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March is  Women’s History Month! Explore the moments that have shaped women’s equality in the books below.

Fiction

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Switchboard soldiers : a novel / Jennifer Chiaverini
From New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Chiaverini, a bold, revelatory novel about one of the great untold stories of World War I-the women of the US Army Signal Corps,…

Magnificent mushrooms and fabulous fungi. Image of a patch of mushrooms and decorative reads.

Foraging for a good book? Learn about mushrooms and fungi through this carefully-cultivated list!

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In Search of Mycotopia: Citizen Science, Fungi Fanatics, and the Untapped Potential of Mushrooms / Doug Bierend

In Search of Mycotopia, Doug Bierend introduces us to an incredible, essential, and oft-overlooked kingdom of life—fungi—and all the potential it holds for our future,…

One story, twenty-four hours. Image of a clock face above an open book.

Fiction titles that tell a story over the course of a single day (or night).

FICTION CUNNINGHAM

The Hours / Michael Cunningham

The Hours is a daring and deeply affecting novel inspired by the life and work of Virginia Woolf. It is a passionate, profound and haunting story of love and inheritance,…

Ebooks and eaudiobooks by black authors

Ebooks and Eaudiobooks

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The List / Yomi Adegoke
Ola Olajide, a celebrated journalist at Womxxxn magazine, is set to marry the love of her life in one month’s time. Young, beautiful, and successful – she and her fiancé Michael are considered the “couple goals” of their social network and seem to have it all….

Doomed Expeditions. Image of a dark mountain.

Chart an exploration into this listing of nonfiction titles featuring courageous, yet catastrophic, expeditions into the unknown.

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The Darkest Jungle: The True Story of the Darién Expedition and America’s Ill-Fated Race to Connect the Seas / Todd Balf

With rival warships and explorers from England and France days behind, the 27-member U.S….