Queer Lives: Series Two
The novels and memoirs in this two-part series examine LGBTQIA+ experiences across different eras, ethnicities, and gender identities.
Queer Lives: Series One
The novels and memoirs in this two-part series examine LGBTQIA+ experiences across different eras, ethnicities, and gender identities.
The Most Costly Journey (El viaje más caro)
Our Vermont Reads 2022 choice, The Most Costly Journey (El viaje más caro), tells the stories of 19 migrant farm workers from Latin America in their own words.
The March Trilogy
The “March” Trilogy was written by civil rights icon John Lewis, in collaboration with co-writer Andrew Aydin and award-winning graphic artist Nate Powell. All three volumes illustrate the story of Lewis’s commitment to nonviolent protest in the pursuit of social justice.
Vermont Reads Past Picks
Vermont Reads is Vermont Humanities’ statewide community reading program. These books are all high-quality young-adult level works that offer food for thought for all ages.
Portraits of the Artists
These books feature fictional interpretations of famous artists.
The Changing South
The lingering effects of slavery, the Civil War, and rural strife provide a complex background in this series of Pulitzer-winning novels set in the American South.
When Cultures Meet: First Contact in the Lake Champlain Basin
In fiction and nonfiction, the series explores the ramifications of contact between Europeans and the native inhabitants in the Champlain Basin and New England generally, and the ensuing history of the region.
20th Century Jewish Lives
These Pulitzer winners – including two exploring cartooning – chronicle the Jewish experience throughout the 1900s.
African American Experience: The Harlem Renaissance
This series features a history of the era alongside texts that have come to define the Harlem Renaissance.
