June is LGBTQIA+ Pride Month! Enjoy this selection of books celebrating the lives and histories of the LGBTQIA+ community. 

May is Jewish American Heritage month! Check out these fiction and nonfiction books by Jewish authors to celebrate the American Jewish experience and history. 

May is Asian American and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander Heritage Month! It also happens to be National Mystery Month. Celebrate both by checking out these mystery books by Asian American and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander authors. 

Today would have been Shakespeare’s 460th birthday! This year celebrate the Bard’s birthday with some modern retellings of his famous plays. 

Prefer eBooks and audiobooks… 

Two Wrongs Make a Right eBook | audiobook 

The Hundred Loves of Juliet eBook | audiobook 

Hag-Seed eBook | audiobook 

Hamnet eBook | audiobook 

The Nutshell eBook 

Always Never Yours audiobook 

Much Ado About You eBook

Shakespeare Was a Woman and Other Heresies : How Doubting the Bard Became the Biggest Taboo in Literature eBook

Shakespeare’s Sisters: How Women Wrote the Renaissance eBook 

The Shakespeare Requirement eBook | audiobook 

April is National Arab-American Heritage Month! Celebrate by checking out these books by a variety of Arab-American authors. 

Prefer eBooks and audiobooks… 

You Exist Too Much eBook | audiobook 

The Arsonists’ City eBook | audiobook

Bride of the Sea eBook | audiobook

Evil Eye eBook | audiobook

How does it Feel to be a Problem: Being Young and Arab in America eBook 

Hijab Butch Blues: A Memoir eBook | audiobook

Conditional Citizens: On Belonging in America eBook | audiobook

Love is an Ex-Country eBook | audiobook

March is National Reading Month! This month discover a variety of books that celebrate a love of books and reading. 

Prefer eBooks and audiobooks… 

The Bookish Life of Nina Hill eBook | audiobook 

The Woman in the Library eBook | audiobook 

The Reading List eBook | audiobook 

Book Lovers eBook | audiobook 

The Messy Lives of Book People eBook | audiobook 

The Last Chance Library eBook | audiobook 

The Bromance Book Club eBook | audiobook 

The Other Black Girl eBook | audiobook 

March is Women’s History Month! Also coming up, March 14 is both the International Day of Mathematics and Celebrate Scientists Day. Check out these books highlighting and celebrating the contributions of Women in Stem. 

Prefer eBooks and audiobooks… 

The Soulmate Equation eBook | audiobook 

Lessons in Chemistry eBook | audiobook

The Love Hypothesis eBook | audiobook 

The Other Einstein eBook | audiobook 

The Lady’s Guide to Celestial Mechanics eBook | audiobook 

The Trouble with Hating You eBook | audiobook 

Women in White Coats: How the First Women Doctors Changed the World of Medicine  eBook | audiobook 

Rise of the Rocket Girls: The Women Who Propelled Us, from Missiles to the Moon to Mars eBook | audiobook 

Code Girls: The Untold Story of the American Women Code Breakers of World War II eBook | audiobook 

Year of the Dragon has just begun! The Lunar New Year was celebrated on February 10th and Valentine’s Day is coming up on February 14th. Celebrate both holidays by exploring these Romance books set during the Lunar New Year. 

Prefer eBooks and audiobooks… 

Lunar Love eBook | audiobook 

Fake Dates and Mooncakes eBook | audiobook

Natalie Tan’s Book of Luck and Fortune eBook | audiobook

When You Wish Upon a Lantern eBook | audiobook

Yesterday was National Tell a Fairy Tale Day! You can still celebrate by exploring these retellings of classic Fairy Tales. 

Prefer eBooks and audiobooks… 

After the Forest eBook | audiobook 

Love in Color: Mythical Tales from Around the World, Retold eBook | audiobook 

Darling Girl: A novel of Peter Pan eBook | audiobook 

Uprooted eBook | audiobook 

A Spindle Splintered eBook | audiobook 

By the Book eBook | audiobook 

A Thousand Beginnings and Endings eBook | audiobook 

Now that 2024 has started, let’s take a look back at some great fiction and nonfiction books that came out in 2023. All of which can be checked out from the Library at the Beech Street Center (266 Beech Street) in Belmont. 

Prefer eBooks and audiobooks… 

The Fraud eBook | audiobook

The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store eBook | audiobook

The Covenant of Water eBook | audiobook

Age of Vice eBook | audiobook

Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England’s Kings and Queens eBook | audiobook

The Other Family Doctor: A Veterinarian Explores What Animals can Teach us about Love, Life, and Mortality eBook | audiobook

King: A Life eBook | audiobook

The Art Thief: A true story of love, crime, and a dangerous obsession eBook | audiobook

Chasing Bright Medusas: A Life of Willa Cather eBook | audiobook