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It's Saturday, and the move to black out the bestsellers list is still active.
I'll be adding recommendations throughout the day to this thread. The bulk will be books NOT about The Struggle. Those matter, but so do stories of Black joy, Black love, Black humor, & more.
I'll be adding recommendations throughout the day to this thread. The bulk will be books NOT about The Struggle. Those matter, but so do stories of Black joy, Black love, Black humor, & more.
First: preorder @brandycolbert powerful and romantic THE VOTING BOOTH, which comes out July 7. Two Black teens voting for the first time, but the realities of disenfranchisement bring them together to make change (AND VOTE and SWOON OVER ONE ANOTHER).
That Brandy hasn't hit the NYT list is grossly wrong, but *we* can make that happen here.
How about a romance featuring basketball? Liara Tamani's ALL THE THINGS WE NEVER KNEW just hit shelves and will make you feel all the things.
And if you haven't already read Liara's first book, CALLING MY NAME, about a Black girl's coming of age outside Houston, Texas, grab it. Too many people slept on this one.
It's 1989. Danvers, Massachusetts. And now, the always-terrible girls' field hockey team swears loyalty to an image of Emilio Estevez and suddenly...they're really good. This book is ROMP.
Prom? Queer girls? You Should See Me In A Crown is a WIN.
From the age of 11 to his first year in college, The Black Flamingo takes you on a journey of understanding and accepting one's queerness, with the help of drag. A verse novel that is expansive in every sense of the word.
What happens when a best friendship comes to an end? That's the focus of Ashley Woodfolk's powerful and moving WHEN YOU WERE EVERYTHING.
What happens when a boy signs a purity pledge at church because he thinks it'll get him closer to his crush? This fun book is full of humor, heart, and takes a deep dive into toxic masculinity to boot.
Brown's debut novel BLACK GIRL UNLIMITED is about Black pain, but it's also about Black girl magic, Black resilience, and Black lives that can thrive, even when the world around them wants them not to.
In 1919, privileged Black girl Savannah comes to understand the huge moment in time she's living in -- and why it is she, as a Black girl, isn't invited to the feminist party or movement.
THE FORGOTTEN GIRL is a spooky middle grade book about stolen history, about segregation when it came to death prior to the Civil Rights movement, and about a girl determined to tell her community's story.
SOME PLACES MORE THAN OTHERS is, In addition to being a story about family, a love letter to Harlem. It's a love letter to the history of art, writing, and creativity in the Black community.
