anthologies—

• cane ★ jean toomer
• forward ★ megan giddings
• home remedies ★ xuan juliana wang
• queer heroes ★ arabelle sicardi

essays—

• i'm telling the truth, but i'm lying ★ bassey ikpi
• shapes of native nonfiction ★ elissa washuta & theresa warburton
• slouching towards bethlehem ★ joan didion
• the collected schizophrenias ★ esmé eeijun wang
• the pretty one ★ keah brown
• the prophet ★ khalil gibran

graphic novels—

• a + e 4ever ★ ilike merey
• american born chinese ★ gene luen yang
• bingo love ★ tee franklin
• clumsy ★ jeffrey brown
• fetch: how a bad dog brought me home ★ nicole j. georges
• forward ★ lisa maas
• fun home ★ alison bechdel
• kampung boy ★ lat
• kari ★ amruta patil
• luisa: now & then ★ carol maurel & mariko tamaki
• maggie the mechanic ★ jaime hernandez
• mis(h)arda ★ iasmin omar ata
• monstress ★ marjorie liu & sana takeda
• my favorite thing is monsters ★ emil ferris
• nylon road ★ parsua bashi
• on a sunbeam ★ tillie walden
• pashmina ★ nidhi chanani
• persepolis ★ marjane satrapi
• shortcomings ★ adrian tomine
• skim ★ mariko tamaki & jillian tamaki
• snapshots of a girl ★ beldan sezen
• supermutant magic academy ★ jillian tamaki
• the arab of the future series ★ riad sattouf
• this one summer ★ mariko tamaki & jillian tamaki
• tomboy ★ liz prince
• wet moon ★ sophia campbell

non-fiction—

• all about love ★ bell hooks
• fairest ★ meredith talusan
• how to be heard ★ roxane gay
• i am yours ★ reema zaman
• i know why the caged bird sings ★ maya angelou
• in the dream house ★ carmen maria machado
• long live the tribe of fatherless girls ★ t. kira madden
• ordinary girls ★ jaquira díaz
• the body papers ★ grace talusan
• the life-changing magic of tidying up ★ marie kondo
• the source of self-regard ★ toni morisson
• the ungrateful refugee ★ dina nayeri
• the yellow house ★ sarah m. broom
• twelve years a slave ★ solomon northup

plays—

• a raisin in the sun ★ lorraine hansberry
• dutchman ★ amiri baraka
• an oresteia ★ euripides, trans: anne carson

short stories—

• a good man is hard to find ★ flannery o'connor
• a temporary matter ★ jhumpa lahiri
• boys go to jupiter ★ danielle evans
• brownies ★ zz packer
• call my name ★ aimee bender
• city of my dreams ★ zsuzi gartner
• désirée’s baby ★ kate chopin
• drinking coffee elsewhere ★ zz packer
• four ethers ★ yah yah scholfield
• good country people ★ flannery o'connor
• haunted house ★ virgina woolfe
• hitting budapest ★ noviolet bulawayo
• hungry daughters of starving mothers ★ alyssa wong
• impressions of an indian childhood ★ zitkala-ša
• inventory ★ carmen maria machado
• my dear you ★ rachel khong
• our friend colby ★ donald barthelme
• reeling for the empire ★ karen russel
• stone animals ★ kelly link
• the husband stitch ★ carmen maria machado
• the lottery ★ shirley jackson
• the lottery ★ shirley jackson
• the man on the stairs ★ miranda july
• the resling-bowe house is haunted ★ yah yah scholfield
• the secret ibis ★ james hurst
• the story of an hour ★ kate chopin
• the tell-tale heart ★ edgar allen-poe
• the yellow wallpaper ★ charlotte perkins gilman
• where are you going, where have you been? ★ joyce carol oates
• you're ugly, too ★ lorrie moore