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Whispers from the Cotton Tree Root: Caribbean Fabulist Fiction by Nalo Hopkinson

Whispers from the Cotton Tree Root: Caribbean Fabulist Fiction

Nalo Hopkinson

336 pages • first pub 2000 (editions)

5.02treads's review
fiction fantasy short stories speculative fiction adventurous challenging reflective slow-paced
Escape from Baghdad! by Saad Z. Hossain

Escape from Baghdad!

Saad Z. Hossain

304 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

5.02treads's review
fiction contemporary fantasy historical magical realism thriller adventurous fast-paced
Tacky's Revolt: The Story of an Atlantic Slave War by Vincent Brown

Tacky's Revolt: The Story of an Atlantic Slave War

Vincent Brown

336 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.02treads's review
nonfiction history challenging informative slow-paced
A Master of Djinn by P. Djèlí Clark

A Master of Djinn

The Dead Djinn Universe #1

P. Djèlí Clark

392 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.02treads's review
fiction fantasy historical lgbtqia+ mystery adventurous mysterious medium-paced
Son of the Storm by Suyi Davies Okungbowa

Son of the Storm

The Nameless Republic #1

Suyi Davies Okungbowa

480 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.02treads's review
fiction fantasy adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
African Europeans: An Untold History by Olivette Otele

African Europeans: An Untold History

Olivette Otele

304 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.02treads's review
nonfiction history politics race challenging informative slow-paced
This One Sky Day by Leone Ross

This One Sky Day

Leone Ross

480 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.02treads's review
fiction literary magical realism adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced
Root Magic by Eden Royce

Root Magic

Eden Royce

336 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.02treads's review
fiction fantasy historical middle grade adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
A Kick in the Belly: Women, Slavery and Resistance by Stella Dadzie

A Kick in the Belly: Women, Slavery and Resistance

Stella Dadzie

224 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.02treads's review
nonfiction history politics race challenging dark informative medium-paced
de book of Mary by Pamela Mordecai

de book of Mary

Pamela Mordecai

120 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

5.02treads's review
poetry challenging emotional medium-paced