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The Bonesetter's Daughter by Amy Tan

The Bonesetter's Daughter

Amy Tan

400 pages • first pub 2001 (editions)

5.0blkstarchildreads's review
fiction historical emotional reflective medium-paced
The Color Purple by Alice Walker

The Color Purple

The Color Purple Collection #1

Alice Walker

262 pages • first pub 1982 (editions)

5.0blkstarchildreads's review
fiction classics historical lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison

The Bluest Eye

Toni Morrison

224 pages • first pub 1970 (editions)

5.0blkstarchildreads's review
fiction classics historical literary dark emotional sad medium-paced
What Looks Like Crazy on an Ordinary Day by Pearl Cleage
What Looks Like Crazy on an Ordinary Day
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Pearl Cleage

What Looks Like Crazy on an Ordinary Day

Idlewild #1

Pearl Cleage

244 pages • first pub 1997 (editions)

5.0blkstarchildreads's review
fiction challenging emotional reflective fast-paced
Breath, Eyes, Memory by Edwidge Danticat

Breath, Eyes, Memory

Edwidge Danticat

234 pages • first pub 1994 (editions)

5.0blkstarchildreads's review
fiction historical emotional sad slow-paced
Black Boy by Richard Wright

Black Boy

Richard Wright

419 pages • first pub 1945 (editions)

5.0blkstarchildreads's review
nonfiction biography classics memoir challenging reflective slow-paced
The Women of Brewster Place by Gloria Naylor

The Women of Brewster Place

Brewster Place #1

Gloria Naylor

192 pages • first pub 1982 (editions)

5.0blkstarchildreads's review
fiction classics emotional reflective sad medium-paced
The Darkest Child by Delores Phillips

The Darkest Child

Delores Phillips

400 pages • first pub 2004 (editions)

5.0blkstarchildreads's review
fiction historical dark emotional reflective slow-paced
My Soul to Keep by Tananarive Due

My Soul to Keep

African Immortals #1

Tananarive Due

352 pages • first pub 1997 (editions)

5.0blkstarchildreads's review
fiction fantasy horror dark emotional mysterious medium-paced
A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest J. Gaines

A Lesson Before Dying

Ernest J. Gaines

272 pages • first pub 1993 (editions)

5.0blkstarchildreads's review
fiction classics challenging emotional reflective slow-paced