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Kindred by Octavia E. Butler

Kindred

Octavia E. Butler

288 pages • first pub 1979 (editions)

fiction classics historical speculative fiction dark emotional tense medium-paced
Sipping Dom Pérignon Through a Straw by Eddie Ndopu

Sipping Dom Pérignon Through a Straw

Eddie Ndopu

240 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0memengwaa's review
nonfiction memoir emotional informative reflective medium-paced
Madness: Race and Insanity in a Jim Crow Asylum by Antonia Hylton

Madness: Race and Insanity in a Jim Crow Asylum

Antonia Hylton

368 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

4.25memengwaa's review
nonfiction history race dark informative sad medium-paced
Beloved by Toni Morrison

Beloved

Beloved Trilogy #1

Toni Morrison

329 pages • first pub 1987 (editions)

5.0memengwaa's review
fiction classics historical literary magical realism dark emotional sad slow-paced
All the Sinners Bleed by S.A. Cosby

All the Sinners Bleed

S.A. Cosby

338 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0memengwaa's review
fiction crime mystery thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Some People Need Killing: A Memoir of Murder in My Country by Patricia Evangelista

Some People Need Killing: A Memoir of Murder in My Country

Patricia Evangelista

448 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

4.75memengwaa's review
nonfiction history memoir politics true crime dark informative sad medium-paced
My Darling Girl by Jennifer McMahon

My Darling Girl

Jennifer McMahon

320 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

4.0memengwaa's review
fiction horror thriller dark mysterious tense fast-paced
We Were Once a Family: A Story of Love, Death, and Child Removal in America by Roxanna Asgarian

We Were Once a Family: A Story of Love, Death, and Child Removal in America

Roxanna Asgarian

320 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0memengwaa's review
nonfiction race sociology true crime emotional informative sad medium-paced
Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam

Leave the World Behind

Rumaan Alam

241 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

4.25memengwaa's review
fiction contemporary literary thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Pockets: An Intimate History of How We Keep Things Close by Hannah Carlson

Pockets: An Intimate History of How We Keep Things Close

Hannah Carlson

320 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

3.0memengwaa's review
nonfiction history emotional reflective medium-paced