📚 Must-Read Books for Black History Month 2025!
Looking for powerful books to add to your Black History Month TBR? This video highlights the best books by Black authors to read in 2025! From gripping fiction to eye-opening nonfiction, these must-reads celebrate Black stories, voices, and culture.
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📚Books Mentioned In This Video:
Go Tell It On The Mountain: https://amzn.to/42BcCVc
Last Summer On State Street: https://amzn.to/4aFIWbp
Yonder: https://amzn.to/4aET5W7
Caul Baby: https://amzn.to/4hx9AWg
Zeal: https://amzn.to/40R8UFO
Daughter Of The Merciful Deep: https://amzn.to/40y8CSV
Neighbors And Other Stories: https://amzn.to/4geRNSB
Lovely One: https://amzn.to/3WF9yDN
Slaveroad: https://amzn.to/4jCZTHO
Ours: https://amzn.to/40T6CpA
Holler, Child: https://amzn.to/3Es6rIX
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So I am in a new book club in my community. I must say that some of the books are a bit bland because I am use to the black authors and their depth of culture. It is so hard to read them, but I am REALLY trying to read diversely.
Also, my favorite black author is Caleb Azumah Nelson! His books are so so good!❤
You are a must watch in the book community! ❤ I always look forward to watching your videos and getting your book recs. It is the constant encouragement that I need to continue to buy more books by black authors💕 also, I saw the title, We are a haunting by Tyriek White behind you and the title had me intrigued. So I looked it up and it sounds amazing! 😍❤
I absolutely loved last summer on state street! I think you will like it
My Feb TBR is finishing monsters we defy& start reading Before I let go (sum for v day) also finish communion by bell hooks. I don’t read as much but I want to make the effort.
I started monsters we defy! It’s so good. I love the cultural references. I think I maybe a historical fiction girly.
TBR: Chain Gang All-Stars, Parable of the Sower, The Fifth Season, Why are all the Black kids siting together at the cafeteria, Legendborn.
Hard to pick a favorite.. I noticed there weren’t any poetry books on your list so I’ll go with Lucille Clifton (:
TBR: The Message, We Were Eight Years in Power, The Mayor of Maxwell Street, Rafe, Sky Full of Elephants, The Trees, The Sweetness of Water, Black Cake and James. I added Caul Baby because it sounds interesting. I might add Ours as well. Lovely One is actually on my March TBR.
the intro 😂😂😂
Why would you start this video off like this?! 😂
Just found your channel and appreciate the recommendations. I just finished The Lies of the Ajungo by Moses Ose Utomi – so much in such a short space. Looking to read more of his work. Will be reading Do What Godmother Says, The Pulse of Perseverence, and A Lethal Lady.
Hi I love L Penelope books, her Earthsinger Chronicles is amazing, actually reached out and told her so. So real heavy hitters on your list, I am still in my black joy and black love phase❤
Heeeey! I'm planning on reading The Autobiography of Malcolm X, Dont Cry for Me by Daniel Black and finishing up The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl by Issa Rae 🫶🏽
Darkchild is Brandy’s producer. I know he’s worked with others but off the top that’s what I know.
I have soo many books I need to tackle this year as I get into reading. Hopefully for his month, I can read Bell Hooks “All About Love”. Purchase “A Soul to Keep” and reread so I can read “Second Blood”. Maybe even squeeze in squeeze in LA Banks third book in the Vampire Huntress Series. 😔 so many books so little time.
Go Tell It On The Mountain is on my TBR this month too! Last year when I started trying to read more Black lit, I found that James Baldwin is my favorite! Both his fiction and non-fiction should be required reading for everyone (especially those of us who are melanin-deficient)
Your January and my January are way different. I feel like we should be in June right now as long as this month as been. I don't have a favorite author yet but still finding my way. On my TBR for February are: Go Tell it on the Mountain, A Justified Love affair, The Reformatory, Intrigued by Danger, The Secret World of Maggie Grey and I think I'm going to switch gears with The Healing. There will be others. Yall stay adding to my list.
It’s too many of them, i can’t pick a favorite.
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Your hair is so cute Shelbey!
Walter Mosley is my fave.