We are at a threshold. As we face uncertain futures, the familiar is falling away.

Available for pre-orderIn Common Ground, veteran organizer Eileen Flanagan weaves together a series of stories of hard won successes in the climate change movement, including against a multinational bank in one case, and a heavily polluting fossil fuel company in another, based on grassroots

Available for pre-orderIn a time of rising authoritarianism and attacks on personal freedoms, the New York Times bestselling author of I’m Still Here chronicles her efforts to live as her full self in a society that wants women—and Black women in particular—to do anything but that.As an

Available for pre-orderGender nonconforming thought leader and bestselling author Jacob Tobia offers a paradigm-shifting argument for fundamentally reframing how we think about men.The conversation about masculinity, patriarchy, and misogyny has never been so prominent or heated. Alarmed by a new...

From Denne Michele Norris and Electric Literature, a vital anthology of essays by trans and gender-nonconforming writers of color, sharing stories of joy, heartbreak, rage, and self-discovery.Featuring seventeen essays by trans people of color—spanning writers, scientists, actors, activists, and...

A magnificent cultural biography that charts the life of one of our greatest writers, situating her alongside the key historical and social moments that shaped her work. As the first Black woman to consistently write and publish in the field of science fiction, Octavia Butler was a trailblazer.

Available for pre-order!A walk through their bustling city neighborhood brings a girl and her grandfather closer together in this gentle, contemplative picture book that’s “a reminder of the importance of being in the world with unhurried attention and open hearts” (Publishers Weekly, starred...

The first and definitive history of the use of food in United States law and politics as a weapon of conquest and controlIn 1779, to subjugate Indigenous nations, George Washington ordered his troops to “ruin their crops now in the ground and prevent their planting more.” Destroying harvests is...

2023 Christopher Award Winner 2024 Excellence in Religion Reporting Award Winner for Nonfiction from Religion News Writers Association Paperback with New Afterword from AuthorEggplant seeds, a lullaby in a vanishing language, an embroidered dress.

A 2024 National Book Award for Non-fiction FinalistA 2024 Publisher's Weekly best Religion book of the year.A New York Times Notable book of 2024.A Pulitzer Prize winner’s intimate portrait of a church, its radical mission, and its riveting crisis.Americans have been leaving their churches. Some...

From the creators of This Is How We Play is a new jubilant, inclusive, luminously illustrated picture book that celebrates all the ways we communicate with each otherWe sign, write, clap! We tap, stim, scream! So many ways to talk and joke, play and learn and dream.

Warm, witty poems by the acclaimed Allan Wolf bring mindfulness to the younger set—one simple, nurturing practice at a time.An om is a poem without any words. It acts as a voice so the heart can be heard.Have you ever let your thoughts just float into the sky?

A joyful, proud and groundbreaking collection of letters and art for young people, You Were Made for This World brings together celebrated Indigenous voices from across Turtle Island.Every young person deserves the chance to feel like they belong, that they are recognized, that they matter.

New York Times bestselling author and Scripps National Spelling Bee champ Zaila Avant-garde encourages young readers to embrace what makes them different in this vibrant and uplifting new picture book.We are the weird. The wonderfully weird, that is.

A debut essay collection by the inimitable cultural critic Maris Kreizman—an introspective, searing account of the life experiences that have pushed this former “good Democrat” even further to the political left.At the heart of this funny, acerbic, and bravely honest book of essays is Maris...

A moving manifesto in poems and essays, inviting readers to embrace their humanity and live fully alive in our age of social change, hyper-capitalism, and pervasive lonelinessyes, everyone is struggling right now so please be gracious be kind & patient, but subvert every institution that relies o...

A poignant wordless picture book about a homeless boy and his mom, by Children’s Literature Legacy Award winner James RansomeWhen a little boy’s mom picks him up from school, his day seems a lot like any other kid’s. He and his mom go out for some fast food and then head to the library. But...

Discover your next read with this carefully curated list from We Need Diverse Books.Check out 100 must-read books to try before you’re 12! Packed with reviews, recommendations, and exclusive author interviews, The Reading Adventure: 100 Books To Check Out Before You’re 12 will inspire young

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • From We Need Diverse Books, comes an inspiring middle-grade anthology that follows the loosely interconnected lives of multigenerational immigrant families, the residents at the Entrada apartment building. Edited by Ellen Oh, a founding member of WNDB.“The beauty of their...

Available for pre-orderThe life and 1984 murder of a beloved Black grandmother that changed community activism forever—and sparked the ongoing movement against racist policing and brutality.#SayHerName: The story of Eleanor Bumpurs, told for the first time by decorated historian and Bumpurs’s...