11 Books That Should Be On Your Summer Reading List
One thing about us, we love a good book. When we lived in DC, there was a public library one block over which gave us easy access to great reads new and old. We don’t live near a library anymore, but we still use the Libby app to read everything from the latest releases to classics. All you need is a library card from a library in your area and you’re good to go with thousands of books available at your fingertips for free.99!
Since we did our book drop on Instagram many moons ago, we’ve been keeping a tally on the reads we’d recommend to our SoulFULL fam. Here’s ten books that you may want to add to your TBR (to- be- read) shelf as the bookstagram homies like to say.
Getting to the real:
Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents by Lindsay C. Gibson PsyD
helpful tool that can provide greater insight into having healthier relationships in adulthood with parents, self & others
Liberated to the Bone by Susan Raffo
she’s getting right to the tough conversations surrounding healing and trauma
Sisters of the Yam by bell hooks / All About Love by bell hooks
more bangers that proves she’s been that girl and always gon be that girl
The Art of Gathering by Priya Parker
if you want to be more mindful of how you gather whether it’s at the family reunion or with your homies, this book will completely transform the way you link up with people
More Than Enough by Elaine Welteroth
this inspirational, but vulnerable read details Elaine’s journey to where she is today while also reminding us that “when the world tells us to shrink, expand.”
Entertainment:
You Made a Fool of Death with Your beauty by Akwaeke Emezi
page turning love story with beautiful poetic writing
Arsenic and Adobo by Mia P. Manansala
cozy murder mystery - highly recommend the audio version for pronunciation of foods and things
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
This book feels like a roller coaster from start to finish as Evelyn, a former Hollywood star, gives a final interview spilling all the tea on her life and the seven men she’d once called husband . Listen to the audio version.
How Beautiful We Were by Imbolo Mbue
What’s at risk when we value profit more than people? In a story spanning decades, we witness firsthand the determination of a village to protect what is rightfully theirs from a money hungry American oil company .
Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng
Focusing on the intertwining stories of two families and the secrets they thought were long buried, everything is set ablaze when the truth begins to slip out. Highly recommend the audio version!
*Cover photo by Kimberly Farmer on Unsplash*
