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If you missed it, I shared a list of books written by Black women today: https://xoxo.zone/@Ashedryden/116144372130204393 #bookstodon #books #FridayBookRecs

Ashe Dryden 🙆🏼‍♀️🐈🐈‍⬛ (@[email protected])

Cursed Daughters by Oyinkan Braithwaite "When Ebun gives birth to her daughter, Eniiyi, on the day they bury her cousin Monife, there is no denying the startling resemblance between the child and the dead woman. So begins the belief, fanned by the entire family, that Eniiyi is the actual reincarnation of Monife, fated to follow in her footsteps." https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/198e7103-5ceb-4d4c-81cd-b4fe846046f1

XOXO Zone

Ashe Dryden 🙆🏼‍♀️🐈🐈‍⬛Feb 27

This week's #FridayBookRecs is full of Black women authors. This made me realize that I mostly read literary fiction by Black women, but I've got some fantasy, horror, and thriller recommendations, too! #books #bookstodon

Ashe Dryden 🙆🏼‍♀️🐈🐈‍⬛Feb 20

Okay! It has been some weeks, but I have a #FridayBookRecs for Black History Month! History from a lot of different angles, mostly focusing on the US, but also some related to the African continent and the diaspora. #bookstodon #books

Here we go:

Ashe Dryden 🙆🏼‍♀️🐈🐈‍⬛Feb 8

Sorry I haven’t been posting #FridayBookRecs lately, this semester is turning out to be a little busier than I expected.

Are you reading anything good right now?

Ashe Dryden 🙆🏼‍♀️🐈🐈‍⬛Jan 16

I don't have anything prepared for #FridayBookRecs. Is there a list of books you'd like to see? 📚

For reference, here is what we have so far: https://bookshop.org/shop/ashe-dryden #bookstodon

Ashe Dryden 🙆🏼‍♀️🐈🐈‍⬛Jan 9

Today for #FridayBookRecs, a list of books coming out in 2026 that includes the history of The Public Universal Friend, a science fiction tale of body doubles trying to usurp their originals, and a retelling of the story of Cleopatra. #bookstodon

Ashe Dryden 🙆🏼‍♀️🐈🐈‍⬛Dec 26

For this last #FridayBookRecs of the year, I have pulled together my favorite books out of the 108 I read this year. Here is a handful of them, with the full list at the end of this thread. #bookstodon

Ashe Dryden 🙆🏼‍♀️🐈🐈‍⬛Dec 19

This week's #FridayBookRecs are science fiction books featuring robots!

Ashe Dryden 🙆🏼‍♀️🐈🐈‍⬛Dec 12, 2025

This week's collection of #FridayBookRecs are linked together by heists, thefts, and scams!

Ashe Dryden 🙆🏼‍♀️🐈🐈‍⬛Dec 5, 2025

This year there were a lot of best-books-of-the-year lists. I went through a ton of them - NPR, NY Times, Publisher's Weekly, Goodreads, Barnes and Noble, probably other ones I can't remember - hundreds of books, and found the most interesting ones for #fridaybookrecs !

It is important to note that I haven't read any of these, so they are on this list totally due to vibes. #bookstodon