February–June Picks Named for Well-Read Black Girl Book Clubs
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As part of the American Booksellers Association’s partnership with Well-Read Black Girl (WRBG) founder Glory Edim, participating booksellers around the country are invited to check out these suggested titles for their Well-Read Black Girl book clubs to try for the months of February through June, including one adult and one young adult title for each month:
February 2020
- Hitting a Straight Like With a Crooked Stick: Stories From the Harlem Renaissance by Zora Neale Hurston (adult)
- Making Our Way Home: The Great Migration and the Black American Dream by Blair Imani (young adult)
March 2020
- Me and White Supremacy by Layla F. Saad (adult)
- All the Days Past, All the Days to Come by Mildred D. Taylor (young adult)
April 2020
- The City We Became by N.K. Jemisin (adult)
- A Phoenix First Must Burn, edited by Patrice Caldwell (young adult)
May 2020
- So We Can Glow: Stories by Leesa Cross-Smith (adult)
- When You Were Everything by Ashley Woodfolk (young adult)
June 2020
- Wow, No Thank You: Essays by Samantha Irby (adult)
- You Should See Me in a Crown by Leah Johnson (young adult)
Independent booksellers nationwide are invited to e-mail [email protected] to sign up to host a Well-Read Black Girl book club; be sure to include your name, store name, city, and state. Stores that have already signed up are featured on an interactive map on IndieBound.org; as stores continue to sign up to host WRBG book clubs, they will be added to this map so customers can find a book club near them.
Bookstores can also visit the designated Well-Read Black Girl page on BookWeb.org to download marketing assets, including a WRBG website stamp, banners, and e-cards, and to join a private Facebook Group.