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• Are You Mad at Me?

  How to Stop Focusing on What Others Think and Start Living for You

  Josephson, Meg,

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  A guide to breaking up with people‑pleasing one anxious thought at a time.

• When God Was a Woman

  Stone, Merlin,

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  A reminder that before “Father God,” there was definitely a “Mother knows best.”

• Cultish

  the Language of Fanaticism

  Montell, Amanda,

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  A guide to spotting cult vibes, even when they’re wrapped in positivity and pastel branding.

• I Who Have Never Known Men

  Harpman, Jacqueline

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  A quiet, eerie meditation on freedom, narrated by a girl who’s never had any.

• Inventing Latinos

  a New Story of American Racism

  Gómez, Laura E., 1964-

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  A guided tour of the Latino experience that shows how diverse, dynamic, and misunderstood it really is.

• Newthink

  Hurwitz, Gregg,

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  A cultural wake‑up call disguised as a collection of essays that politely roast our collective brain fog

• Defectors

  the Rise of the Latino Far Right

  Ramos, Paola, 1987-

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  A sharp investigation into how and why some Latinos are embracing far‑right movements — and what that says about the country.

• Loving, Ohio

  a Graphic Novel

  Erman, Matthew,

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  A story about holding on, letting go, and the strange things that fill the space between

• Don't Believe Everything You Think

  Why Your Thinking Is the Beginning & End of Suffering

  Nguyen, Joseph,

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  A little book with a big message: peace starts where overthinking ends.

• Do You Take This Woman?

  a Novel

  Johnson, R. M. (Rodney Marcus),

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  Proof that love triangles are only cute in geometry

• The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo

  Reid, Taylor Jenkins

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  Seven husbands, countless secrets, and one woman who was the epic romance all along.