25 New Books By Black Women That Would Make Perfect Holiday Gifts


2015 has been a great year for new book releases by Black women. In case you haven't been able to keep up with all of the great work by Black women authors this year, here's your go-to guide for books we recommend for winter reads and gifts. There's something for everyone, and it's always great to see Black women shine!


Cookbooks

Grandbaby Cakes: Modern Recipes, Vintage Charm, Soulful Memories

Sweetie Pie's Cookbook: Soulful Southern Recipes, from My Family to Yours


My Life on a Plate: Recipes From Around the World


A Real Southern Cook: In Her Savannah Kitchen



The Up South Cookbook: Chasing Dixie in a Brooklyn Kitchen



Novels

Binti


The Truth About Awiti



The Turner House



God Help the Child: A novel


Balm: A Novel



Poetry
Voyage of the Sable Venus: and Other Poems



Memoirs

Year of Yes: How to Dance It Out, Stand In the Sun and Be Your Own Person



The Light of the World: A Memoir



I'll Never Write My Memoirs


Negroland: A Memoir



The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl


Ordinary Light: A memoir


Non Fiction

The Sisters Are Alright: Changing the Broken Narrative of Black Women in America



Chained in Silence: Black Women and Convict Labor in the New South



South Side Girls: Growing Up in the Great Migration


Toward an Intellectual History of Black Women


Florynce "Flo" Kennedy: The Life of a Black Feminist Radical



Liberated Threads: Black Women, Style, and the Global Politics of Soul


Shapeshifters: Black Girls and the Choreography of Citizenship

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