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The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison

The Bluest Eye

Toni Morrison

206 pages • first pub 1970 (editions)

5.0sarahrosea's review
fiction classics historical literary dark emotional sad medium-paced
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass by Frederick Douglass

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

The Autobiographies #1

Frederick Douglass

158 pages • first pub 1845 (editions)

5.0sarahrosea's review
nonfiction autobiography classics emotional informative reflective medium-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)

5.0sarahrosea's review
nonfiction history politics race challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Kindred by Octavia E. Butler

Kindred

Octavia E. Butler

10 hours, 55 minutes • first pub 1979 (editions)

5.0sarahrosea's review
fiction classics historical speculative fiction dark emotional tense medium-paced
The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison

The Bluest Eye

Toni Morrison

7 hours, 6 minutes • first pub 1970 (editions)

5.0sarahrosea's review
fiction classics historical literary dark emotional sad medium-paced
Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches by Audre Lorde

Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches

Audre Lorde

7 hours, 33 minutes • first pub 1984 (editions)

5.0sarahrosea's review
nonfiction essays feminism lgbtqia+ sociology challenging informative reflective medium-paced
The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin

The Fire Next Time

James Baldwin

2 hours, 25 minutes • first pub 1963 (editions)

5.0sarahrosea's review
nonfiction classics essays memoir race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong

On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous

Ocean Vuong

246 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0sarahrosea's review
fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective sad slow-paced
Letter from Birmingham Jail by Martin Luther King Jr.

Letter from Birmingham Jail

Martin Luther King Jr.

54 pages • first pub 1963 (editions)

5.0sarahrosea's review
nonfiction classics politics race challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Ace of Spades by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé

Ace of Spades

Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé

422 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0sarahrosea's review
fiction lgbtqia+ thriller young adult dark mysterious tense fast-paced