The Last Suppers: Mikulencak, Mandy: 9781496710031
This book haunts me. I think that this is a book that literally everyone needs to read.
Yellow Wife: A Novel by Sadeqa Johnson
This is a great historical novel set in biblical times. I really enjoyed it.
The Red Tent: 9780312427290: Diamant, Anita: Books
Memoir
This book broke my heart. As a child of an addict, it was interesting to see things from the eyes of a parent of an addict.
Beautiful Boy: A Father's Struggle Memoir
YA
Mental illnesses and loss are two themes in this book. Can be triggering. Definitely “trauma-core”
Identical - Hopkins, Ellen: Books
This duology is one of my favorite Little Mermaid retellings. It's based on African mythology and I wish I could read it for the first time again.
Skin of the Sea (Of Mermaids and Orisa)
Mystery/suspense
I read this as a kid when I first came out, and to the day it's still one of my favorites. I have re-read it so many times.
On the Street Where You Live: Mary Higgins Clark
18+
This is a series with some serious trigger warnings. If that doesn't bother you, I DEFINITELY recommend this series. “Monster stalker series” doesn't even do it justice. I love this series and I am impatiently waiting on the next one to drop.
Monster Stalker Series by January Rayne - Goodreads
I love this series. It's a great historical romance series. Technically all the books are standalone, but they are attached in the way that the main characters from book 1 are minor characters in book 2.
Lust in the Tudor Court Series by Elizabeth Moss
History
This book goes hard into the actual history behind our country, not the whitewashed version that we learn in schools. I recommend this for everyone. I learned so much.
Black AF History: The Un-Whitewashed Story of America
Self-help
If you want to work through your grief without pretty, fluffy words, this is the book you need.
