New books for March
We have added a bunch of award winning books, both fiction and nonfiction, and beefed up our collection of books by and about women in STEM. Many of these new books will be on display in the First Look section and on the counter by the bulletin board and are available to be checked out now!
Women in STEM
All We Can SavePublication Date: 2021A collection of essays and poems by women from the forefront of the climate crisis movement.
The Disordered Cosmos by Publication Date: 2022One of only around 100 Black American women to earn a PhD from a department of physics, the author presents a vision of the universe seen through a Black, queer, and feminist lens.
The Madame Curie Complex by Publication Date: 2010Looks at how women in science have used their brains and creativity to transform scientific inquiry, while facing barriers and discrimination.
Rise of the Rocket Girls by Publication Date: 2017Documents the work and lives of the pioneering women who were employed at NASA as "human computers.".
Spineless by Publication Date: 2017Jellyfish have been swimming in the oceans for well over half a billion years. The author has traveled around the world investigating these mysterious creatures.
Other new nonfiction
Before We Were Trans by Publication Date: 2022A wide-ranging history of people around the world whose experiences of gender go beyond binary categories.
The Sisterhood by Publication Date: 2023The stories of the women who became crucial spies and analysts in the CIA.
Style Legends, Rebels, and Visionaries by Publication Date: 2023Portraits and profiles of 50 stylish celebrities.
We Have Always Been Here by Publication Date: 2019A powerful memoir about growing up queer and Muslim in Pakistan and Canada.
New fiction
The Chinese Groove by Publication Date: 2024SFPL's One City One Book selection centers on 18 year-old Shelley's immigrant journey from Yunnan Province to San Francisco.
Chlorine by Publication Date: 2023Part speculative horror, part queer teenage romance, this is a striking novel of bodily and psychological transformation. Plus mermaids. (also in ebook)
The Collectors: StoriesPublication Date: 2023An anthology of ten stories about surprising and unusual collections. (also in ebook)
Didn't See That Coming by Publication Date: 2023Set in the same Indonesian universe as Well, That Was Unexpected, but focusing on gamer girl Kiki. Though this is a romcom, it has some sharp things to say about online and IRL bullying.
Maame by Publication Date: 2024British Ghanaian Maddie is a late bloomer, and when she finally leaves home she has a lot of "firsts" to tackle.
Rez Ball by Publication Date: 2023As a tribute to his dead big brother, Tre wants to take his Ojibwe rez basketball team to the state championships (also in ebook).
Starter Villain by Publication Date: 2023When Charlie inherits his uncle’s supervillain business, he also inherits the war Uncle Jake started against a league of supervillains. (also in ebook)
Velvet Was the Night by Publication Date: 2022In Mexico City during the 1971 Corpus Christi massacre, two very different people are brought together by music and by the search for a missing woman.
New graphic novels
In Limbo by Publication Date: 2023When the author's family emigrate from South Korea to the US, she finds herself in limbo with her mental health plummeting.
Movements and MomentsPublication Date: 2022Compelling accounts of Indigenous women's resistance from around the world.
Queenie: Godmother of Harlem by Publication Date: 2023Stephanie St. Clair was a ruthless queen of Harlem's mafia and a fierce defender of the Black community.
Seek You by Publication Date: 2021This series of vignettes is a "journey through American loneliness."
