For Colored Girls Book Club Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
For Colored Girls Book Club on XFor colored girls who have considered not reading anymore because all the books were written by straight white men and you've had enuf🤸🏿♀️

The Bluest Eye
Toni MorrisonBooks pictured: ⚡ The Color Purple by Alice Walker ⚡ The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas ⚡ Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison ⚡ Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston ⚡ The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison ⚡ Go Tell It On the Mountain by James Baldwin
Paperback, 2007
$17.00Member price:$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Color Purple
Alice WalkerBooks pictured: ⚡ The Color Purple by Alice Walker ⚡ The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas ⚡ Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison ⚡ Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston ⚡ The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison ⚡ Go Tell It On the Mountain by James Baldwin
Paperback, 2019
$18.00Member price:$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body
Roxane GayI LOVE US FOR REAL. So much love to all who joined us for our discussion of HUNGER by @rgay last night. We had an insightful & vulnerable conversation around bodies & trauma & healing. Thanks for moderating, @ariattack. Grateful to facilitate sharing between & among black women💕 https://t.co/gnSKZS4o77
Paperback, 2018
$18.99Member price:$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Hurricane Child
Kacen Callender#Diversespines: Day 5: Books in the air: Hurricane Child by Kheryn Callender This is an MG novel set in the Caribbean with an MC with queer desires. An amazing story that may or may not make you cry 💕 https://t.co/vmMUpqIUxZ
Paperback, 2019
$8.99Member price:$4.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
An American Marriage
Tayari JonesMeet us at 1043 Virginia Ave, Ste 213 for our discussion of An American Marriage by Tayari Jones! The goodness pops off at 7pm, so bring your books, brains, & beautiful black selves! And and and! If you can't make it in person, we'll be going live on IG! #ForColoredGirlsBookClub https://t.co/K32APKzLY9
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Libertie
Kaitlyn GreenidgeThis month, our discussion book is LIBERTIE by Kaitlyn Greenidge and even though we won't be meeting to talk about it, I still really encourage y'all to read it. I wish for you all strength and compassion and security in the year of our Lorde 2021. https://t.co/2iv1rU78uA
Paperback, 2022
$16.95Member price:$8.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Parable of the Sower
Octavia E. ButlerHappy birthday to Octavia Butler (born this day in 1947), the prophetic Black woman writer whose work gave us language for understanding this present moment and the importance of community to moving forward. 💜✨ [Pictured: PARABLE OF THE TALENTS and PARABLE OF THE SOWER] https://t.co/YSaBSSbvhk
Paperback, 2019
$19.99Member price:$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Nepantla: An Anthology Dedicated to Queer Poets of Color
Christopher SotoHappy #NationalComingOutDay If you haven't yet, check out this anthology, NEPANTLA: AN ANTHOLOGY DEDICATED TO QUEER POETS OF COLOR edited by Christopher Soto, featuring work from some of our faves like June Jordan, Audre Lorde, Danez Smith and so many others! ✨ https://t.co/9YCgoZEjXn
Paperback, 2018
$17.95Member price:$8.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Hate U Give
Angie ThomasBooks pictured: ⚡ The Color Purple by Alice Walker ⚡ The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas ⚡ Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison ⚡ Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston ⚡ The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison ⚡ Go Tell It On the Mountain by James Baldwin
Paperback, Large Print, 2022
$15.99Member price:$7.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
These Ghosts Are Family
Maisy CardThank you, @simonschuster, for this copy of Maisy Card's THESE GHOSTS ARE FAMILY (out 3/20). We're really looking forward to reading this tale about a Jamaican man who faked his own death and assumed another identity, and the consequences that play out over generations. https://t.co/VLR5NoUHoe
Paperback, 2021
$18.00Member price:$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book