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?

In#OwnVoices, Africa, African American, Afrofuturism, Alaska, anthropology, Asian American, China, debut, economics, essays, family, fantasy, feminism, friendship, harassment, Hinduism, historical fiction, history, humor, immigration, India, Indian American, indigenous, Japan, Latinx, LGBTQ, loss, memoir, mystery, parenthood, poetry, politics, race, religion, research, romance, rural, sex work, short stories, siblings, Spanish, sports, storytelling, Taiwan, technology, thriller, trans, translation, vampire, violence, women writers, Young Adult (YA)

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

bookswithkathy says:

May 6, 2019 at 10:30 am

Looks like a good month for books.

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Empress DJ says:

May 6, 2019 at 11:29 am

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

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mhmcneill says:

May 6, 2019 at 2:32 pm

The Bride Test looks really good. Congratulations on the Ms. gig!

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Jenchaos says:

May 6, 2019 at 11:04 pm

So many good books.

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Whispering Stories says:

May 7, 2019 at 6:07 am

I think about 90% of them were new to me. Thanks for sharing. May is going to be a good month for books.

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Bookworms corner blog spot says:

May 7, 2019 at 10:31 am

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

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Allie Bock says:

May 7, 2019 at 6:53 pm

Great list. Congrats on the Ms. Column!

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Amanda McGill says:

May 9, 2019 at 9:39 am

Thanks for sharing! Great list of books!

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Gayathri Lakshminarayanan says:

May 14, 2019 at 1:22 pm

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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