What to Read After Sisters of the Yam
Readers who loved Sisters of the Yam by Bell Hooks keep reaching for these 24 books. This list is built from where Sisters of the Yam is read alongside other books across reader co-reads and book lists. The more independent sources agree on a title, the higher it ranks.
Books to read after Sisters of the Yam
When chickenheads come home to roost
Blues Legacies and Black Feminism
You can't keep a good woman down
Killing the black body
Words of Fire
Sacred Woman
The spirit of intimacy
The salt eaters
The Divine Nine
When and where I enter
Making Face, Making Soul/Haciendo Caras
Meridian
Praisesong for the widow
Black Macho and the Myth of the Superwoman
But Some of Us Are Brave
Wouldn't take nothing for my journey now
We Are the Ones We Have Been Waiting For
Sisters in the struggle
The Value in the Valley
In Love & Trouble
Sisters in the Wilderness
Communion
Talking back
Wounds of passion