Its February which means it’s Black History Month! The internet is abound with book lists for folks to celebrate and read Black Authors and I decided to make one of my own. My bonanza of books is just an incomplete list of books I’ve loved and books I’m looking forward to reading, because there is just so many fantastic Black authors killing it right now. Click on the link to learn about each book and give an independent bookstore some love.
- Black Enough: Stories of Being Young and Black in America, Edited by Ibi Zoboi
- A Phoenix First Must Burn, Edited by Patrice Caldwell
- When You Were Everything, by Ashley Woodfolk
- Let Me Hear A Rhyme by Tiffany D. Jackson
- Legendborn by Tracy Deonn
- Slay, by Brittney Morris
- Full Disclosure, by Camryn Garrett
- Dear Haiti, Love Alaine by Maika Moulite and Maritza Moulite
- Felix Ever After by Kacen Callender
- Opposite of Always by Justin A. Reynolds
- You Should See Me in a Crown by Leah Johnson
- Voting Booth by Brandy Colbert
- Raybearer by Jordan Ifueko
- A Song Below Water by Bethany C. Morrow
- Love is a Revolution by Renee Watson
- Pride, by Ibi Zoboi
- Odd One Out, by Nic Stone
- Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo
- Happily Ever Afters by Elise Bryant (look for my review next week!)
- Genesis Begins Again by Alicia D. Williams
- Wings of Ebony by J. Elle
- Reaper of Souls by Rena Barron
- A Song of Wraiths and Ruin by Roseanne A. Brown
- Cinderella is Dead by Kalynn Bayron
- Grown by Tiffany D. Jackson
- The Belles by Dhonielle Clayton
- All Boys Aren’t Blue: A Memoir Manifesto by George M. Johnson
- Nubia: Real One by L.L. McKinney