Black Book Stacks

Review: The Girls Who Grew Big by Leila Mottley

On reading about motherhood while becoming a mother

Aug 26 • 

Joshunda Sanders

21

July 2025

Black Genius: Essays on An American Legacy

An uplifting nonfiction read for the summer

Jul 18 • 

Joshunda Sanders

11

2

May 2025

Review: Misbehaving at the Crossroads

Or, My favorite read of 2025 so far

May 21 • 

Joshunda Sanders

16

8

April 2025

In Praise of Black Poets During National Poetry Month

Or, Giving flowers to our beloved poets while it's still legal

Apr 2 • 

Joshunda Sanders

53

11

March 2025

Imani Perry's Black in Blues

A riveting book about living a color

Mar 9 • 

Joshunda Sanders

27

1

February 2025

My Black History Month 2025 Reading List

The Life of Herod the Great, Night Flyer & On Tyranny

Feb 26 • 

Joshunda Sanders

30

4

December 2024

My Favorite Black Books in 2024

A slight twist on an end of year list

Dec 23, 2024 • 

Joshunda Sanders

43

2

We Refuse: A Forceful History of Black Resistance by Kellie Carter Jackson

My favorite book of 2024

Dec 18, 2024 • 

Joshunda Sanders

61

18

November 2024

Legacy: A Black Physician Reckons with Racism in Medicine

Or, all the reasons you distrust the healthcare system affirmed

Nov 26, 2024 • 

Joshunda Sanders

49

2

October 2024

Review: Colored Television by Danzy Senna

A respite from the intensity of reading race

Oct 19, 2024 • 

Joshunda Sanders

24

5

Review: The Message by Ta-Nehisi Coates

On Palestine & Israel & Writing Your Way to Repair

Oct 2, 2024 • 

Joshunda Sanders

122

16

September 2024

Review: Another Word for Love by Carvell Wallace

Love and its infinities in memoir form.

Sep 10, 2024 • 

Joshunda Sanders

16

3