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The Mothers | Brit Bennett | Amazon | Bookshop | IG Review
Such a Fun Age | Kiley Reid | Amazon | Bookshop | IG Review
The Better Liar | Tanen Jones | Amazon | Bookshop | IG Review
The Nightingale | Kristin Hannah | Amazon | Bookshop | IG Review
Minor Dramas and Other Catastrophes | Kathleen West | Amazon | Bookshop | IG Review
Rules of Civility | Amor Towles | Amazon | Bookshop | IG Review
Dead to Her | Sarah Pinborough | Amazon | Bookshop | IG Review
Nothing More Dangerous | Allen Eskens | Amazon | Bookshop | IG Review
You Are Not Alone | Greer Hendricks, Sarah Pekkenan | Amazon | Bookshop | IG Review
The Return | Rachel Harrison | Amazon | Bookshop | IG Review
Dear Edward | Ann Napolitano | Amazon | Bookshop | IG Review
The Color Purple | Alice Walker | Amazon | Bookshop | IG Review
The Holdout | Graham Moore | Amazon | Bookshop | IG Review
In Five Years | Rebecca Serle | Amazon | Bookshop | IG Review
The Girl With the Louding Voice | Abi Dare | Amazon | Bookshop | IG Review
Eight Perfect Murders | Peter Swanson | Amazon | Bookshop | IG Review
Americanah | Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie | Amazon | Bookshop | IG Review
Buy Yourself the Fucking Lilies | Tara Schuster | Amazon | Bookshop | IG Review
The Night Swim | Megan Goldin | Amazon | Bookshop
Gone With the Wind | Margaret Mitchell | Amazon | Bookshop | IG Review
The Boy From the Woods | Harlan Coben | Amazon | Bookshop | IG Review
Head Over Heels | Hannah Orenstein | Amazon | Bookshop | IG Review
Little Secrets | Jennifer Hillier | Amazon | Bookshop | IG Review
Last Couple Standing | Matthew Norman | Amazon | Bookshop | IG Review
The Safe Place | Anna Downes | Amazon | Bookshop
28 Summers | Elin Hilderbrand | Amazon | Bookshop
Big Summer | Jennifer Weiner | Amazon | Bookshop | IG Review
Happy and You Know It | Laura Hankin | Amazon | Bookshop | IG Review
Pretty Things | Janelle Brown | Amazon | Bookshop | IG Review
Normal People | Sally Rooney | Amazon | Bookshop | IG Review
The Happy Ever After Playlist | Abby Jimenez | Amazon | Bookshop
Eliza Starts a Rumor | Jane L. Rosen | Amazon | Bookshop | IG Review
The Hunger Games | Suzanne Collins | Amazon | Bookshop | IG Review
Catching Fire | Suzanne Collins | Amazon | Bookshop | IG Review
Mockingjay | Suzanne Collins | Amazon | Bookshop | IG Review
Summer Darlings | Brooke Lea Foster | Amazon | Bookshop | IG Review
The Knockout Queen | Rufi Thorpe | Amazon | Bookshop | IG Review
The Half Sister | Sandie Jones | Amazon | Bookshop
Wow, No Thank You | Samantha Irby | Amazon | Bookshop | IG Review
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes | Suzanne Collins | Amazon | Bookshop | IG Review
Safe | S.K. Barnett | Amazon | Bookshop | IG Review
Saving Ruby King | Catherine Adel West | Amazon | Bookshop | IG Review
One to Watch | Kate Stayman-London | Amazon | Bookshop | IG Review
Patsy | Nicole Dennis-Benn | Amazon | Bookshop | IG Review
Home Before Dark | Riley Sager | Amazon | Bookshop | IG Review
The Vanishing Half | Brit Bennett | Amazon | Bookshop | IG Review
The Boyfriend Project | Farrah Rochon | Amazon | Bookshop | IG Review
The Bright Lands | John Framm | Amazon | Bookshop | IG Review
How to Save a Life | Lisa Steinke, Liz Fenton | Amazon | Bookshop | IG Review
Blacktop Wasteland | S.A. Cosby | Amazon | Bookshop | IG Review
Imperfect Women | Araminta Hall | Amazon | Bookshop | IG Review
A Star is Bored | Byron Lane | Amazon | Bookshop | IG Review
Cleo McDougal Regrets Nothing | Allison Winn Scotch | Amazon | Bookshop | IG Review
Fast Girls | Elise Hooper | Amazon | Bookshop | IG Review
Silver Sparrow | Tayari Jones | Amazon | Bookshop | IG Review
The Antidote for Everything | Kimmery Martin | Amazon | Bookshop | IG Review
The Comeback | Ella Berman | Amazon | Bookshop | IG Review
The Death of Vivek Oji | Akwaeke Emezi | Amazon | Bookshop | IG Review
Craigslist Confessional | Helena Dea Bala | Amazon | Bookshop | IG Review
Betty | Tiffany McDaniel | Amazon | Bookshop | IG Review
When I Was You | Amber Garza | Amazon | Bookshop | IG Review
The Chiffon Trenches | Andre Leon Talley | Amazon | Bookshop | IG Review
When No One is Watching | Alyssa Cole | Amazon | Bookshop | IG Review
Anxious People | Fredrik Backman | Amazon | Bookshop | IG Review
His & Hers | Alice Feeney | Amazon | Bookshop | IG Review
In the Dream House | Carmen Maria Machado | Amazon | Bookshop | IG Review
The Margot Affair | Sanae Lemoine | Amazon | Bookshop | IG Review
The Boys Club | Erica Katz | Amazon | Bookshop | IG Review
You Had Me at Hola | Alexia Daria | Amazon | Bookshop | IG Review
Black Fatigue | Mary-Frances Winters | Amazon | Bookshop | IG Review
Leave the World Behind | Rumaan Alam | Amazon | Bookshop | IG Review
Bringing Up Bebe | Pamela Druckerman | Amazon | Bookshop | IG Review
Goodnight Beautiful | Aimee Molloy | Amazon | Bookshop | IG Review
