Scroll through the slideshow and find your next great read! All books are located in the Leisure Reading section of Hunter Library.
If Tobia aspires to the ranks of comic memoirists like David Sedaris and Mindy Kaling, Sissy succeeds.” —New York Times Book Review. Sissy is a book that we should all pick up if we want to laugh and learn at the same time. The core message within is not preachy. It isn’t necessarily a plea to be accepting–but to be yourself and allow others to be who they are. Jacob Tobia delivers this message within a memoir with wit and grace and a wonderful sense of humor. WCU GREEN DOTS CT275.T69 A3 2019 
Katz or Cats is quick read that’s chock full of puns. In this story within a story, an editor meets Katz, who tells him a story that his brother (also called Katz) wrote, about Katz–a Jewish man in love with a Christian woman. Already sounds strange? It gets weirder. Leviant truly shines in his newest novel, by showing off his wordplay skills and exploring storytelling as an art. WCU GREEN DOTS PS3562.E8883 K38 2017 
If you’re looking for a short but intense read, check out Guerra’s novel Revolution Sunday. Set in Cold War Cuba, this book peels back the truth of Havana and what it might be like to be a banned author there. Cleo, a poet whose book is banned in Cuba, wins an award and travels to Spain to receive it; this sparks a chain of events that are rife with suspense, mystery, and political intrigue. WCU GREEN DOTS PQ7390.G773 D6613 2018 
Readers have probably never read a book from Greenland, but Last Night in Nuuk is exactly that. Written by a queer indigenous author, it tells the story of five Greenlanders living in a small town where everyone knows each other–or think they do. Korneliussen has been heralded as “creating her own genre” by Politiken, Denmark. She weaves her tale from several different point of views with overlapping time frames, much like Faulkner’s As I Lay Dying–only Last Night in Nuuk is a grittier take on this format. The book is short, but the night is long in Nuuk. WCU GREEN DOTS PM64.K59 H6613 2019 
For readers who will soon be out of college and on their own, this self-help book is an excellent resource for Gen Z and Millennials, as well as Gen X. Lowry is frank and upfront about finances and presents several ways to track spending and offers advice on how not to squander hard-earned cash. A must read for any young adult–and don’t worry, you can still afford to buy Starbucks. WCU GREEN DOTS HG179 .L696 2017 
Another short read, Slanikova takes readers back to the collapse of the Soviet Union in the early 90s. Don’t mistake the page count for easy reading, this book is dark and hits close to home, with its telling of fake news, alternative facts, and even voter fraud. To keep her stepfather alive, Marina edits newspaper articles and clippings to twist the news to make it seem as though the Soviet Union hasn’t collapsed and finds herself entangled in a local election in the chaotic new Russia. WCU GREEN DOTS PG3488.L35 B4713 2019
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