Mother Daughter Company ‘Good Books’ is Celebrating Blackness Through Lit

I initially heard word of Good Books in a shiny newsletter from The Well, The Well Space, a social network for professional Black women. Under the “This Week” section I saw a bullet point: “Skip Amazon and buy your next book from this Black women owned bookstore.” Girl. Interest Piqued. Let’s GO.

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"Why Black books?"⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ We get that question a lot. Sometimes the asker is genuinely curious, other times they're incredulous. Either way, our answer is always the same — Because we love Black folks and Black books. ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ Good Books has been out in the world for a little over a month, and we're over the moon. The support we've received from family, friends, and strangers alike has been motivating and humbling.⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ Motivating us to think of innovative ways to share the ancient passtime of reading. Humbling because we know the storied history of the Black literary tradition, and we want to do it justice.⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ Wondering how you can support Good Books? ⁣⁣ 1. Follow us on Instagram @goodbooksatl.⁣⁣ 2. Share this post. ⁣⁣ 3. Buy a book from us. We ship all over the U.S. Our DMs are open and we accept Cash App ($goodbooksatl) and Venmo (goodbooksatl).⁣⁣ 4. Buy a ticket to Well Read + Well Fed (link in bio). We're co-hosting our very first pop-up with @cookncater on July 14th. Each ticket comes with dinner and a book. And we'll have a lot of giveaways too! If you can't make it, consider sponsor…