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Women’s History Month 2023

“Let us make our future now, and let us make our dreams tomorrow’s reality.” – Malala Yousafzai
Happy International Women’s Day! March is Women’s History Month, and at the Library we’re rejoicing in the achievements women have made and celebrating a future full of promise.
Read about feminism and progress in these nonfiction books.
Catch up on fiction with these bestsellers by women.
Try these poets for fresh insights and moving words.
Still looking for more books by wonderful women? Try our Overdrive collection for books like Lady Justice by Dalia Lithwick, The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid, and National Book Award Winner All My Rage by Sabaa Tahir. Is there a book by a woman that you want to read, but is missing from our collection? Let’s fix that.
Happy reading, and happy International Women’s Day!
Black History Month 2023
Dolen Perkins-Valdez
Suzette Mayr
Talia Hibbert
Tara M. Stringfellow
Sidik Fofana
Daniel Black
David Wright Falade
Jayne Allen
Nikki May
Are we missing your favorites? Share your recs with us on Twitter or Instagram!
New Years

Happy New Year! Kick off the new year by revisiting some great reads from 2022. Stay tuned for more epic reads coming up this year.
Bonnie Garmus
Fatimah Asghar
Lucy Foley
Celeste Ng
Naomi Novik
Sarah Thankam Mathews
Gabrielle Zevin
Jennette McCurdy
Karen Jennings
December Reads

Spend the break binging these engrossing picks on Overdrive.
Taylor Jenkins Reid
Sabaa Tahir
Maddie Mortimer
Jodi Kantor & Megan Twohey
Siddhartha Mukherjee
Barbara Kingsolver
Temple Grandin
Malcolm Gaskill
George Saunders
Native American Heritage Month
November is National Native American Heritage Month! We’ve compiled a list of fiction, memoirs, and poetry for you to check out. Visit the Native American Heritage Month website for more information and live events.
David Heska Wanbli Weiden
Angeline Boulley
Marcie Rendon
Morgan Talty
Debra Magpie Earling
Kali Fajardo-Anstine
See more here. Do you have a favorite? Tell us on Twitter!
New Overdrive Books for October
OverDrive is a UC Berkeley Library service for borrowing ebooks and audiobooks. You can access books online, download them to a device, or read them on an ereader such as Kindle. OverDrive is available to current UC Berkeley students, faculty, and staff. How it works: Simply log in with your CalNet ID, and you can start borrowing!
You can also download the Libby by OverDrive app to access OverDrive from your mobile device. For more information, visit the OverDrive help guide.
Check out some of the new arrivals here:
Jennette McCurdy
Truman Capote
Julie Yip-Williams
George R. R. Martin
Ruth Ozeki
Michael Pollan
Vladimir Nabokov
Suleika Jaouad
James Bessen
Read at Home: New in OverDrive
OverDrive is a UC Berkeley Library service for borrowing ebooks and audiobooks. You can access books online, download them to a device, or read them on an ereader such as Kindle. OverDrive is available to current UC Berkeley students, faculty, and staff. How it works: Simply log in with your CalNet ID, and you can start borrowing!
You can also download the Libby by OverDrive app to access OverDrive from your mobile device. For more information, visit the OverDrive help guide.
Check out some of the new arrivals here:
Jason Reynolds
Rebecca Roanhorse
Judy I. Lin
Janelle Monáe
Alice Oseman
Janet Skeslien Charles
Jennifer Egan
Xochitl Gonzalez
V. E. Schwab
Scheduled OverDrive Maintenance
Between May 3 and July 28, 2022, OverDrive will be performing server upgrades between 3am-5am PDT on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
OverDrive service will be impacted only once for approximately 60 minutes or less.
Users will still be able to sign in to the digital collection and browse or read titles, but may encounter errors when attempting to borrow, place a hold, or return titles during the maintenance period.
Our Literature Picks for Black History Month
February is Black History Month! We at the Library have compiled a brief list of novels and poetry by both acclaimed and emerging Black authors for your exploration.
Richard Wright
Dantiel W. Moniz
Zakiya Dalila Harris
Imbolo Mbue
Brandon Taylor
Honorée Fanonne Jeffers
Gayl Jones
Colson Whitehead
Mia Mckenzie
Fresh Starts: A Reading List for the New Year
The new year is all about trying new things and getting out of your comfort zone. If you’re looking for a set of books to help you explore new genres and authors, look no further! Try out the Library’s recommendations of uplifting memoirs, riveting literary fiction, and culturally expansive works below to ring in 2022 right.
Will Smith
Barack Obama and Bruce Springsteen
Kwon Yeo-sun
Haruki Murakami
Amanda Gorman
Lara Williams
Kevin Young
Kal Penn
Mario Vargas Llosa