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Parable of the Talents by Octavia E. Butler

Parable of the Talents

Earthseed #2

Octavia E. Butler

424 pages • paperback • 1998

5.0lilcookie's review
fiction dystopian speculative fiction challenging dark emotional medium-paced
Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi

Homegoing

Yaa Gyasi

304 pages • digital • 2016

5.0lilcookie's review
fiction historical literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Killing the Black Body: Race, Reproduction, and the Meaning of Liberty by Dorothy Roberts

Killing the Black Body: Race, Reproduction, and the Meaning of Liberty

Dorothy Roberts

400 pages • paperback • 1997

5.0lilcookie's review
nonfiction feminism history race challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Breakbeat Poets: New American Poetry in the Age of Hip-Hop by

The Breakbeat Poets: New American Poetry in the Age of Hip-Hop

Breakbeat Poets #1

376 pages • paperback

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nonfiction poetry emotional reflective slow-paced
Know My Name by Chanel Miller

Know My Name

Chanel Miller

368 pages • hardcover • 2019

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nonfiction memoir emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
Milk and Honey by Rupi Kaur

Milk and Honey

Rupi Kaur

1 hour, 6 minutes • audio • 2014

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nonfiction feminism poetry emotional inspiring reflective fast-paced
Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston

Their Eyes Were Watching God

Zora Neale Hurston

219 pages • paperback • 1937

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fiction classics historical literary emotional reflective medium-paced
The Measure of a Man: A Spiritual Autobiography by Sidney Poitier

The Measure of a Man: A Spiritual Autobiography

Sidney Poitier

255 pages • hardcover

5.0lilcookie's review
nonfiction art autobiography biography memoir reflective slow-paced
The Shining by Stephen King

The Shining

The Shining #1

Stephen King

624 pages • paperback • 1977 user-added

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fiction fantasy horror thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Undrowned: Black Feminist Lessons from Marine Mammals by Alexis Pauline Gumbs

Undrowned: Black Feminist Lessons from Marine Mammals

Emergent Strategy #2

Alexis Pauline Gumbs

174 pages • paperback • 2020

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nonfiction feminism nature poetry informative inspiring reflective medium-paced