Great reading is just an air-conditioned library away. Let us know your favorite summer reading: send an email to info@njfortehouse.org -- we'll share suggestions in our next issue.
Your Journey Beyond the Cell: Pre-Release Manual for People Incarcerated in New Jersey by Tia L. Ryans and Karen B. Kaplan (non-fiction -- order it here! https://www.allofuspublishing.org/)
All That She Carried: The Journey of Ashley’s Sack, a Black Family Keepsake by Tiya Miles (memoir)
The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates (fiction)
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates (nonfiction/memoir)
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong (fiction)
Becoming Nicole: The Extraordinary Transformation of an Ordinary Family by Amy Ellis Nutt (nonfiction)
Franchise: The Golden Arches in Black America by Marcia Chatelain (history)
The Perseverance by Ray Antrobus (poetry)
The Deep by Rivers Solomon with Daveed Diggs, William Hutson and Jonathan Snipes (rap song turned novella/sci-fi/fantasy)
The Black Girl's Guide to Financial Freedom: Build Wealth, Retire Early, and Live the Life of Your Dreams by Paris Woods (nonfiction)
What Happened to You? Conversations on Trauma, Resilience and Healing by Oprah Winfrey, Bruce D. Perry (nonfiction)
Cleaning Up Your Mental Mess: 5 Simple, Scientifically Proven Steps to Reduce Anxiety, Stress, and Toxic Thinking by Dr. Caroline Leaf (nonfiction)
Anything by Toni Morrison--especially, in the summer, her fiction
Anything by Octavia E. Butler (sci-fi/fantasy)