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Go Ahead in the Rain: Notes to a Tribe Called Quest by Hanif Abdurraqib

Go Ahead in the Rain: Notes to a Tribe Called Quest

Hanif Abdurraqib

207 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0geoffgirardin's review
nonfiction essays memoir music reflective slow-paced
Beaten Down, Worked Up: The Past, Present, and Future of American Labor by Steven Greenhouse

Beaten Down, Worked Up: The Past, Present, and Future of American Labor

Steven Greenhouse

416 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0geoffgirardin's review
nonfiction history politics challenging informative medium-paced
The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead

The Nickel Boys

Colson Whitehead

211 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0geoffgirardin's review
fiction historical literary dark emotional sad medium-paced
American Spy by Lauren Wilkinson

American Spy

Lauren Wilkinson

304 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0geoffgirardin's review
fiction mystery thriller adventurous mysterious reflective slow-paced
Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl by Carrie Brownstein

Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl

Carrie Brownstein

244 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

5.0geoffgirardin's review
nonfiction feminism memoir music emotional reflective medium-paced
Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi

Children of Blood and Bone

Legacy of Orïsha #1

Tomi Adeyemi

17 hours, 56 minutes • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0geoffgirardin's review
fiction fantasy young adult adventurous dark emotional medium-paced
Hatchet by Gary Paulsen

Hatchet

Brian's Saga #1

Gary Paulsen

188 pages • first pub 1986 (editions)

5.0geoffgirardin's review
fiction classics contemporary middle grade adventurous fast-paced
Black Fortunes: The Story of the First Six African Americans Who Escaped Slavery and Became Millionaires by Shomari Wills

Black Fortunes: The Story of the First Six African Americans Who Escaped Slavery and Became Millionaires

Shomari Wills

320 pages • missing pub info (editions)

5.0geoffgirardin's review
nonfiction biography history medium-paced
What We Talk About When We Talk about Rape by Sohaila Abdulali

What We Talk About When We Talk about Rape

Sohaila Abdulali

265 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0geoffgirardin's review
nonfiction essays feminism memoir challenging emotional slow-paced
Over the Top: A Raw Journey to Self-Love by Jonathan Van Ness

Over the Top: A Raw Journey to Self-Love

Jonathan Van Ness

269 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0geoffgirardin's review
nonfiction lgbtqia+ memoir emotional funny inspiring fast-paced