Category: recommended reads

• Black History Month Recommended Reads

  It’s Black History Month ! Fill your TBR stack for the year with this collection of books from writers you may know and others who might be new to you. Please share, purchase, shout, review, and give these writers a follow. Storytelling has been a way to preserve history and heritage, however, we are living…

  sonorawrites

  February 4, 2026

  recommended reads

  anthony bozza, bethany baptiste, book-reviews, books, briana n cox, c spike trotman, donald r guillory, donyae coles, eden royce, elaine brown, eriick nunnally, erin e adams, eugen bacon, fiction, fright girl summer, jalen tellis, jessica cage, johnny compton, kalynn bayron, kellye garrett, khalisa rae, kimberly lemming, kosoko jackson, l marie wood, linda addison, lindsey stewart, markus redmond, maurice broaddus, michelle obama, michelle renee lane, nana kwame adjei brenyah, neena viel, ngozi ukazu, nikki dolson, nk jemisin, p djeli clark, reading, rj joseph, sa cosby, sonora taylor, sumiko saulson, tamika thompson, tananarive due, tatiana obey, tracy cross, v castro, victor lavalle, wrath james white, writing, zadie smith, zin e rocklyn

• Baby, It’s Cold Outside: Cold Horror to Kick Off Fright Girl Winter

  It’s that time of year when the nights are longer and darker. Check out our list of winter and holiday horror to keep you company on a winter’s night. AND a sprinkling of spicy holiday cheer will be on the blog very soon. Happy Holidays! All You Need is Love and a Strong Electric Current…

  sonorawrites

  December 4, 2025

  recommended reads

  ally wilkes, angela sylvaine, arctic, armando munoz, book, cassandra khaw, christmas, cold, debra castaneda, december, francis lupai ippolito, fright girl summer, gemma amor, holiday, holidays, horror, independent, jacy morris, jennifer mcmahon, krampus, mackenzie kiera, mark teppo, nico bell, rebecca rowland, sergio gomez, snow, sonora taylor, v castro, waubgeshig rice

• Recommended Indigenous Reads for National Native American Heritage Month

  Happy November! In the United States, November is National Native American Heritage Month. As we always say, you should be reading Indigenous authors all year long! But to kick off November, we put together a list of recommended books by Indigenous authors — some scary, some not so much — to keep your TBR shelf…

  sonorawrites

  November 6, 2025

  recommended reads

  alina pete, anthology, author, autobiography, black hawk, book, brandon hobson, chyana marie sage, danica nava, daniel h wilson, fright girl summer, graphic novel, horror, independent, indigenous, jake skeets, jaye simpson, jessica johns, joy harjo, kate ashwin, larissa fasthorse, linda hogan, memoir, mona susan power, morgan talty, native american heritage month, nick medina, november, recommended reads, romance, science fiction, scifi, shane hawk, sonora taylor, speculative fiction, stephen graham jones, theodore c van alst, tiffany morris, v castro, zitkala sa

• Blood-Red Horror

  Pink is good. Pink is the color of cherry blossom season (Sonora’s favorite time of year). Pink is the best Starburst flavor. Pinky had the best lines in Pinky and the Brain. Pink’s darker sister, red, though, is the one that rules Halloween. Like rings around the moon, a slasher’s blade, and the coffee cup…

  sonorawrites

  October 27, 2025

  recommended reads

  ai jiang, alma katsu, angela sylvaine, author, av wilkes, beverly lee, book, books, candace nola, cat scully, catriona ward, cheryl isaacs, cj leede, delilah s dawsom, delilah s dawson, eden royce, eve harms, fright girl summer, gemma amor, gwendolyn kiste, hailey piper, jenny kiefer, jessica mchugh, johanny ortega, jv gachs, kasey kubica, kenzie jennings, kerry e black, kristi demeester, laurel hightower, mae murray, mariah darling, mary sangiovanni, michelle renee lane, mm olivas, mo mashaty, rachel harrison, rae wilde, recommended reads, red lagoe, rj joseph, sara tantlinger, sarah marian griffin, sonora taylor, tanya pell, tatiana schlote bonne, tracy cross, v castro, women, zin e rocklyn

• Fright Girl Fall: New Releases We’re Pumped For

  It’s fall, y’all! Spooky season is upon us, and we’ve put together a list of several new releases — several scary, some not so much — that we’re excited for this fall. We hope your own list not only includes one (or more!) of these fantastic reads, but that you’ll make sure to read from…

  sonorawrites

  October 2, 2025

  recommended reads

  aapi, alejandro varela, alexander mccall smith, alexandria bellefleur, alma katsu, anticipated reads, aurora palit, autumn, bitter karella, book, bookstore, char adams, december, eden royce, eman quotah, equinox, eric larocca, fall, fright girl summer, gay, gemma amor, grace byron, graphic novel, greek mythology, hailey piper, horror, independent, jenna levine, jenny kiefer, jess hageman, jill girardi, johnny compton, julian brave noisecat, kristen loesch, latine, latinx, laurel hightower, linda cheng, lydia prime, marie kondo, memoir, mia p manansala, mo mashaty, myth, mythology, nadia el fassi, nathan kwan, new release, nick medina, nikki payne, november, nuzo onoh, own voices, oyinkan braithwaite, paranormal romance, pedro iniguez, poly, queer, rachel smythe, randi weingarten, romance, sara tantlinger, sarah gailey, sasha bonet, sci fi, senlinyu, sonora taylor, sulmi bak, tanya pell, tatiana schlote bonne, theresa cheung, v castro, women, zakiya n jamal, zefyr lisowski