Many readers are back to meeting in person after being forced to embrace Zoom book clubs during the pandemic.

Books by Octavia E. Butler, Annette Gordon-Reed and more commemorate this significant day in American history, and remind us of all the work that still needs to be done.

This dystopian novel tells of a world that has been destroyed by climate change and the will of one young girl to rebuild a new one in its place.

Taddeo's book explores the depths of female trauma in all its gritty corners as well as the imminent risks of being a woman.