As part of the American Booksellers Association’s partnership with Well-Read Black Girl [7] (WRBG) founder Glory Edim, participating booksellers are invited to check out this list of suggested titles for their book clubs to try in June, July, and August, including a debut, a paperback, and a young adult title:

June

• The Mothers [8] by Brit Bennett (debut and paperback, Riverhead)
• With the Fire on High [9] by Elizabeth Acevedo (young adult, HarperTeen)

July

• The Travelers [10] by Regina Porter (debut, Hogarth)
• The Bluest Eye [11] by Toni Morrison (paperback, Vintage)
• Children of Blood and Bone [12] by Tomi Adeyemi (young adult, Henry Holt & Co. Books for Young Readers)

August

• Sabrina and Corina: Stories [13] by Kali Fajardo-Anstine (debut, One World)
• The Fifth Season [14] by N.K. Jemisin (paperback, Orbit)
• Dear Martin [15] by Nic Stone (young adult, Ember)

The May titles were announced last month: Lot: Stories [16] by Bryan Washington (debut, Riverhead); Sing, Unburied, Sing [17] by Jesmyn Ward (paperback, Scribner); and The Sun Is Also a Star [18] by Nicola Yoon (young adult, Delacorte Press).

Dozens of booksellers have already signed up to host Well-Read Black Girl [19] book clubs in their stores this year. Independent booksellers nationwide are invited to e-mail [email protected] [20] to sign up to host a book club or to share ideas; be sure to include your name, store name, city, and state. Many of the stores that have already signed up are featured on an interactive map on IndieBound.org [21]; as stores continue to sign up to host WRBG book clubs, they will be added to this map so customers can find a book club near them. 

Bookstores can also visit the designated Well-Read Black Girl page [7] on BookWeb.org to download marketing assets [22], including a WRBG website stamp, banners, and e-cards, and to join a private Facebook Group [23].