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46 books

Concrete Rose by Angie Thomas

Concrete Rose

The Hate U Give #0

Angie Thomas

8 hours, 17 minutes • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0melirose1998's review
fiction contemporary historical young adult emotional hopeful inspiring fast-paced
The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo

The Poet X

Elizabeth Acevedo

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

5.0melirose1998's review
fiction contemporary poetry young adult emotional inspiring reflective fast-paced
Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi

Children of Blood and Bone

Legacy of Orïsha #1

Tomi Adeyemi

533 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0melirose1998's review
fiction fantasy young adult adventurous dark emotional medium-paced
These Violent Delights by Chloe Gong

These Violent Delights

Secret Shanghai Universe #1

Chloe Gong

449 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0melirose1998's review
fiction fantasy historical romance young adult adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot by Mikki Kendall

Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot

Mikki Kendall

287 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0melirose1998's review
nonfiction feminism politics race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
The Kitchen God's Wife by Amy Tan

The Kitchen God's Wife

Amy Tan

416 pages • first pub 1991 (editions)

5.0melirose1998's review
fiction historical emotional reflective medium-paced
Heavy: An American Memoir by Kiese Laymon

Heavy: An American Memoir

Kiese Laymon

256 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0melirose1998's review
nonfiction memoir challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Freedom Is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine, and the Foundations of a Movement by Angela Y. Davis

Freedom Is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine, and the Foundations of a Movement

Angela Y. Davis

158 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

5.0melirose1998's review
nonfiction essays feminism politics race informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
Crime, Inequality and Power by Eileen B. Leonard

Crime, Inequality and Power

Eileen B. Leonard

382 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

5.0melirose1998's review
challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Mapping the Margins: Intersectionality, Identity Politics and Violence against Women of Color by Kimberlé Crenshaw
Mapping the Margins: Intersectionality, Identity Politics and Violence against Women of Color
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Kimberlé Crenshaw

Mapping the Margins: Intersectionality, Identity Politics and Violence against Women of Color

Kimberlé Crenshaw

60 pages • first pub 1991 (editions) not a book

5.0melirose1998's review
nonfiction feminism race challenging informative reflective medium-paced