Get Lit.

From moving memoirs to self-help guides and cost-saving recipe collections, 'tis the season to cuddle up with a great book

- By Bridgette Bartlett Royall

Make Do with What You Have (Amistad), by Kardea Brown Following the success of her debut, The Way Home—and her new Charleston, South Carolina, restaurant, Kardea Brown's Southern Kitchen—the bestselling author is back. This offering taps her Gullah Geechee roots to bring us more than 100 delicious, easy-on-the-pocket recipes, like On the Run Breakfast Sandwiches and Ramen Chicken Noodle Soup.

Bunheads, Act 2: The Dance of Courage (Penguin RandomHouse), by Misty Copeland The first Black woman to become a principal dancer with the American Ballet Theatre releases Bunheads, Act 2, a follow up to 2020's Bunheads. Loosely centered on the ballet Don Quixote (which is based on the 1600s Spanish novel), Act 2 speaks to kids ages 5-8 about themes of resilience, compassion and friendship— values Copeland says shaped her early years.