North Liberty Library episodes:

• January 28, 2026Love, Light & Lit: The Black Superwoman

  Dr. Venise T. Berry

  https://veniseberry.com/

  North Liberty Library

  https://northlibertylibrary.org/

  ...more

  

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• January 27, 2026Next Reads: "Girls of Dark Divine"

  Girls of Dark Divine by E. V. Woods

  Read Alikes:

  The Walls Around Us by Nova Ren Suma

  Mystery Royale by Kaitlyn Cavalancia

  Wicked Darlings by Jordyn Taylor

  ...more

  

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• January 20, 2026Next Reads: "Graciela in the Abyss"

  Graciela In the Abyss by Meg Medina

  Read Alikes:

  A Strange Thing Happened in Cherry Hall by Jasmine Warga

  The Trouble with Heroes by Kate Messner

  Bad Badger by Maryrose Wood

  ...more

  

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• January 13, 2026Next Reads: "Queen of the Tiles"

  Queen of the Tiles by Hanna Alkaf

  Read Alikes:

  The Underwood Tapes by Amanda DeWitt

  Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley

  Hollow Fires by Samira Ahmed

  ...more

  

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• January 06, 2026Next Reads: "The Incredibly Human Henson Blayze"

  The Incredibly Human Henson Blayze by Derrick Barnes

  Read Alikes:

  Boy 2.0 by Tracey Baptiste

  How the Word Is Passed by Sonja Cherry-Paul

  Maeve Mulvaney Has Had Enough by Kelly Mangan

  ...more

  

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• December 31, 2025Love, Light & Lit: New Year, New Boundaries

  Guest: Natalie Benway

  Website: https://www.welllivedlife.org/

  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/well.livedlife/

  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/people/The-Well-Lived-Life/100087409642027/

  ...more

  

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• December 30, 2025Next Reads: "Aetherbound"

  Aetherbound by E.K. Johnston

  Read Alikes:

  Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao

  Alone Out Here by Riley Redgate

  Pathfinder by Orson Scott Card

  ...more

  

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• December 23, 2025Next Reads: "Will's Race for Home"

  Will’s Race for Home by Jewell Parker Rhodes

  Read Alikes:

  One crazy summer by Rita Williams-Garcia

  Safe Harbor by Padma Venkatraman

  The Watsons go to Birmingham by Christopher Curtis

  ...more

  

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• December 16, 2025Next Reads: "Dragonfruit"

  Dragonfruit by Makiia Lucier

  Read Alikes:

  A Forgery of Fate by Elizabeth Lim

  What the River Knows by Isabel Ibanez

  All the Stars and Teeth by Adalyn Grace

  ...more

  

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• December 09, 2025Next Reads: "The Midwatch Institute for Wayward Girls"

  The Midwatch Institute for Wayward Girls by Judith Rossell

  Read Alikes:

  The Secret Library by Kekla Magoon

  The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels by Beth Lincoln

  The Mysterious Benedict Society Book by Trenton Stewart

  ...more

  

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