May 2019 Reads for the Rest of Us

May 2019 Reads for the Rest of Us

Here’s your May 2019 Reads for the Rest of Us.

Since I’ve begun a regular column over at Ms. Magazine, I’ve been posting the Reads for the Rest of Us that I am most excited about there. Reads for the Rest of Us here used to be everything I found being published by women that I could find. Over at Ms., I’ve shortened the list due to time and space limits. Well, you’ve told me that while you love the Ms. lists, you also miss my more comprehensive lists, so I have decided to reinstate them here!

They’ll be a bit different from those I used to post as I won’t be able to take as much time to describe them fully; I’ll need to leave that to my Ms. column. Instead, I’ll just compile a quick and dirty list of covers with links for you to browse! So here’s May’s list!

Let me know what you think in the comments below. What are you reading this month?

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May 1

Tags: Girls, Japan, literature, media

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May 1

Tags: LGBTQ, queer, Minnesota, short stories, poetry

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May 1

Tags: Poetry, Middle Eastern, women writers, violence

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May 2

Tags: Women writers, fatphobia, memoir, humor

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May 3

Tags: Climate change, women writers, policy

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May 3

Tags: Literary criticism, women writers, Caribbean, music

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May 4

Tags: Women writers, history, Canada, essays

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May 7

Tags: Women writers, parenthood, friendships, debut

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May 7

Tags: History, women writers, financial, business, African American

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May 7

Tags: Lesbian, women writers, YA, thriller, vampire

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May 7

Tags: Graphic novels, women writers, LGBTQ, harassment

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May 7

Tags: Women writers, race, African American, fatphobia, embodiment, history

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May 7

Tags: YA, mental illness, LGBTQ, loss, women writers

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May 7

Tags: Historical fiction, family, women writers, Japan, literary

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May 7

Tags: Technology, Indigenous, Central America, essays, women writers

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May 7

Tags: YA, LGBTQ, debut, humor, women writers, romance

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May 7

Tags: LGBTQ, women writers, romance, graphic novel

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May 7

Tags: Africa, women writers, essays, literary

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May 7

Tags: Memoir, music, women writers

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May 7

Tags: Fantasy, Latinx, women writers, trilogy, YA, action

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May 7

Tags: Immigration, India, women writers, family, contemporary

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May 7

Tags: Romance, women writers, YA, music, humor

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May 7

Tags: Women writers, Asian American, romance, contemporary

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May 7

Tags: Debut, immigration, Alaska, family, rural, Asian American, Taiwan

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May 7

Tags: YA, family, coming of age, parenthood, Latinx

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May 10

Tags: History, African American, essays, race, women writers, anthropology

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May 12

Tags: LGBTQ, India, women writers, sex work, feminism

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May 14

Tags: Print culture, African American, essays, women writers

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May 14

Tags: YA, coming of age, romance, women writers, Latinx, humor

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May 14

Tags: Debut, China, Asian American, short stories, women writers, immigration

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May 14

Tags: Poetry, women writers, race, violence, parenthood, Asian American

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May 14

Tags: Poetry, US debut, LGBTQ, Spanish, love

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May 14

Tags: Indigenous, community, women writers, futurity

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May 14

Tags: Debut, women writers, fantasy, YA, romance

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May 14

Tags: YA, romance, humor, women writers, Indian American

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May 14

Tags: Fantasy, women writers, YA

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May 14

Tags: Thrillers, fantasy, women writers, YA, Own Voices, loss

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May 15

Tags: Indigenous, women writers, storytelling, research

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May 21

Tags: Lesbian, women writers, romance, contemporary

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May 21

Tags: Sports, women writers, Latinx, history

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May 21

Tags: Lesbian, women writers, mystery, LGBTQ

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May 21

Tags: YA, romance, women writers, LGBTQ, humor

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May 21

Tags: LGBTQ, women writers, YA, family, coming of age

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May 21

Tags: YA, music, violence, women writers

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May 21

Tags: Plays, women writers, African American, social justice

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May 21

Tags: Literary, women writers, debut, race, mystery, African American

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May 21

Tags: Literary criticism, children’s literature, women writers, Afrofuturism, fantasy

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May 21

Tags: Transgender, feminism, women writers, politics

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May 21

Tags: Lesbian, romantic, feminism, YA, women writers, harassment, humor

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May 24

Tags: Hinduism, women writers, India, technology, history, religion

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May 28

Tags: Japan, romance, humor, women writers, YA

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May 28

Tags: Siblings, loss, YA, women writers

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May 28

Tags: Debut, women writers, LGBTQ, mystery, thriller, romance, YA

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May 28

Tags: History, African American, women writers, race, economics

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9 thoughts on “May 2019 Reads for the Rest of Us

  1. Congrats on the Ms. Column – I was one of the first subscribers to their publication in the 70s – yeah – I’m a dinosaur!

  2. Congratulations on the Ms Column. Most of these books were new to me.

  3. A few of these are already on my TBR already, though I have no idea when I am getting to them. Thanks for sharing.

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