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History and Heritage Month Reading Lists

Further suggestions and readings from the library!

There There: A Novel

"Jacquie Red Feather is newly sober and trying to make it back to the family she left behind. Dene Oxendene, pulling his life together after his uncle's death and working at the powwow to honor his memory. Fourteen-year-old Orvil, coming to perform traditional dance for the very first time. Together, this chorus of voices tells of the plight of the urban Native American--grappling with a complex and painful history, with an inheritance of beauty and spirituality, with communion and sacrifice and heroism." --Goodreads

The Midnight Library

"Somewhere out beyond the edge of the universe there is a library that contains an infinite number of books, each one the story of another reality. One tells the story of your life as it is, along with another book for the other life you could have lived if you had made a different choice at any point in your life. While we all wonder how our lives might have been, what if you had the chance to go to the library and see for yourself? Would any of these other lives truly be better?" --Publisher

Homegoing

"A story of two half-sisters, separated by forces beyond their control, one sold into slavery, the other married to a British slaver. Written with tremendous sweep and power, Homegoing traces the generations of family who follow, as their destinies lead them through two continents and three hundred years of history, each life indelibly drawn, as the legacy of slavery is fully revealed in light of the present day." --Goodreads

Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop

"Yeongju is burned out. She did everything she was supposed to: go to school, marry a decent man, get a respectable job. Then it all fell apart. In a leap of faith, Yeongju abandons her old life, quits her high-flying career, and follows her dream: she opens a bookshop. In a quaint neighborhood in Seoul, surrounded by books, Yeongju and her customers take refuge." --Publisher

Patron Saints of Nothing

"Jay Reguero plans to spend the last semester of his senior year playing video games before heading to the University of Michigan in the fall. But when he discovers that his Filipino cousin Jun was murdered as part of President Duterte's war on drugs, and no one in the family wants to talk about what happened, Jay travels to the Philippines to find out the real story." --Goodreads

Popular Reading Collection

Welcome to the Popular Reading Collection!  We are working on refreshing this collection, and hope to be able to engage everyone with alternatives to your regular law school readings.  Come to the library and check out the monthly display board and Popular Reading Room near the Circulation Desk!

 

Feel free to recommend a book to add to our collections here: https://www.lls.edu/library/services/formsthelibrary/librarymaterialssuggestionform/

 

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