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Somehow it’s August already, even though it feels like I was only just making the July release list! There are so. many. books. this month, so this Stock Your Shelves is going to be just some of the highlights: a mix of nonfiction, YA, literary fiction, and historical fiction. So here you are, some of my most anticipated books this August, since there’s no way to include EVERYTHING I’m excited to see this month!

Bad Feminist: Essaysby Roxane Gay (August 5) A collection of essays spanning politics, criticism, and feminism from one of the most-watched young cultural observers of her generation, Roxane Gay.

Looking For Jack Kerouacby Barbara Shoup (August 12) In 1964, Paul Carpetti discovers Jack Kerouac’s On the Road while on a school trip to New York and begins to question the life he faces after high school. Then he meets a volatile, charismatic Kerouac devotee determined to hit…

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