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Plain Bad Heroines by Emily M. Danforth, Sara Lautman

Plain Bad Heroines

Emily M. Danforth, Sara Lautman

622 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0sistersula's review
fiction historical horror lgbtqia+ adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
My Government Means to Kill Me by Rasheed Newson

My Government Means to Kill Me

Rasheed Newson

276 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0sistersula's review
fiction historical lgbtqia+ challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Beloved by Toni Morrison

Beloved

Beloved Trilogy #1

Toni Morrison

329 pages • first pub 1987 (editions)

fiction classics historical literary magical realism dark emotional sad slow-paced
Kindred by Octavia E. Butler

Kindred

Octavia E. Butler

288 pages • first pub 1979 (editions)

5.0sistersula's review
fiction classics historical speculative fiction dark emotional tense medium-paced
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

Maya Angelou's Autobiography #1

Maya Angelou

289 pages • first pub 1969 (editions)

5.0sistersula's review
nonfiction autobiography emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin

The Fifth Season

The Broken Earth #1

N.K. Jemisin

498 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

5.0sistersula's review
fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ science fiction adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
Long Time Coming: Reckoning with Race in America by Michael Eric Dyson

Long Time Coming: Reckoning with Race in America

Michael Eric Dyson

240 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0sistersula's review
nonfiction race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi

Homegoing

Yaa Gyasi

300 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0sistersula's review
fiction historical literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
From Slavery to Freedom by John Hope Franklin, Evelyn Higginbotham

From Slavery to Freedom

John Hope Franklin, Evelyn Higginbotham

736 pages • first pub 1947 (editions)

5.0sistersula's review
nonfiction history race challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett

The Vanishing Half

Brit Bennett

389 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0sistersula's review
fiction historical literary emotional reflective medium-paced
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