70 Books by BIPOC Authors Coming Out in October to Add to Your List

My reading game was lagging a little last month and I can’t say that I knocked that many books off my list. In any case, this month I’m adding a whole bunch more, LOL. 

Here are the books at the top of my list this month: 

The Message by Ta-Nehisi Coates

Coates is one of those writers who digs deep and allows you to open your mind. In ‘The Message,’ he returns to essays that explore the art of writing but, in true Coates fashion, goes way beyond that. I can’t wait to dig into this one.

Love After Midnight A Novel by Sister Souljah

I won’t speak about how Souljah’s last book fell a little short for me, what I will say is that I strongly feel she will redeem herself with this latest one. 

After suffering a horrifying, yet soul-stirring death experience, worldwide top bitch Winter Santiaga, of The Coldest Winter Ever, is alive and facing a dilemma that every living person how to respond to the Fear of God, awareness of heaven and hell, while pursuing and satisfying deep desires for sex, fun, love, money, revenge, and fame. In her new novel, Love After Midnight, Sister Souljah delivers a powerful hip-hop hood style, global romantic comedy.

Jamaica Ginger and Other Concoctions by Nalo Hopkinson

This Motherless Land by Nikki May

From the acclaimed author of Wahala, a “vibrant” (Charmaine Wilkerson) retelling of Mansfield Park, exploring identity, culture, race, and love.

Here are additional diverse books coming out this month that you should add to your list:

• Brown Women Have Everything Essays on (Dis)comfort and Delight by Sayantani Dasgupta
• Heir Duology #1 Heir by Sabaa Tahir
• Model Home by Rivers Solomon
• My Life: Growing Up Native in America IllumiNative (editor)
• The Message by Ta-Nehisi Coates
• The Black Utopians: Searching for Paradise and the Promised Land in America by Aaron Robertson
• Da Baddest by Trina and Sesali Bowen
• Love After Midnight A Novel by Sister Souljah
• Love Can’t Feed You A Novel by Cherry Lou Sy
• The Dividing Sky by Jill Tew
• The Most Wonderful Time by Jayne Allen
• This Cursed House by Del Sandeen
• Twenty-Four Seconds From Now: A Love Story by Jason Reynolds 
• Under All the Lights by Maya Ameyaw
• Wild Chocolate Across the Americas in Search of Cacao’s Soul by Rowan Jacobsen
• Humans in Shackles An Atlantic History of Slavery by Ana Lucia Araujo
• Lightning in Her Hands by Raquel Vasquez Gilliland
• Natural Black Beauty and the Politics of Hair by Chelsea Mary Elise Johnson
• All Our Wars A Novel by Stephanie Vasquez
• Fat Girls Dance by Cathleen Meredith
• Unruly A Guide to Reclaiming Your True Self by Shelah Marie
• For She Is Wrath by Emily Varga
• Gather Me: A Memoir in Praise of the Books That Saved Me Glory Edim
• Jamaica Ginger and Other Concoctions by Nalo Hopkinson
• Sleeping with the Frenemy A Novel by Natalie Caña
• This Motherless Land by Nikki May
• How to Build a Fashion Icon: Notes on Confidence from the World’s Only Image Architect by Law Roach
• Curdle Creek by Yvonne Battle-Felton
• Al Roker’s Recipes to Live By: Easy, Memory-Making Family Dishes for Every Occasion: by Al Roker & Courtney Roker Laga 
• Here: Where the Black Designers Are by Cheryl D. Holmes-Miller
• While I Have Your Attention by Dr. Lucille O’Neal
• The Dividing Sky by Jill Tew
• The Day God Saw Me as Black: The Journey to Liberated Faith by D. Danyelle Thomas
• Run Man Run by Chester Himes
• Morningside: A Survivor’s Story of the Greensboro Massacre by Aran Robert Shetterly
• The Year of Letting Go: 365 Days Pursuing Emotional Freedom by r.h. Sin
• Heart of a Thug: Omar & Keisha’s Tale by Keely
• For There Is Always Light: A Journal by Amanda Gorman
• I’ll Be Gone for Christmas: A Festive House-Swap Romance by Georgia K. Boone
• Potato Chip Pimp: An Addictive Urban Tale by London Winters
• Tangleroot by Kalela Williams
• I Was Told There Would Be Romance by Marie Arnold
• Holly Grove Island #3: The Soulmate Project by Reese Ryan
• The Witches of El Paso by Luis Jaramillo
• Revenge of the Tipping Point: Overstories, Superspreaders, and the Rise of Social Engineering by Malcolm Gladwell 
• How to Build a Fashion Icon: Notes on Confidence from the World’s Only Image Architect by Law Roach

Here are diverse children’s books coming out in October

• Getting Us to Grandma’s by Nadia L. Hohn
• Rise of the Wrecking Crew by Kalynn Bayron
• Is There a Boy Like Me? by Kern Carter
• Into the Uncut Grass by Trevor Noah 
• Bella Ballerina by Sharon M. Draper, Illustrated by Ebony Glenn
• Manga Bible: The Story of God in a Graphic Novel by Siku
• Big Jim and the White Boy: An American Classic Reimagined by David F. Walker
• Treasure Island: Runaway Gold by Jewell Parker Rhodes
• Black Artists Shaping the World: Picture Book Edition by Sharna Jackson
• Kamala Raised Her Hand by Raakhee Mirchandani, Illustrated by Supriya Kelkar
• Slaveroad by John Edgar Wideman 
• Hair Like Obama’s, Hands Like Lebron’s by Carole Boston Weatherford
• Our Joyful Noise by Gabriele Davis
• My Hair Is My Friend by Myrce’tez Gowan-Perkins 
• We Are Free, You and Me by Colin Kaepernick and Nessa Diab
• My Hair Is Like Yours by St. Clair Detrick-Jules illustrated by Tabithat Brown 
• A Split Second by Janae Marks
• Boy 2.0 by Tracey Baptiste
• Onyx & Beyond by Amber McBride
• The Best Friend Bracelet by Nicole D. Collier
• Melanin Magic: A Young Mystic’s Guide to African Spirituality by Dossé-Via Trenou 
• Bird Nerd by Jennifer Ann Richter
• The Rise of Issa Igwe by Shanna Miles 
• The Shape of Lost Things by Sarah Everett

Which ones are you adding to your list this month? Let me know in the comments.