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Staff Picks

Meet some bad-ass characters and ponder the patriarchy. Feel encouraged to be your own bad-ass self! [Raissa]

Somehow this brutally honest memoir tackles mental illness and is still the funniest book of the year. It made me and will make you and everyone we know furiously happy! [Kenny!]

These essays are refreshing and necessary, covering race, gender, politics, and sexuality, all in Gay's unique voice. [Nicole]

Written in a shadow tongue of Old English, this novel vaults you into the past. A time of change and strife. With only our asshole narrator Buccmaster as guide, we navigate the ravaged world of the Norman invasion and learn history along the way. [sweet pea]

Intelligent and playful, weird and winding - Murakami for the David Foster Wallace set, or anyone who wants the bravest fiction. This is one of 2015's best books. [Kenny!]

This book kind of blew my mind. Jon Krakauer overturns every stone while staying focused on the people behind the story. I thought I knew, but I didn't know. [Raissa]

Obsessed with this book. Washuta's exploration into mental illness is dizzying, all while experimenting with new, innovative forms. Love this. [Nicole]

The actress Maria from Sesame Street tells her life story! Fragments of her life growing up in the Bronx are stitched together in a coming-of-age memoir weaving cultural and sexual identities with a strong sense of place. [sweet pea]

This collection of feminist essays is informative and striking - a real call to action for women today. [Nicole]