2023 Book Recommendations

Hey everyone! I'm back with new recs. These books are ones that I've picked up throughout the year and are finished or somewhere in between the pages. I hope you enjoy. 

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January 2023

• "The River Sing Me Home" by Eleanor Shearer
• "Queenie: Godmother of Harlem" by Elizabeth Colomba and Aurélie Lévy

February 2023

• "Jambalaya: The Natural Woman's Book of Personal Charms and Practical Rituals" by Luisah Teish
• "Microjoys" by Cyndie Spiegel

March 2023

• "Delicious Monsters" by Liselle Sambury
• "Hungry Ghosts" by Kevin Jared Hosein

April 2023

• "Legendborn" by Tracy Deonn
• "Black Chamelon: Memory, Womanhood, and Myth" by Deborah D.E.E.P. Mouton

May 2023

• "The Unfolding" by Arielle Estoria
• "The Last Suspicious Holdout" by Ladee Hubbard

June 2023

• "Stories from tenants downstairs" by Sidik Fofana
• "Drunk on Love" by Jasmine Guillory

July 2023

• "Black Leopard, Red Wolf" by Marlon James
• "When No One is Watching" by Alyssa Cole

August 2023

• "I'm Always So Serious" by Karisma Price
• "Critical Interventions in Caribbean Politics and Theory" by Brian Meeks

September 2023

• "A Burst of Light and other Essays" by Audre Lorde
• "The Black Unicorn: Poems" by Audre Lorde

October 2023

• "Crook Manifesto" by Colson Whitehead
• "Chain-Gang All Stars" by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah