, mysteries, summer camp, bees?, gender fluid protagonists, supernatural elements
• Lupe Wong Won't Dance by Donna Barba Higuera (uploaded Oct 18, 2024)
  • For those who enjoy: baseball, humor, family bonding, fighting the system, not dancing