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Luster by Raven Leilani

Luster

Raven Leilani

227 pages • hardcover • 2020

5.0alicebeastcat's review
fiction contemporary literary dark emotional reflective medium-paced
The Purpose of Power: How We Come Together When We Fall Apart by Alicia Garza

The Purpose of Power: How We Come Together When We Fall Apart

Alicia Garza

336 pages • hardcover • 2020

5.0alicebeastcat's review
nonfiction politics race emotional informative reflective slow-paced
White Ivy by Susie Yang

White Ivy

Susie Yang

353 pages • digital • 2020 user-added

5.0alicebeastcat's review
fiction contemporary dark tense medium-paced
We Ride Upon Sticks by Quan Barry

We Ride Upon Sticks

Quan Barry

366 pages • hardcover • 2020

5.0alicebeastcat's review
fiction magical realism adventurous dark funny medium-paced
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander

The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness

Michelle Alexander

426 pages • paperback • 2010

5.0alicebeastcat's review
nonfiction history politics race challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Velvet Was the Night by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Velvet Was the Night

Silvia Moreno-Garcia

278 pages • hardcover • 2021

5.0alicebeastcat's review
fiction crime historical mystery dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Olga Dies Dreaming by Xochitl Gonzalez

Olga Dies Dreaming

Xochitl Gonzalez

373 pages • hardcover • 2022

5.0alicebeastcat's review
fiction contemporary emotional reflective medium-paced
The Chosen and the Beautiful by Nghi Vo

The Chosen and the Beautiful

Nghi Vo

262 pages • hardcover • 2021

5.0alicebeastcat's review
fiction historical lgbtqia+ literary magical realism dark mysterious reflective medium-paced
Carry: A Memoir of Survival on Stolen Land by Toni Jensen

Carry: A Memoir of Survival on Stolen Land

Toni Jensen

304 pages • hardcover • 2020

5.0alicebeastcat's review
nonfiction essays memoir challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
A Student of History by Nina Revoyr

A Student of History

Nina Revoyr

240 pages • paperback • 2019

5.0alicebeastcat's review
fiction literary mysterious reflective medium-paced