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I'm Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness by Austin Channing Brown

I'm Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness

Austin Channing Brown

3 hours, 54 minutes • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0bookshelvesandboybands's review
nonfiction memoir race emotional informative reflective medium-paced
The Mountains Sing by Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai

The Mountains Sing

Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai

342 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

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fiction historical emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619-2019 by Ibram X. Kendi

Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619-2019

Ibram X. Kendi

512 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0bookshelvesandboybands's review
nonfiction essays history race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
The Ex Talk by Rachel Lynn Solomon

The Ex Talk

Rachel Lynn Solomon

352 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0bookshelvesandboybands's review
fiction contemporary romance emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced
Grown by Tiffany D. Jackson

Grown

Tiffany D. Jackson

384 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0bookshelvesandboybands's review
fiction contemporary thriller young adult dark emotional tense fast-paced
You Are Your Best Thing: Vulnerability, Shame Resilience, and the Black Experience by Tarana Burke, Brené Brown

You Are Your Best Thing: Vulnerability, Shame Resilience, and the Black Experience

Tarana Burke, Brené Brown

256 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0bookshelvesandboybands's review
nonfiction essays psychology race sociology emotional informative reflective medium-paced
We Can't Keep Meeting Like This by Rachel Lynn Solomon

We Can't Keep Meeting Like This

Rachel Lynn Solomon

336 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0bookshelvesandboybands's review
fiction contemporary romance young adult emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced
How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi

How to Be an Antiracist

Ibram X. Kendi

320 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0bookshelvesandboybands's review
nonfiction memoir politics race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Tokyo Ever After by Emiko Jean

Tokyo Ever After

Tokyo Ever After #1

Emiko Jean

322 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0bookshelvesandboybands's review
fiction contemporary romance young adult funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced
Disability Visibility (Adapted for Young Adults): 17 First-Person Stories for Today by Alice Wong

Disability Visibility (Adapted for Young Adults): 17 First-Person Stories for Today

Alice Wong

139 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0bookshelvesandboybands's review
nonfiction essays challenging informative reflective medium-paced