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The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin

The Fire Next Time

James Baldwin

2 hours, 25 minutes • audio • 1963

4.5amandas_bookshelf's review
nonfiction classics essays memoir race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
The House is on Fire by Rachel Beanland

The House is on Fire

Rachel Beanland

374 pages • hardcover • 2023

4.25amandas_bookshelf's review
fiction historical emotional reflective sad medium-paced
The Haunting of Alma Fielding: A True Ghost Story by Kate Summerscale

The Haunting of Alma Fielding: A True Ghost Story

Kate Summerscale

368 pages • paperback • 2020

3.25amandas_bookshelf's review
nonfiction history true crime dark mysterious slow-paced
Symphony of Secrets by Brendan Slocumb

Symphony of Secrets

Brendan Slocumb

320 pages • digital • 2023

4.75amandas_bookshelf's review
fiction historical literary thriller challenging mysterious reflective medium-paced
Ghosts of the Orphanage: A True Story of Murder, a Conspiracy of Silence, and a Search for Justice by Christine Kenneally

Ghosts of the Orphanage: A True Story of Murder, a Conspiracy of Silence, and a Search for Justice

Christine Kenneally

384 pages • digital • 2023

3.75amandas_bookshelf's review
nonfiction history true crime dark emotional medium-paced
Yellow Bird: Oil, Murder, and a Woman's Search for Justice in Indian Country by Sierra Crane Murdoch

Yellow Bird: Oil, Murder, and a Woman's Search for Justice in Indian Country

Sierra Crane Murdoch

14 hours, 56 minutes • audio • 2020

4.0amandas_bookshelf's review
nonfiction history true crime dark informative slow-paced
Rootless by Krystle Zara Appiah

Rootless

Krystle Zara Appiah

351 pages • hardcover • 2023

4.0amandas_bookshelf's review
fiction contemporary emotional hopeful sad medium-paced
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

Maya Angelou's Autobiography #1

Maya Angelou

289 pages • paperback • 1969

4.0amandas_bookshelf's review
nonfiction autobiography classics feminism race emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison

Song of Solomon

Toni Morrison

337 pages • paperback • 1977

5.0amandas_bookshelf's review
fiction classics literary magical realism challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
The House of Eve by Sadeqa Johnson

The House of Eve

Sadeqa Johnson

369 pages • hardcover • 2023

5.0amandas_bookshelf's review
fiction historical emotional reflective sad medium-paced