11. Reading Recommendations for Black History Month

from What Ya Reading? · host Jay Braggs

In honor of Black History Month, I wanted to share some reading suggestions. Tune in to hear recommendations from a variety of genres, including romance, historical fiction, thriller, horror, fantasy, and non-fiction. I also share some recommendations from a few of my bookish friends. Books mentioned in this episode: Anything by author Kennedy Ryan This Could Be Us by Kennedy Ryan Anything by author Tia Williams A Love Song for Ricki Wilde by Tia Williams Romance Recommendations Only For The Week by Natasha Bishop Fake It Til You Bake It by Jamie Wesley A Legend in the Baking by Jamie Wesley Zora Books Her Happy Ever After by Taj McCoy The Good Ones Are Taken by Taj McCoy Indigo by Beverly Jenkins Restore Me by JL Seegars Revive Me by JL Seegars Other Book Recommendations Their Vicious Games by Joelle Wellington The Blond Dies First by Joelle Wellington The Violin Conspiracy by Brendan Slocumb Symphony of Secrets by Brendan Slocumb Amari and the Night Brothers B. B. Alston Amari and the Great Game by B. B. Alston The House of Eve by Sadeqa Johnson Yellow Wife by Sadeqa Johnson Take My Hand by Dolen Perkins-Valdez Non-Fiction Recommendations When Crack Was King by Donovan X. Ramsey How The Word Is Passed by Clint Smith Caste by Isabel Wilkerson Black AF History by Michael Harriot Recommendations From Bookish Friends @janettebraggs - Only For The Week by Natasha Bishop @shesareader_ - The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson @thriftsandtangles - Even The Rat Was White by Robert Guthrie @blackbiracialandbookish - The American Daughters by Maurice Carlos Ruffin @chanels.library - Jackal by Erin E. Adams Books On My February TBR The Fifth Season by N. K. Jemisin The Reformatory by Tananarive Due All About Love by Bell Hooks This Could Be Us by Kennedy Ryan Passing by Nella Larsen The Boyfriend Project by Farrah Rochon American Royalty by Tracey Livesay Kindred by Octavia Butler Sing Me To Sleep by Gabi Burton Let Us Descend by Jesmyn Ward Hood Feminism by Mikki Kendall All book links above are affiliate links. By purchasing the books through the links What Ya Reading? Podcast, will earn a small commission. Other links mentioned in this episode: Episode 5 - Reading Wrap Up Episode 6 - Reading Goals for the New Year StoryGraph to check potential trigger warnings The Ripped Bodice Bookstore Final Thoughts: Follow Jay on Instagram @bookswithjaybraggs Join us on the Geneva App for our February read of Hood Feminism by Mikki Kendall. For inquiries please email [email protected] . Don't forget to like, review, and subscribe to the podcast.

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