From my shelves

Book Recs

I read over 100 books a year, and these are the ones I keep pressing into people’s hands: novels about complicated women and the places that shape them, and nonfiction that changed how I see the world.

Beloved

Beloved

Toni Morrison

Sula

Sula

Toni Morrison

The Bluest Eye

The Bluest Eye

Toni Morrison

Paradise

Paradise

Toni Morrison

Song of Solomon

Song of Solomon

Toni Morrison

Breasts and Eggs

Breasts and Eggs

Mieko Kawakami

The God of Small Things

The God of Small Things

Arundhati Roy

The Woman Warrior

The Woman Warrior

Maxine Hong Kingston

The Vegetarian

The Vegetarian

Han Kang

The Coin

The Coin

Yasmin Zaher

Convenience Store Woman

Convenience Store Woman

Sayaka Murata

Butter

Butter

Asako Yuzuki

My Sister, the Serial Killer

My Sister, the Serial Killer

Oyinkan Braithwaite

These Heathens

These Heathens

Mia McKenzie

The Other Black Girl

The Other Black Girl

Zakiya Dalila Harris

Nightcrawling

Nightcrawling

Leila Mottley

Such a Fun Age

Such a Fun Age

Kiley Reid

Queenie

Queenie

Candice Carty-Williams

Luster

Luster

Raven Leilani

The Mothers

The Mothers

Brit Bennett

The Vanishing Half

The Vanishing Half

Brit Bennett

The Color Purple

The Color Purple

Alice Walker

The Color of Law

The Color of Law

Richard Rothstein

Four Hundred Souls

Four Hundred Souls

Ibram X. Kendi and Keisha N. Blain

Between the World and Me

Between the World and Me

Ta-Nehisi Coates

Caste

Caste

Isabel Wilkerson

The Warmth of Other Suns

The Warmth of Other Suns

Isabel Wilkerson

The Fire Next Time

The Fire Next Time

James Baldwin

Fearing the Black Body

Fearing the Black Body

Sabrina Strings

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