Practical Magic | Alice Hoffman | Amazon | Bookshop | IG Review
Carrie | Stephen King | Amazon | Bookshop | IG Review
The Hunting Wives | May Cobb | Amazon | Bookshop | IG Review
Transcendent Kingdom | Yaa Gyasi | Amazon | Bookshop | IG Review
Mexican Gothic | Silvia Moreno-Garcia | Amazon | Bookshop | IG Review
Don’t Look For Me | Wendy Walker | Amazon | Bookshop | IG Review
His Only Wife | Peace Ado Medie | Amazon | Bookshop | IG Review
Group: How One Therapist and a Group of Strangers Changed My Life | Christie Tate | Amazon | Bookshop | IG Review
White Ivy | Susie Yang | Amazon | Bookshop | IG Review
Felix Ever After | Kacen Callender | Amazon | Bookshop | IG Review
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue | V.E. Schwab | Amazon | Bookshop | IG Review
Invisible Girl | Lisa Jewell | Amazon | Bookshop | IG Review
Shit, Actually | Lindy West | Amazon | Bookshop | IG Review
Stamped from the Beginning | Ibram X. Kendi | Amazon | Bookshop | IG Review
Grown | Tiffany D. Jackson | Amazon | Bookshop | IG Review
A Princess in Theory | Alyssa Cole | Amazon | Bookshop | IG Review
The Swap | Robyn Harding | Amazon | Bookshop | IG Review
The Perfect Guests | Emma Rous | Amazon | Bookshop | IG Review
Winter in Paradise | Elin Hilderbrand | Amazon | Bookshop | IG Review
What Happens in Paradise | Elin Hilderbrand | Amazon | Bookshop | IG Review
This is My America | Kim Johnson | Amazon | Bookshop | IG Review
Troubles in Paradise | Elin Hilderbrand | Amazon | Bookshop | IG Review
At the Wolf’s Table | Rosella Postorino | Amazon | Bookshop | IG Review
Black Buck | Mateo Askaripour | Amazon | Bookshop | IG Review
The Last Flight | Julie Clark | | Amazon | Bookshop | IG Review
A Promised Land | Barack Obama | Amazon | Bookshop | IG Review
A Knock at Midnight | Brittany K. Barnett | Amazon | Bookshop | IG Review
I’m Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness | Austen Channing Brown | Amazon | Bookshop | IG Review
The Bookish Life of Nina Hill | Abbi Waxman | Amazon | Bookshop | IG Review
Read a YA nonfiction book
Read a retelling of a classic of the canon, fairytale, or myth by an author of color
Read a mystery where the victim(s) is not a woman | Goodnight Beautiful | Aimee Molloy
Read a graphic memoir
Read a book about a natural disaster | Troubles in Paradise | Elin Hilderbrand
Read a play by an author of color and/or queer author
Read a historical fiction novel not set in WWII | Summer Darlings, Brooke Lea Foster
Read an audiobook of poetry
Read the LAST book in a series | Mockingjay, Suzanne Collins
Read a book that takes place in a rural setting | Betty | Tiffany McDaniel
Read a debut novel by a queer author | The Bright Lands, John Fram
Read a memoir by someone from a religious tradition (or lack of religious tradition) that is not your own
Read a food book about a cuisine you’ve never tried before
Read a romance starring a single parent | You Had Me at Hola, Alexis Daria
Read a book about climate change
Read a doorstopper (over 500 pages) published after 1950, written by a woman | Americanah, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Read a sci-fi/fantasy novella (under 120 pages)
Read a picture book with a human main character from a marginalized community | Anti-Racist Baby, Ibram X. Kendi
Read a book by or about a refugee
Read a middle grade book that doesn’t take place in the U.S. or the UK
Read a book with a main character or protagonist with a disability (fiction or non)
Read a horror book published by an indie press
Read an edition of a literary magazine (digital or physical)
Read a book in any genre by a Native, First Nations, or Indigenous author | Betty, Tiffany McDaniel
A Book Published the Decade You Were Born- The Color Purple | Alice Walker
A Debut Novel- The Mothers | Brit Bennett
A Book Recommended by a Source You Trust- Such a Fun Age | Kiley Reid
A Book By a Local Author- Saving Ruby King | Catherine Adel West
A Book Outside Your (Genre) Comfort Zone- Grown | Tiffany D. Jackson
A Book in Translation- At the Wolf’s Table | Rosella Postarino
A Book Nominated for an Award in 2020 | Leave the World Behind | Rumaan Alam
A Re-Read - The Hunger Games | Suzanne Collins
A Classic You Didn’t Read in School- Gone With the Wind | Margaret Mitchell
Three Books By the Same Author- Catching Fire, Mockingjay, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes | Suzanne Collins
January: Girl, Woman, Other | Bernardine Evaristo
February: The Street | Ann Petry
March: The Girl With the Louding Voice | Abi Dare
April: A Bound Woman is a Dangerous Thing | DaMaris B. Hill
May: The Mountains Sing | Nguyen Phan Que Mai
June: The Vanishing Half | Brit Bennett
July: Americanah | Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
August: These Ghosts Are Family | Maisy Card
September: Running | Natalia Sylvester
October: Sugar | Bernice McFadden
November: They Were Her Property | Stephanie E. Jones Rogers
December: Transcendent Kingdom | Yaa Gyasi