74 Books to Buy to Highlight Black Authors During the #BlackoutBestsellerList Initiative

What it's about: In The Vanishing Half, Brit Bennett explores the history of passing through the lens of twin sisters. While they were as close as sisters could be growing up, the Vignes twins' lives took different paths when they reached adulthood. One sister remains in their old neighborhood where she's now raising a daughter of her own, while the other passes for white and lives with her husband, who doesn't know anything about her past.

The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett ($17)