1. The Last Nomad: Coming of Age in the Somali Desert, A Memoir by Shugri Said Salh
2. The Pianist From Syria: A Memoir by Aeham Ahmad, as told to Sandra Hetzl and Ariel Hauptmeier, translated by Emanuel Bergmann
3. A Rome of One's Own: The Forgotten Women of the Roman Empire by Emma Southon

In this episode the first pages of three poetry books will be read:

1. True Life by Adam Zagajewski, translated by Clare Cavanagh
2. Things You May Find Hidden in my Ear by Mosab Abu Toha
3. Taking the Arrow out of the Heart by Alice Walker

In this episode, the first pages of three Middle Grade STEM books will be read:

1. Clues to the Universe by Christina Li
2. A Field Guide to Getting Lost by Joy McCullough
3. Girls Who Code: The Friendship Code by Stacia Deutsch

In this episode, the first pages of three non-fiction books will be read:

1. Speak, Okinawa by Elizabeth Miki Brina
2. The Lightless Sky by Gulwali Passarlay with Nadene Ghouri
3.  Palestinian Walks: Forays into a Vanishing Landscape by Raja Shehadeh

In this episode, the first page of three memoirs will be read:

1. The Home That Was Our Country: A Memoir of Syria by Alia Malek
2. Not I: Memoirs of a German Childhood by Joachim Fest, translated by Martin Chalmers
3. Funny In Farsi: A Memoir of Growing Up Iranian in America by Firoozeh Dumas

In this episode, the first page of three short story books will be read:

1. Things We Lost in the Fire by Mariana Enriquez, translated by Megan McDowell
2. Frying Plantain by Zalika Reid-Benta
3. The City of Mist by Carlos Ruiz Zafon, translated by Lucia Graves and Carlos Ruiz Zafon

The first page of three books of short stories will be read:

1. Between My Father and the King, New and Uncollected Stories by Janet Frame
2. The Consequences by Manuel Munoz
3. The Refugees by Viet Thanh Nguyen

In this episode, the first page of three novels will be read:

1. At Dusk by Hwang Sok-Yong, translated by Sora Kim-Russell
2. A Place for Us by Fatima Farheen Mirza
3. My Heart by Semezdin Mehmedinovic, translated by Celia Hawkesworth

In this episode, the first page of three middle grade books will be read:

1.  Becoming Naomi Leon by Pam Munoz Ryan
2.  Zachary Ying and the Dragon Emperor by Xiran Jay Zhao
3. Maybe He Just Likes You by Barbara Dee

In this episode, the first page of three books of poetry will be read:

1. When The Light of the World Was Subdued, Our Songs Came Through edited by Joy Harjo with Leanne Howe, Jennifer Elise Foerster, and Contributing Editors
2. Nepantla: An Anthology, Queer Poets of Color edited by Christopher Soto
3. 100 Poems to Break Your Heart edited by Edward Hirsch