What are your most anticipated reads for 2019?

[Christina]

What books are you most excited about that are to be published in 2019? What books would you like to discuss with the book club?

[Phyllis | Mocha Drop]

There are sooooo many upcoming titles that sound like they'd be great reads:

The Last Thing You Surrender by Leonard Pitts, Jr.
Sabrina & Corina by Kali Fajardo-Anstine
Queenie by Candy Carthy-Williams
Patsy by Nicole Dennis-Benn
The Dragonfly Sea by Yvonne Adhiambo
Lot: Stories by Bryan Washington
The Paragon Hotel by Lyndsay Faye
The Old Drift by Namwali Serpell
The Familiars by Stacey Hall
Search for Sylvie Lee by Jean Kwok
The Haunting of Tram Car 015 by P. Djeli Clark
Naamah: A Novel by Sarah Blake
What My Mother and I Don’tTalk About: Fifteen Writers Break the Silence by Michele Filgate
Miracle Creek by Angie Kim
The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead
Call Your Daughter Home by Deb Spera
The Deep by Rivers Solomon

Too many to list!

[Christina]

Mocha Girl wrote: "There are sooooo many upcoming titles that sound like they'd be great reads:

The Last Thing You Surrender by Leonard Pitts, Jr.
Sabrina & Corina by Kali Fajardo-Anstine
Queenie by Candy Carthy-Wil..."

This list is EVERYTHING!!! There's a few on this list that I've had on my own list, and you have definitely put me on to some books I need to add to my TBR list immediately!

[Phyllis | Mocha Drop]

Great! Maybe we can buddy read on a few of them.

[Christina]

I would love that

[Maya]

Speaking of Summer: A Novel

Patsy

[Christina]

Maya wrote: "Speaking of Summer: A Novel

Patsy"


Yes, Yes YES!!! These are two of my most anticipated as well!

[Maya]

I forgot to add this one

On the Come Up

[Bina]

Yes! Definitely the new book by Rivers Solomon. Also the 4th Gethsemane Brown mystery, and Nicky Drayden has another one out this year as well🙌

[Christina]

🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 yes!