November 2024
The Read More! Reading Challenge suggestions for the month of November are to read A Peace Book or to read A Book About a Person of Influence!
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The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois by Honoree Fannone Jeffers
Fiction (A Peace Book)
To come to terms with who she is and what she wants, Ailey, the daughter of an accomplished doctor and a strict schoolteacher, embarks on a journey through her family’s past, helping her embrace her full heritage, which is the story of the Black experience in itself.
When Time Stopped by Ariana Neuman
Nonfiction/Memoir (A Peace Book)
A Venezuelan foreign correspondent describes the harrowing early experiences of her father, an only survivor of their Jewish-Czechoslovakian family, who hid from the Gestapo in plain sight before starting over in South America.
How the Word Is Passed by Clint Smith
Nonfiction (A Peace Book)
Beginning in his hometown of New Orleans, Clint Smith leads the reader on an unforgettable tour of monuments and landmarks – those that are honest about the past and those that are not – that offer an intergenerational story of how slavery has been central in shaping our nation’s collective history, and ourselves. A deeply researched and transporting exploration of the legacy of slavery and its imprint on centuries of American history, How the Word Is Passed illustrates how some of our country’s most essential stories are hidden in plain view, ensuring the brutal history of the trade in enslaved men, women, and children has been deeply imprinted.
Know My Name by Chanel Miller
Nonfiction/Memoir (A Peace Book)
Miller (previously known as Emily Doe) reclaims her identity to tell her story of trauma, transcendence, and the power of words. She tells of her struggles with isolation and shame during the aftermath and the trial, reveals the oppression victims face in even the best-case scenarios, and illuminates a culture biased to protect perpetrators.
Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing by Matthew Perry
Biography (A Book About a Person of Influence)
The beloved Friends star shares candid behind-the-scenes stories from the legendary sitcom, as well as detailing his own struggles with addiction that threatened to derail his career.
Tell It Like It Is by Aaron Neville
Biography (A Book About a Person of Influence)
For the first time, legendary singer and songwriter and Grammy Hall-of-Famer Aaron Neville tells his personal story of overcoming poverty, racism, addiction, and loss through faith, family, and music
Pageboy by Elliot Page
Biography (A Book About a Person of Influence)
Canadian actor/director/producer Elliot Page tells his story of untangling himself from the expectations of others on his journey to being his true self as a transgender man.
My Name is Barbra by Barbra Streisand
Biography (A Book About a Person of Influence)
In her own words, the living legend tells the story of her life and extraordinary career, from growing up in Brooklyn to her first star-making appearances in NY nightclubs to her breakout performance in Funny Girl to the long string of successes in every medium in the years that followed.