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106 books

Heavy: An American Memoir by Kiese Laymon

Heavy: An American Memoir

Kiese Laymon

241 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

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nonfiction memoir challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
A Little Devil in America: Notes in Praise of Black Performance by Hanif Abdurraqib

A Little Devil in America: Notes in Praise of Black Performance

Hanif Abdurraqib

312 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0akhcreates's review
nonfiction history music race emotional informative reflective medium-paced
Grievers by adrienne maree brown

Grievers

Grievers #1

adrienne maree brown

204 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

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fiction dystopian lgbtqia+ speculative fiction dark emotional sad medium-paced
Red at the Bone by Jacqueline Woodson

Red at the Bone

Jacqueline Woodson

3 hours, 52 minutes • first pub 2019 (editions)

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fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective medium-paced
Holding Change: The Way of Emergent Strategy Facilitation and Mediation by adrienne maree brown

Holding Change: The Way of Emergent Strategy Facilitation and Mediation

Emergent Strategy #4

adrienne maree brown

198 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

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nonfiction business informative reflective medium-paced
Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison

Song of Solomon

Toni Morrison

352 pages • first pub 1977 (editions)

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fiction classics literary magical realism challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado

In the Dream House

Carmen Maria Machado

247 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0akhcreates's review
nonfiction lgbtqia+ memoir dark emotional reflective medium-paced
Blood in the Water: The Attica Prison Uprising of 1971 and Its Legacy by Heather Ann Thompson

Blood in the Water: The Attica Prison Uprising of 1971 and Its Legacy

Heather Ann Thompson

779 pages • first pub 2016 (editions) user-added

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nonfiction history politics true crime challenging informative slow-paced
The Death of Vivek Oji by Akwaeke Emezi

The Death of Vivek Oji

Akwaeke Emezi

233 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

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fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Love After the End: An Anthology of Two-Spirit and Indigiqueer Speculative Fiction by Joshua Whitehead

Love After the End: An Anthology of Two-Spirit and Indigiqueer Speculative Fiction

Joshua Whitehead

194 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0akhcreates's review
fiction lgbtqia+ short stories speculative fiction emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced