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. 

1. A Cloud of Women The Powerful Connection between Black Women and Women of the Bible by Georgia A. Hill; Diane Proctor Reeder
2. Black Voices Inspiring & Empowering Quotes from Global Thought Leaders by Jessica Ann Mitchell Aiwuyor
3. My Block Looks Like by Jannelle Harper 
4. Arya Khanna’s Bollywood Moment Arushi Avachat
5. 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 
6. No Reservations A Novel of Friendship by Sheryl Lister
7. Red String Theory Lauren Kung Jessen
8. Sugar, Baby by Celine Saintclare
9. Praisesong for the Kitchen Ghosts: Stories and Recipes from Five Generations of Black Country Cooks by Crystal Wilkinson 
10. And Then We Rise: A Guide to Loving and Taking Care of Self by Common 
11. First Things First: Hip-Hop Ladies Who Changed The Game by Nadirah Simmons
12. Madness: Race and Insanity in a Jim Crow Asylum by Antonia Hylton
13. The House of Plain Truth by Donna Hemans
14. On Thriving: Harnessing Joy Through Life’s Great Labors by Brandi Sellerz-Jackson
15. A Seat at the C-Suite Table: Insights from the Leadership Journeys of African American Executives’ by Chuck Wallington, PhD
16. Of Greed and Glory by Deborah G. Plant 
17. Black Women Taught Us: An Intimate History of Black Feminism by Jenn M. Jackson
18. Barracoon Adapted for Young Readers: The Story of the Last Black Cargo by Zora Neale Hurston and Adapted by Ibram X. Kendi
19. Elijah’s Easter Suit by Brentom Jackson, Illustrated by Emmanuel Boateng
20. American Wings: Chicago’s Pioneering Black Aviators and the Race for Equality in the Sky by Sherri L. Smith and Elizabeth Wein
21. Stay With My Heart by Tashie Bhuiyan
22. Ghost Roast by Shawneé Gibbs and Shawnelle Gibbs, illustrated by Emily Cannon
23. Shut Up, This is Serious by Carolina Ixta
24. Escaping Mr. Rochester by L.L. McKinney
25. Poemhood: Our Black Revival by Amber McBride, Taylor Byas, and Erica Martin
26. Be a Revolution by Ijeoma Oluo
27. Come and Get it by Kiley Reid 
28. A Drop of Venom Sajni Patel
29. So Let Them Burn by Kamilah Cole
30. Broughtupsy by Christina Cooke
31. You’re Breaking My Heart by Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich
32. Angola is Wherever I Plant My Field by João Melo
33. How We Named the Stars by Andrés N. Ordorica
34. The American Queen by Vanessa Miller
35. The Mayor of Maxwell Street by Avery Cunningham
36. The Queen of Sugar Hill: A Novel of Hattie McDaniel  ReShonda Tate Billingsley
37. I Did a New Thing: 30 Days to Living Free by Tabitha Brown
38. The House of Broken Bricks by Fiona Williams
39. 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!