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Maame by Jessica George

Maame

Jessica George

328 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0rootedreader's review
fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Someday, Maybe by Onyi Nwabineli

Someday, Maybe

Onyi Nwabineli

384 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0rootedreader's review
fiction literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Kindred by Octavia E. Butler

Kindred

Octavia E. Butler

288 pages • first pub 1979 (editions)

5.0rootedreader's review
fiction classics historical science fiction speculative fiction dark emotional tense medium-paced
Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah

Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood

Trevor Noah

289 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0rootedreader's review
nonfiction memoir race emotional funny informative reflective medium-paced
Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng

Little Fires Everywhere

Celeste Ng

368 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0rootedreader's review
fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective medium-paced
A Series of Unfortunate Events Box: The Complete Wreck by Lemony Snicket

A Series of Unfortunate Events Box: The Complete Wreck

A Series of Unfortunate Events #01-13

Lemony Snicket

3417 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

5.0rootedreader's review
fiction childrens middle grade mystery adventurous mysterious medium-paced
All But My Life: A Memoir by Gerda Weissmann Klein

All But My Life: A Memoir

Gerda Weissmann Klein

261 pages • first pub 1959 (editions)

5.0rootedreader's review
nonfiction history memoir emotional reflective sad slow-paced