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?
May 1
Tags: Girls, Japan, literature, media
May 1
Tags: LGBTQ, queer, Minnesota, short stories, poetry
May 1
Tags: Poetry, Middle Eastern, women writers, violence
May 2
Tags: Women writers, fatphobia, memoir, humor
May 3
Tags: Climate change, women writers, policy
May 3
Tags: Literary criticism, women writers, Caribbean, music
May 4
Tags: Women writers, history, Canada, essays
May 7
Tags: Women writers, parenthood, friendships, debut
May 7
Tags: History, women writers, financial, business, African American
May 7
Tags: Lesbian, women writers, YA, thriller, vampire
May 7
Tags: Graphic novels, women writers, LGBTQ, harassment
May 7
Tags: Women writers, race, African American, fatphobia, embodiment, history
May 7
Tags: YA, mental illness, LGBTQ, loss, women writers
May 7
Tags: Historical fiction, family, women writers, Japan, literary
May 7
Tags: Technology, Indigenous, Central America, essays, women writers
May 7
Tags: YA, LGBTQ, debut, humor, women writers, romance
May 7
Tags: LGBTQ, women writers, romance, graphic novel
May 7
Tags: Africa, women writers, essays, literary
May 7
Tags: Memoir, music, women writers
May 7
Tags: Fantasy, Latinx, women writers, trilogy, YA, action
May 7
Tags: Immigration, India, women writers, family, contemporary
May 7
Tags: Romance, women writers, YA, music, humor
May 7
Tags: Women writers, Asian American, romance, contemporary
May 7
Tags: Debut, immigration, Alaska, family, rural, Asian American, Taiwan
May 7
Tags: YA, family, coming of age, parenthood, Latinx
May 10
Tags: History, African American, essays, race, women writers, anthropology
May 12
Tags: LGBTQ, India, women writers, sex work, feminism
May 14
Tags: Print culture, African American, essays, women writers
May 14
Tags: YA, coming of age, romance, women writers, Latinx, humor
May 14
Tags: Debut, China, Asian American, short stories, women writers, immigration
May 14
Tags: Poetry, women writers, race, violence, parenthood, Asian American
May 14
Tags: Poetry, US debut, LGBTQ, Spanish, love
May 14
Tags: Indigenous, community, women writers, futurity
May 14
Tags: Debut, women writers, fantasy, YA, romance
May 14
Tags: YA, romance, humor, women writers, Indian American
May 14
Tags: Fantasy, women writers, YA
May 14
Tags: Thrillers, fantasy, women writers, YA, Own Voices, loss
May 15
Tags: Indigenous, women writers, storytelling, research
May 21
Tags: Lesbian, women writers, romance, contemporary
May 21
Tags: Sports, women writers, Latinx, history
May 21
Tags: Lesbian, women writers, mystery, LGBTQ
May 21
Tags: YA, romance, women writers, LGBTQ, humor
May 21
Tags: LGBTQ, women writers, YA, family, coming of age
May 21
Tags: YA, music, violence, women writers
May 21
Tags: Plays, women writers, African American, social justice
May 21
Tags: Literary, women writers, debut, race, mystery, African American
May 21
Tags: Literary criticism, children's literature, women writers, Afrofuturism, fantasy
May 21
Tags: Transgender, feminism, women writers, politics
May 21
Tags: Lesbian, romantic, feminism, YA, women writers, harassment, humor
May 24
Tags: Hinduism, women writers, India, technology, history, religion
May 28
Tags: Japan, romance, humor, women writers, YA
May 28
Tags: Siblings, loss, YA, women writers
May 28
Tags: Debut, women writers, LGBTQ, mystery, thriller, romance, YA
May 28
Tags: History, African American, women writers, race, economics
Looks like a good month for books.
Congrats on the Ms. Column – I was one of the first subscribers to their publication in the 70s – yeah – I’m a dinosaur!
The Bride Test looks really good. Congratulations on the Ms. gig!
So many good books.
I think about 90% of them were new to me. Thanks for sharing. May is going to be a good month for books.
Congratulations on the Ms Column. Most of these books were new to me.
Great list. Congrats on the Ms. Column!
Thanks for sharing! Great list of books!
A few of these are already on my TBR already, though I have no idea when I am getting to them. Thanks for sharing.