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Helping You Meet Those Reading Goals

Posted on February 12, 2021

by Brittany G

Have you started a reading challenge yet this year? Maybe you need a little inspiration to log a few more books for TLCPL’s Winter Read. Maybe you want to challenge yourself to “read harder” this year. No matter what, the team at Kent Branch has you covered! We have curated a list of challenges to diversify your reads this year, and our staff has provided suggestions of some of their faves to match!

Read a Book from our Tatum Center Collection

Cover of Why Didn't We Riot: A Black Man in Trumpland

Cover of Why Didn't We Riot: A Black Man in Trumpland

Cover of Franchise: The Golden Arches in Black America

Cover of Franchise: The Golden Arches in Black America

Cover of Dick Gregory's Political Primer

Cover of Dick Gregory's Political Primer

Read an Autobiography/Memoir by a Person you May be Unfamiliar With

Cover of In the Dream House: A memoir

Cover of In the Dream House: A memoir

Cover of What We Don’t Talk About When We Talk About Fat

Cover of What We Don’t Talk About When We Talk About Fat

Cover of Haben: The Deafblind Woman Who Conquered Harvard Law

Cover of Haben: The Deafblind Woman Who Conquered Harvard Law

Read a Book About a Lesser-Known Historical Event

Cover of Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI

Cover of Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI

Cover of The Cold Millions

Cover of The Cold Millions

Cover of The Huntress: A Novel

Cover of The Huntress: A Novel

Read a Book from our Steinem Sisters Collection

Cover of The Firsts: The Inside Story of the Women Reshaping Congress

Cover of The Firsts: The Inside Story of the Women Reshaping Congress

Cover of Recollections of My Nonexistence

Cover of Recollections of My Nonexistence

Cover of Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot

Cover of Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot

Read a Novel by a LGBTQ+ Author

Cover of The City in the Middle of the Night

Cover of The City in the Middle of the Night

Cover of The Thirty Names of Night

Cover of The Thirty Names of Night

Cover of The Death of Vivek Oji

Cover of The Death of Vivek Oji

Read a Novel by a Latinx Author

Cover of Mexican Gothic

Cover of Mexican Gothic

Cover of A Long Petal of the Sea : A Novel

Cover of A Long Petal of the Sea : A Novel

Cover of The Book of Lost Saints

Cover of The Book of Lost Saints

Read a Book by an Ohioana Book Award Winner

Cover of All the Light we Cannot See: A Novel

Cover of All the Light we Cannot See: A Novel

Cover of Little Fires Everywhere

Cover of Little Fires Everywhere

Cover of The Volunteer

Cover of The Volunteer

Read a Book Written by an Author from Toledo

Cover of Inspiration in my Shoes

Cover of Inspiration in my Shoes

Cover of I'm Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness

Cover of I'm Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness

Cover of A Dirty Job

Cover of A Dirty Job

Read a Book About our Local History

Cover of Historical Tales of Toledo

Cover of Historical Tales of Toledo

Cover of The Glass City: Toledo and the Industry That Built It

Cover of The Glass City: Toledo and the Industry That Built It

Cover of East of the Maumee River: A Pictorial History of East Toledo, Oregon, & Other Communities East of the River

Cover of East of the Maumee River: A Pictorial History of East Toledo, Oregon, & Other Communities East of the River

Read a Banned/Challenged book

Cover of Beyond Magenta: Transgender Teens Speak Out

Cover of Beyond Magenta: Transgender Teens Speak Out

Cover of The Hate U Give

Cover of The Hate U Give

Cover of Thirteen Reasons Why: A Novel

Cover of Thirteen Reasons Why: A Novel

Read a Novel by an Indigenous Author

Cover of The Night Watchman: A Novel

Cover of The Night Watchman: A Novel

Cover of A Mind Spread Out on the Ground

Cover of A Mind Spread Out on the Ground

Cover of Black Sun

Cover of Black Sun

Read a Novel Featuring a Character with a Mental Illness

Cover of The Midnight Library

Cover of The Midnight Library

Cover of Everything Here is Beautiful: A Novel

Cover of Everything Here is Beautiful: A Novel

Cover of Every Last Word

Cover of Every Last Word

Read a Book with a Nature Theme

Cover of Vesper Flights: New and Collected Essays

Cover of Vesper Flights: New and Collected Essays

Cover of The Cold Vanish: Seeking the Missing in North America's Wildlands

Cover of The Cold Vanish: Seeking the Missing in North America's Wildlands

Cover of The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming

Cover of The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming

Read a Book That’s Been Adapted into a Movie/TV Series

Cover of The Duke and I

Cover of The Duke and I

Cover of The Good Lord Bird: A Novel

Cover of The Good Lord Bird: A Novel

Cover of Lovecraft Country

Cover of Lovecraft Country

Read a Book by an Independent Publisher

Cover of Queen of the Owls: A Novel

Cover of Queen of the Owls: A Novel

Cover of Whiskey & Ribbons

Cover of Whiskey & Ribbons

Cover of This is How it Begins: A Novel

Cover of This is How it Begins: A Novel

Read an Epistolary Novel

Cover of On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous

Cover of On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous

Cover of This Is How You Lose the Time War

Cover of This Is How You Lose the Time War

Cover of Last Tang Standing

Cover of Last Tang Standing

Read a Novel Featuring Ability Diverse Characters

Cover of The Kiss Quotient

Cover of The Kiss Quotient

Cover of A Piece of the World: A Novel

Cover of A Piece of the World: A Novel

Cover of Me Before You: A Novel

Cover of Me Before You: A Novel

Read a Book Written Over 100 Years Ago

Cover of Hunger

Cover of Hunger

Cover of The Book of Khalid

Cover of The Book of Khalid

Cover of Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions

Cover of Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions

Read a Book of Poems or Essays

Cover of Whiskey Words & A Shovel II

Cover of Whiskey Words & A Shovel II

Cover of Wow, No Thank You: Essays

Cover of Wow, No Thank You: Essays

Cover of The Collected Schizophrenias: Essays

Cover of The Collected Schizophrenias: Essays

Read an Own Voices Book Set Outside the U.S.

Cover of Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood

Cover of Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood

Cover of The Girl Who Smiled Beads: A Story of War and What Comes After

Cover of The Girl Who Smiled Beads: A Story of War and What Comes After

Cover of Call Me American: A Memoir

Cover of Call Me American: A Memoir

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