Jessica and Shelbey discuss their current reads, Q4 anticipated releases, learn some new words and more! Follow the pod on IG&Threads: @theleagueofreaders Shelbey's IG&Threads: @ShelbeyMonae Jessica's IG&Threads: @literaturenoirclub Email Us: [email protected] Book's Mentioned: Jessica's List: Curdle Creek by Yvonne Battle-Felton The Black Utopians by Aaron Robertson John Lewis: A Life by David Greenberg This Morning, This Evening, So Soon: James Baldwin and the Voices of Queer Resistance by James Baldwin This Motherless Land by Nikki May  Heir by Sabaa Tahir The Message by Ta-Nahesi Coates Obligations to the Wounded by Mubanga Kalimamukwento Blues in Stereo: The Early Works of Langston Hughes by Langston Hughes Justice for Marcus Garvey: Look for Me in the Whirlwind by Julius Garvey  This Cursed House by Del Sandeen Shelbey's List: Model Home by Rivers Solomon Slaveroad by John Edgar Wideman This Cursed House by Del Sandeen The Rest of You by Maame Blue The Improvisers by Nicole Glover The Gangs of Zion: A Black Cop’s Crusade in Mormon Country by Ron Stallworth This Morning, This Evening, So Soon: James Baldwin and the Voices of Queer Resistance by James Baldwin John Lewis: A Life by David Greenberg Da Baddest by Trina The Message by Ta-Nahesi Coates