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Tacoma Reads is a longstanding partnership between the City of Tacoma’s Mayor’s Office and Tacoma Public Library, with wide community support and collaboration.
Tacoma Reads invites Tacomans to explore contemporary literature in community by reading, attending programs, and engaging in discussion.
Tacoma Reads 2025 selections
Check out the book selections from your library! Titles are available in print, ebook, or audiobook.
Adult title:
See No Stranger, opens a new window by Valarie Kaur
Young adult title:
We Are Not Strangers, opens a new window by Josh Tuininga
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Get to know the Tacoma Reads authors!
Meet the Tacoma Reads authors!
TPL receives $10,000 gift from Carnegie Corporation
Oct 30, 2025
The gift recognizes Tacoma’s Carnegie library which opened in 1903 and is one of 42 such libraries in Washington state.
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Meet Tacoma Reads 2025 author Josh Tuininga
Josh Tuininga is the author of We Are Not Strangers, the young adult book selection for Tacoma Reads 2025.
Thank you to our 2025 Tacoma Reads partners
Read-alikes for our 2025 Tacoma Reads titles
Read-alikes for our 2025 Tacoma Reads titles
Tacoma Reads 2025: Adult Non-Fiction
Love, relationships and society: try some of these titles if you want to read past "See No Stranger".
Tacoma Reads 2025: Graphic Novels
Josh Tuininga's We Are Not Strangers is the first graphic novel selected for Tacoma Reads. Here are some other great graphic novels!
Tacoma Reads 2025: Picture Books
Check out these picture books inspired by the 2025 Tacoma Reads featured picture book title, "World of Wonder," by Valarie Kaur.