Recommended for: All you marathon readers and tv bingers. The book: The Gilead novels by Marilynne Robinson (Farrar, Straus & Giroux) Our reviewer says: “Journalist Bruder expands on an article originally published in Harper’s where she examined the phenomenon of aging Americans adjusting to an economic climate in which they can’t afford to retire.” Read more here.
Recommended for: When you’re stressed out at work and are seriously considering quitting, selling your house in favor of better wheel estate, and living that nomadic lifestyle outside your 6圆 office cubicle you so desperately crave. The book: Nomadland by Jessica Bruder (Norton) Now Read This, the PBS NewsHour-New York Times Book Club Recommended for: When you’re tired of all the not-so-hot-but-just-plain-ignorant-takes on Twitter and Instagram and need a more reliable read about Black feminism rooted in history. The book: How We Get Free: Black Feminism and the Combahee River Collective by Keeanga-Yamhatta Taylor (Haymarket) Louise Little, mother of Malcom X and Berdis Baldwin, mother of James Baldwin.” Read more here. Our reviewer says: “Educator Tubbs debuts with an engrossing triple biography of Alberta King, mother of Martin Luther King Jr. Recommended for: History buffs who want to know about the mothers of some of the prolific Black Activists The book: The Three Mothers by Anna Malaika Tubbs (Flatiron) Our reviewer says: “Desai dazzles with this funny, convincing take on the fake relationship trope.” Read more here. Recommended for: FanFiction friends! Three words. The book: The Dating Plan by Sara Desai (Berkley)
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Our reviewer says: “Philyaw’s triumphant debut collection follows a series of Southern Black women as they struggle for self-determination.” Read more here.
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The book: The Little French Bridal Shop by Jennifer Dupee (St. Our reviewer says: “Garcia’s dexterous debut chronicles the travails of a Cuban immigrant family.” Read more here. Recommended for: Strong mothers and those interested in multigenerational stories about strong women highlighting a Cuban immigrant family. The book: Of Women and Salt by Gabriela Garcia (Flatiron) Our reviewer says: “YA novelist Freitas’s stunning adult fiction debut (after her memoir Consent) spins nine alternating story lines about a husband and wife who initially didn’t want children but, at various points, change their minds.” Read more here.īuzzfeed Book Club and Good Morning America Book Club “What if I had said yes?” “What if he stayed?” “What if I don’t want to have kids?” Recommended for: Those of us (ourselves included) who have spent countless nights up late wondering about all the “what ifs”. The book: The Nine Lives of Rose Napolitano by Donna Freitas (Viking/Dorman) Our reviewer says: “National Book Critics Circle Award winner Quade’s penetrating debut novel (expanded from a story in Night at the Fiestas) tells of a man’s quest for self-acceptance through the metaphor of the five wounds Jesus suffered during crucifixion.” Read more here. Recommended for: When you feel like you’ve been circling the drain feeling like an utter failure and need a reminder that despite how bad things get, there is always a chance at self-redemption. The book: The Five Wounds by Kirsten Valdez Quade (Norton) Our reviewer says: “Northern Florida looms large over the 11 stories that comprise Moniz’s smart debut collection, a comingling of themes of adolescent discovery, family strain, and temptation’s dangerous appeal.” Read more here. Recommended for: When you can’t concentrate on a 60-second YouTube video, let alone a whole novel, and need something with shorter stories but with the same depth and attention to character development as a full-length novel. The Audacious Book Club, Roxane Gay’s Book Club Our reviewer says: “When aspiring novelist Florence Darrow, the protagonist of Andrews’s devilishly plotted debut, gets fired from her dogsbody job at a Manhattan publishing house, she faces the prospect that she might not be destined for greatness after all.” Read more here. Recommended for: If you’ve ever wondered what kind of drama hides behind the walls of publishing mixed with thriller aspects of hidden identities. The book: Who is Maud Dixon? by Alexandra Andrews (Little, Brown)
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