Books Coming Out in January That You Should Add to Your List

This is the ideal time of year in Canada to be cozied up with some tea and a nice book to fight the cold and the winter blues.

Even though I still have books from last year that I’m trying to read, January is coming in HOT with some reads I can’t wait to check out.

Let me know which ones you’re adding to your list this month.

A Cloud of Women The Powerful Connection between Black Women and Women of the Bible by Georgia A. Hill; Diane Proctor Reeder
Black Voices Inspiring & Empowering Quotes from Global Thought Leaders by Jessica Ann Mitchell Aiwuyor
My Block Looks Like by Jannelle Harper
Arya Khanna’s Bollywood Moment Arushi Avachat
Get The F*ck Out Your Own Way: A Guide to Letting Go of the Sh*t that’s Holding You Back by MY Harris
No Reservations A Novel of Friendship by Sheryl Lister
Red String Theory Lauren Kung Jessen
Sugar, Baby by Celine Saintclare
Praisesong for the Kitchen Ghosts: Stories and Recipes from Five Generations of Black Country Cooks by Crystal Wilkinson
And Then We Rise: A Guide to Loving and Taking Care of Self by Common
First Things First: Hip-Hop Ladies Who Changed The Game by Nadirah Simmons
Madness: Race and Insanity in a Jim Crow Asylum by Antonia Hylton
The House of Plain Truth by Donna Hemans
On Thriving: Harnessing Joy Through Life’s Great Labors by Brandi Sellerz-Jackson
A Seat at the C-Suite Table: Insights from the Leadership Journeys of African American Executives’ by Chuck Wallington, PhD
Of Greed and Glory by Deborah G. Plant
Black Women Taught Us: An Intimate History of Black Feminism by Jenn M. Jackson
Barracoon Adapted for Young Readers: The Story of the Last Black Cargo by Zora Neale Hurston and Adapted by Ibram X. Kendi
Elijah’s Easter Suit by Brentom Jackson, Illustrated by Emmanuel Boateng
American Wings: Chicago’s Pioneering Black Aviators and the Race for Equality in the Sky by Sherri L. Smith and Elizabeth Wein
Stay With My Heart by Tashie Bhuiyan
Ghost Roast by Shawneé Gibbs and Shawnelle Gibbs, illustrated by Emily Cannon
Shut Up, This is Serious by Carolina Ixta
Escaping Mr. Rochester by L.L. McKinney
Poemhood: Our Black Revival by Amber McBride, Taylor Byas, and Erica Martin
Be a Revolution by Ijeoma Oluo
Come and Get it by Kiley Reid
A Drop of Venom Sajni Patel
So Let Them Burn by Kamilah Cole
Broughtupsy by Christina Cooke
You’re Breaking My Heart by Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich
Angola is Wherever I Plant My Field by João Melo
How We Named the Stars by Andrés N. Ordorica
The American Queen by Vanessa Miller
The Mayor of Maxwell Street by Avery Cunningham
The Queen of Sugar Hill: A Novel of Hattie McDaniel ReShonda Tate Billingsley
I Did a New Thing: 30 Days to Living Free by Tabitha Brown
The House of Broken Bricks by Fiona Williams
The Secret Book Club by Shauna Robinson

If you’ve read any of these books, please let me know what you thought of them. And if you have any book recommendations, I’d love to hear them in the comments below. Happy reading, everyone!