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The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison

The Bluest Eye

Toni Morrison

206 pages • first pub 1970 (editions)

5.0goodreads_connoisseur's review
fiction classics historical literary dark emotional sad medium-paced
Maus II: A Survivor's Tale: And Here My Troubles Began by Art Spiegelman

Maus II: A Survivor's Tale: And Here My Troubles Began

Maus #2

Art Spiegelman

144 pages • first pub 1991 (editions)

5.0goodreads_connoisseur's review
nonfiction comics history memoir dark emotional sad fast-paced
Nervous Conditions by Tsitsi Dangarembga

Nervous Conditions

Nervous Conditions #1

Tsitsi Dangarembga

204 pages • first pub 1988 (editions)

5.0goodreads_connoisseur's review
fiction classics historical literary challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Americanah

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

588 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

5.0goodreads_connoisseur's review
fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective medium-paced
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

The Hate U Give

The Hate U Give #1

Angie Thomas

444 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

fiction contemporary young adult emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls

The Glass Castle

Jeannette Walls

288 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

5.0goodreads_connoisseur's review
nonfiction memoir emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Emergency Presidential Power: From the Drafting of the Constitution to the War on Terror by Chris Edelson

Emergency Presidential Power: From the Drafting of the Constitution to the War on Terror

Chris Edelson

359 pages • missing pub info (editions)

5.0goodreads_connoisseur's review
nonfiction politics sociology
Blues Legacies and Black Feminism: Gertrude Ma Rainey, Bessie Smith, and Billie Holiday by Angela Y. Davis

Blues Legacies and Black Feminism: Gertrude Ma Rainey, Bessie Smith, and Billie Holiday

Angela Y. Davis

464 pages • first pub 1998 (editions)

5.0goodreads_connoisseur's review
nonfiction feminism history music informative inspiring reflective slow-paced
Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison

Invisible Man

Ralph Ellison

572 pages • first pub 1952 (editions)

5.0goodreads_connoisseur's review
fiction classics literary challenging dark reflective slow-paced
Friday Black by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

Friday Black

Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

194 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0goodreads_connoisseur's review
fiction horror short stories speculative fiction challenging dark medium-paced