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!
