Here you’ll find my personal book list. Books I’m currently reading, books recommended, and discovered that I intend to collect. Learn and enjoy.
“Reading inspirational writing is an essential part of self-recovery. We are sustained by one another’s testimony when we find ourselves faltering or falling into despair.”
— Bell Hooks, Sisters of the Yam
Works written by Black women
Sister Outsider by Audre Lourde
Women, Race, & Class by Angela Davis
Sisters of the Yam by Bell Hooks
All About Love by Bell Hooks
Lilliths Brood by Octavia Butler
Fledgling by Octavia Butler
When Death Comes Stealing by Valerie Wilson Wesley
The Black Maria by Aracelis Girmay
Crave Radiance by Elizabeth Alexander
Jambalaya by Luisah Teish
Cruelty by Ai
Nervous Conditions by Tsitsi Dangarembga
Afrofuturism : The World of Black Sci-Fi and Fantasy Culture by Yatasha L. Womack