What to Read After Mama Day
Readers who loved Mama Day by Gloria Naylor keep reaching for these 24 books. This list is built from where Mama Day 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 Mama Day
Your blues ain't like mine
The temple of my familiar.
Possessing the Secret of Joy
Mules and Men (P.S.)
Sassafrass, Cypress & Indigo
The Street
Some love, some pain, sometime
Song of Solomon
Meridian
Corregidora
Praisesong for the widow
Bailey's Cafe
The Women Of Brewster Place
Linden Hills
Mama
Tar Baby
In search of satisfaction
Disappearing acts
Sugar
My soul to keep
What looks like crazy on an ordinary day--
Waiting to exhale
Breath, Eyes, Memory
Darkest Child