Looking for great reads? Check out 'The Stacks' Traci Thomas' favorite books of 2023

Book recommendations from Traci Thomas

• "Chain-Gang All-Stars" by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
• "Family Meal" by Bryan Washington

• "We Were Once a Family: A Story of Love, Death, and Child Removal in America" by Roxanna Asgarian (True crime)
  • Click here for a conversation with Asgarian and host Deepa Fernandes.



• "Poverty, by America" by Matthew Desmond (Politics, current events)
  • Click here for a conversation with Desmond and host Robin Young.



• "Ordinary Notes" by Christina Sharpe (Essays)


• "The Country of the Blind: A Memoir at the End of Sight" by Andrew Leland (Memoir plus)


• "Biting the Hand: Growing Up Asian and Black in White America" by Julia Lee (Essays/cultural criticism)


• "Creep: Accusations and Confessions" by Myriam Gurba (Essays/cultural criticism)


• "Hijab Butch Blues: A Memoir" by Lamya H (Memoir plus)


• "A Living Remedy: A Memoir" by Nicole Chung (Memoir)


• "When Crack Was King: A People’s History of a Misunderstood Era" by Donovan X. Ramsey (History)


• "Monsters: A Fan’s Dilemma" by Claire Dederer (Cultural criticism)


• "Liliana's Invincible Summer: A Sister’s Search for Justice" by Cristina Rivera Garza (Memoir/true crime)


• "The Woman in Me" by Britney Spears (Celebrity memoir)