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2/26 Shonda Rhimes is another author much more famous for her other job – in this case, creating & producing too many hit tv shows to list – but her book, “Year of Yes,” is a favorite. Another where I recommend the audiobook as it includes recordings of some of her speeches.
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On the left is a photo of author Shonda Rhimes. She looks glamorous in a red top and a diamond bracelet and ring. On the right is the cover of her book, "Year of Yes."
February 26, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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2/24 Renée Watson is the author of picture, middle grade, and YA books. I loved her Newberry Honor book, “Piecing Me Together,” about Jade, a high school collage artist. Jade has a powerful and thought-provoking voice.
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On the left is author Renée Watson. On the right is the cover of ther book "Piecing Me Together." It is a collage of a Black girl and a colorful city behind her.
February 26, 2025 at 1:18 AM
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2/22 Today’s author, Mikki Kendall does a lot of things well. She is a non-fiction, graphic novel, and sci-fi author, activist, and cultural critic. She is probably best known for her book “Hood Feminism,” or her activity on Twitter... 1/2
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Author Mikki Kendall displaying Black Joy in a gorgeous skirt, held up like she's dancing, and a huge, beautiful smile on her face.
February 22, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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2/21 Today’s author is easily the most well-known person on the list, while obviously famous for other things. But I loved Michelle Obama’s “Becoming,” & would highly recommend the audiobook. 1/2
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The cover of Michelle Obama's book, "Becoming." It displays a photograph of the author looking GORGEOUS in a white top, off one shoulder; loose, flowing black curls; and a big smile.
February 22, 2025 at 12:30 AM
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2/20 Today’s author, Lesa Cline-Ransome, has won numerous awards for her non-fiction and historical fiction picture, middle-grade, & YA books. I absolutely fell in love with her debut middle-grade historical fiction, “Finding Langston,”
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The main picture is a black & white portrait of the author Lesa Cline-Ransome. She is a pretty Black woman with a big smile. Inset is the cover of her book, "Finding Langston." It depicts a Black boy in overalls standing in the light of a streetlamp, surrounded by tall block buildings, like city apartments.
February 20, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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...his memoir, “Chasing Space,” is available in adult & young readers editions, & features the best official astronaut photo ever. He also has a graphic novel about kids in space, “Space Chasers,” that just came out this month.
The cover of the graphic novel, "Space Chasers, "by Leland Melvin. It depicts a comic book drawing of six astronauts of various genders and colors, and two dogs, floating in a space capsule, with the eart depicted through a porthole behind them.
February 19, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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2/19 I was lucky enough to hear today’s author, Leland Melvin, tell his inspirational story about his life & the obstacles he overcame, including an injury that left him temporarily deaf, to finally go to space. An incredible advocate for education,...
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The cover of the book, "Chasing Space: An Astronaut's Story of Grit, Grace, and Second Chances," by Leland Melvin. The author is pictured on the front in the best official astronaut photo ever - in his orange space suit with his two dogs, one licking his face, the other jumping onto his lap.
February 19, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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2/14 Today’s author, Jasmine Guillory, is perfect for Valentine’s Day. Her best-known series of linked romances, The Wedding Date, features adults with high-powered & interesting careers – doctors, lawyers, writers – in interesting locations. Need a fun romantic getaway? Guillory has a book for you.
On the left is the cover for Jasmine Guillory's book, "The Wedding Date." On the right is a picture of writer Jasmine Guillory. She is a pretty Black woman with a big smile and smiling eyes.
February 14, 2025 at 9:37 PM
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2/13 Today’s author, Jacqueline Woodson, is a prolific writer of books for children, teens, & adults. Her work is often poetic and lyrical, like my favorite, Newberry nominated, “Brown Girl Dreaming,” a memoir of her childhood told in verse. 🧵1/2
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The quote, "I believe in one day and someday and this perfect moment called Now." by Jacqueline Woodson from her book Brown Girl Dreaming. The background is a turquoise and gold sky, like near sunset. There is a brown silhouette of a young girl in a dress with braids. She is holding a book that blue, green, and gold silhouettes of butterflies are swooping out of.
February 13, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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2/8 Today’s author, Camryn Garrett, published her first novel when she was a teenager! Still in her early 20s, she’s published two more and has one coming out this year.

If you’re around my age and have similar musical tastes,
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On the left is the Cover for Camryn Garrett’s book, FRIDAY I’M IN LOVE. It features a young Black woman dancing in a rainbow-colored fancy dress with a big grin on her face and her long, curly black hair flipped in the air. On the right is Camryn Garrett, a smiling young Black woman in a short dress and jean jacket. The skirt of the dress flares around her like she just finished spinning around.
