I first heard about Dietland (the series) while listening to the podcast Made of Human (totally recommend, now called Who…
Inés of My Soul, Isabel Allende Ya’ll know I love Isabel Allende. I wrote about her book The House of…
My Dark Vanessa, Kate Elizabeth Russell My Dark Vanessa was recommended to me by one of my students over a…
Buchi Emecheta was an award-winning British Nigerian author who documented her experiences as a Black woman, single mother, and Nigerian…
Caramelo, Sandra Cisneros Caramelo tells the story of four generations of women through the eyes and storytelling of the great…
The Year of Magical Thinking, Joan Didion I rarely read anything about the books I read before I read them,…
Mouthful of Birds, Samantha Schweblin Reminiscent of the magical realism of Isabel Allende or Gabo, Schweblin’s collection of short stories…
Milkman, Anna Burns Milkman is a fascinating stream-of-consciousness novel that follows one young woman’s efforts to squash lies and rumors…
Homegoing, Yaa Gyasi Homegoing was fabulous—incredibly sad at times and joyous at others, and always riveting. It follows the descendants…
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood, Rebecca Wells Set in both 1960s Louisiana and 1990s Seattle, Divine Secrets of the…