In celebration of Jewish American Heritage Month in May, we are sharing books by authors who share their individual stories, experiences, and lives. Find our full collection of books here.

For Mental Health Awareness Month in May, we are sharing books to educate and raise awareness about mental health and the various factors that may affect it, and to provide tools and resources for student wellness. Find our full collection of titles here.

Each May, we honor the stories, histories, and cultures of Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders. Below is a selection of acclaimed fiction and nonfiction books by AANHPI creators to share with your students this month and throughout the year. Find our full collection of titles for Higher Education here.

In June, we celebrate Black Music Appreciation month and the influential Black musicians and artists who have brought entertainment to their communities and beyond, and inspired others to make their own art. Find a full collection of books here.

In June we celebrate Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex, and Asexual + (LGBTQIA+) Pride Month, which honors the 1969 Stonewall riots in Manhattan. Pride Month is a time to both celebrate the accomplishments of those in the LGBTQ+ community and recognize the ongoing struggles faced by many across the world who wish to live

In June, we celebrate Caribbean American Heritage Month with books by Caribbean and Caribbean-American authors. This book list includes fiction, memoir, narrative nonfiction, and history.

For National Teacher Appreciation Week, which takes place on May 4th–8th, we are sharing a collection of books about teaching, from personal stories that act as a guide for new or aspiring teachers to books that show the struggles teachers have endured. This collection includes books that display the importance of teaching and the influence

For World Press Freedom Day on May 3rd, we are sharing a collection of titles to promote education about the importance of upholding the right to freedom of expression.

You can search for books across this discipline through our course lists, which include Aging & Death, Criminal Justice, Race / Class / Gender, Social Change, Social Institutions, Social Problems, and Sociological Theory.   Aging & Death Criminal Justice   Race / Class / Gender   Social Change   Social Institutions   Social Problems Sociological Theory

On May 1st we celebrate International Workers’ Day to acknowledge the battles workers have taken and gains that have come from their solidarity and persistence. We have curated a book list of Labor Studies titles that you can share with your students. Find more titles on U.S. Labor History here.

In The Bill of Obligations: The Ten Habits of Good Citizens, Richard Haass argues that a healthy democracy depends not only on the rights citizens enjoy, but also on the responsibilities they uphold. Drawing on history, political philosophy, and contemporary civic challenges, Haass outlines ten civic habits—from being informed and participating in public life to

With Saint Joan, which distills many of the ideas Shaw had been exploring in earlier works on politics, religion, feminism, and creative evolution, he reached the height of his fame as a dramatist. Fascinated by the story of Joan of Arc, but unhappy with the way she had traditionally been depicted, Shaw wanted to remove

  We are pleased to share a new teacher’s guide for James by Percival Everett. A brilliant, action-packed reimagining of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, both harrowing and darkly humorous, told from the enslaved Jim’s point of view. Click here to access and download the teacher’s guide.

Longlisted for the National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction From New Yorker writer Michael Luo comes a masterful narrative history of the Chinese in America that traces the sorrowful theme of exclusion and documents their more than century-long struggle to belong.   Chapter 1 Gold Mountain Huie Kin grew up in Wing Ning, a tiny village

A powerful, incisive reckoning with the impacts of school desegregation that traces four generations of the author’s family to show how the implementation of integration decimated Black school systems and did much of the Black community a disservice.   Chapter 1: “It Is Through Our Children We Will Be Free.” In March 2021, less than