“The Library of Babel” meets The Matrix meets Narnia meets Arthurian legend meets 1,001 Nights meets…

I just finished The Bluest Eye, my first Toni Morrison. It’s an incredibly crafted novel of humanity, ideas of beauty, the nuances of racism, and how we can so easily let people fall through the cracks.

I’ve been a long-time fan of Colson Whitehead, and recently read the Pulitzer Prize-winning The Nickel Boys, his newest novel. Read more about it, some of his other works that I love, and the unfortunate significance of reading The Nickel Boys this week.

I reread Leading Men last week for a book club, and it was one of my favorite novels of 2019. Read about what a beautiful, stylistically written book it is, full of longing and desire.

Whenever I’m asked how to be a better writer, I have one answer: Read. A lot. Here are some of my go-to fiction recommendations for my Fiction Friday kick-off.