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18 Books to Read at Home Over Your Holiday Break (Essence.com)

Twenty-twenty was a year of radical shifts and forced stillness. As we struggled keeping up with the flood of changes coming our way, poets and performers, even former presidents, sought to help us find our way through the wilderness in the pages of their stories.
Whether you're practicing solo social distancing or surrounded by a three ring circus, ESSENCE has rounded up some books to help you step away from pop up notifications and into a state of reflection and relaxation during your holiday. There's plenty of page turners to choose from.
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A Promised Land (Barack Obama)
A Promised Land
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Barack Obama
Fattily Ever After:  Fat, Black Girl's Guide to Living Life Unapologetically (Stephanie Yeboah)
Fattily Ever After: Fat, Black Girl's Guide to Living Life Unapologetically
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Stephanie Yeboah
The Awkward Black Man (Walter Mosley)
The Awkward Black Man
3
Walter Mosley
Driving While Black: African American Travel & the Road to Civil Rights (Gretchen Sorin)
Driving While Black: African American Travel & the Road to Civil Rights
4
Gretchen Sorin
The Rise—Black Cooks and the Soul of American Food (Marcus Samuelsson)
The Rise—Black Cooks and the Soul of American Food
5
Marcus Samuelsson
My Fashion Fairytale (Nichole Lynel)
My Fashion Fairytale
6
Nichole Lynel
The Secret Lives of Church Ladies (Deesha Philyaw)
The Secret Lives of Church Ladies
7
Deesha Philyaw
Light for the World to See—A Thousand Words on Race and Hope (Kwame Alexander)
Light for the World to See—A Thousand Words on Race and Hope
8
Kwame Alexander
Luster (Raven Leilani)
Luster
9
Raven Leilani
The Office of Historical Corrections (Danielle Evans)
The Office of Historical Corrections
10
Danielle Evans
The Girl With the Louding Voice (Abi Daré)
The Girl With the Louding Voice
11
Abi Daré
Memorial Drive (Natasha Trethewey)
Memorial Drive
12
Natasha Trethewey
Grown (Tiffany D. Jackson)
Grown
13
Tiffany D. Jackson
The Selected Works of Audre Lorde (Audre Lorde)
The Selected Works of Audre Lorde
14
Audre Lorde
After the Rain (Alexandra Elle)
After the Rain
15
Alexandra Elle
Survival of the Thickest: Essays (Michelle Buteau)
Survival of the Thickest: Essays
16
Michelle Buteau
Mediocre (Ijeoma Oluo)
Mediocre
17
Ijeoma Oluo
African American Poetry 250 Years of Struggle and Song (Kevin Young)
African American Poetry 250 Years of Struggle and Song
18
Kevin Young
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