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Audiobooks to make your summer road trip fly by: 🗣️ “Wow, No Thank You.: Essays” by Samantha Irby 🗣️ “The Last Black Unicorn” by Tiffany Haddish 🗣️ “Station Eleven” by Emily St. John Mandel https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2022/06/08/audiobook-recommendations

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Author @joshritter set out to write a humorous, profane, witty and rollicking rodeo in his new book. "The Great Glorious Goddamn of It All” transports readers into the depths of the woods with young and elderly Weldon Applegate, the protagonist. https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2021/09/08/josh-ritters-great-glorious-book

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The new fantasy graphic novel "Squire" by @@SaraAlfageeh and @Nadia_Shammas_ tells the story of a young girl who dreams of becoming a knight. Take a look inside the book. 📚 ⬇️ https://t.co/LWmX7GEh18

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Want to teach your kids about Thanksgiving? Pick up one of these books: 📚 "Keepunumuk: Weeâchumun's Thanksgiving Story" by Danielle Greendeer 📚 "History Smashers: The Mayflower" by Kate Messner 📚 "We Are Grateful: Otsaliheliga" by Traci Sorell https://t.co/kutQPm8D2E

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Books make a perfect holiday gift. For the young adult reader, try: 📚 "Long Division" by Keise Laymon 📚 "PET" by Akwaeke Emezi 📚 "All My Rage" by Sabaa Tahir https://t.co/XtM0auHgHb

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Get in the spirit of fall with these book recommendations from @petramatic: 📚 "Matrix" by @legroff 📚 "Harlem Shuffle" by @colsonwhitehead 📚 "The All-Consuming World" by @casskhaw 📚 "Peter Cabot Gets Lost" by @CatSWrites 📚 "Poet Warrior" by @JoyHarjo https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2021/09/23/september-books-authors

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Fiction lovers, try out a book from one of these debut authors: 📗 "Nightcrawling" by Leila Mottley 📙 "Love Radio" by Ebony LaDelle 📕 "Maame" by Jessica George https://t.co/Cem6P7kiHH

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Want to know more about abortion and its history? @biTRACIal recommends: 📖 "You're the Only One I've Told" by Dr. Meera Shah 📖 "Killing the Black Body" by Dorothy E. Roberts 📖 "Defenders of the Unborn" by Daniel K. Williams https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2022/05/13/book-reccomendations-roe-lgbtq

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For banned book week, pick up one of @biTRACIal's recommendations that center LGBTQ characters: 📕 "Gender Queer: A Memoir" by Maia Kobabe 📙 "This Book Is Gay" by Juno Dawson 📗 "Fun Home" by Alison Bechdel 📘 "All Boys Aren't Blue" by George M. Johnson https://t.co/IQgEWgQKUF

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Enjoy these books during Black History month — or anytime: 📖 “The Nickel Boys: A Novel” by Colson Whitehead 📖 “The Vanishing Half” by Brit Bennett 📖 “Native Son” by Richard Wright 📖 “My Sister, the Serial Killer” by Oyinkan Braithwaite https://t.co/vkUVmU1e4o

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