Faridah 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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Faridah Abike-Iyimide is a YA novelist. New York Times / International Bestselling & Award-winning Author of ACE OF SPADES (2021) | WHERE SLEEPING GIRLS LIE (2024) | Rep’d by: @ZoePlant89 she/her
Hey You!: An Empowering Celebration of Growing Up Black
Dapo AdeolaFaridah@recitrachel Anything by Dapo Adeola (Rocket Says Look Up & Hey You! are both brilliant)
Hardcover, 2022
$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Sunbearer Trials
Aiden ThomasFaridahI have been reading The Sunbearer Trials all day and this book has melted my cold heart - I can’t stop smiling One of the best fantasy’s I have ever read https://t.co/5jBvUFnOyZ
Hardcover, 2022
$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Old Babes in the Wood: Stories
Margaret AtwoodFaridah@BlackwellsMcr Old Babes in the Wood by Margaret Atwood!
Paperback, 2024
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Ace: What Asexuality Reveals about Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex
Angela ChenFaridah@DeanAtta Book Lovers by Emily Henry or ACE by Angela Chen
Paperback, 2021
$15.95$7.97 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Look Both Ways: A Tale Told in Ten Blocks
Jason ReynoldsFaridah@AitchLove I feel like Look Both Ways by Jason Reynolds might cover this I’m not sure but I feel like there was definitely that in there
Paperback, 2020
$8.99$4.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
If We Were Villains
M. L. RioFaridah3. If We Were Villains by M.L. Rio Again, if you follow me on IG you already know that this book DESTROYED me. As someone who has been obsessed with Shakespeare since I was a child, I don’t know why I didn’t read this book sooner. It is dark academia excellence (also v GAY) https://t.co/4vRLs5yZHw
Paperback, 2018
$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Cousins
Karen M. McManusFaridahParts of this book rendered me speechless. This is a story steeped in generational secrets, filled with sharp and witty dialogue, and it features a unique and unforgettable twist.
Paperback, 2022
$12.99$6.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
God's Children Are Little Broken Things
Arinze IfeakanduFaridah@urbanbookbabe The Black Flamingo by Dean Atta is brilliant God’s Children are Little Broken Things by Arinze Ifeakandu was one of my favourite reads of last year Blood Debts by Terry J. Benton-Walker releases in April I believe https://t.co/v5cZI7Yl3j
Paperback, 2022
$16.95$8.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Where Sleeping Girls Lie
Faridah Àbíké-ÍyímídéFaridahIn the spirit of Barbie, here’s a sneak peek at some art of my main character, Sade, from my second book WHERE SLEEPING GIRLS LIE 💞 🎨 by @ArthShahverdyan 1/2 https://t.co/Wu930Y4W2W
Hardcover, 2024
$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Scythe
Neal ShustermanFaridah@EveAinsworth My go to rec is Scythe by Neal Shusterman which is exactly black mirror and dystopia
Hardcover, 2016
$21.99$10.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book