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And if you do decide to read and showcase any of these books please use #backlistbooks, so that maybe people will look at them a bit closer. I hope this series will get you motivated to look for some brilliant backlist books on your shelves to read, re-read, and to showcase on your social media accounts. Check out the video below where I review Daughter. This was Bandele’s third novel and I hope to try to get to The Prisoner’s Wife, Something Like Beautiful: One Single Mother’s Story, and of course the newly released When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir, which she co-wrote with Patrisse Khan-Cullors and Angela Y. Daughter was originally published in 2003 by Scribner. The first novel I’m going to start the series with is Daughter by Asha Bandele. Not only are they backlist books, but they are also underrated in my opinion! So I’ll be taking time over the next few months to shine a spotlight on some books that frankly, I can’t begin to understand why more people aren’t raving about them, particularly authors that are being read lately because of their new releases while their backlist novels remain untouched. I’ll be coming to you the next few months with backlist novels that I think you should check out. I’ve been wondering why backlist books haven’t been getting much love.

It’s easy to post about these types of books but I feel hearing about those backlist books is even more inspiring and important to our TBRs. Most of them are either literary prize shortlists and longlists, or the newest releases. Well, while I was scrolling my feed and admiring all the lovely pics of the books it struck me that the same books were being featured over and over. We don’t want to feel left out of the reading arena of new books that are flooding the market everyday. We’re all trying to read the latest releases first so that we can gush like crazy over them before everyone else does. You’re probably wondering why I’ve decided to use that analogy. It’s like trying to jump onto a moving train in some cases. Openly sharing one’s reading journey is not always an easy thing to do.

It’s great to see that people are getting the reading bug and that they want to share what they’re reading with others. I was looking through my Instagram feed the other day and marveling over all of the new Bookstagram accounts popping up.

Daughter by asha bandele