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November: National Native American Heritage Month Booklist
A call for more stories about and by Indigenous Americans.
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Banned Books Week Booklist
Across the country, many of the books banned or challenged center BIPOC and LGBTIA+ themes and characters. Reading can be resistance to censorship and support of diverse perspectives.
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September: Hispanic Heritage Month Booklist
Consider new books and new perspectives in our 2023 Hispanic Heritage Month booklist.
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June: LGBTQIA+ Pride Month Booklist
LGBTQIA+ Pride Month is as much about celebrating and making a very large community visible as it is about protecting human rights. The books we’re highlighting here do both.
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April 14: Milwaukee Day Booklist
From the 414 area code, on 4/14, we've created a booklist to celebrate Milwaukee-based and Milwaukee-raised authors on Milwaukee Day.
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April: Earth Month Booklist
A booklist to celebrate new and classic reads that inform on and celebrate our planet.
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March: Women's History Month Booklist
A booklist to celebrate woman and women.
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February: Black History Month Booklist
A booklist to celebrate new and classic reads that reflect the great variety of Black perspectives and experiences.
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January: International Creativity Month Booklist
I have no doubt there’s a book out there to inspire creativity in any area of your life, whether you’re a freelance artist, nine-to-fiver, daydreamer, or anything in between.
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Native American/Indigenous Heritage Month Booklist
Celebrate Native American/Indigenous Heritage Month with this list of recommended reading. We see you, and we read you.
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Hispanic Heritage Month Booklist
Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with this list of recommended authors and books. We see you, and we read you.
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National Wellness Month Booklist
August is National Wellness Month, and we've got a list of books to support you year-round. We see you and we read you.
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Pride Month Booklist
Through both joyous celebrations and more difficult work and learning, we can strive to become better allies or LGBTQIA+ community members. We see you, and we read you.
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Disability Book Week: April 23-29
We see you, and we read you. Here are five reading recommendations focused on the disabled community of authors and books.
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'The New Tourist': An Interview with Paige McClanahan
Watch our hour-long interview with Paige McClanahan on her book The New Tourist: Waking Up to the Power and Perils of Travel.
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'Fighting for Our Friendships': An Interview with Danielle Bayard Jackson
Friendship coach and author Danielle Bayard Jackson offers insight into what makes women's friendships so important, so difficult, and so worth fighting for.
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Upcoming Author Interview: Paige McClanahan – June 20, 2024
There are many gives and takes of tourism—we need to talk about them. And Paige McClanahan's book is an engaging and effective facilitator of that conversation.
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Peggy O'Donnell Heffington in Conversation with Gabriella Cisneros
Peggy O'Donnell Heffington discussed some of the main points from her new book Without Children: The Long History of Not Being a Mother in this previously live-streamed conversation with Porchlight's Creative Director Gabriella Cisneros.
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Upcoming Live-Streamed Author Interview: Peggy O'Donnell Heffington
Register now for this upcoming live-streamed conversation with Instructional Professor of History Peggy O'Donnell Heffington.
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The authors of the best business books of 2024 respond to "Why do you believe in books?"
For the second year in a row, Porchlight asked the authors whose books we selected as the best business books of 2024 the question, "Why do you believe in books?" Their responses were thoughtful, sentimental, reflective, and forward-looking.
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The Best Personal Development & Human Behavior Books of 2024
These books help us better understand and appreciate ourselves and one another, forcing us to take a step back and reflect on how we all need each other, not just to exist, but to succeed and flourish.
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The Best Innovation & Creativity Books of 2024
With compelling voices, these books excite readers to investigate problems, acuminate ideas, and lead with an open-mind and the desire to change the world for the better.
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The 2023 Porchlight Business Book Awards | Personal Development & Human Behavior
None of these books are directly about happiness, but follow their advice and you'll feel a lot happier about where you are and where you're headed.
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The 2023 Porchlight Business Book Awards | Innovation & Creativity
Our Creative Director Gabriella Cisneros describes how the best innovation and creativity books of 2023 connect to each other and help us readers connect to each other, too.
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Inside the 2022 Longlist | Innovation & Creativity
These five books will prompt you to ask questions about yourself and the world around you, and it is in this inner-searching and outward observation that we will find, innovate, and create a better world for us all.
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Wonderland: A Tale of Hustling Hard and Breaking Even
In her memoir, Nicole Treska reflects on her complex family history, reframing her memories from a source of difficulty to an opportunity for connection.
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A Wounded Deer Leaps Highest
Charlie J. Stephens' new book explores the inner life of a child finding escape from the harsh realities of life in a small Oregon town in the natural world around them.
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Other People's Words: Friendship, Loss, and the Conversations That Never End
In her deeply personal exploration of grief, Lissa Soep examines how the words left behind by our departed loved ones continue to influence us.
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Slow Noodles: A Cambodian Memoir of Love, Loss, and Family Recipes
Slow Noodles is a powerful memoir that illustrates how food can preserve a Cambodian refugee's connection to her past and inspire hope for a better future.
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Bite Your Friends: Stories of the Body Militant
Fernanda Eberstadt sheds light on the lives of academics, artists, and activists throughout history, inspiring readers to learn from their stories of love, loss, and resistance.
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Never Not Working: Why the Always-On Culture Is Bad for Business—And How to Fix It
If technology has made it easier to work more effectively, why do so many still feel overwhelmed? To uncover the answers, Malissa Clark guides readers through the landscape of modern workaholism.
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Tell Me When It's Over
Pediatrician and vaccine expert Paul A. Offit provides an informative and accessible guide to navigating our changed world in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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I Am Only a Foreigner Because You Do Not Understand
Despite the book's theme of being misunderstood, I find the sparse text of this graphic novel to make the author's feelings very understandable.
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On an Ebbing Seafoam Tide
Alannah Radburn unabashedly shares pieces of herself that others might hide from strangers but that we should be more open about: the overly arduous fight for justice that women endure, the strength it takes to leave a bad relationship, a queer love story without stigma.
