Do what's right, even when it isn't easy.
History teaches us that resistance thrives in difficult times. This summer, as we face a second Trump administration determined to strip away our hard-won rights, we're leaning into courage. These books reflect the boldness, vision, and grit it takes to keep going when everything feels uphill.
Be sure to check out our entire summer reading list for 2025, and be sure to stop by Bookworks in Albuquerque to pick up your copy.
Buy your copies from Bookworks ABQ!
This year's titles include
- An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir
- The Antidote by Karen Russell
- Bodies on the Line by Lauren Rankin
- The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones
- The Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Bouley
- I Cheerfully Refuse by Leif Enger
- James by Percival Everett
- The Kingmaker by Kennedy Ryan
- The Message by Ta-Nehisi Coates
- Millie Fleur's Poison Garden by Christy Mandin
- One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This by Omar El Akkad
- The Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler
- Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins
