Ashe Dryden 🙆🏼‍♀️🐈🐈‍⬛
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
Feb 27 at 8:00pmWeb
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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

Cursed Daughters by Oyinkan Braithwaite

A young woman must shake off a family curse and the widely held belief that she is the reincarnat...

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Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi

"Gifty is a sixth-year PhD candidate in neuroscience at the Stanford University School of Medicine studying reward-seeking behavior in mice and the neural circuits of depression and addiction. Her brother, Nana, was a gifted high school athlete who died of a heroin overdose after an ankle injury left him hooked on OxyContin. Her suicidal mother is living in her bed."

https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/ddeba78e-2b74-4f6e-a279-581b1adbde63

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The Secret Lives of Church Ladies by Deesha Philyaw

"The Secret Lives of Church Ladies explores the raw and tender places where Black women and girls dare to follow their desires and pursue a momentary reprieve from being good. The nine stories in this collection feature four generations of characters grappling with who they want to be in the world, caught as they are between the church's double standards and their own needs and passions."

https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/ad82f480-5000-408e-924a-03efc5a90b2b

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The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by N. K. Jemisin

"Yeine Darr is an outcast from the barbarian north. But when her mother dies under mysterious circumstances, she is summoned to the majestic city of Sky. There, to her shock, Yeine is named an heiress to the king. But the throne of the Hundred Thousand Kingdoms is not easily won, and Yeine is thrust into a vicious power struggle with cousins she never knew she had."

https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/bda2d7c4-722b-4474-9eb4-4bc831b26959

The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by N.K. Jemisin

After her mother's mysterious death, a young woman is summoned to the floating city of Sky in ord...

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Who Fears Death by Nnedi Okorafor

"In a post-apocalyptic Africa, the world has changed in many ways; yet in one region genocide between tribes still bloodies the land. A woman who has survived the annihilation of her village and a terrible rape by an enemy general wanders into the desert, hoping to die. Instead, she gives birth to an angry baby girl with hair and skin the color of sand."

https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/dec12389-094d-4db0-94a5-978bc2a16818

Who Fears Death by Nnedi Okorafor

In a post-apocalyptic Africa, the world has changed in many ways, yet in one region genocide betw...

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Dread Nation by Justina Ireland

"Jane is studying to become an Attendant, trained in both weaponry and etiquette to protect the well-to-do. It's a chance for a better life for Negro girls like Jane. After all, not even being the daughter of a wealthy white Southern woman could save her from society’s expectations."

Zombies!

https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/36dc6f55-8917-4c12-8182-7ab8a3781428

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Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi

"Zélie Adebola remembers when the soil of Orïsha hummed with magic. But everything changed the night magic disappeared. Under the orders of a ruthless king, maji were killed, leaving Zélie without a mother and her people without hope. Now Zélie has one chance to bring back magic and strike against the monarchy."

https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/1c817529-963e-4b3b-963f-d0bbb7070397

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You can find these and a bunch of other books written by Black women on this page: https://bookshop.org/lists/black-women-authors-ashe-dryden-s-book-lists

Did I miss any of your favorites?

Show threadSindarina, Edge Case DetectiveFeb 27
@Ashedryden *scrolls by very quickly so my TBR pile doesn't increase any further*
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@sindarina I’ll get you next week! lol 🧙🏼‍♀️
Show threadEdelruth, PBS Passport HolderFeb 28

@Ashedryden

Thank you, saved it.