Episode 41 - Completely Booked with Jordan Hernandez

On this episode, Jordan Hernandez, who organizes the book community Completely Booked and I discuss what diverse books means to her, how to curate a feed that provides diverse options, and so many amazing book recommendations. If you want to join Completely Booked, you can send Jordan a DM on Instagram to get added to the email list!

 

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Books mentioned in this episode: 

 

What Betsy’s reading: 

Less by Andrew Sean Greer 

The Road to the Salt Sea by Samuel Kọláwọlé

 

Books Highlighted by Jordan:

The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas 

Year of Yes: How to Dance it Out, Stand in the Sun and Be Your Own Person by Shonda Rhimes

Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams 

James by Percival Everett

Sisters in Arms by Kaia Alderson

Notes From a Young Black Chef by Kwame Onwuachi

Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson 

The Beauty of Your Face by Sahar Mustafah

 

All books available on my Bookshop.org episode page.  

Other books mentioned in this episode:

Sky Full of Elephants by Cebo Campbell 

Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck 

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee 

In the Country We Love: My Family Divided by Diane Guerrero 

Nuclear War: A Scenario by Annie Jacobsen 

On the Come Up by Angie Thomas 

This Could Be Us by Kennedy Ryan 

Before I Let Go by Kennedy Ryan 

Can’t Get Enough by Kennedy Ryan 

Black Buck by Mateo Askaripour

This Great Hemisphere by Mateo Askaripour 

Isaac’s Song by Daniel Black 

Don’t Cry for Me by Daniel Black 

The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese 

Finding Me by Viola Davis 

Speak: Find Your Voice, Trust Your Gut, and Get from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be by Tunde Oyeneyin

More Than Enough: Claiming Space for Who You Are (No Matter What They Say) by Elaine Welteroth 

You Are a Badass(r): How to Stop Doubting Your Greatness and Start Living an Awesome Life by Jen Sincero 

Bridget Jones’s Diary by Helen Fielding 

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America’s Great Migration by Isabel Wilkerson

A Manual for Cleaning Women: Selected Stories by Lucia Berlin