Last updated: August 26, 2024
Everyone has a TBR (To Be Read) List, which I’ll be sharing next.
However, I also have a Books to Buy List, which I’ll be sharing right now. Like, in this moment.
I’m sharing the books I hope to buy on the blog as a method of accountability. I look at Simply Jamilah a lot, considering it’s my blog, so I’m bound to remember this list is here and will consistently update it.
Plus, as a reader, you’ll know what books are catching my attention to the point where I want to purchase them and maybe one of the titles catch your eye…
– A Love Story for Bewildered Girls by Emma Morgan
– The Rise and Reign of the Unruly Woman by Anne Helen Petersen
– Feminist City by Leslie Kern
– The Bennet Women by Eden Appiah-Kubi
– Keep It Shut by Karen Ehman
– 24/6 by Tiffany Shlain
– How to Survive Your Childhood Now That You’re an Adult by Ira Israel
– What a Time to be Alone by Chidera Eggerue
– The French Art of Not Trying Too Hard by Ollivier Pourriol
– Black Internet Effect by Shavone Charles
– Would You Rather by Allison Ashley
– The Field Guide to the North American Teenager by Ben Philippe
– Wait For You by Jennifer L. Armentrout
– By A Thread by Lucy Score
– Practice Makes Perfect by Sarah Adams
– DO/DESIGN Why beauty is key to everything. by Alan Moore
– Rhythm & Muse by India Hill Brown
– Wash Day Diaries by Jamilia Rowser and Robyn Smith
– Sunny Disposition by Deanna Grey
– Grown by Tiffany D. Jackson
– Survival of the Thickest by Michelle Buteau
– Bamboozled by Jesus by Yvonne Orji
– What a Match by Mimi Grace
– FOR THE KIDS: Let’s Talk About Body Boundaries, Consent, & Respect by Jaymeen Sanders
– FOR THE KIDS: Bodies Are Cool by Tyler Feder
– FOR THE KIDS: Keep Dancing Through: A Boss Family Groove by Allison Holker Boss & Stephen “Twitch” Boss
– That Kind of Guy by Stephanie Archer
– Finn Rhodes Forever by Stephanie Archer
– Fast by Millie Belizaire
– Yellowface by R.F. Kuang
– Being Henry: The Fonz… And Beyond by Henry Winkler
–My Body Keeps Your Secrets by Lucia Osborne-Crowley
–Girl: Essays on Black Womanhood by Kenya Hunt
– Getting His Game Back by Gia de Cadenet
– Womb City by Tlotlo Tsamaase
– This Could Be Us by Kennedy Ryan
– Your Plantation Prom is Not Okay by Kelly McWilliams
– Ask for Andrea by Noelle W. Ihli
– FOR THE KIDS: Goodbye Summer Hello Autumn by Kenard Pak
– FOR THE KIDS: I Love You When You’re Angry by Erin Winters
– FOR THE KIDS: I Can Do Hard Things by Gabi Garcia
– FOR THE KIDS: The Not-So-Friendly Friend by Christina Furnival
– The Office of Historical Corrections by Danielle Evans
– Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson
– One of Our Kind by Nicola Yoon
– Romantic Comedy by Curtis Sittenfeld
– Hip Hop is History by Questlove
– This Thread of Gold by Catherine Joy White
–Black Friend Essays by Ziwe
– Overwhelmed: How to Work, Love, and Play When No One Has the Time by Brigid Schulte
– No Cooldown for Love by Aliyah Burke
– Fall with Me by Becka Mack
– Why Does Everything Have to Be About Race? by Keith Boykin
– Sometimes I Trip on How Happy We Could Be by Nichole Perkins
– A Legend in the Baking by Jamie Wesley
– Spark of the Everflame by Penn Cole
– Audre & Bash are Just Friends by Tia Williams
– Pretty Girls by Karin Slaughter
– In Every Mirror She’s Black by Lola Akinmade Akerstrom
– Autopsy (of an Ex-Teen Heartthrob) by Avan Jogia
– Call My Bluff by Jeanine Bennedict
– Small Doses: Potent Truths for Everyday Use by Amanda Seales
– Guy’s Girl by Emma Noyes
– Immortal Dark by Tigest Girma
– We Could Be Rats by Emily Austin
– FOR THE KIDS: The Boldest White by Ibtihaj Muhammad
– FOR THE KIDS: Black History Is Your History by Taylor Cassidy
– Blood Over Bright Haven by M.L. Wang
– Harlem Rhapsody by Victoria Christopher Murray
– Make It Make Sense by Bel Hawkins
– Call Us What We Carry by Amanda Gorman
– Not Sure Who Needs to Hear This, But… by William Friese-Greene
– The Idol Effect by M.C. Sakala
– Like Mother, Like Mother by Susan Rieger
– The Weight of Blood by Tiffany D. Jackson
– Happy Land by Dolen Perkins-Valdez
– The Love That Split the World by Emily Henry
– Fable for the End of the World by Ava Reid
– Shield of Sparrows by Devney Perry
– This Could Be Forever by Ebony LaDelle
– Great Black Hope by Rob Franklin
– The Girls Who Grew Big by Leila Mottley
– Boom Town by Nic Stone
– Cudi: The Memoir by Scott “Kid Cudi” Mescudi
– Once Upon a Time in Dollywood by Ashley Jordan
– Let’s Get Cooking by Remi Cruz Parsons
– I Want to Die but I Want to Eat Tteobokki by Baek Sehee
– How I Know White People are Crazy and Other Stories by Dr. Jonathan Lassiter
– The Art of Loving You by Natasha Bishop
– Nawlins by Deric Augustine
– How Europe Underdeveloped Africa by Walter Rodney
– Ain’t I a Woman by bell hooks
– The Bible Recap: A One-Year Guide to Reading and Understanding the Entire Bible by Tara Leigh Cobble
– The Perfectionist’s Guide to Losing Control by Katherine Morgan Schafler
– The Highly Sensitive Person in Love by Elaine Aron
– Trust Me by Tiffany Patterson
– Rumors & Whiskey by Victoria Wilder
– The Ex Hex by Rachel Hawkins
– Into the Blue by Emma Brodie
– Still the Eldest Daughter by Kaylin Weir
