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Elizabeth Acevedo's Reading List

"Sometimes we want comfort, sometimes we want to work to crack something open," says the poet and young adult author, whose book "With the Fire on High" is new in paperback.

By the Book: Elizabeth Acevedo (2021)

NYT By the Book column (2021-04-01).

Source: www.nytimes.com

What's Mine and Yours

Naima Coster · Buy on Amazon

"a novel I blurbed but that I'm rereading for pure pleasure"

Home Is Not a Country

Safia Elhillo · Buy on Amazon

"I adored Safia Elhillo's novel in verse, "Home Is Not a Country." She's a transcendent writer."

The Joy Luck Club

Unknown · Buy on Amazon

"I can't believe it's taken me this long to enjoy this story! Being someone who is obsessed with the interconnected stories of women and the communities they build and occupy, I know I've long been remiss not to have arrived at this novel."

Postcolonial Love Poem

Natalie Diaz · Buy on Amazon

"The last collection that drove me to write poetry was Natalie Diaz's most recent collection, "Postcolonial Love Poem." Diaz is my antidote to being uninspired. I never leave her work empty-handed."

Juliet Takes a Breath

Gabby Rivera · Buy on Amazon

"I want that Boricua hippie queer babe all over screens!"

Friday Black

Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah · Buy on Amazon

"The short story collection "Friday Black," by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, brought up so much for us… it was also just brilliant. In absolute. So, it brought us closer together and also raised questions."

Deaf Republic

Ilya Kaminsky · Buy on Amazon

"And what a collection!"

The House on Mango Street

Unknown · Buy on Amazon

""The House on Mango Street" was a game changer, as was Julia Alvarez's "Before We Were Free.""

Before We Were Free

Julia Alvarez · Buy on Amazon

""The House on Mango Street" was a game changer, as was Julia Alvarez's "Before We Were Free.""

The Secret Lives of Church Ladies

Unknown · Buy on Amazon

""The Secret Lives of Church Ladies" is getting rave reviews and I can't wait to dig in."

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