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Monday's Not Coming by Tiffany D. Jackson

Monday's Not Coming

Tiffany D. Jackson

464 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0lcl_reads's review
fiction contemporary mystery young adult dark emotional sad medium-paced
Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid

Such a Fun Age

Kiley Reid

310 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0lcl_reads's review
fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective medium-paced
Black Ghost of Empire: The Long Death of Slavery and the Failure of Emancipation by Kris Manjapra

Black Ghost of Empire: The Long Death of Slavery and the Failure of Emancipation

Kris Manjapra

256 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0lcl_reads's review
nonfiction history race challenging informative medium-paced
Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus

Lessons in Chemistry

Bonnie Garmus

390 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0lcl_reads's review
fiction historical literary emotional funny inspiring medium-paced
The Three Mothers: How the Mothers of Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, and James Baldwin Shaped a Nation by Anna Malaika Tubbs

The Three Mothers: How the Mothers of Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, and James Baldwin Shaped a Nation

Anna Malaika Tubbs

272 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0lcl_reads's review
nonfiction biography feminism history race emotional informative reflective medium-paced
Patternmaster by Octavia E. Butler

Patternmaster

Patternmaster #4

Octavia E. Butler

202 pages • first pub 1976 (editions)

5.0lcl_reads's review
fiction fantasy science fiction adventurous challenging medium-paced
Parable of the Talents by Octavia E. Butler

Parable of the Talents

Earthseed #2

Octavia E. Butler

448 pages • first pub 1998 (editions)

5.0lcl_reads's review
fiction dystopian speculative fiction challenging dark emotional medium-paced
We Were Once a Family: A Story of Love, Death, and Child Removal in America by Roxanna Asgarian

We Were Once a Family: A Story of Love, Death, and Child Removal in America

Roxanna Asgarian

320 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0lcl_reads's review
nonfiction race sociology true crime emotional informative sad medium-paced
Take My Hand by Dolen Perkins-Valdez

Take My Hand

Dolen Perkins-Valdez

359 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0lcl_reads's review
fiction historical literary emotional informative sad medium-paced
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