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20 books

Skin of the Sea by Natasha Bowen

Skin of the Sea

Of Mermaids and Orisa #1

Natasha Bowen

309 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction fantasy young adult adventurous emotional medium-paced
Elsewhere Home by Leila Aboulela

Elsewhere Home

Leila Aboulela

217 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction short stories challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi

Transcendent Kingdom

Yaa Gyasi

290 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
The Dragons, the Giant, the Women: A Memoir by Wayétu Moore

The Dragons, the Giant, the Women: A Memoir

Wayétu Moore

250 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction memoir challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
She Would Be King by Wayétu Moore

She Would Be King

Wayétu Moore

312 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction historical magical realism adventurous challenging emotional slow-paced
The Sex Lives of African Women by Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah

The Sex Lives of African Women

Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah

304 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction feminism lgbtqia+ sociology emotional informative reflective medium-paced
She Felt Like Feeling Nothing by r.h. Sin

She Felt Like Feeling Nothing

What She Felt

r.h. Sin

137 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction erotica poetry emotional reflective medium-paced
Dead Silence by S.A. Barnes

Dead Silence

S.A. Barnes

343 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction horror science fiction adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
Bamboozled by Jesus: How God Tricked Me Into the Life of My Dreams by Yvonne Orji

Bamboozled by Jesus: How God Tricked Me Into the Life of My Dreams

Yvonne Orji

320 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction religion self help funny hopeful inspiring medium-paced
How the One-Armed Sister Sweeps Her House by Cherie Jones

How the One-Armed Sister Sweeps Her House

Cherie Jones

278 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary dark emotional sad medium-paced