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These are some really good books which absolutely deserve your time 😍
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📚 The Books 📚
All Boys Aren’t Blue by George M. Johnson
The Office of Historical Corrections by Danielle Evans
I Love Me! by Marvyn Harrison & Diane Ewen
Oxygen Mask by Jason Reynolds & Jason Griffin
Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry by Joya Goffney
What Happened to You? by Oprah Winfrey and Bruce D. Perry
Haruko/Love Poems by June Jordan
Bless the Daughter Raised by A Voice in Her Head by Warsan Shire
Christmas In Rosebend by Naima Simone
Things I Have Withheld by Kei Miller
Red at the Bone by Jacqueline Woodson
Black and Female by Tsitsi Dangarembga
Recitatif by Toni Morrison
Opposite of Always by Justin A. Reynolds
Consumed by Aja Barber
Grown: Black Girl’s Guide to Glowing Up by Melissa Cummings-Quarry and Natalie A. Carter
Hunger by Roxane Gay
Wash Day Diaries by Jamila Rowser and Robyn Smith
White Smoke by Tiffany D. Jackson
On the Come Up by Angie Thomas
⚡️Content Warnings ⚡️
All Boys Aren’t Blue: Racism, homophobia, police brutality, violence, sexual assault, grief
The Office of Historical Corrections: death, cancer, grief, racism and internalised racism, violence, car crash, suicide, murder
Oxygen Mask: covid pandemic, racism, climate change
Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry: racism, classism, divorce, dementia, blackmail, cyberbullying
What Happened to You?: child whipping as discipline, domestic abuse, childhood trauma, sexual abuse, divorce, guild abuse, death row, racism, death
Bless the Daughter Raised by A Voice in Her Head: racism, xenophobia, war, grief, cancer, death, sexual assault, displacement due to war, bulimia
Christmas In Rosebend: grief
Things I Have Withheld: racism, sexism, child abuse, mentions of rape and child molestation, transphobia, homophobia, grief, police brutality
Red at the Bone: mentions of drug addiction, smoking, racism, mentions of massacre, miscarriage, grief, cancer, 9/11
Black and Female: racism, colonialism, slavery, sexism
Recitatif: bullying, ableism, racism
Opposite of Always: death, sickle cell anaemia, racism
Grown: Black Girl’s Guide to Glowing Up: racism, colourism, texturism, fatphobia (tackling all of these subjects and warning about them)
Hunger: gang rape, fatphobia, fat shaming, bullying, smoking, bulimia, self-loathing
Wash Day Diaries: dementia, depression, stalking
White Smoke: drug addiction, anxiety, trauma, sleep paralysis, racism, false imprisonment, fire
On the Come Up: mentions of past drug addiction, racism, profiling, overpolicing, drug dealing, gang behaviour, gaslighting
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Hi! I’m Olivia-Savannah. I’m a Campaigns Assistant at Canongate, an independent book publisher. I studied English Literature and Creative Writing at university. I’m based in the UK but I visit the Netherlands where some of my family live from time to time. I love reading, writing, travel, yoga, cooking and baking. I enjoy reading all genres and age audiences. Nice to meet you x
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You're great at summarizing sister. Loved your reviews ❤ keep it up. Perhaps my book would interest you, #BlackInSchool.
Hunger by Roxane Gaye on audiobook is very good and insightful
I have Red At The Bone on Audible.
Olivia is very lovely and very good book reviewer ❤
I got out All Boys Aren't Blue but didn't end up having time to read it before the due-back date. I'll definitely hunt it down again and make time now!
Olivia, I have a book recommendation for you. Eddie & Alan is written by black gay author Anthony Amiewalan. It sheds light on the complexities of relationships between men, the fluidity of sexuality, and what happens when the lines are blurred.
Thank you so much for this video! I love the information you provide about the books and I'm leaving to borrow Red at the Bone in my local library rn 😀 Greetings from Prague ♥
Really love that you recommend a wide range of books by black authors . You should check out my book Vagabond I just released it.The links can be found on my page. Very well done video.
Things I Have Withheld is one of my favourite books of 2023.
Im obsessed with how well you can articulate a book. Its always so hard for me to express reading to others and you do it so effortlessly!
How have I read NONE of these?!?!
Love the list! I particular look for recommendation for Fantasy and Science Fiction books by black authors. Any thoughts? 🙂
Great recommendations. 💛
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Thank you so much for the recommendations. Some of these I have been interested in like Opposite of Always. And of course I have White Smoke on my list…because Horror 🔪
On the Come Up is a great YA!! I've been wanting to read Hunger and White Smoke for a long time.
Haruko Love Poems sounds so good! Adding Things I Have Withheld to my TBR 👀👀 I would eat up Red at the Bone. I love Warsan Shire! I Love Me! sounds so cute 😭😭 The artwork on the cover of Oxygen Mask is gorgeous.
I love your videos ❤thank you for sharing 📕
I've been wanting to read All Boys Aren't Blue for a long time :- ) Things I Have Withheld sounds interesting and you might have sold me on The Office of Historical Corrections :- )
I love the selection of recommendations here. I adore Toni Morrison's writing so will definitely be picking that one up.