Summer is a great time to start reading a new book!! There are so many great spaces and places where you can get your literary fix! To be honest, summer is when I get to catch up on a lot of books that have been added to my “To Be Read” list. As a matter of fact, two of the books on this list I am currently reading (Good Dirt by Charmaine Wilkerson and Rivals by Jilly Cooper)! Since we are also halfway through 2025, this is a great time to find your next read and accomplish one of the New Year’s resolutions!
June is also Caribbean Heritage & Pride Month, so I definitely added a few nuggets under each theme for your reading pleasure.
Check out June’s Monthly Book Recommendations below:
- Good Dirt: A Novel ~Charmaine Wilkerson
- Awakened ~Kelechi Okafor
- Necessary Fiction ~Eloghosa Osunde
- The Taking of Jake Livingston ~Ryan Douglass
- Marsha: The Joy and Defiance of Marsha P. Johnson ~Tourmaline
- Putting Myself Together ~Jamaica Kincaid
- This is Not a Ghost Story ~Amerie
- The Jumbies ~Tracey Baptiste
- Better Must Come ~Desmond Hall
- Eight Days: A Story of Haiti ~Edwidge Danticat
- Rivals ~Jilly Cooper (I was fascinated by the Hulu TV series, so I had to read the book!!)
As always, don’t forget to support your local bookstores!!
Don’t forget you can always go back and check out previous lists in the “Resource” section of the website!
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