On our Bookshelves

If we’re being honest these days it’s been hard to find time to sit and read but while our books are burning holes into the back of our heads we thought we;d share what’s on our reading list exclusively from some of our favorite black authors. Did we miss any must-reads? Share your thoughts and if you’ve read any of these!

SHOPMY SHELF

Afro-futurism/Fantasy

Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler

The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin

A Sky Full of Elephants by Cebo Campbell

The Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi

Autobiographics and Biographies

Year of Yes by Shonda Rhimes

Fredrick Douglass: The Prophet of Freedom by David W. Blight

Finding Me: A Memoir By Viola Davis

The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm X

Fiction

Sula by Toni Morrison

Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi

The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates

Good Dirt by Charmaine Wilkerson

Romance

Before I Let Go by Kennedy Ryan

Seven Days in June by Tia Williams

The Partner Plot by Kristina Forest

The Davenports by Krystal Marquis

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