The book club books, the new releases, the classics, the gilmore girls ultimate reading list, the list of things I want to read this fall is long! Also I started my own bookclub on bookclubs.com called “multicultural spines” if you want to follow along and read some multicultural stories by multicultural authors! The first book I decided to read for my own bookclub was Alejandra Campoverdi’s memoir “First Gen”. I haven’t finished it yet, so I haven’t picked my October book yet. (OMG am I Oprah?) Which reminds me, Oprah picked a book mid-month – Wellness by Nathan Hill, which was on my list to read, so I’m super happy about that and I’ve started reading it already and I love it! If you need any tips for books to stick your nose into while the leaves turn red, orange and yellow, here they come:
October book club picks:
Multicultural spines : Alejandra Campoverdi
A memoir about being the “first and only” in your community. About the conflicting emotions that come with it, the challenges you have to face alone and the contradictions you consist of.
If you don’t already know Campoverdi, she’s been a child on welfare, a White House aide to President Obama, A Harvard graduate, a gang member’s girlfriend and a candidate for U.S.Congress. And yet, her story is very representative for first gen’s all over the world.
Oprah’s book club: Wellness by Nathan Hill
The sophomore novel by the author behind the book “The Nix” that was widely popular a few years ago.
This book is a modern romance seen from both Jack and Elizabeths perspectives, as they meet as 90’s college students in Chicago’s underground art scene until 20 years into their marriage.
Reese’s book club: Starling House by Alix E. Harrow
A grim and gothic new tale from author Alix E. Harrow about a small town haunted by secrets that can’t stay buried and the sinister house that sits at the crossroads of it all.
This might be the most perfect October spooky season book club pick!
Read with Jenna: How to say Babylon by Safiya Sinclair
Likened to “Educated” And “Born a crime” I can’t help but be intrigued by this release since I loved both of the books it is being compared to.
How to Say Babylon is the stunning story of the author’s struggle to break free of her rigid Rastafarian upbringing, ruled by her father’s strict patriarchal views and repressive control of her childhood, to find her own voice as a woman and poet.
GMA book club: The list by Yomi Adegoke
Ola Olajide, a celebrated journalist at Womxxxn magazine, is set to marry the love of her life. Young, beautiful, and successful—she and her fiancé Michael are considered the “couple goals”, That is, until one morning when they both wake up to the same message: “Oh my god, have you seen The List?”
It began as a crowdsourced collection of names and morphed into an anonymous account posting allegations on social media. Ola would usually be the first to support such a list—she’d retweet it, call for the men to be fired, write article after article. Except this time, Michael’s name is on it.
This sounds very gossip girl to me, and unfortunately, I’m kinda over the gossip girl era.
October releases to look out for:
This of course is just a personal preference of mine, so if you align with my taste, these are the ones I’ve got my eye on. (I might even pick one of these for my multicultural spines book club!)
Death Valley by Melissa Broder
The author behind the books Milk fed and The Pisces (two extremely weird boks imo.) A woman escapes a cloud of grief, heads out for a hike and walks into a door inside a cactus.
I have no doubt this book will fit in perfectly with her other ones.
The hive and the honey by Paul Yoon
A highly anticipated book, by apparently everyone except me. I’ve never read Yoon before, but I definitely want to after reading the description: unique stories, each confronting themes of identity, belonging, and the collision of cultures across countries and centuries!
Sign me up!
The leftover woman by Jean Kwok
The Leftover Woman finds two unforgettable women on a shocking collision course. Twisting and suspenseful and surprisingly poignant, it’s a profound exploration of identity and belonging, motherhood and family. It is a story of two women in a divided city–separated by severe economic and cultural differences yet bound by a deep emotional connection to a child.
Again, my favorite topics: Identity and belonging! And in a thriller/mystery genre, sounds like a winner to me!
Midnight is the darkest hour by Ashley Winstead
A dark and powerful novel like fans have come to expect from Ashley Winstead, Midnight is the Darkest Hour is an examination of the ways we’ve come to expect love, religion, and stories to save us, the lengths we have to go to in order to take back power, and the monstrous work of being a girl in this world.
While some of this sounds amazing, it is compared to Verity, which I did not like, but I know many ded, so maybe it’s worth a shot? (Or maybe books are often wrongly compared? haha)
The Exchange by John Grisham
While were in the thriller genre, another legal thriller by Grisham. This giving us a follow up to the Firm, remember the movie with Tom Cruise.
Do we need this? Or is Grisham out of ideas? I have absolutely loved his books, and I’ve been meh’d, so it’s hard to tell. Persue at your own risk.
The unmaking of June Farrow by Adrienne Young
A woman risks everything to end her family’s centuries-old curse, solve her mother’s disappearance, and find love in this mesmerizing novel from the New York Times bestselling author of Spells for Forgetting.
Let’s be honest, its fantasy, I’m into this mostly for the cover.
The woman in me by Britney Spears
Last but not the least, the book we all know will be a NYT bestseller, because aren’t we all curious to know what really happened to the worlds biggest popstar and what caused the star to burn out?
I only hope she has a ghost writer, cause her instagram captions aren’t exactly book material.
Any of these look like anything you might be into?
Marie III 