Each February we observe Black History Month, but why limit your enjoyment of Black writers, illustrators, thinkers, and creators to just one month? Librarians at the Seattle Public Library have put together several booklists to help keep you reading throughout the year, and highlighted a few titles from each list below:
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- Black American Nonfiction
- Black Love and Friendship (fiction)
- 2025 Coretta Scott King Award Winners (children and young adult books)
Nonfiction
The Black Utopians: Searching for Paradise and the Promised Land in America by Aaron Robertson
Robertson looks at the rich history of independent communities established by Black people, from rural South Carolina to Detroit, and how the ideals espoused in those community efforts connect to 20th century Black nationalism and the present-day Black Lives Matter movement.
Bluff: Poems by Danez Smith
In this collection of poetry, Smith engages with the role of art and artist in a time of social and political upheaval.
Praisesong for the Kitchen Ghosts: Stories and Recipes from Five Generations of Black Country Cooks by Crystal Wilkinson
Combining recipes and memoir, Wilkinson explores recipes from five generations of her Black Appalachian family, reflecting on the way family, ingredients, and place weave together into a powerful inheritance.
Fiction
The Bookshop Sisterhood by Michelle Lindo-Rice
Four best friends, working towards the opening of their new bookstore, each find their lives turned upside down and must rely on one another to move forward.
Between Friends & Lovers by Shirlene Obuobi
Dr. Jojo may run a popular Instagram account giving medical and sex advice, but she could use some relationship help herself. Hung up on her best friend since college, Jojo isn’t sure how to move forward when she connects with writer Mal.
The Late Americans by Brandon Taylor
Over the course of a year in Iowa City, a group of friends and lovers encourage, confront, and provoke one another at the crossroads of their futures.
2025 Coretta Scott King Award Winners
Twenty-four Seconds from Now … by Jason Reynolds
2025 Coretta Scott King Author Winner
In this YA novel, the relationship between two Black teens unfolds over 24-months as Neon and Aria explore first love and physical intimacy.
My Daddy Is a Cowboy by Stephanie Seales, illustrated by C.G. Esperanza
2025 Coretta Scott King Illustrator Winner
Using oils on watercolor paper, Esperanza brings dynamism through movement and color to this story of a young girl and her father riding horses together through the pre-dawn city.
~ posted by Andrea G.
Each February we observe Black History Month, but why limit your enjoyment of Black writers, illustrators, thinkers, and creators to just one month? Librarians at the Seattle Public Library have put together several booklists to help keep you reading throughout the year, and highlighted a few titles from each list below: Black American Nonfiction Black … Continue reading “Black History Month 2025”
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