Summer Releases
The June-August Books That I'm Looking Forward to Coming Out
Hello! So this list is both a long list and a short list at the same time. There are so so so many books coming out this summer that I'm looking forward to, but to help support the Black Lives Matter movement, I'm only going to list the books coming out by black authors. This is not an exhaustive list by any means, and I've also thrown on a list of educational books on racism and resources to find even more literature and media to make it easier for all of us to access.
Those of us who read (and those who don't) know how impactful literature is on the individual, the community, and the larger social awareness of the world. That impact - which is a small word that encompasses a huge range of effects and emotions - is vital. Which is why it is profoundly important that diversity is represented in literature. Excellent books are getting published every week, and it is important to carry the value of diversity beyond just this moment in time into the months and years and decades after this summer. But, for those wanting something newly released and don't know where to start, well. . . here ya go. . . :)
June
The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett
A Song of Wraith and Ruin by Roseanne A. Brown
A Song Below Water: A Novel by Bethany C. Morrow
All the Things We Never Knew by Liara Tamani
You Should See Me in a Crown by Leah Johnson
Saving Ruby King by Catherine Adel West
July
Cinderella Is Dead by Kalynn Baryron
Trouble the Saints by Alaya Dawn Johnson
The Year of the Witching by Alexis Henderson
The Voting Booth by Brandy Colbert
This Is My America by Kim Johnson
August
Now That I've Found You by Kristina Forest
Luster by Raven Leilani
Cry of Metal & Bone by L. Penelope
Raybearer by Jordan Ifueko
Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero by Kelly Baptist
Also, here is the list of books and resources to find more books to read and ways educate yourself about current events, history, and perspectives.
- So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo
- Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
- Be the Bridge by LaTasha Morrison
- The Souls of Black Folk by W.E.B. Du Bois
- Goodreads's Anti-Racist Reading List
- Harper's Bazaar's BLM Reading List
- Vogue's BLM Reading List
- Lastly, Netflix has created a "genre" (I think they're calling it this, but I'm not 100% sure. . .) called Black Lives Matter.
(Final editing note: I believe the pandemic may still be messing up publication dates. I know of several books from the past couple of months that have been moved, but I'm not sure if summer titles have been moved as well. These are all up-to-date as far as I know.)
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