We're book lovers here at Zuri, and we love that so many of you in our community are, too! We've compiled a list of Zuri writers that we'd love you to join us in supporting and celebrating, and we're highlighting local women and/or BIPOC owned bookstores, where you can find these books and many more!
Plus! We set up a Bookshop where you can buy these books and support your local bookstores, or stop by our in-store free lending libraries!
PS If you are an author or have a favorite bookstore you'd like us to include in this list, send us an email!
Children's/YA
Nana Akua Goes to School, Patricia Elam
Black Enough, Ibi Zoboi
Finding My Voice, Marie Myung-Ok Lee
Ashti Meets Birdman Al, Carmen Rubin
Written in the Stars, Aisha Saeed
Memoir/Non-Fiction
The Body Papers, Grace Talusan
Ordinary Light, Tracy K. Smith
Franchise: The Golden Arches in Black America, Marcia Chatelain
Disability Visibility, Alice Wong
How to Be Less Stupid About Race: On Racism, White Supremacy and the Racial Divide, Crystal Flemming
Reimagining Hagar, Nyasha Junior
La haine orpheline, Peggy Sastre
Die Teetrinkerin, Christina Bruderick
Beyond Guilt Trips: Mindful Travel in an Unequal World, Anu Taranath
Irma Stern and the Racial Paradox of South African Modern Art: Audacities of Color, LaNitra Berger
Poetry
White Blood, Kiki Petrosino
How to Fly (In Ten Thousand Easy Lessons), Barbara Kingsolver
Fiction
Insurrecto, Gina Apostal
Patsy, Nicole Dennis-Benn
The Sweetest Fruits, Monique Truong
Goodbye, Vitamin, Rachel Khong
The Dutch House, Ann Patchett
Indigo Girl, Suzanne Kamata
The Girl with the Louding Voice, Abi Dare
The Magnetic Girl, Jessica Handler
The City of Good Death, Priyanka Champaneri
Short Stories
Everything Inside, Edwidge Danticat
Grand Union, Zadie Smith
The Girl Who Can Take The Most Electricity, Anna Mantzaris
The Best Women's Travel Writing, No. 12, Edited by Lavinia Spalding
Cookbooks
Sugar and Spice, Gaitri Pagrach-Chandra
A Culinary Journey in Gascony, Kate Hill
BOOKSTORES
Napa Bookmine, Napa, CA
A Room of One's Own, Madison, WI
Tiny Books, Pittsburgh, PA
Harriet's Bookshop, Philadelphia, PA
Amalgam, Philadelphia, PA
Aunties Bookstore, Spokane, WA
Elliott Bay Books, Seattle, WA
Bookends and Beginnings, Evanston, IL
Hub City, Spartanburg, SC
Volumes of Pleasure, Los Osos, CA
Parnassus Books, Nashville TN
Kew and Willow Books, Queens, NY
Charis Books and More, Atlanta, GA
A Cappella Books, Atlanta, GA