Recs if you like Behind the Scenes: Or, Thirty Years a Slave and Four Years in the White House...

Books you SHOULD be reading all year

Essential literature by African American authors that changed the world, but somehow none of us were expected to read in school. Note: Most of these are available for free from Project Gutenberg.

Just a collection of classics written by women, this is a diverse reading experience with voices of women from across time and boarders.

For understanding what the hell is going on in life. Biographies, essays, histories, philosophy, etc.