We promised you that if you read with us for 2020 you’d complete our Reading Deliberately challenge and have 12 amazing new books under your belt (technically 13, we have two Olive Senior collections for August).

Here’s our complete 2020 Reading List matched with our Read Deliberately prompts:

Our Complete 2020 Reading List

January - Shortlisted for Lots of Awards
Girl, Woman, Other 🇬🇧 by Bernardine Evaristo

February - Mystery Novel by a Black Author
The Confessions of Frannie Langton🇯🇲 by Sara Collins

March - Collection by Queer Poet
Crossfire: A Litany of Survival 🇯🇲 by Staceyann Chin

April - Caribbean Based Historical Fiction
A Tall History of Sugar 🇯🇲 by Curdella Forbes

May - YA with Queer Main Characters
The Stars and the Blackness Between Them🇹🇹 by Junauda Petrus

June - Book that Centres 'Family' by a WoC
The Star Side of Bird Hill 🇧🇧 by Naomi Jackson

July - Book Filled With Drama
Come Let Us Sing Anyway 🇯🇲 by Leone Ross

August - Collection by Caribbean Poet
over the roofs of the world & Gardening in the Tropics 🇯🇲by Olive Senior

September - Science Fiction/Fantasy from a Black Author
The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth #1) 🇺🇸 by N.K. Jemisin

October - Self-Published & from the Caribbean
The Girl with the Hazel Eyes 🇧🇧 by Callie Browning

November - Novel With the Main Character Over 60 Yrs Old
Like A Mule Bringing Ice-Cream To The Sun 🇳🇬 by Sarah Ladipo Manyika

December - Caribbean Fabulism/Speculative/Magical Realism
The Marvelous Equations of the Dread 🇯🇲 by Marcia Douglas

If you’re reading any of these books this year, tag us on social media using #RebelWomenLit, join our book discussions on Goodreads, or listen to our podcast Like A Real Book Club.