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Sscarlet's Web Bookstore Picks

BIPOC Mental Health Month

Decolonizing Therapy

This book is the emotional companion and guide to decolonization. It is an invitation for Eurocentrically trained clinicians to acknowledge privileged and oppressed parts while relearning what we thought we knew. Ignoring collective global trauma makes delivering effective therapy impossible; not knowing how to interrogate privilege (as a therapist, client, or both) makes healing elusive; and shying away from understanding how we as professionals may be participating in oppression is irresponsible.

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Disability Pride Month

Hazel's Best Day

From the author ofOshún and Me and the artist of Homegrown comes a joyful picture book that celebrates community and individuality, inspired by real people with disabilities everywhere.

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Radicals On Liberation

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Book Clubs We Love

  • Mocha Moms BK: August Pick

    A housemaid with a dangerous family secret conspires with a wealthy young abolitionist to help an enslaved girl escape, in volatile pre-Civil War Philadelphia.

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  • Noname Book Club: August Pick

    Wangari Maathai, Nobel Peace Prize laureate and founder of the Green Belt Movement, offers a refreshingly unique perspective on the challenges facing Africa.

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  • Lilly's Library: August Pick

    A couple’s luxury vacation in the Maldives takes a sinister turn when they’re befriended by two strangers in a twisty and darkly comic novel by the author of Friends in Napa.

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Asalma Reads

Hi, I’m Fatima (you can call me Asalma) the heart & soul behind Sscarlet’s Web. This is where I share the stories that move me, challenge me, and remind me why I built this bookstore in the first place. You’ll find my current reads, what’s waiting on my shelf, and the authors I’ll never stop recommending. If you love bookish joy and quiet moments of discovery, follow my journey on Instagram & TikTok @asalmareads.

Upcoming by Authors I Love!

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What I'm Reading Now!

Score by Kennedy Ryan

A scorching second-chance romance between a talented screenwriter and a phenomenal musician from the New York Times bestselling author of Before I Let Go.

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Last Book I Read!

Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir

Hailed by USA Today as “an epic story of redemption, discovery, and cool speculative sci-fi,” Project Hail Mary is an irresistible interstellar adventure as only Andy Weir could deliver.

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Fresh New Voices!

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New Releases for the whole family

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Books To Spark A Conversation

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