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A Brief History of Seven Killings by Marlon James

A Brief History of Seven Killings

Marlon James

688 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

5.0goodreads_connoisseur's review
fiction crime historical literary challenging dark tense slow-paced
The Source of Self-Regard: Selected Essays, Speeches, and Meditations by Toni Morrison

The Source of Self-Regard: Selected Essays, Speeches, and Meditations

Toni Morrison

16 hours, 3 minutes • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0goodreads_connoisseur's review
nonfiction essays feminism challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens

Where the Crawdads Sing

Delia Owens

370 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0goodreads_connoisseur's review
fiction historical literary mystery emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced
Behold the Dreamers by Imbolo Mbue

Behold the Dreamers

Imbolo Mbue

381 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0goodreads_connoisseur's review
fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective medium-paced
Under the Udala Trees by Chinelo Okparanta

Under the Udala Trees

Chinelo Okparanta

328 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

5.0goodreads_connoisseur's review
fiction historical lgbtqia+ emotional reflective sad medium-paced
回家之路 by Yaa Gyasi

回家之路

Yaa Gyasi

350 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0goodreads_connoisseur's review
fiction historical literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Critical Race Theory, An Introduction by Richard Delgado, Jean Stefancic

Critical Race Theory, An Introduction

Richard Delgado, Jean Stefancic

188 pages • first pub 1995 (editions)

5.0goodreads_connoisseur's review
nonfiction politics race challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Girls by Emma Cline

The Girls

Emma Cline

368 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0goodreads_connoisseur's review
fiction historical literary thriller dark medium-paced
Kindred by Octavia E. Butler

Kindred

Octavia E. Butler

320 pages • first pub 1979 (editions)

5.0goodreads_connoisseur's review
fiction classics historical science fiction speculative fiction dark emotional tense medium-paced
Pachinko by Min Jin Lee

Pachinko

Min Jin Lee

480 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0goodreads_connoisseur's review
fiction historical literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced