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Multicultural and Diverse Books for Adults

Lee & Low Books has expanded its vast library to include a wide range of multicultural books for adults. We’re thrilled to further our mission to publish books about everyone – for everyone with adult works that share authentic stories about BIPOC, people with disabilities, LGBTQ+ people, and many more communities—all through beautifully written prose and poetry. Fans of great adult literature, especially those who seek out trailblazing books from independent book publishers, will find something to love among our award-winning and critically-acclaimed novels, memoirs, true crime accounts, short story and poetry collections, and more. 

Fiction

Lee and Low Books is proud to offer a variety of unique, captivating works of contemporary adult fiction and poetry. Whether readers are looking for thought-provoking literary fiction, gripping crime fiction and mysteries, or soul-stirring poetry, they can find them among Lee and Low’s fiction and nonfiction books for adults.

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NonFiction

Lee and Low Books offers an exciting array of eye-opening nonfiction books for adults. From rich, underground histories, to forthright memoirs by insightful authors, to fascinating true crime, these titles give readers an in-depth look into some of the most important and consistently relevant topics of our time.

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The Open Book Blog

10 Books in Spanish Soaring Onto Shelves

Stock your shelves and summer reading lists with these 10 books in Spanish, available now or soaring onto shelves near you soon Continue reading

 

Children’s Defense Fund (CDF) Freedom Schools® Launches Read Aloud Campaign to Protect the Freedom to Read

Brightly colored stripes behind the words "60 for 60 Read Aloud Campaign Protect the Freedom to Read" with kids of many races holding up books and the Freedom Schools logo
At Lee and Low, we are thrilled to support the efforts of the Children’s Defense Fund (CDF) Freedom Schools as they commemorate the 60th anniversary of the 1964 Mississippi Freedom Summer Project

 

PRESS RELEASE: LEE & LOW BOOKS INC. BECOMES FIRST PUBLISHER TO WIN ALAN AWARD

New York, NY, June 28, 2024 LEE & LOW BOOKS INC. is the recipient of the 2024 ALAN Award, marking the first time a publishing company has been honored Continue reading

 

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Ringside Seat to a Revolution

By David Dorado Romo

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Make It, Take It

By Rus Bradburd

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Letters to Goya

By James Magee

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The Last Cigarette on Earth

By Benjamin Alire Sáenz

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Incantations

By Ambar Past

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Folly Cove

By Kermit Schweidel

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A Tightly Raveled Mind

By Diane Lawson

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The Bird Boys

By Lisa Sandlin

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Cold Type

By Harvey Araton

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As Far As I Know

By Joseph Somoza

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Dealing Death and Drugs

By Beto O'Rourke