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118 books

No Heaven for Good Boys by Keisha Bush

No Heaven for Good Boys

Keisha Bush

336 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0katjoyphil's review
fiction literary dark emotional sad medium-paced
Raybearer by Jordan Ifueko

Raybearer

Raybearer #1

Jordan Ifueko

400 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0katjoyphil's review
fiction fantasy young adult adventurous emotional medium-paced
Quit Like a Woman: The Radical Choice to Not Drink in a Culture Obsessed with Alcohol by Holly Whitaker

Quit Like a Woman: The Radical Choice to Not Drink in a Culture Obsessed with Alcohol

Holly Whitaker

325 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0katjoyphil's review
nonfiction health memoir self help informative inspiring reflective slow-paced
Perfect on Paper by Sophie Gonzales

Perfect on Paper

Sophie Gonzales

353 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0katjoyphil's review
fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ romance young adult emotional medium-paced
Blacktop Wasteland by S.A. Cosby

Blacktop Wasteland

S.A. Cosby

320 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0katjoyphil's review
fiction crime thriller adventurous mysterious fast-paced
When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir by asha bandele, Patrisse Khan-Cullors

When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir

asha bandele, Patrisse Khan-Cullors

6 hours, 30 minutes • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0katjoyphil's review
nonfiction memoir race challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
They Called Us Enemy by Steven Scott, George Takei, Justin Eisinger

They Called Us Enemy

Steven Scott, George Takei, Justin Eisinger

204 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0katjoyphil's review
nonfiction graphic novel history memoir race young adult emotional fast-paced
Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America by Ibram X. Kendi

Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America

Ibram X. Kendi

592 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0katjoyphil's review
nonfiction history race sociology challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Heavy: An American Memoir by Kiese Laymon

Heavy: An American Memoir

Kiese Laymon

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

5.0katjoyphil's review
nonfiction memoir challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
I'm Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness by Austin Channing Brown

I'm Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness

Austin Channing Brown

3 hours, 54 minutes • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0katjoyphil's review
nonfiction memoir race emotional informative reflective medium-paced