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Book Club Reading Recommendations
Check out the lists below for your next reading inspiration. Book club members and voracious readers alike will find something to pique their interest. The best part? You can click on the Amazon or IndieBound links, and start reading right away! Check back regularly as new lists will be added and existing lists updated.
Featured Recommendations
Banned Books Reading List
Welcome to the AWM’s banned books reading list! Now more than ever, authors across the country are fighting against attempts to ban and challenge books. [...]
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Dec
Dec
Dark Testament Reading List
The ultimate reading list for Dark Testament: A Century of Black Writers on Justice Welcome to the reading list for the AWM’s newest exhibit, Dark [...]
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Oct
Oct
9 LGBTQ+ Themed Children’s Books
Celebrate LGBTQ+ Pride Month with these children’s books that celebrate all kinds of families. June is LGBTQ+ Pride Month and it honors the anniversary of [...]
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Jun
Jun
Asian American Writers, Their Books & The Books They Love
May is Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, celebrate by reading these writers, their recent books, and the books they love! Visit our page at Bookshop.org [...]
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May
May
“My America” Reading List
All the books featured in My America: Immigrant and Refugee Writers Today. We present our reading list of books written by refugees, immigrants, and second-generation [...]
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Dec
Dec
Native American Heritage Month Book Recommendations
Happy Native American Heritage Month! Every November we recognize and celebrate the people who inhabited this land for many years, long before the United States [...]
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Nov
Nov
LGBTQ+ Books to Read
By Frankie Paar Each year, the month of June is designated as Pride Month to commemorate the Stonewall Riots of 1969 and celebrate the LGBTQ+ [...]
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Jun
Jun
Staff Reads
AWM Staff Picks: April 2024
Reading Recommendations from the staff of the American Writers Museum. We can’t recommend these books highly enough! Check back every month for more reading recommendations, [...]
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Apr
Apr
Reading for the season
Black History Month Reading List
A list of book recommendations for Black History Month, along with podcasts and videos to supplement your reading. February is Black History Month and we’ve [...]
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Feb
Feb
Dark Testament Reading List
The ultimate reading list for Dark Testament: A Century of Black Writers on Justice Welcome to the reading list for the AWM’s newest exhibit, Dark [...]
04
Oct
Oct
Things to Do in Chicago in Winter
AWM Offers Things to Do in Chicago in Winter (plus Twelve Odd Tales for Christmas) We know… it’s hard to find things to do in [...]
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Dec
Dec
More Reading Recommendations
Memoir Reading Recommendations
A list of memoir book recommendations, along with podcasts and videos to supplement your reading. “You never really understand a person until you consider things [...]
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Apr
Apr
Coming Out Stories
Celebrate National Coming Out Day (October 11) with these “coming out” stories. Today, October 11th, 2021, marks the 33rd anniversary of National Coming Out Day. [...]
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Oct
Oct
7 Trans and Non-Binary Writers to Read Today
“I’ve learned to shy away from binaries. They’re usually false.” —Akwaeke Emezi There has been a lot of buzz recently around trans and non-binary people [...]
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Sep
Sep
Ten Books for Anxiety in Uncertain Times
As the coronavirus pandemic continues and other tragedies strike throughout the world, many people are feeling overwhelmed. With as crazy as this year has been, [...]
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Aug
Aug
Cats, A Writer’s Loyal Companion
There’s something about cats that gives them a certain mystery and one that makes a special muse to writers. Check out this list of books [...]
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May
May
The AWM Playlist
Books about music, musicians, and the feelings they inspire. Recommended by American Writers Museum staff. Music is deeply personal for many of us — we [...]
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May
May
Dogs, a Writer’s Best Friend
A list of books in honor of our K9 companions and the writers they’ve inspired. Whatever a writer loves deeply, whatever mystifies and delights them, [...]
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May
May
Six Environmental Authors Who Should Be On Your Reading List
As the days lengthen and the sun shines higher in the afternoon sky, birds begin to chatter and whistle returning to their northern homes. The [...]
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Apr
Apr