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Gale Literature

Literary criticism, analysis, reviews, biographies and more.

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New fiction

Stranger things. Tales from Hawkins

Houser, Jody, author

Corey Fah does social mobility : a novel

Waidner, Isabel, author

I see buildings fall like lightning

Goddard, Keiran, author

Corey Fah does social mobility : a novel

Waidner, Isabel, author

Staff Pick

Never Whistle at Night

Shane Hawk & Theodore C. Van Alst Jr

Are you ready to be un-settled? This collection of speculative and dark fiction by Indigenous authors introduces readers to ghosts, curses, hauntings, monstrous creatures, complex family legacies, desperate deeds, and chilling acts of revenge. These stories are a celebration of Indigenous peoples' survival and imagination, and a glorious reveling in all the things an ill-advised whistle might summon.

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New non-fiction

Gender is really strange

Goetz, Teddy G., author

Be a revolution : how everyday people are fighting oppression and changing the world-and how you can, too

Oluo, Ijeoma, author

Parenting at the intersections : raising neurodivergent children of color

Ramesh, Jaya, author

Roots, heart, soul : the story, celebration, and recipes of Afro cuisine in America

Richards, Todd (Chef), author

Underestimated : the wisdom and power of teenage girls

Goodan, Chelsey, author

Outofshapeworthlessloser : a memoir of figure skating, f*cking up, and figuring it out

Gold, Gracie, 1995- author

The manicurist's daughter : a memoir

Lieu, Susan, author

Black boys like me : confrontations with race, identity, and belonging

Morris, Matthew R., author

Momma cusses : a field guide to responsive parenting & trying not to be the reason your kid needs therapy

Laithland, Gwenna, author

What have we here? : portraits of a life

Williams, Billy Dee, 1937- author

Kingdom of play : what ball-bouncing octopuses, belly-flopping monkeys, and mud-sliding elephants reveal about life itself

Toomey, David, 1956- author

Pulling the chariot of the sun : a memoir of a kidnapping

McCrae, Shane, 1975- author

Made in China : a memoir of love and labor

Qu, Anna, author

Staff Pick

Watermelon & Red Birds: A Cookbook for Juneteenth and Black Celebrations

Nicole A. Taylor

Watermelon and Red Birds contains over 75 recipes, including drinks like Afro Egg Cream and Marigold Gin Sour, dishes like Beef Ribs with Fermented Harissa Sauce, Peach Jam and Molasses Glazed Chicken Thighs, Southern-ish Potato Salad and Cantaloupe and Feta Salad, and desserts like Roasted Nectarine Sundae, and Radish and Ginger Pound Cake. Taylor also provides a resource to guide readers to BIPOC-owned hot sauces, jams, spice, and waffle mixes companies and lists fun gadgets to make your Juneteenth special. These recipes and essays will inspire parties to salute one of the most important American holidays, and moments to savor joy all year round.

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New teen fiction

Hearts still beating

Archer, Brooke, author

And then there was us

Carter, Kern, author

Ace and the misfits

Kawooya, Eddie, author

Dropped!

Kuipers, Alice, 1979- author

The immortal games

Avery, Annaliese, author

I hope this doesn't find you

Liang, Ann (Young adult author), author

The getaway list : a novel

Lord, Emma, author

The breakup lists

Khorram, Adib, author

So let them burn

Cole, Kamilah, author

The colliding worlds of Mina Lee

Oh, Ellen, author

Daniel, deconstructed

Ramos, James, author

Staff Pick

The Final Gambit

Jennifer Lynn Barnes

In this thrilling conclusion to the Inheritance Games series, all Avery has to do to inherit billions is survive a few more weeks living in Hawthorne House. But as the clock ticks down, trouble arrives in the form of a visitor who needs her help - and whose presence could change everything.

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