Note that this is titled “ten OF,” not “THE ten…” I’d really love your recommendations!įour more books that I want to read this year are When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir by Patrice Kahn Cullors, This Will Be My Undoing by Morgan Jerkins, Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams, and Patsyby Nicole Dennis Benn. It’s a mix of smart + light, with some YA (but meaningful YA!) mixed in.
This list is (like my taste in books) a little all over the board. This year, I feel that way about American Spy. And The Hate U Give stuck with me months after reading it. Last year, An American Marriage was one of the best books I’ve read all year. I started making an effort to read more books by women of color (in making this reading list I realized how few books I’ve read by Asian and Indian authors – I will do better!). As it is, I almost exclusively read books written by women. It’s important to me as both a consumer and a “person of influence” in this space to highlight an inclusive range of authors here. Think about all of the media you consume across the board (TV, art, film, books, etc.) The gender balance is real and it’s particularly worse for women of color (and gay women too I’d like to read more books by queer women bas well but one thing at a time).
The second reason is that women, particularly women of color are generally underrepresented across the board. I’ve always considered myself to be pretty sensitive and thoughtful but frankly, until reading more books by women of color, I didn’t realize the extent of the obstacles facing black women (and I’ve really just scratched the surface with the books I’m featuring below). First of all, reading a book by someone with a different background to you widen your frame of reference (I think about With The Fire on High here a lot). One thing I actively try to do is read more books by women of color.
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