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Winter’s Orbit is a lively mix of science fiction, murder mystery, political thriller, and romance with some fantastic world-building and humor to tie it all together. For fans of The Captive Prince and The Murderbot Diaries.

An orphan from the country, and gay, Mani has never fit in with his peers and prefers to spend his days at the movies–something that becomes impossible when the Spanish flu pandemic hits Reykjavik. With haunting, spare prose, this slim story lingers.

The not so typical Rom-Com: family Indian restaurant, food you can almost taste, Toronto, Muslim faith, standing up for your beliefs, handsome competition, racial confrontation, neighborhood unity, joy, love, friendship, hope. This book has it all and is a wonderful read.

It’s not easy being your best friend’s personal assistant–especially when she’s also a superhero (and diva.) But when the world is about to end and Evie’s job duties reveal her own super powers? The fun, action-packed result will have you reaching for the sequel.

This is a sobering and exciting collection from native Hawaiians, writing about their land; a subtle reminder that the place where you took that amazing family vacation may also be the site of a corporate-backed coup, military testing, and devastating environmental racism.

After a huge fight with her mom Sam is sent back in time to the 90s where she comes face to face with her mom as a teenager. It’s a heartfelt look at the intergenerational dynamics between grandmother and mother and daughter with a fun time travel twist.

Deafblind poet John Lee Clark presents a unique and expressive point of view in this collection. Clark’s work includes poems for the deaf translated from ASL, and poems for the deafblind community which include Protactile communication to convey the poem’s meaning.

A fascinating account of Alaska’s 1964 Good Friday Earthquake. Focusing on the people who lived it, and the scientists who studied it, Fountain’s vivid writing makes the time come alive. From daring tales of survival to the scientific discoveries that followed, a surprising page-turner.

A razor-sharp poetic retort to the ableism found in Literature. Weise’s incisive poems directly respond to the ways authors use disability as metaphor and the way disabled writers are expected to perform disability. Smart, moving, often funny, and very powerful.

Violet is having a tough year. She started middle school, is worried about keeping her friends, and she has to move. On top of that, she has a ghost in her room and she feels sick and tired all the time. A lovely and empathetic story about life changes and long term illness.