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The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois by Honorée Fanonne Jeffers

The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois

Honorée Fanonne Jeffers

797 pages • hardcover • 2021

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fiction historical literary challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Time Is a Mother by Ocean Vuong

Time Is a Mother

Ocean Vuong

113 pages • hardcover • 2022

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nonfiction lgbtqia+ poetry emotional reflective sad medium-paced
They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us by Hanif Abdurraqib

They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us

Hanif Abdurraqib

285 pages • paperback • 2017

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nonfiction essays memoir emotional reflective medium-paced
How We Fight For Our Lives by Saeed Jones

How We Fight For Our Lives

Saeed Jones

192 pages • hardcover • 2019

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nonfiction lgbtqia+ memoir race challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler

Parable of the Sower

Earthseed #1

Octavia E. Butler

345 pages • paperback • 1993

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fiction classics dystopian literary speculative fiction challenging dark tense medium-paced
Bravey: Chasing Dreams, Befriending Pain, and Other Big Ideas by Alexi Pappas

Bravey: Chasing Dreams, Befriending Pain, and Other Big Ideas

Alexi Pappas

8 hours, 58 minutes • audio user-added

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nonfiction biography memoir self help sports emotional inspiring reflective slow-paced
Heavy: An American Memoir by Kiese Laymon

Heavy: An American Memoir

Kiese Laymon

6 hours, 17 minutes • audio • 2018

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nonfiction memoir challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
The River Between by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o

The River Between

Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o

152 pages • paperback • 1965

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fiction classics historical reflective slow-paced
In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado

In the Dream House

Carmen Maria Machado

247 pages • hardcover • 2019

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nonfiction lgbtqia+ memoir dark emotional reflective medium-paced
For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf by Ntozake Shange

For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf

Ntozake Shange

80 pages • paperback • 1975

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fiction play poetry challenging emotional reflective fast-paced