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There There by Tommy Orange

There There

Tommy Orange

294 pages • digital • 2018

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fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Playing in the Dark: Whiteness and the Literary Imagination by Toni Morrison

Playing in the Dark: Whiteness and the Literary Imagination

Toni Morrison

110 pages • hardcover • 1992

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nonfiction essays race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Memorial by Bryan Washington

Memorial

Bryan Washington

320 pages • digital • 2020

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fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective medium-paced
Detransition, Baby by Torrey Peters

Detransition, Baby

Torrey Peters

337 pages • hardcover • 2021

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fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ literary challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
The Changeling by Victor LaValle

The Changeling

Victor LaValle

431 pages • hardcover • 2017

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fiction fantasy horror literary adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
No-No Boy by John Okada

No-No Boy

John Okada

260 pages • paperback • 1957

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fiction classics historical emotional reflective sad slow-paced
The Crucible by Arthur Miller

The Crucible

Arthur Miller

168 pages • paperback • 1953

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fiction classics historical play dark tense medium-paced
Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison

Song of Solomon

Toni Morrison

337 pages • paperback • 1977

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fiction classics literary magical realism challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
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 • paperback • 2019

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nonfiction essays memoir music reflective slow-paced
The Book of Delights: Essays by Ross Gay

The Book of Delights: Essays

Ross Gay

288 pages • hardcover • 2019

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nonfiction essays memoir emotional hopeful reflective slow-paced