09/30/2026
Introducing BGT’s Monthly Thriving Book Stack. 📚🖤
Every month, I’ll share a mix of books that I’m reading to help me learn, grow, think, and sometimes just have a damn good time reading.
There are NO rules. This isn’t a book club. No assigned chapters, reading logs or quizzes. You ain’t gotta read a damn thing. 😂
Will I finish all six books in October?
Probably not. 😂 But that’s not the point. I’m trying to establish a habit.
Read five pages before bed. Finish three books. Finish one. Get halfway through four. DNF the one that’s been pi***ng you off since chapter two. Do what works for you. You grown, sista! 😂
The point is to keep reading. Keep learning. Keep feeding your mind.
And reading doesn’t always have to be productive, either. Sometimes the only thing I learned from a book is that these two fictional people needed to stop playing and have s*x already. 😭
That counts too. 😂📚
October’s stack is giving RANGE:
📖 Be a Triangle — Lilly Singh
📖 Parable of the Sower — Octavia E. Butler
📖 White Rage — Carol Anderson
📖 Score — Kennedy Ryan
📖 The Psychology of Money — Morgan Housel
📖 Shoe Dog — Phil Knight
Now, the Monthly Thriving Book Stack isn’t just a random new thing I decided to do. It connects perfectly to something that has been at the foundation of Black Girl Thriving since the beginning: The 7 Pillars of Thriving. 🖤
If you’ve been around BGT for a LONG time, you might remember them. And if you’re new here, let me introduce you.
Black Girl Thriving was built around the belief that Black women deserve to thrive in every area of our lives, not just survive them.
Over the years, BGT has grown and changed, and it felt like the perfect time for our pillars to grow with us.
So, introducing the newly revamped 7 Pillars of Thriving:
✨ Self-Care — making room for rest, joy, boundaries and YOU.
📚 Knowledge — staying curious and continuing to learn, whether you’re in a classroom or not.
🌿 Wellness — caring for your mental and physical well-being.
🖤 Community — finding your people and building meaningful connections.
🙏🏾 Spirituality — staying connected to your faith, values, purpose or whatever grounds you.
💰 Financial Empowerment — building knowledge, stability and options with your money.
💼 Professional Growth — creating work, a career or a business that supports the life you want.
These aren’t seven boxes you have to check to prove you’re thriving. They’re simply the foundation behind the conversations we have, the resources we create, the events we host and the community we’re building.
Because thriving isn’t going to look exactly the same for every Black woman.
And it shouldn’t. 🖤
This month’s book stack falls right under Knowledge, but as we continue building BGT, you’ll start seeing ALL seven of these pillars show up in different ways.
Now back to the books because I need to know what y’all are reading. 😂
What’s on YOUR October reading list? 👀📚
Drop your books in the comments ⬇️
Find your people. Build your community. Thrive. 🖤✨
