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42 books

Where'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple

Where'd You Go, Bernadette

Maria Semple

336 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

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fiction contemporary adventurous funny mysterious medium-paced
Beloved by Toni Morrison

Beloved

Beloved Trilogy #1

Toni Morrison

329 pages • first pub 1987 (editions)

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fiction classics historical literary magical realism dark emotional sad slow-paced
The Shadow Hero by Gene Luen Yang

The Shadow Hero

The Shadow Hero #1-6

Gene Luen Yang

158 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

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fiction comics young adult adventurous funny inspiring fast-paced
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander

The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness

Michelle Alexander

16 hours, 57 minutes • first pub 2010 (editions)

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nonfiction history politics race challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Kindred by Octavia E. Butler

Kindred

Octavia E. Butler

288 pages • first pub 1979 (editions)

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fiction classics historical science fiction speculative fiction dark emotional tense medium-paced
Fire!!: The Zora Neale Hurston Story by Peter Bagge

Fire!!: The Zora Neale Hurston Story

Peter Bagge

104 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

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nonfiction biography comics emotional funny reflective slow-paced
Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo" by Zora Neale Hurston

Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo"

Zora Neale Hurston

193 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

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nonfiction biography history race emotional informative reflective medium-paced
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami

The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle

ねじまき鳥クロニクル / The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle #1-3

Haruki Murakami

607 pages • first pub 1994 (editions)

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fiction contemporary literary magical realism dark mysterious reflective slow-paced
The Classic Slave Narratives by Henry Louis Gates Jr.

The Classic Slave Narratives

Henry Louis Gates Jr.

688 pages • missing pub info (editions)

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nonfiction biography challenging reflective slow-paced
Wanderlust: A History of Walking by Rebecca Solnit

Wanderlust: A History of Walking

Rebecca Solnit

328 pages • first pub 2001 (editions)

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nonfiction essays history travel reflective slow-paced