On October 28, 2019, my friend and former co-worker Andrea completed a six-year project that began with the goal of reading 153 books- 3 from each of the 50 United States, and the District of Columbia.
It was an ambitious goal, but Andrea managed to surpass it by reading 270+ books. Inspired by her posts, I’m going to attempt her Reads America project but with the caveat of focusing on books written by Black Women.
As I find books that fit my criteria, I will add them to the table below. Once read, I will add the date I completed the book. Also, I’m not setting a due date or the project.
Key:
- R = Read
- Rr = Re-read
- * = favorite/highly recommended
| State | Book 1 | Book 2 | Book 3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi | The Salt Eaters by Toni Cade Bambara | |
| Alaska | |||
| Arizona | |||
| Arkansas | |||
| California | |||
| Colorado | |||
| Connecticut | |||
| Delaware | |||
| Washington DC | |||
| Florida | |||
| Georgia | |||
| Hawaii | |||
| Idaho | |||
| Illinois | Maud Martha by Gwendolyn Brooks | ||
| Indiana | |||
| Iowa | |||
| Kansas | |||
| Kentucky | |||
| Louisiana | Queen Sugar: A Novel by Natalie Baszile | ||
| Maine | |||
| Maryland | |||
| Massachusetts | Sweat by Lynn Nottage | ||
| Michigan | |||
| Minnesota | The Stars and the Blackness Between Them by Junauda Petrus | ||
| Mississippi | Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward | ||
| Missouri | |||
| Nebraska | |||
| Nevada | |||
| New Hampshire | |||
| New Jersey | |||
| New Mexico | |||
| New York | The Street by Ann Petry | Eva’s Man by Gayl Jones | |
| North Carolina | No one is Coming to Save us by Stephanie Powell Watts | ||
| North Dakota | |||
| Ohio | |||
| Oklahoma | |||
| Oregon | |||
| Pennsylvania | There Is Confusion by Jessie Redmon Fauset | ||
| Rhode Island | |||
| South Carolina | |||
| South Dakota | |||
| Tennessee | |||
| Texas | |||
| Utah | |||
| Vermont | |||
| Virginia | |||
| Washington | |||
| West Virginia | |||
| Wisconsin | |||
| Wyoming |