Evette Dionne Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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Evette Dionne is an author, journalist and culture critic. Feminist media OG • Award-winning author of Lifting As We Climb and Weightless • Executive editor @yesmagazine • Always putting on for Black girls and women

The Meaning of Mariah Carey
Mariah Carey
RT @bmluse: Passing the film got me thinking about the modern American passing saga and ‘The Meaning of Mariah Carey’ https://t.co/8xvXIjyS…
Paperback, 2021
$20.99$10.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
We Are Watching Eliza Bright
A. E. Osworth
RT @SamusMcQueen: I'm back on @BitchMedia this evening with a review of WE ARE WATCHING ELIZA BRIGHT, A.E. Osworth's debut novel that turns…
Paperback, 2022
$17.99$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The House Party
Rita Cameron
Next up: The House Party by Rita Cameron, a novel about class divides in a small East Coast city after a high school party leads to destruction. I finished it today and deeply enjoyed it. https://t.co/pvZi0iP4GX
Hardcover, 2022
$27.99$13.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Turner House
Angela Flournoy
The Turner House is one of my favorite books of the last decade. This is so EXCITING. https://t.co/mqyixw6U94
Paperback, 2016
$15.99$7.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
When He Was Wicked: Bridgerton
Julia Quinn
Julia Quinn, author of the Bridgerton novels, spoke to @JolieRancher about what this series means for authors and fans of period romance books. https://t.co/xeJL7ckRux
Paperback, Mass Market, 2017
$9.99$4.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Lesbiana's Guide to Catholic School
Sonora Reyes
@AlannaBennett I’m really enjoying The Lesbiana’s Guide to Catholic School by Sonora Reyes and We Deserve Monument by Jas Hammonds.
Paperback, 2023
$15.99$7.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Passing
Nella Larsen
If you’ve never read Nella Larsen’s “Passing,” now is the time. It is a phenomenal book that has taken 92 years to become a film being distributed nationwide. Please read it. https://t.co/nEl21CYPPB
Paperback, 2018
$16.00$8.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Walking Gentry Home: A Memoir of My Foremothers in Verse
Alora Young
It was an honor to blurb Alora Young’s powerful debut, Walking Gentry Home, which hits bookshelves today. It’s the best of what literature can be and I hope other readers enjoy and savor it as much as I did. Happy Pub Day, Alora! https://t.co/2ed8sGig6K https://t.co/bbENYtZ8WN
Paperback, 2022
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Parable of the Sower
Octavia E. Butler
Black woman literary legends are really having one of the best weeks ever. I wish they were alive to see the glory. A24 has nabbed the rights for Octavia Butler's Parable of the Sower. https://t.co/lZzVi3Buce
Paperback, 2019
$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Bitch Is the New Black
Helena Andrews
I’m now reading The Mamas. It’s a perfect book to bring to the dog park by @helena_andrews, whose book, Bitch is the New Black, was a north star for me in college and grad school. https://t.co/ogwYdy5ZUy
Paperback, 2011
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