I didn’t read quite as much as I’d have liked to this year, but why fixate on not meeting a goal when I can spend time celebrating the beautiful words I did read instead? Right? Right?! Another year, another round of Canva-made images feat. my favorite lines from my favorite books. May your 2023 be filled with words as powerful and authors as incredible as the ones on this list!
10. Everyone Remain Calm by Megan Stielstra
9. Once I Was Cool by Megan Stielstra
8. The Toni Morrison Book Club by Juda Bennett, Winnifred Brown-Glaude, Cassandra Jackson, & Piper Kendrix Williams
7. I’m Not Hungry But I Could Eat by Christopher Gonzalez
6. Giovanni’s Room by James Baldwin
5. Blow Your House Down by Gina Frangello
4. The Natural Mother of the Child by Krys Malcolm Belc
3. Body Work by Melissa Febos
2. How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America by Kiese Laymon
1. They Can’t Kill Us Until They Kill Us by Hanif Abdurraqib
JACKIE DOMENUS 