#WorldBookDay Reading List

Posted on by Denise Nichole Andrews
  1. Notes of A Native Son by James Baldwin
  2. The Ways of White Folk by Langston Hughes
  3. Howl and Other Poems by Allen Ginsberg
  4. The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man by James Weldon
  5. Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
  6. Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison
  7. Phenomenal Woman: Four Poems Celebrating Women by Maya Angelou
  8. The Color Purple by Alice Walker
  9. Women, Race, and Class by Angela Davis
  10. The Autobiography of My Mother by Jamaica Kincaid
  11. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass by Frederick Douglass

These are essential texts, but here are some others  that are also on my list to read,

  1. Tell Me Everything You Don’t Remember by Christine Hyung-Oak Lee
  2. Tell Me How it Ends by Valeria Luiselli
  3. Too Much and Not the Mood by Durga Chew Bose
  4. Radical Hope edited by Carolina De Robertis
  5. Look by Solmaz Sharif

May these books take you to new places and new seas!

Any recommendations for me?

Published by Denise Nichole Andrews

Denise Nichole Andrews is an educational activist, photojournalist, and poet. Her work explores the identities of those who are marginalized and underrepresented. She believes in women driven change, intersectional approaches to understanding and thought, and healing that is motivated by artistic expression.

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