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Recitatif by Toni Morrison

Recitatif

Toni Morrison

84 pages • first pub 1983 (editions)

5.0christineliu's review
fiction literary short stories emotional reflective medium-paced
Once Upon a Prime: The Wondrous Connections Between Mathematics and Literature by Sarah Hart

Once Upon a Prime: The Wondrous Connections Between Mathematics and Literature

Sarah Hart

304 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0christineliu's review
nonfiction mathematics funny informative medium-paced
A Man of Two Faces: A Memoir, a History, a Memorial by Viet Thanh Nguyen

A Man of Two Faces: A Memoir, a History, a Memorial

Viet Thanh Nguyen

400 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0christineliu's review
nonfiction memoir dark emotional funny slow-paced
How Much of These Hills Is Gold by C Pam Zhang

How Much of These Hills Is Gold

C Pam Zhang

288 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0christineliu's review
fiction historical lgbtqia+ literary adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced
Going to Meet the Man by James Baldwin

Going to Meet the Man

James Baldwin

256 pages • first pub 1965 (editions)

5.0christineliu's review
fiction classics short stories challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
The Fire This Time: A New Generation Speaks about Race by Jesmyn Ward

The Fire This Time: A New Generation Speaks about Race

Jesmyn Ward

240 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0christineliu's review
nonfiction essays poetry race challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin

The Fire Next Time

James Baldwin

89 pages • first pub 1963 (editions)

5.0christineliu's review
nonfiction classics essays memoir race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Another Country by James Baldwin

Another Country

James Baldwin

437 pages • first pub 1962 (editions)

5.0christineliu's review
fiction classics lgbtqia+ literary challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
Nobody Knows My Name: More Notes Of A Native Son by James Baldwin

Nobody Knows My Name: More Notes Of A Native Son

James Baldwin

208 pages • first pub 1961 (editions)

5.0christineliu's review
nonfiction classics essays memoir race challenging reflective slow-paced
Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin

Giovanni's Room

James Baldwin

159 pages • first pub 1956 (editions)

5.0christineliu's review
fiction classics lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced