17 Books We Read (Or Added to the TBR Pile) This Month

And you can catch all of them in our subscription boxes!

Forgot to order one of Strand’s Book Hookup subscription boxes? Fear not! If you can’t get a box this quarter, you can still enjoy this diverse stack of books. From hot new releases to timeless favorites, these are the 16 fantastic titles we’re sharing in goody boxes with Strand fans across the globe this month.

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Fiction Box

Speak No Evil by Uzodinma Iweala

The Woman Warrior by Maxine Hong Kingston

YA Box

Tyler Johnson Was Here by Jay Coles

Monster by Walter Dean Myers

Political Nonfiction Box

Patriot Number One: American Dreams in Chinatown by Lauren Hilgers

97 Orchard: An Edible History of Five Immigrant Families in One New York Tenement by Jane Ziegleman

Feminist Box

The Woman’s Hour: The Great Fight to Win the Vote by Elaine Weiss

Women & Power: A Manifesto by Mary Beard

Art Box

Rocks and Clouds by Mitch Epstein

Mystery Box

Tangerine by Christine Mangan

Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier

Science Fiction Box

The Tangled Lands by Paolo Bacigalupi and Tobias S. Buckell

Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood

Timeless Favorites Box

The Death and Life of Great American Cities by Jane Jacobs

The Odd Woman and the City by Vivian Gornick

Little Readers Box

Islandborn by Junot Diaz

Refugees and Migrants by Ceri Roberts and Hanane Kai

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