I hope it’s not too late to post my “what I read last year” list! In 2020, I read my typical eclectic assortment of books. I did focus on anti-racism reading, both fiction and non-fiction. The titles that I starred are written by people of color.
I am always looking for good books to read so feel free to comment with suggestions for reading in 2021! Thanks, Molly Shivers, Director of Conflict Transformation Ministries (and bookworm)
Fiction
- *Adichie, Americanah
- Atwood, The Handmaid’s Tale (re-read)
- Atwood, The Testaments
- *Butler, Parable of the Sower
- *Butler, Parable of the Talents
- Gunning, Bound
- *Hobson, Where the Dead Sit Talking
- *Johnson, Middle Passage
- Kelly, Nothing To See Here
- Kidd, The Book of Longings
- Kingsolver, The Lacuna
- Napolitano, A Good Hard Look
- *Ng, Little Fires Everywhere
- O’Connor, Thomas Jefferson Dreams of Sally Hemings
- Perry, The Essex Serpent
- *Whitehead, The Nickel Boys
- *Whitehead, The Underground Railroad
- *Hurston, Their Eyes Were Watching God
Non-Fiction
- Clear, Atomic Habits
- *Coates, Between the World and Me
- Daniel, When Spiritual But Not Religious Is Not Enough
- Dronfield, The Boy Who Followed His Father to Auschwitz
- Duhigg, The Power of Habit
- *Dyson, Tears We Cannot Stop: A Sermon to America
- Howes, A Good Apology: Four Steps to Make Things Right
- *Gordon-Reed, The Hemingses of Monticello
- *Kendi, How To Be An Antiracist
- *Kendi, Stamped From the Beginning
- Lesser, Cassandra Speaks
- *Menakem, My Grandmother’s Hands
- Minter, Secondhand: Travels in the Global Garage Sale
- *Murthy, Together: the Power of Connection in a Sometimes Lonely World
- Newport, Digital Minimalism
- *Sharma, The 5 AM Club
- Van der Kolk, The Body Keeps the Score (re-read)
- Van Ness, Over the Top
- *Wilkerson, The Warmth of Other Suns
- Willimon, Stories