February 9, 2025 at 1:13 AM
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There is only one unpardonable sin — deliberate cruelty. Truman Capote, THE THANKSGIVING VISITOR
February 8, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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2/6 Today’s author is Ben Philippe, who has authored two YA fiction books and one YA non-fiction (as well as writing for Only Murders in the Building).
His book “Charming as a Verb,”...
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On the left side is author Ben Philippe. He is a young Black man with a slightly bemused expression on his face. He is holding a large white dog. On the right side is the cover of his book, "Charming as a Verb." It pictures a tall, Black, teen boy in a white t-shirt and jeans walking a dog through a crosswalk on a busy NYC street. A Black teen girl in a school uniform is walking in front of him but turned back towards him.
February 6, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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2/5 Today’s author, Barbara Neely, created the first black female sleuth series in mainstream American publishing, the indomitable Blanche White.
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Photo of author Barabara Neely. She is a Black woman in round glasses dressed in red in black sitting on weathered steps. There are rough-hewn baskets of plants on the steps beside her.
February 5, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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2/4 I know I said *most* of the #BlackHistoryMonth authors I’ll be highlighting aren’t prize-winning, or historians, but I will be sharing two prize-winning historians this month, and today’s is the first. Annette Gordon-Reed is the Pulitzer Prize winning author of,
Author Annette Gordon-Reed, an attractive Black woman with a lovely smile in a dark suit jacket, in front of white pillars like on the front of a colonial-style building.
February 4, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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2/2 Today’s author, Alyssa Cole, has several options for readers. My favorite is her civil war historical romance/spy series The Loyal League, but she also has contemporary and sci-fi romance series, several thrillers...
Picture of author Alyssa Cole, a gorgeous black woman with a huge smile. Her quote, "My characters are fictional, but I want them to feel as fully formed and human to someone who has a similar background as I would want to feel reading about someone like myself," is displayed beside her picture.
February 2, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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For no reason at all, I feel compelled to suggest this compelling non-fiction, "American Kingpin: The Epic Hunt for the Criminal Mastermind Behind the Silk Road" by Nick Bilton

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Cover for the book, American Kingpin: The Epic Hunt for the Criminal Mastermind Behind the Silk Road by Nick Bilton
January 22, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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And, finally, are you looking for a sweet character study featuring math, baseball, and the aftermath of brain trauma? If so, we should be book besties - and you should read The Housekeeper and the Professor.
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Cover for the book, "The Housekeeper and the Professor," by Yoko Ogawa. The cover is a bright blue sky with math symbols that look like they're petals being blown off of the blooming cherry tree.
December 15, 2024 at 12:55 AM
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Did "episolary" make you think, yeah, i'm really into books with interesting formats? How about one completely made up of Slack posts? Way more weird and moving than something set in an office has any right to be, check out Several People are Typing.
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Cover for the book, "Several People are Typing," by Calvin Kasulke
December 15, 2024 at 12:44 AM
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Want more book love and an English - and New York City - setting? The non-fiction, epistolary, and absolutely lovely 84 Charing Cross Road, might be what you're looking for.
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Book cover for Helene Hanff's book, "84 Charing Cross Road."
December 15, 2024 at 12:37 AM
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Want your comedy of manners a little more recent? The Uncommon Reader is a charming tale about the joys and value of reading and of finding one's passion and purpose later in life.
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Cover for the book, "The Uncommon Reader," by Alan Bennett. Cover shows a silhouette of the Queen of Englan reading a book.
December 15, 2024 at 12:33 AM
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Want an old-school classic? Jane Austen's funniest - Northanger Abbey - and most romantic - Persuasion - are both around 200 pages.
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Cover of the book, "Northanger Abbey," by Jane Austen Cover of the book, "Persuasion," by Jane Austen
December 15, 2024 at 12:27 AM
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Want a classic mystery? You can't go wrong with the book many believe is Agatha Christie's best - And Then There Were None
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Cover for Agatha Christie's book, "And Then There Were None"
December 15, 2024 at 12:12 AM
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Trying to meet your #ReadingGoal for 2024, and looking for some #QuickReads to put you over the top? Here are some of my favorites.
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Becky Chamber's Monk & Robot duology, for if you're looking for cozy, thoughtful, solarpunk
Covers of Becky Chamber's Monk & Robot duology, "A Psalm for the Wild Buildt," and "A Prayer for the Crown Shy."
December 15, 2024 at 12:07 AM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
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Cover for McKiney & Company's Business Book of the Year Winner of 2019, "Invisible Women: Exposing Data Bias in a World Designed for Men" by Caroline Criado Perez. The image is a repeating patern of men symbols in black and women in very, very light grey.
December 11, 2024 at 5:13 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
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Cover for the book, "And Then There Were None," by mystery's number one best selling author, Agatha Christie. Image is of a lone man looking out over a blue sea from a dark cliff top.
December 10, 2024 at 9:01 PM