books are political.

the world is a scary place rn so hopefully these books make it feel less overwhelming. take care of yourselves 💛

🦕 books mentioned
- their eyes were watching god by zora neale hurston
- the bluest eye by toni morrison
- i know why the caged bird sings by maya angelou
- and still i rise by maya angelou
- this is pleasure by mary gait skill
- minor detail by adania shibli
- dream work by mary oliver
- happening by annie ernaux
- the book thief by markus susan
- beloved by toni morrison
- women, race & class by angela davis
- corregidora by gayle jones
- caliban and the witch by sylvia federici
- ejaculate responsibly by gabrielle blair
- the fire next time by james baldwin
- your silence will not protect you by audre lorde

🐞 my instagram

🍓 my storygraph (instead of goodreads)

🐣 music
habanera from carmen by georges bizet

🧩 paintings
- decadent young woman. after the dance by ramon casas, 1899

chapters
00:00 intro
02:28 books i’ve read
15:13 books i plan to read
21:27 outro

[conversations_with_kara]

i edited this video in a bit of a rush and it’s been pointed out to me that the inserts are wildly out of time 💀 so apologies for that but nevertheless she persisted!

[MellFerraz]

I found your channel rn and I'm fascinated about your book recommendations! So great when we discover great book people in the internet! (Also, I'm a booktuber from Brazil, and very passionate about discovering another booktubers from around the world)

[anneroosv]

Wonderful video as always Kara! I've only read Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin so far but it absolutely floored me. I am now on the hunt for any book of his that I can find in the charity shops, I want to read all of his work

[kurlykaitlyn]

I’ve literally read all of these except This is Pleasure, Minor Detail, and a couple of the non fictions you mentioned at the end. Thanks for these titles and enjoy the others because they’re all five stars for me!

[baukjeh]

Beloved is my favourite Morrison! I felt that it was so so powerful, deeply moving but also extremely chilling. It was a four stars after initially reading it, but the books stuck with me soo strongly that I ended up giving it a 5-star rating.

[casskrug]

okay absolutely loving the vibes here!! the bluest eye is going to be my next morrison so it’s great to hear that it was impactful!! adding a bunch of these to my tbr immediately

[cozywithnora]

this was a lovely vid!! added so many books to my never-ending tbr, thank you <3

[r.l.]

Great list! I added Minor Detail and This is Pleasure to my list. I would recommend the works of Jesmyn Ward if you haven't read them. In particular, her memoir Men We Reaped about several young black men she knew who died from various causes but all tied back to system racism.

[literarylayer]

Alright, I can already tell that I’m going to like it over here. Love the recs and welcome to Booktube ❤️