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Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community? by Martin Luther King, Jr.

Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community?

Martin Luther King, Jr.

223 pages • paperback • 1966

5.0chakgilbert's review
nonfiction history politics race challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Message by Ta-Nehisi Coates

The Message

Ta-Nehisi Coates

235 pages • hardcover • 2024

5.0chakgilbert's review
nonfiction essays politics challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Reel by Kennedy Ryan

Reel

Hollywood Renaissance #1

Kennedy Ryan

496 pages • paperback • 2021

5.0chakgilbert's review
fiction contemporary romance emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced
The Adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi by S.A. Chakraborty

The Adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi

Amina al-Sirafi #1

S.A. Chakraborty

482 pages • paperback • 2023

5.0chakgilbert's review
fiction fantasy historical adventurous funny mysterious medium-paced
A Master of Djinn by P. Djèlí Clark

A Master of Djinn

The Dead Djinn Universe #1

P. Djèlí Clark

431 pages • paperback • 2021

5.0chakgilbert's review
fiction fantasy historical lgbtqia+ mystery adventurous mysterious medium-paced
Amari and the Night Brothers by B.B. Alston

Amari and the Night Brothers

Amari Supernatural Investigations #1

B.B. Alston

408 pages • paperback • 2021

5.0chakgilbert's review
fiction fantasy middle grade adventurous mysterious fast-paced
How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America by Clint Smith

How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America

Clint Smith

352 pages • paperback • 2021

5.0chakgilbert's review
nonfiction history politics race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom

The Five People You Meet in Heaven

The Five People You Meet in Heaven #1

Mitch Albom

196 pages • paperback • 2003

5.0chakgilbert's review
fiction contemporary reflective medium-paced
Becoming by Michelle Obama

Becoming

Michelle Obama

431 pages • hardcover • 2018

5.0chakgilbert's review
nonfiction memoir politics hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced
A Brother's Honor by Brenda Jackson

A Brother's Honor

The Grangers #1

Brenda Jackson

400 pages • 2013

5.0chakgilbert's review
fiction contemporary romance emotional lighthearted medium-paced