There’s a lot happening this month! Not only is it Black history month, but it’s also the month of love (hey, Valentine’s Day – I’m looking at you), Groundhog’s day month, President’s day month and most importantly – it’s also my birthday month!

Here are the prompts for the month ahead along with a few book suggestions that would satisfy each. As always, the books listed are merely suggestions, and you are not limited to only the books I have listed. Also, I haven’t read all of the suggested books. Some of them I pulled from other reader’s “highly suggested” lists because the synopsis sounded interesting. Do your due diligence to check trigger warnings, etc before jumping in. Happy reading!

This is pretty self-explanatory. There are several out there, but here are a few to look into:

• You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty by Akwaeke Emezi
• The Neighbor Favor by Kristina Forest
• The Wedding Date by Jasmine Guillory
• Seven Days in June by Tia Williams
• The Son of Mr. Suleman by Eric Jerome Dickey
• I Think They Love You by Julian Winters
• D’Vaughn and Kris Plan a Wedding by Chencia C. Higgins
• Friday I’m in Love by Camryn Garrett

Read one of my favorite books. It was difficult to choose because there are so many, but I chose 10 that I still think about.

The other six:

• Maeve Fly by CJ Leede (Horror/Female Rage)
• Hex by Thomas Olde Huevelt (Horror/Interesting take on witches)
• Anyone’s Ghost by August Thompson (Drama/Coming of Age/LGBTQIA+)
• Under the Whispering Door by TJ Klune (Fantasy/LGBTQIA+/Emotional)
• The Devil All The Time by Donald Ray Pollock (Crime/Dark/Multiple Characters)
• Brother & Sister Enter the Forest by Richard Mirabella (Family Drama/LGBTQIA+/Mental Health/Abuse/Emotional)

For more reading prompts and to see my progress on these and other challenges check out this page.

If you’re playing along, don’t forget to tag your posts on Instagram or Threads using the #JRIA25 hashtag.

Happy reading!