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Raymond Bennett
Back in my reading bag, and this is a list of my faves! This list will be full of Authors and Books off the beaten path.
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A great book about family, life’s choices, and sometimes how those choices collide with destiny.
Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson, Hardcover
You want to read this book. Full of thought provoking twists and turns until the very end!
King of Ashes: A Novel by S. A. Cosby
If you want to jumpstart your life before the new year, this is the book for you to pick up!
The 12 Week Year
Not just for artists, every human should read this book at least once. I go throught it every four years, and always come back with a new revelation.
The Artist's Way: 30th Anniversary Edition
A great take on the origins of Medusa. Definitely pick this up if you are a fan of Historical Fiction. Ayana Gray writes a wonderful story.
I, Medusa: A Novel
Brit Bennett perfect mix of James Baldwin and Toni Morrison in writing style. Defitley a book worth picking up.
The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett
The book was 10 times better than the movie, and I enjoyed the movie, but you should read the book.
Leave the World Behind: A Read with Jenna Pick
An easy read for the weekend.
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo: A Novel
A wonderful coming of age story.
Rainbow Milk: A Novel
A really good series of a world I would want to live in.
The Marvellers (The Conjureverse Series Book 1)
Book 2 in a wonderful wolrd and series of great storytelling.
The Memory Thieves (Conjureverse Book 2)
A great read for sure.
Severance: A Novel
A world I want to live in.
Blood Debts
Read this series, you will not be disappointed.
Blood Justice (Blood Debts, 2)
This potion you definitely want to drink in.
The Poisons We Drink
A wonderful historical fiction. It might be the best one I’ve read to date.
Burn Down Master's House: A Novel by Clay Cane
An easy and fun read for sure.
Prince of the Palisades by Julian Winters
Enjoy this a story many have heard from a new perspective.
James | Percival Everett
How far would you go to help an ex?
I'm So (Not) Over You
A great read about love, family, and legacy.
I'll Have What He's Having (Love on the Vine #1)
What happens when families don't tell the whole story.
Good Dirt: A Novel - Wilkerson, Charmaine
A story of young love, and a continuation of a story many already know.
The Great Disillusionment of Nick and Jay
Sometimes what makes you different, could just be the thing that saves you.
Sorrowland by Rivers Solomon
The first in a series of 3, about the sisters Greene and their love journeys.
The Neighbor Favor (The Greene Sisters)
The second book in the series about the sisters Greene and their journey to find love.
The Partner Plot (The Greene Sisters, #2)
A story I enjoyed.
Bitter
What a read!
The Day God Saw Me as Black
This was a good YA read
The Davenports
This was an easy and fun read.
A Deadly Inside Scoop (Ice Cream Parlor Mystery 1)
