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Tirzah and Erica discuss some fab YA books by Latine authors to read for Latine Heritage Month and beyond.

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Reading the Stars by Book Riot

Reading the Stars giveaway

National Book Award for Young People’s Literature Longlist announced

Self-Made Boys by Anna Marie-McLemore

The Lesbiana’s Guide to Catholic School by Sonora Reyes

Our Shadows Have Claws edited by Yamile Saied Méndez 

Lulu and Milagro’s Search for Clarity by Angela Velez

American Street by Ibi Zoboi

Fat Chance, Charlie Vega by Crystal Maldonado

Burn Down, Rise Up Vincent Tirado

Gabi, A Girl in Pieces by Isabel Quintero

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This week, Tirzah shares some thoughts on Banned Books Week and how to take action beyond “read banned books.”

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How to Fight Book Bans

Banned Books Week Official Website

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This week, Tirzah and Erica talk about all the things that bring fall vibes to their reading lists!

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Enola Holmes 2 is coming!

Enola Holmes and the Elegant Escapade by Nancy Springer

Pumpkinheads by Rainbow Rowell and Faith Erin Hicks

The Accident Season by Moïra Fowley-Doyle

Squad by Maggie Tokuda-Hall and Lisa Sterle

All Our Hidden Gifts by Caroline O’Donoghue

Mooncakes by Suzanne Walker, illustrated by Wendy Xu (Collector’s Edition) 

Spell on Wheels by Kate Leth, illustrated by Megan Levens and Marissa Louise 

The Keeper of the Night by Kylie Lee Baker

Long Live the Pumpkin Queen by Shea Ernshaw

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Erica discusses some fun and unique graphic novels and manga — both new and a little older — that she’s been reading lately.

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The Girl from the Other Side by Nagabe

Squire by Sara Alfageeh and Nadia Shammas

Over My Dead Body by Sweeney Boo

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This week, Tirzah and Erica talk about some their favorite audiobook narrators.

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 A Cuban Girl’s Guide to Tea and Tomorrow is being made into a movie!

Books narrated by Frankie Corzo post

Frankie Corzo:

What I Want You to See by Catherine Linka

Never Coming Home by Kate M. Williams

A Cuban Girl’s Guide Tea and Tomorrow by Laura Taylor Nameyn

Kevin R. Free:

The Haunting of Jake Livingston by Ryan Douglass

In Deeper Waters by F.T. Lukens

James Fouhey:

Field Guide to a North American Teenager and Charming as a Verb by Ben Phillipe

Grace Rolek:

A Thousand Steps Into Night and We Are Not Free by Traci Chee

Soneela Nankani:

Kings, Queens, and In-Betweens by Tanya Boteju

The Knockout by Sajni Patel

Natalie Naudus:

Daughter of the Moon Goddess by Sue Lynn Tan (

Skyhunter by Marie Lu

I Kissed Shara Wheeler by Casey McQuiston

Emily Woo Zeller:

Gloria Chao’s books like Rent A Boyfriend, etc.

Outrun the Moon by Stacey Lee

It’s Not Like It’s a Secret by Misa Sugiura

Christie Moreau:

The Inheritance Games and Hawthorne Legacy by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

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This week, Tirzah talks about all the sequels she actually got around to reading this summer!

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All Our Hidden Gifts, The Gifts That Bind Us, and Every Gift a Curse by Caroline O’Donoghue

This Poison Heart and This Wicked Fate by Kalynn Bayron

Six Crimson Cranes and The Dragon’s Promise by Elizabeth Lim

The Inheritance Games, The Hawthorne Legacy, and The Final Gambit by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

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This week, Erica and Tirzah read some of the most popular books on TikTok and talk about their insights into why some of these books are so popular among users.

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First Kill has been canceled at Netflix

Most popular YA books on TikTok

TikTok has an official book club

The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

The Hawthorne Legacy by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

The Final Gambit by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera

We Were Liars by E. Lockhart

Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao

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Erica discusses a couple books that center artists and their journey.

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Blank Canvas: My So-Called Artist’s Journey by Akiko Higashimura, translated by Jenny McKeon

 Starfish by Akemi Dawn Bowman

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Tirzah and Erica discuss the books they’re most excited to read that are coming out in the fall.

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Sanaa Lathan directing adaptation of On the Come Up by Angie Thomas

Try a demo of the Insiders Index

Well, That Was Unexpected by Jesse Q. Sutanto

 Heart of the Sun Warrior by Sue Lynn Tan

The Weight of Blood by Tiffany D. Jackson

Rust in the Root by Justina Ireland

The Depths by Nicole Lesperance

Foul Lady Fortune by Chloe Gong

A Scatter of Light by Malinda Lo

If You Could See the Sun by Ann Liang

Coven by Jennifer Dugan and Kit Seaton

The First to Die At the End  by Adam Silvera

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This week, Tirzah shares all her (spoiler-free!) thoughts on the Amazon Prime adaptation of Jenny Han’s The Summer I Turned Pretty!

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The Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny Han

It’s Not Summer Without You by Jenny Han

We’ll Always Have Summer by Jenny Han

The Summer I Turned Pretty Hits No. 1

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