November Reads

Ms.Bjork here, it’s time for my November Reads on bookstagram! This month, the 15 books I read are in tiers of MUST READS, Add these to your TBR, and Read them if they come your way. To celebrate non-fiction November, 9 of the books I read were non-fiction or memoir. This is one of my favorite genres. I know a lot of people say they struggle with non-fiction and my recommendation is to try it as an audiobook!

Favorite Book This Month:

The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander

Runner Up:

Detransition, Baby by Torrey Peters

TIER 1: MUST READS 4 - #5stars

• The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander

How the criminal justice system targets and incarcerates Black men.

• Detransition, Baby by Torrey Peters

A novel about pregnancy and the transgender community

• Dopesick by Beth Macy

Investigative journalism about the opiate crisis in America

• Lakota Woman by Mary Crow Dog

A memoir of a native woman’s fight for freedom

• How The Word is Passed by Clint Smith

The author travels to seven places, accounting the history of slavery in each location.

TIER 2: Add these to your TBR (all 4-5 star books)

• We Are Not Like Them by Christine Pride and Jo Piazza

Multi-perspective narrative of a Black woman and a white woman who are best friends and their struggle when the white woman’s husband, who is a police officer, shoots and kills a Black boy.

• Citizen by Claudia Rankine

A collection of poetry and essays about racism in America.

• Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs? by Caitlin Doughty

A mortician answers questions from children about death.

• The Secret to Superhuman Strength by Alison Bechdel

A graphic memoir about the author’s relationship to exercise.

• Infinite Country by Patricia Engel

A novel about a Columbian family trying to stay together.

TIER 3: Read them if they come your way (3-4 star books)

• House of Gucci by Sara Gay Forden

The history of the Gucci family and brand.

• Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead

A novel set in 1960s Harlem about a furniture salesman and his tricks to make extra money on the side.

• Nobody’s Child by Susan Vinocour

A non-fiction book about a woman charged with killing her grandson and the forensic psychologist hired to conduct a mental health evaluation of her.

• Suomalaiset by Mark Munger

Historical fiction about Finnish immigrants in northern Minnesota.

• Ghost Story by Peter Straub

Evil, shapeshifting creatures haunt four old white men.

Read any of these?

What did you read this month?